OT - What's a high quality home gasoline chainsaw on a pole?

[Evo160K]

Cleaning up from the Midwestern ice storm.  Are you able to recommend a good quality gasoline powered chainsaw on a pole for home use?  TIA

[autoworker]

I have a Husqvarna and like it very much.A bit on the pricey side though.

[Evo160K]

Autoworker,
Thanks for the reply.  What's the model number?

[seattledyna]

had tree trimmers here a couple weeks ago, they had a Husky and a Stihl, that Stihl was SHARP it would cut thru a 8" limb like butter even at full extension!

  The guy said they run about a grand,$$$, but I tell ya, he was making some good money with those saws!

[autoworker]

I believe the current models are 326-P4 and 326-P5.The P4 has a fixed length shaft and the P5 extends.

[coolingfin]

I looked into this a couple of years ago... and Echo seems to be the favored pole saw by arborists who have experience with a wide variety of saws.. that surprised me... especially coming from arborists who use mostly Stihl and Husqvarna... but when I compared them myself, Echo is what I bought too, and I'm a big Stihl and Husqvarna user also.
Poke around here for more info:  www.arboristsite.com

[xxxflhrci]

Stihl here.  It works great.

[Evo160K]

Thanks all for your input.  I appreciate it very much.  Thanks again.

[Panzer]

I'd go Echo also, 23 years experience to back it too..
Panzer

[frito1]

I'm in NE Arkansas and caught a bit of the ice storm week before last.  I went down to lil sisters to bum her chainsaw.  She had a Remington electric pole saw that she had picked up at a pawn shop.  I really didn't think it would be worth a damn, but at her insistence I gave it a try.  I was really surprised it worked great, and being in the safety business I liked the fact that not a damn thing moves till you need it.  Pulling a cord wasn't too much trouble & with a generator (them things were priceless around here last week) you could go anywhere.

s-r-t