To case or not to case?
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kodiakyardboy
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If I had a decent case I'd use it. Haven't seen any that fit the big Husqvarnas that look like they'd hold up.
Fred482
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When storing for more than a month, I have a breathable canvas zipper bag for them. The shop is dusty in summer especially, it helps keep them neat & clean. During busier times, I clean and store them on a shelf. The one MS290, that I carry in my Fire (EMS response) Jeep, is in a protective zipper bag with a plastic bar sleeve protector.
Big_Al
ArboristSite Guru
If I could find one that would hold a saw with the full wrap handles I would use it. Maybe I'll build something when the cutting slows down.
Overtrained
Not crazy, Stoopid!
Cases take up to much room, no cases
I have a case that I bought with my 290. I like having a case since I can put the scrench, files, and other odds and ends in there. I haven't bought any more since they want $50 for one.
StihlyinEly
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Cases take up too much space when you have several saws. And sooner or later you end up with a sticky mess of bar lube in the bottom of them.
StihlyinEly
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Ooops, duplicate post.
Most all of mine are in cases. A few don't fit in any and a few I just don't have enough cases to go around.
So I guess that's more of the question. Is it worth the $50 investment to protect them?
GASoline71
Mr. Nice Guy
No saw cases here either. Bulky pain in the butt.
Gary
Gary
Overtrained
Not crazy, Stoopid!
Nope! Its a chainsaw! Comes in constant contact with saw chips/dust, vibration, oil, gasoline, falling trees, logs, brush etc etc etc.
Do you honestly think its going to get hurt sitting on a shelf in your shop, garage or work truck with out being protected by a case? I dont think so.
Unless you have a brand new, unused vintage saw I say why bother. Just my $.02:hmm3grin2orange:
I keep a quart of bar oil, 2 quarts gas, spare chain, gloves, wedges, hammer or hatchet, ear plugs, file, scrench , screwdrivers, plug, maybe a spare air filter in each case for my 7900, 346, and 200t. I can load all of them with 2 trips to the shed and head out for a day of cutting short notice, not trying to find everything. When I get to my buddies house to cut, I throw all them in the back of the gator and then it is trail time, bouncing all over to get back to the trees we want. The cases keep all the stuff from sprawling all over the back of the gator. I can pull out a case, hike to the tree with the case and have it all right there. Then we can either drag the trees back or buck them up and trailer them back. Keeps the chains sharp and the bars straight. I just let all the oil sit in the bottom of the cases, messy but no big deal, wipe or blow it out once in a while. I use a large toolbox for the 200t and husky boxes for the other 2. Allows me to stack them in the back of my work van and they fit perfect.
I do not like the stihl shaped cases because they do not stack well and do not have enough room for gas and oil. I used to think they looked cool, just not practical for me. The cases just allow me to be a little more organized so I can load in a hurry. Sometimes I will get a 2-3 hour break at lunch and grab a saw if the weather is nice, go make some chips and some noise.
I do not like the stihl shaped cases because they do not stack well and do not have enough room for gas and oil. I used to think they looked cool, just not practical for me. The cases just allow me to be a little more organized so I can load in a hurry. Sometimes I will get a 2-3 hour break at lunch and grab a saw if the weather is nice, go make some chips and some noise.
stihl023/5
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Skip the cases it is a saw, I would rather spend that wasted case money on more saws!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:hmm3grin2orange::help:
JustinM
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Kind of the same as Gary. I have a canvas bag-type case that would fit my smaller saws (it came with my husky 50) but i rarely (if ever) use it. I also have a big bulky thing that will take my 5100, 346 or 036 but I just never bother because it takes up more space on the shelf (i can get 3 saws with bars on one shelf without a case, or 1 with).
Still I keep it as I think it might be useful when transporting sometime (although thus far I havent used it). lol.
russhd1997
Innocent By Stander
My son gave me a case for my MS290 for Christmas and my Wild Thing came in one. The others just get a scabbard over the bar. I wouldn't buy a case but I do use the ones that I have.
Some of us have to carry them to the Ranch from the Beach, and prefer to take the Tahoe rather than the F 150. That and the sticky bar oil mess StilyinEly mentions, is why you have a case....
I do beg to differ, I don't let any metal get within Cootie Range of my sharp chains....
