In the aftermath of Hurricane Isabel, it looks like my next toy is a chainsaw. My co-worker had some tall Oak trees get knocked down that are approximately 18"+ diameter. Since I've also recently starting doing turned work, I thought this would be a good opportunity to maybe cut out some turning blanks.
I'm looking for recommendations on what most people have, what to look for and what to avoid in features. I don't plan on using it a lot but want to get a good tool that will suffice should I need to start cutting copious amounts of firewood in the future and general all-around tasks.
As an aside, when Isabel hit us in northern VA, we were fortunate and only had a 12" diameter beech tree fall on the corner of our fence. We were without power for 24 hours but many others were without for most of the weekend. Overall we faired pretty well compared to many others in the region.