Chainsaw pet peeves?

[Pioneer]

What is it about operating, maintaining, or repairing chainsaws that get under your skin?

A few of mine:

Working on saws like the Homelite xl2, you have to tear the saw halfway apart to get any work done on it.
Watching some clueless person trying to cut with a totally dull chain.
Watching some clueless person trying to cut with a dangerously loose chain.
Cutting pines in the spring and then spending an hour at the end of the day getting the pine tar off.
Working on a saw that's NEVER been cleaned.
Hitting a hidden something with your chain that you just sharpened.

Just a few, I'm sure you can add to it.

 

[HarleyT]

As one that works on them, my main pet peeve is seeing someone putting a new chain on a saw with a totally shot sprocket, and runs it until the chain is ruined, which isn't long.

Or they pull the barstuds through the crankcase wall, because they are fighting a saw that the chain is always loose
due to a worn out sprocket....

 

[Pioneer]

Right! stripped out studs and case threads by some ham-fisted monkey! Forgot about that, very high on the list.

 

[Chainsaw Jim]

Having some pipsqueak cashier ask me what I buy all the odd items for. Because when I tell them I work on chainsaws they always reply: "oh my gosh.... isn't that scary?"
Thats when I ask them if they really want to know what I'm afraid of. I look both ways as I lean in close to imply top secret information is about to be shared and I whisper: "millennials".

 

[LonestarStihl]

Having some pipsqueak cashier ask me what I buy all the odd items for. Because when I tell them I work on chainsaws they always reply: "oh my gosh.... isn't that scary?"
Thats when I ask them if they really want to know what I'm afraid of. I look both ways as I'm leaning in tight as to imply a secret is about to unfold, and I whisper: "millennials".

Amen brother!!!

 

[Sportfury70]

Watching someone cut all the through the log, burying the chain in the dirt.

Finding dust past the filter. My MS170 did this with the factory filter.

Having ppl straight-gas 2stroke equipment. A friend did this to my old snapper trimmer, at least the dimwit replaced it.

 

[HarleyT]

Watching someone cut all the through the log, burying the chain in the dirt.

Finding dust past the filter. My MS170 did this with the factory filter.

Having ppl straight-gas 2stroke equipment. A friend did this to my old snapper trimmer, at least the dimwit replaced it.

Hopefully he didn't replace it with another Snapper trimmer!!!

 

[GeorgiaVol]

Top cover screws that strip, get lost, or case breaks where they screw in.

 

[Deleted member 149229]

Kinda related, people that sell saws with 16" "blades" or "Ran great last time I used it 3 years ago, carburetor just needs adjusted."

 

[hedge hog]

Chain maintenance 1
Motor maintenance 2


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[TBS]

A saw that gets put away dirty after every use and smokes because of the dust caked on the engine. Have ms 200t like this that is going to get a bath tomorrow. Smoked like it was on fire today....well it more or less was.

 

[stihlaficionado]

Price of Stihl parts

New chains that get rocked first time out

Any dirty saw...but especially those for sale

 

[Rangerbait]

Damn, I feel shame...I'm a total noob when it comes to maintaining my saws. I feel like it's too much opportunity cost at this point in my life, even though I know I'll be kicking myself down the road. Any tips on good sources of information for cleaning/routine maintenance? Not looking to get fanatical like some people, just a little further down the continuum from the "neglect" end where I currently reside.

 

[rayjay257]

What is it about operating, maintaining, or repairing chainsaws that get under your skin?

Watching some clueless person trying to cut with a totally dull chain.
Just a few, I'm sure you can add to it.

The new people across the street had some people come in and clean out a bunch of small stuff up to maybe 6" dia. I swear it took their saw 30 to 40 seconds to grind through a 6" tree trunk. Of course, when your "tree guys" show up in a cargo van that's a clue right there.

 

[Sportfury70]

Hopefully he didn't replace it with another Snapper trimmer!!!

Ha nope! At least it was a commercial model, 225sst I think. Wasn't the worst trimmer I've owned... He didn't actually replace it but gave me enough to get a stihl FS40. Good friend, nitwit mechanic tho.

 

[bikemike]

A saw that gets put away dirty after every use and smokes because of the dust caked on the engine. Have ms 200t like this that is going to get a bath tomorrow. Smoked like it was on fire today....well it more or less was.

Those old saws are great for holding debris and smokin with the big exhaust system they have. The smoke is a tracking device when it gets set down in the weeds

 

[HarleyT]

Good friends are as rare as good mechanics!!!

 

[bikemike]

The new people across the street had some people come in and clean out a bunch of small stuff up to maybe 6" dia. I swear it took their saw 30 to 40 seconds to grind through a 6" tree trunk. Of course, when your "tree guys" show up in a cargo van that's a clue right there.

I show up in a purple Buick what what with my climbing gear, saws, and rigging gear the mess is smaller when it's in bags in my trunk lol

 

[bikemike]

Damn, I feel shame...I'm a total noob when it comes to maintaining my saws. I feel like it's too much opportunity cost at this point in my life, even though I know I'll be kicking myself down the road. Any tips on good sources of information for cleaning/routine maintenance? Not looking to get fanatical like some people, just a little further down the continuum from the "neglect" end where I currently reside.

The car wash is a start then run ur saw till the b/c are oily

 

[bikemike]

My saw pet peeve is a dull chain and someone says it'll be fine, 50.1 mix ratio unless it's amsoil Saber.
No eye protection, shorts, flip flops daddy's Lil 2yr old ready to fell a Blvd tree.