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  1. 12-31-2005, 09:42 AM #1
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    American made chainsaws

    Being born in 1980 I was not around to remember the hayday of Poulans, Homelites, McCullochs, and others. What happened to the American chainsaws? Are there any high quality saws being made in the USA? I know people who have 30+ year old american saws that are of high quality but, i feel like the newer stuff is of a lower quality.
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  2. 12-31-2005, 09:50 AM #2
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    Stihl makes some of their homeowner saws in VA.
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  3. 12-31-2005, 10:03 AM #3
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    Death of American chainsaws? We now live in a Walmart society my friend.
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  4. 12-31-2005, 10:38 AM #4
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    That is the true . Walmart cheap society
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    Talking American saws

    It's not american to talk down trash from abroad.
    Have you seen the fine McCullochs from Taiwan?

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    soon all saws will be made in china.
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  7. 12-31-2005, 10:48 AM #7
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    united states selling out the american worker,pretty soon we all will be speaking spanish.
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    Unfortunately I have to agree.America is not represented very well these days in the chainsaw market.Though for my own reasons I still prefer older,larger american made saws.I have a good friend who has used wood to heat his home for 20+ years and he uses a husqvarna of about 50+cc displacement.However he has had to replace the piston/cylinder on a relatively new saw already and feels that he has to keep two saws all the time just in case.He is an older fella and likes the light weight of these saws and the high chain speed but complains that they stall in the cut a little easy.I could just chalk this up to inexperience except that he has been doing this for 20+ years.Also his son whom I happen to cut wood with has a 70+cc husky.Once again this saw has great chainspeed but stalls much easier than any of my older saws of the same size.The weight of the older saws has never really been an issue for me either and I realize this is a major factor for most people.Sumpn bout plastic covers just don't seem right to me.


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    It would be interesting to see the old american saw with todays tech.
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  10. 12-31-2005, 10:56 AM #10
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    Thats what happens when you keep buying European saws in preference to the home grown varity, now the Europeans own McCulloch and most other brands, Stihls are made all over the world see whats written on some of the components like Made in Mexico / Brazil / Philipines.

    Don't worry Stihl is not an American made product it's only assembled in VA.

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  11. 12-31-2005, 11:08 AM #11
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  12. 12-31-2005, 11:12 AM #12
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    I'll put an xl-12 against any new saw of similar displacement. I love watching 30 year old machine stomp on new plastic ????
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    Your right Big1079 while the saws of today live on revs yesterdays saws at least had a bit of grunt especially the older Homies and Mac's of XL-12 and 10-10 sizing but that was saws that belonged to the farm market not the consumer market.

    The consumer market got exactly what it wanted cheap throw away saws.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 04ultra
    It would be interesting to see the old american saw with todays tech.



    We see that in the bikes.





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