Definitive Dave
wanna-be saw racer, saw hoarder, parts whore
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So a good friend and business associate who is a general contractor asks me to take down eight dead ash trees on his property. Biggest is @80' with a trunk diameter around 4', smallest @120' but only @16" diameter.
He has his smaller backhoe onsite and his crew to chip brush (Vermeer 600) and help him load the lumber in his dump trucks.
We get them all down in about 5 hours nice and safe and proceed to cutting the trunks to 5' or 6' so he can load them easily.
His guys have a pair of orange smaller homeowner type saws that seem to be dull as matte black bowling balls.
We are running 360,361 and 440 on the ground, his guys look real envious
So we are packing up to leave and the contractor (i'll call him Charlie 'cause that's his name) ask to borrow one of my saws "in case he needs to make any more cuts". Well.....Charlie is a good guy, we give each other referrals, and use each other for jobs, etc. So I gas and oil up the 361, check chain tension and let my climber put a razor edge on the chain, before sticking the scabbard on and heading home.
Bout a week goes by and I text Charlie saying we are doing another larger tree job and I need the saw. A bit of back and forth and missed connection, but I eventually tell him to just leave it on his back deck and I'll pick it up.
I pick up the saw and text him to let him know I have it back.
30 mins later I receive this cryptic missive by text - CORD IS STICKY?
Hmmmm - what the heck does that mean?
Did Charlie spill Mt. Dew on my saw?
At the next stop I take a peek at the 361 and all looks fine, dull loose chain with very little fuel or oil, so I give it a gentle pull....
CORD IS STICKY? translates to HEY DAVE I LOCKED UP YOUR SAW!
Arghhhhhh!!!!!
So I called him, and half busting his stones, tell him he killed my baby. He volunteers to pay for repairs/replacement, but also says he never used the saw.
My BS detector is ringing like a ship klaxon with incoming torpedos.
I drop the saw at my local Stihl dealer and a few days later they call to tell me it's cheaper to buy a new 362 than to repair old faithful. They of course ask if they should throw it away for me (yikes). I picked it up right away. Shop notes say piston scored and straight gas in tank.
In the end I got it repaired with a BB piston and cylinder for @200.00 all in and picked up a pair of gently used 362s in the meantime. Charlie is pouring me a new garage floor and all is well.
My climber says "no loan your saws to anybody Dave".
Indeed!!
He has his smaller backhoe onsite and his crew to chip brush (Vermeer 600) and help him load the lumber in his dump trucks.
We get them all down in about 5 hours nice and safe and proceed to cutting the trunks to 5' or 6' so he can load them easily.
His guys have a pair of orange smaller homeowner type saws that seem to be dull as matte black bowling balls.
We are running 360,361 and 440 on the ground, his guys look real envious
So we are packing up to leave and the contractor (i'll call him Charlie 'cause that's his name) ask to borrow one of my saws "in case he needs to make any more cuts". Well.....Charlie is a good guy, we give each other referrals, and use each other for jobs, etc. So I gas and oil up the 361, check chain tension and let my climber put a razor edge on the chain, before sticking the scabbard on and heading home.
Bout a week goes by and I text Charlie saying we are doing another larger tree job and I need the saw. A bit of back and forth and missed connection, but I eventually tell him to just leave it on his back deck and I'll pick it up.
I pick up the saw and text him to let him know I have it back.
30 mins later I receive this cryptic missive by text - CORD IS STICKY?
Hmmmm - what the heck does that mean?
Did Charlie spill Mt. Dew on my saw?
At the next stop I take a peek at the 361 and all looks fine, dull loose chain with very little fuel or oil, so I give it a gentle pull....
CORD IS STICKY? translates to HEY DAVE I LOCKED UP YOUR SAW!
Arghhhhhh!!!!!
So I called him, and half busting his stones, tell him he killed my baby. He volunteers to pay for repairs/replacement, but also says he never used the saw.
My BS detector is ringing like a ship klaxon with incoming torpedos.
I drop the saw at my local Stihl dealer and a few days later they call to tell me it's cheaper to buy a new 362 than to repair old faithful. They of course ask if they should throw it away for me (yikes). I picked it up right away. Shop notes say piston scored and straight gas in tank.
In the end I got it repaired with a BB piston and cylinder for @200.00 all in and picked up a pair of gently used 362s in the meantime. Charlie is pouring me a new garage floor and all is well.
My climber says "no loan your saws to anybody Dave".
Indeed!!
