Isnt that how it works? You wait for an 880...

[RED-85-Z51]

To come up for sale locally for months...and nothing. So you focus your efforts on something else, another project...and darned if one doesn't pop up.

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[user 122190]

In my many many years of looking for chainsaw deals on Craigslist, I have only seen one 880 listed. Only one and it is now mine. It is a monster, and with a big bar is almost unmanageable. I recently ordered a smaller (the smallest available) bar and will be using it quite a bit more this year.

 

[RED-85-Z51]

In my many many years of looking for chainsaw deals on Craigslist, I have only seen one 880 listed. Only one and it is now mine. It is a monster, and with a big bar is almost unmanageable. I recently ordered a smaller (the smallest available) bar and will be using it quite a bit more this year.

Ive always wanted one...id love to find a rough smoked example to bring back to life.

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[ironman_gq]

For me it never fails, I'll be looking for something and have a price in mind only to find that everything is suddenly overpriced. Eventually (months of waiting) I'll spend more than I wanted to for something that is almost what I was looking for. Inevitably within a week or two there will be a half dozen or more of exactly what I was looking for and they are selling for significantly less than I paid.

My latest was an aluminum tilt trailer, nothing fancy and for years I've watched them sell for $8-900 maybe $1000. This year you couldn't touch one for less than $1500, started looking in the fall and finally bought a steel trailer for $1200, all of a sudden everyone with an aluminum trailer is selling them for $1-1200. I've come to the conclusion that the local used market is incredibly in tune with whatever I'm thinking of buying and I'm going to get hosed

 

[AGoodSteward]

Got my 880 like new from a pawn shop. $1100 w/4' bar
It was in the pawn because it was too big for the original owner, and the chain was ridiculously dulled.

 

[user 122190]

Ive always wanted one...id love to find a rough smoked example to bring back to life.

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My conclusion is that these are special saws, rarely used, and runned and owned by knowledgeable people. IMO you are going to have to pay, or wait a long long looooong time.

 

[stihl86]

They started with the MS 880 designation in 2003.
$1400.00? Wow. They aren't exactly giving it away are they

 

[huskihl]

There’s a ported 084 on the other site for $1400 with some extras. Highly trusted seller and good friend.

 

[RED-85-Z51]

They started with the MS 880 designation in 2003.
$1400.00? Wow. They aren't exactly giving it away are they

Yeah its a bit high, and a nothing special bar and chain..

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[stihl86]

Yeah its a bit high, and a nothing special bar and chain..

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Don't you have enough projects to work on? LOL
Parts are very expensive for that beast.
But, I've been looking at something that not even close
to the asking price. I just keep remembering Mr Spock's
classic line. “After a time, you may find that having is not so pleasing a thing after all as wanting".

 

[RED-85-Z51]

Can never have enough irons in the fire. The 20 saw plan can become the 21 saw salute at any moment

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