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I called the nearby Husky dealer (local co-op), and they said, yes they could do it, but it would be in shop about 2 weeks (sort of backed up). but I have a back up saw , my little Poulan Super 25A, so I may just do that. I took the muffler off once to check the piston, which was fine, but I...

The saw is a stock, and I bought it new about 3 years ago. I do not know if it has a rev limiter or not. As to what it is doing, it just does not run at the high revs it used to run at, and in, say 12" wood, it will bog pretty easy if you press it at all. I do have a dealer close by and maybe...

I'm not real happy with the way my 346 is running and I am wondering if tuning it would help. First, do I need a special tool or screw driver. Second, I have never done this and could use a little advice. Assume I know nothing, which is pretty close to correct about tuning. It bogs down a...

I went to the local co-op to get some kerosene and thought I would top up my car while I was there. They had ethanol free gas. It was about 20 cents a gallon more than the E10.

Thanks for the advice Jeremiah, but I thought of an easier way. I could not have done this if I had not taken it apart and seen how it worked. I remembered that the gear from the chain brake bar fit pretty well into the cover even though the brake band would not slip over the clutch. So I put...

I recently had two 60' plus pines blow down and I was over cutting them up. I stopped to refuel and add bar oil, and when I restarted the chain would not move. I didn't think the brake was on (but I am an old guy and I am starting to forget stuff). I took the bar off and cleaned up the crap...

Well, went out this morning intending to work on the saw; I set up a work table and then went to the shed and got the saw. Before I started anything I thought maybe I ought to try it one more time. I pulled the rope and it fired right off :msp_biggrin:, then died as it always does. I pushed in...

That makes me wonder if the settings on my new saw were right. I could get it to run the way you suggest, but not without pulling it many times, which I thought could not be right, but the other way worked for me with about three pulls and when it started on the third, quick push the choke all...

Really, that's funny! Funny to me because when my saw was new I was having trouble starting it. It would start and die, and then if I had the choke off it would not start. I was getting exasperated, and was having to pull the start rope way to much for a new saw. I posted the problem on here...

I used the saw about two weeks ago to cut up a dead oak I felled in my yard and it did fine. Today I had another one to cut out on the edge of a field so I loaded up my stuff in the tractor cart to get the job done. When I was ready for the saw I put in fresh gas and bar oil and tried to start...

Thank you all for the suggestions. I have a small level, and I like the idea of marking the tree all the way around. After reading all this I can see that I am just not taking the time I need to take to make sure I am doing what I need to do before I just jump in and do it. I know well...

For some reason I just can't seem to get a tree notched right for falling. It's not that I don't know how it's supposed to be done, I do, or at least I think I do, and while I am doing it I think it is right, but after I am done I back off and look at the cut , or notch, and I see that at best...

I built a small barn with a Poulan S25DA. I had bought my daughter a horse and decided I need a barn. The site was too far from the house to use extension cords. It had one stable, a tack room, and a loft big enough to hold 100 square bales of hay. The daughter is married and a long time...

Here's what I do with oak, say bigger than 20" Dia. for firewood. I get it all stood on end, and then saw from the outer edge to a little past center at an angle until I bury the bar, and then go on to the next round until I have done that to all the rounds. Then I take a steel wedge and a 8...

It's all just opinion I know, but some opinions are better informed than others. you may own a lot of saws but when you want to cut wood there is one you will pick up first. Being a retired General Contractor, and builder, I always knew when I had bought a good tool because I found myself...

I was going to say a Poulan S25DA. 25+ years of fire wood cutting and still going strong. The only major repair I have done is to replace the fuel line. Still cuts near as good as my 346XP NE Pound for pound it would hard to beat. (8.9 lbs) powerhead

I maintain you can't know this until a saw has proven itself over a number of years, but I could be wrong. Pound for pound, regardless of price, and size, what is the best chainsaw ever made? and why do you think so?

That is so cool! I remember many, many, years ago my Dad and I built a small barn with a little S25DA Poulan. It was not possible to get electric to the place so we made every cut with that little Poulan. I still have that little saw. Later I made some rustic yard benches with it, but never...

I bet it runs slow because it's geared down. I LOVE the way it looks, sort of like a prehistoric mechanical beast. No body could afford to build a saw like that today. With all the metal parts, gears. etc., I bet it would cost $3000. Wasn't David Bradly a Western Auto brand?

I have a S25DA saw that I have owned so long I can't remember how long ago I bought it. One reason I liked it was that it was so smooth to use. I attribute most of that to the narrow chain it uses. So vibration was never much of a problem I was concerned with. God only knows how much wood I...