What was the first chainsaw you ran?

[tramp bushler]

I was 13 years old . Starting it was a serious challenge. Typical Cully !! In retrospect, a ring job, new coil and points . New bar and some correct chains would have done a world of good.

 

[Fishmax2]

husky 450 rancher, 24" bar. Still have her, and she still runs great.

 

[Woos31]

First one I ran was my old man's 066 falling saw. I wanted to learn so bad but not so much using with "his baby" but got the it's time you learn to handle a saw talk and away we went

 

[oldboy]

An 046 learning how to bump off knots/stubs for drawknife action.

 

[Haywire]

First saw was a Poulan, thing was a beast! Never could keep that damn chain tensioned properly though..

 

[cliffob]

homelite zip bow bar cutting pine pulp age 17 in 1959

 

[PULLINmyPOULAN]

First saw I ever ran was a Poulan 3400

 

[madjoe]

The first saw I ever ran was an old husky 51 my dad got. I honestly don't remember how old I was. Probably 12 or 13.

 

[fool skip]

The first saw I ran was one of my Dad's gear drive McCully falling saws. He fired it up an sat it on a log for me. The real story is the first saw I owned. It was a Wright with about a 24" bar. I traded my deer rifle [Nice 300 Savage] for it. I was 19 with a wife and baby and no firewood. The saw had a chisel bit chain and I had no idea how to file it. I used a 3 corner file. When I first went to work in the woods I used a Mac81 on the landing. My first falling saw was a Stihl 051. Over the years I've used em all but probably cut more timber with Stihl 056 and 044 than anything else. I've now got a Husky 372 that seems to be a decent little saw.

 

[giver]

Husky 480CD or Jred 70E I can't remember still have both of them tho

 

[67L36Driver]

August 1969 thirty Knicks north of Ahn Khe RVN building a fire base. Large Remington direct drive so it could have been a PL-55. Whacking off 6-10" trees to support overhead protection on our bunkers. No notch, just cut straight accross leaning against the tree. Cut it off and let my guys limb it with machetes.

 

[ChoppyChoppy]

First saw was a Poulan, thing was a beast! Never could keep that damn chain tensioned properly though..

I have the real version sitting on the bench. Old timer came in and gave it a few weeks ago.

 

[blkcloud]

Home a lite xl

 

[muddstopper]

First saw i ever ran? Seriously, who can remember back that far. I was about 6 years old and daddy had his arms around me helping me hold the saw up. We where cutting dead beetle killed yellow pine. Saw was a Sthil, size, i dont have a clue. I do remember it was cold and I had a brown corduroy coat with the hood cinched up so tight I couldnt hardly turn my head.

 

[douglasfir]

My first saw was my Dads Stihl 041AV, I was about seven or eight years old. It was around 1992, we got a whole load of red alders delivered to our residential driveway for free. Rented a splitter, and went to it. The saw was heavy, not super loud but still fun to run.

 

[rocketnorton]

where in bc if ya don't mind?

 

[Macman125]

The dreaded eager beaver.

 

[67L36Driver]

Lady at a garage sale gave my wife one of the Ertl/Poulans. Runs great. Two of my grandsons have run the pee out of it.

The youngest with another of their cad hoard.

 

[TreeswingerPerth]

My first saw was a new husky 61 . Sold it after 30 years and it was still perfect .

 

[amberg]

About 1962, I think it was a red home lite, then I think it changed to blue. I think they called it a zip, but I am not sure , but I do know that it weighed a ton for a little boy to tote to the lap wood to cut fire wood.

If I am wrong, will someone correct me.