outofstepper
ArboristSite Lurker
Greets all. First time poser.. i mean poster. Great place
you have going here.
Had a question.. I've got two saws, my stihl farm boss (workhorse) and
the old poulan pro (295) i started out with long ago. It might be
no surprise that I prefer my stihl . . . the poulan hasn't seen the light
of day in quite some time.
So I got to thinking -- dangerous for me in itself -- could I put a real
short bar on this thing and use it for on-the-ground "pruning" (basically
dealing with the small stuff after the tree is down).
The poulan is about the same size (body) as the stihl.. its all plastic though,
and weighs nothing. . so it could be easier on the arms. And have to give
it credit: starts on two pulls tops, every time. I like to keep good care of
my stuff, but even I didn't expect this from the Plastic Pro.
I was just about to get a 192T when i tripped over my old poulan in the
garage.
The poulan has no bar tensioner. Its one of those in-bar things. So I'd
have to add a tensioning screw.
The point of this long-winded story: would I be crazy to put, say, a 12"
bar on this thing? I'm a machinist by trade so making the bar mods wouldn't
be a big deal.. but is there something I'm missing here? Am I going to kill
myself?
Thanks.
you have going here.
Had a question.. I've got two saws, my stihl farm boss (workhorse) and
the old poulan pro (295) i started out with long ago. It might be
no surprise that I prefer my stihl . . . the poulan hasn't seen the light
of day in quite some time.
So I got to thinking -- dangerous for me in itself -- could I put a real
short bar on this thing and use it for on-the-ground "pruning" (basically
dealing with the small stuff after the tree is down).
The poulan is about the same size (body) as the stihl.. its all plastic though,
and weighs nothing. . so it could be easier on the arms. And have to give
it credit: starts on two pulls tops, every time. I like to keep good care of
my stuff, but even I didn't expect this from the Plastic Pro.
I was just about to get a 192T when i tripped over my old poulan in the
garage.
The poulan has no bar tensioner. Its one of those in-bar things. So I'd
have to add a tensioning screw.
The point of this long-winded story: would I be crazy to put, say, a 12"
bar on this thing? I'm a machinist by trade so making the bar mods wouldn't
be a big deal.. but is there something I'm missing here? Am I going to kill
myself?
Thanks.