how to break the news of a good saw'a death to a friend

[Rodburner04]

There's only one person I'd let borrow a saw. That's my brother. Only reason being is he has more money than brains sometimes and 1) he would buy me a new chain when he dulls mine 2) he would buy me a new saw if he blew mine up!!

 

[stihl023/5]

you DONT, need those types of friends!!

Tell me about it, when I stopped loaning stuff out years ago I found what type of friends I had.:censored:

 

[MCW]

Bummer. I have loaned saws out on occasion but only when I provide my own fuel mix which they pay me for. I also only loan them to people I know.
What I have done now though is buy a few older saws just for loaners and because I got them at the right price. A 55 Rancher and now "maybe" a 288XP if they need a bigger saw. I did loan out my Snelling ported 390XP to a customer's son for cutting some larger Eucalypt stumps recently and that put a grin on his face. He won't be too happy in future as he'll never get that one as a loan saw again.

 

[Wood Doctor]

Loan out Backups Only

I don't loan out anything anymore, maybe that is why I don't have friends anymore?:msp_scared:

Agreed. Perhaps we should temper the advice with "Don't loan out any saws that you depend on for a living." And, maybe that's why I own several saws that are backups to the big guns.

 

[RVALUE]

When it comes to borrowing, I have a different approach. I once needed a short gooseneck to haul my mother in laws stuff, and to pull a two horse trailer behind....

I borrowed the trailer from a fellow that I didn't know, (but knew of second hand) and asked him prior to borrowing it: " is this trailer more valuable than a brand new one?" He said no. So I borrowed it, packed the bearings and returned it.

But borrowing and lending is risky.


Tarry on.