For 18"-ers around $150, I have put a lot of abuse over the years into a Homelite (now departed for the great logging camp in the sky) and my current Poulan 2550.

I understand Huskys are well thought of.

"Live like you'll die tomorrow, but manage your grass like you'll live forever."
-S. M. Stirling
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