>>413290Wish I saw this thread earlier. from personal experience I believe stihl to be the best trail saw available. Good that you want short as it takes time to get use to using thse powerful and dangerous tools (fun as hell though). I started off using a "turkey cutter" 8" stihl mostly useful for delimbing and felling small trees and eventually worked my way up to a 18" stihl for large trees such as Eucalyptus. Felling trees, bucking rounds have never been more fun. Any trees I find in a trail under a foot diameter I usually use a double bit, feel like a badass.
About the 2 stroke I wouldn't know, since when I use saw I usually use all the gas. But I do know that if you decide to not use the saw for a while to empty out the gas and oil from the reservoirs.
Have fun clearing trails and tell your wife anon says "happy trails".
