They're a bit like buses, new saws: you don't see one for ages then a great load of them come along at once. The latest ones to appear have come from Husqvarna - a new top-handled saw that I don't really have much use for, and a new 60cc machine thatI certainly do. The saw it replaces, the 357, has been around for a few years now. This was the completely new saw that replaced the 254, the last saw that equipped the great motor-manual harvesting era of the latter part of the 20th century. With the shift to mechanical harvesting, the fast, durable and lightweight saw was no longer needed, and as this century grew older it slowly became clear that chainsaws needed to evolve. The shift to harvesting hardwood for fuel, and a consequent rise in the value of this type of work has seen a new raison d'etre for small powerful chainsaws. Machines like
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