You got it right on the first one... Na-Nye-Moe. Kind of an unusual name.
What was the first chainsaw you ran?
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steven stern
Tamarrack junkie
My fathers 55 rancher i want one. The 455s are just not the same quality
Snowy01
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Another late starter, first saw was an early ms391 I got from a swap meet for next to nothing, my current favourite, has to be my 461R
Oldman47
ArboristSite Guru
My first was an early 1990s Stihl 026. I still have it and was using it last week with the original bar and chain. My use for a saw was quite limited until I decided to heat with wood. My Husky 555 arrived in the big brown truck on Tuesday and still has not seen any fuel in it. I want to make sure I have my stuff together before I even fuel it. Still trying to figure out if I need to grease the bar tip and similar things before I spin it. It does have one of those grease holes but folks have told me the B&C oil is really all it needs. Page by page I am digesting the owner's manual.
the sprocket will spin oil off, not in [toward bearing]. grease it.
Oldman47
ArboristSite Guru
Thanks rocketnorton, I hadn't thought of it that way. Grease it is then.
colin.p
ArboristSite Operative
Well, if you have ever had any of their famous "bars", then you will never forget the name Nanaimo. One of the most tastiest heart-attack treats you have ever tasted.You got it right on the first one... Na-Nye-Moe. Kind of an unusual name.
colin.p
ArboristSite Operative
Oh ya, my first saw? The first saw I ever used was some blue-topped Homelite that my FIL had back in the early 80's. Was hard to pull over, was loud as hell and cut more than I wanted to do. My first saw was a Craftsman 36cc (?) with a 16 inch bar that I bought through the catalogue during the ice storm of '98 when there supposedly wasn't a chainsaw to be had within a hundred miles. Gave it to my son, when he bought his house, and it still starts and runs.
first saw,, I RAN,,was a OLD Clinton...near kill a 14 yr old farm boy!!! then dad got mad at the hard starting pig,,and bought a XL12,,which I still have..didn't use another saw,,still started to burn wood for house heat,,in 1974.........and bought a new 254 olympyk...
goincrazyinvt
ArboristSite Lurker
First saw was my grandfathers homelite super xl that I could barely hold at 6 or 7. In fact just found one real cheap and had to buy it. Favorite saw would be my 660 or dad's Mac 10-10. Just for nostalgia. He's still got it, fired it up Saturday after 2 years of not running. Only Mac I've ever seen that will start every time lol.
gomoto69
ArboristSite Operative
First saws i ran were an old homelite and mac i think, no idea on models, that my dad had. Got a job logging right out of a year of college, bought a husky 181se, then a 298xp for a backup, still have them both, still run like new, 181 is probly my favorite saw ever, but gotta love the pop pop pop of the 298! Between those 2 saws, and my sons 346xp he uses for climbing, there's not many situations that wouldn't be well handled! I don't do enough cutting any more to warrant buying a modern saw, my 'antiques' run way too good!
wesmahaffee
ArboristSite Lurker
A mid to late '60s Homelite Super XL. First one I bought was a McCulloch Eager Beaver 3.7. A long time ago.......
Jon1212
Riff Raff Fart Knocker from other Forum's.
I was a little late in getting started as well.
My first two saws were a McCulloch 3816, and a Poulan 2900 Farmhand. Both purchased new at the now defunct Lumberjack Hardware, and Building Supply chain.
My favorite that I have owned, 288XP.
My first two saws were a McCulloch 3816, and a Poulan 2900 Farmhand. Both purchased new at the now defunct Lumberjack Hardware, and Building Supply chain.
My favorite that I have owned, 288XP.
2strokenut
One nut loose
mine was a stiht S-10 it was my dads and i was 12yo when i first started to run it.
Jason099
ArboristSite Lurker
my was a stihl 034 av
The first saw I ran.. some sort of Poulan mini-top handle job. My dad would send me up on top of rail cars of lumber to use it to cut apart dunnage. I was 12 or 13. He still has it somewhere. I need to get it from him.
