Posted by jdemaris on August 11, 2013 at 04:36:11 from (70.215.10.158):
In Reply to: Re: poulan saw posted by Stuart on August 10, 2013 at 19:26:26:
Yes, and I can tell several stories about loggers who switched from Sthil to Dolmar/Makita, love them and say they would never go back to Stihl.
Like I said earlier, I'll believe what I see and experience myself. I was a Sthil mechanic going back to 1970 and still own a dozen Stihl saws. After my 045 Super had an ignition part fail -and Sthil USA told me "no parts available" - I tried to buy a new 65-80 cc saw from Sthil. The prices were ridiculous. I bought a 64 CC Makita/Dolmar instead and love it. I later got a lighter 52 CC Dolmar which is just as well built. Sthil makes some saws built just as good but overpriced.
Technically, Dolmar has been around a bit longer then Stihl and is a popular pro saw in Europe. Just never did any heavy marketing in the USA.
You say the loggers you know say the Dolmars were no good? Some facts please. What specific problems did they claim?
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