dbabcock
Hi Tech Redneck
A little over 40 years ago, in 1961, my dad bought a Sears David Bradley chainsaw so he could work the virgin woods on a piece of lakefront property he hads just purchased up in Maine. I was about 7 at the time, but I remember that the thing was big, loud and kinda scary. Later on, toward the latter part of the 60's, dad let me run the saw. I ended up gradually using the saw more than dad did throughout the 70's. After I got out of school in the late 70's, I'd use the saw to take down an occasional dying or leaning tree, but with most of the big sawing done dad bought a small Sears flat cylinder saw to take care of limbing and thinning.
Long about 1986, I remember that dad wanted a big tree taken down, but unfortunately he had sold the David Bradley at some time before that, citing that he had no further use for it. Because of this, I bought the 266 in 1987.
Over the years, I've often wondered about that old saw; if it was still running and the like. Last winter, I did a search on the web to find out if there was any information on it as I handn't seen it in about 20 years. That search was what directed me to AS. My first (and probably only serious) post here was about that saw.
Last year, I mentioned it to dad and it turns out that he happened to see the guy he sold it to the other day. It turns out that the guy's father did some work to it maybe 10 or 15 years ago and it hadn't been used since the guy's wife had bought him a smaller, modern saw a couple of years ago. At this point, I was incredulous. The saw had been running only a couple of years ago? Immediately, I drove out to meet the guy and he took me right out to his garage to see the saw. It was like finding a long lost friend. He told me he'd take $50.00 for it as seen, as is, which is what hew remembered that my father sold it to him for 20 years ago (dad thinks it was $100). He stated that as far as he knew, there was no reason that it wouldn't run after I put gas in it. So I brought it home, gassed it up, yanked on it about a dozen times and it runs! It's loud as a MF!
Long about 1986, I remember that dad wanted a big tree taken down, but unfortunately he had sold the David Bradley at some time before that, citing that he had no further use for it. Because of this, I bought the 266 in 1987.
Over the years, I've often wondered about that old saw; if it was still running and the like. Last winter, I did a search on the web to find out if there was any information on it as I handn't seen it in about 20 years. That search was what directed me to AS. My first (and probably only serious) post here was about that saw.
Last year, I mentioned it to dad and it turns out that he happened to see the guy he sold it to the other day. It turns out that the guy's father did some work to it maybe 10 or 15 years ago and it hadn't been used since the guy's wife had bought him a smaller, modern saw a couple of years ago. At this point, I was incredulous. The saw had been running only a couple of years ago? Immediately, I drove out to meet the guy and he took me right out to his garage to see the saw. It was like finding a long lost friend. He told me he'd take $50.00 for it as seen, as is, which is what hew remembered that my father sold it to him for 20 years ago (dad thinks it was $100). He stated that as far as he knew, there was no reason that it wouldn't run after I put gas in it. So I brought it home, gassed it up, yanked on it about a dozen times and it runs! It's loud as a MF!
