Vernon Tull
ArboristSite Operative
The quick and simple answer to this question is . . . Never let neighbors borrow your tools. However, some of you who live in rural areas know that it's not always that simple when you rely on each other for help.
I let a neighbor borrow one of my saws the other day, and the new bar came back damaged. I would have been more upset and confrontational about it except that he has lately helped me a great deal with another issue. Sad thing is that the bar had less than one hour on it.
The bar is the replaceable nose assembly type which I'm not too familiar with being just an occasional firewood cutter. The damage is that the bar is twisted slightly at the bar-nose meeting joint. My neighbor must have let a tree fall on the bar somehow. Do saw shops even attempt to repair damaged bars these days?
I let a neighbor borrow one of my saws the other day, and the new bar came back damaged. I would have been more upset and confrontational about it except that he has lately helped me a great deal with another issue. Sad thing is that the bar had less than one hour on it.
The bar is the replaceable nose assembly type which I'm not too familiar with being just an occasional firewood cutter. The damage is that the bar is twisted slightly at the bar-nose meeting joint. My neighbor must have let a tree fall on the bar somehow. Do saw shops even attempt to repair damaged bars these days?