Chainsaw.

"Giving my love to you is like giving my love to a chainsaw. You keep cutting me open wide, is that the only thing that you're good for?"

Well, thankfully in my case...I'm glad that's what the chainsaw is good for, because that's just what I intend to do with it!

I spent a few weeks trying to find a good Chainsaw dealer in town. The instructor of this course recommends a Stihl MS260, which is a great saw...but of course the most expensive. Stihls are damn good saws, but I knew there were alternatives. I really wanted to find a Husqvarna...or at least a DEALER where I could order one. i went to the Husq website, and it gave me a list of places....one of which doesn't carry them, the other of which is out of business...and then big box stores which I will NOT buy a chainsaw from.

I watched a lot of videos online and read a lot of comments from people...and a name kept coming up I'd never heard of before. Dolmar. I decided to look it up. It was the LEAST expensive of the group of three I'd been looking at (including itself) and had a pretty darn good track record. There was a dealer in town, to boot! After giving up on the search for a Husqvarna and not being as interested in paying a huge premium for the Stihl...I decided to check out the Dolmar.

I drove up to the dealer (10 minutes away at most) and walked in to find a very clean well kept showroom floor (albeit a bit small, but who cares). Hanging there far on the wall were at least 10 Dolmars of all different models....including both the 510 and the 5105. The 5105 is the "factory hot rod" version of the 510. it is lighter weight, with more horsepower and 1000 more rpms. It's a DAMN nice saw, and for less than any of the others I'd looked at.

This dealer is very knowledgeable, very helpful good bunch of guys and the place has been in business for 73 years...so they're not going anywhere. They can do orders for all parts, as well as warranty service.

I ordered it yesterday...should be here Monday or Tuesday. CAN'T WAIT!