I live in a suburban but tons of trees and bushes area.. i am pretty beat up so I run a stihl saw every few days for cleanup but cant run it for long. I get too tired out. So I am happy with my situation. However my neighbors can hear my saw running and come over and want to borrow one for ten minutes to do a few branches.
I dont trust that people are safe with a stihl pro saw. I run fast non safety chain.
Saws are so cheap they should get one if they really need one. Not a pro stihl. But hell i have loaned out the harbor freight plug in electric saw. They seem much safer for folks without skills.. and total cost is 45 bucks for a saw inc bar and chain..
Why do people think its ok to ask for expensive gear ? Or stuff they cant run properly ?
They dont know how to mix gas and oil. Cant tighten a chain. And run the chain into the dirt if I am dumb enough to give them a chance.
So often if its someone I like.. god forbid. I will do the work for them. But not loan out the gear.
Other people do similar stuff ?? Or am I missing something I should know better. ??
"You almost lost your audience at paragraph 3. This stuff is for fbook. Your innocent reflections make you out to be some old fart lost in the last attack. That keyboard is neither a way out of your chosen boredom.......or a conduit to honest answers. This post asks a basic question, with an centuries old answer.."
Thats the response you may get from someone, who routinely borrows. A loser and a user. Its crude....and insensitive.
I'm 70 and my response is directed more sincerely,
I live in a suburban but tons of trees and bushes area.. i am pretty beat up so I run a stihl saw every few days for cleanup but cant run it for long. I get too tired out. So I am happy with my situation. However my neighbors can hear my saw running and come over and want to borrow one for ten minutes to do a few branches.
I dont trust that people are safe with a stihl pro saw. I run fast non safety chain.
Saws are so cheap they should get one if they really need one. Not a pro stihl. But hell i have loaned out the harbor freight plug in electric saw. They seem much safer for folks without skills.. and total cost is 45 bucks for a saw inc bar and chain..
Why do people think its ok to ask for expensive gear ? Or stuff they cant run properly ?
They dont know how to mix gas and oil. Cant tighten a chain. And run the chain into the dirt if I am dumb enough to give them a chance.
So often if its someone I like.. god forbid. I will do the work for them. But not loan out the gear.
Other people do similar stuff ?? Or am I missing something I should know better. ??
NO! you never loan out what someone else can rent!
Only folks living in a trailer park run across that anticipated sharing.........
In urban cities across America, the sound of a chainsaw is never considered an invite to mooch...
Of course, every farmer/rural property owner, up-north hunt cabin guy....those guys already have your saw.....................
Just say NO, and drop all your quizzical thoughts.....and lets go cut wood.