mkohler
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Hi all. I just bought my first house which came equipped with a 20 year old wood/oil furnace, not CSA approved, and with a burnt out firebox. Going to have it replaced this month, possibly with a Kerr (any input on that model would be appreciated, wrong forum, I know)....
Anyway to the chainsaw topic. I expect to go through 4-6 cord a year. I have been researching saws for about a month and finally made a purchase yesterday. Was looking for something in the $300 range (used, so I could get more bang for my buck) and deceded on the MS 310. Got one two years young with the original 20" bar. Looks like a clean saw but I haven't seen it in person yet as I bought it on ebay.
So my questions are, should I take it in to have a dealer look it over to make sure there is nothing majorly wrong with it (I don't have any experience with working on saws)? Is this a good saw for the price and what shoud I watch out for (not looking for "should have bought a husky/Jonsered/Dolmar, just an experienced opion of the saw, possible problems to watch out for, saw specific maintenance required)?
I'd like to do the muffler mod :greenchainsaw: after this years wood is taken care of, is it something that a person with limited mechanical experience could do? I've got a mechanic (diesel) friend with access to a shop who could probably help me out.
Anyway, sorry for the long post and thanks in advance.
I'll wait until I have more than one saw before I start listing them in my sig.
-Mark.
Anyway to the chainsaw topic. I expect to go through 4-6 cord a year. I have been researching saws for about a month and finally made a purchase yesterday. Was looking for something in the $300 range (used, so I could get more bang for my buck) and deceded on the MS 310. Got one two years young with the original 20" bar. Looks like a clean saw but I haven't seen it in person yet as I bought it on ebay.
So my questions are, should I take it in to have a dealer look it over to make sure there is nothing majorly wrong with it (I don't have any experience with working on saws)? Is this a good saw for the price and what shoud I watch out for (not looking for "should have bought a husky/Jonsered/Dolmar, just an experienced opion of the saw, possible problems to watch out for, saw specific maintenance required)?
I'd like to do the muffler mod :greenchainsaw: after this years wood is taken care of, is it something that a person with limited mechanical experience could do? I've got a mechanic (diesel) friend with access to a shop who could probably help me out.
Anyway, sorry for the long post and thanks in advance.
I'll wait until I have more than one saw before I start listing them in my sig.
-Mark.