My 8 year old, $350 450 has earned me $700 in the last week on cleanup work for friends and neighbors who insisted on paying (too much) for easy jobs. I was taught you never look a gift horse in the mouth and besides, money is cheap nowadays. That said, is there any reason not to look at this windfall as chainsaw funds? I realize I’m asking the wrong crowd here, but replacing a perfectly adequate 450 with a shiny new 550 is what I’ll probably do if nobody says it’s a bad idea. Or I could just run the 450 as is for limbing (it sure is light), send the 372 off for port work and spend the rest on overpriced beer.
Well you have 2 saws that run it appears so unless you have an absolute need for another saw I'd say save the money and spend it on something you really need. Perhaps a longer bar, perhaps some spare chains, perhaps on a gift for the Mrs.? Perhaps on a nice gift to the neighbors who overpaid you........
A 450 was the first saw I ever bought new. It didn't take me long to realize it wasn't what I wanted/needed. I vote get the 550, and then eventually have that ported. It would be your most used saw IMHO.
