Nik's Poulan Thread

[ChipsFlyin]

I you guys have on demand check out the Science Channel's "Machines: How they work" Episode Air Date 1/28/16. The beginning of the show is on chainsaws. Unfortunately, it does not feature our fantastic Green saws but is still really cool.

 

[Acornhill]

Amazing I can't sell a fully functional 3400 for $100.00 but I can sell a rear handle for 40.00 and a starter housing for $25

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[ILikesEmGreen]

Amazing I can't sell a fully functional 3400 for $100.00 but I can sell a rear handle for 40.00 and a starter housing for $25

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Blasphemy! People don't have a damn lick of sense! You couldn't hardly get a clapped out creamsicle in 50+cc for anywhere close to that...

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[blk05crew]

Amazing I can't sell a fully functional 3400 for $100.00 but I can sell a rear handle for 40.00 and a starter housing for $25

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Sounds about right unfortunately. Can't fix stupid.

 

[Chris J.]

Amazing I can't sell a fully functional 3400 for $100.00 but I can sell a rear handle for 40.00 and a starter housing for $25

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Some people consider the 3400 to be relatively common, & hold on to their money for a 3700, esp when you're talking a $100.00.

 

[Acornhill]

Is that a collection perspective or reliability perspective?

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[blk05crew]

Seems to me a 3700 is priced more around at least $150 when I see em.

 

[ILikesEmGreen]

IMO, one couldn't find a more reliable firewood saw for the money anywhere than one such as you are selling. Solid mag case, decent power, easy to work on.... Properly maintained, easy to get another 10-15 yrs out of it. Pretty solid ROI there...

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[ILikesEmGreen]

What's absolutely retarded... Makes me bang my head... A good buddy of mine wants me to find him a bow saw. But he only wants a Stihl or a Husky. I found him a running 4000 in great shape with a bow on it for $250 i believe. Couldn't get him to bite on it for nothing. Deep down he knew it was a great saw based off my opinion and history with them but jokingly called it a boat anchor, i guess to make himself feel better, and said he couldn't let himself be seen cutting with anything not orange. Said his dad and uncle would give him too much hell for it. It's a shame really...lol

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[Acornhill]

IMO, one couldn't find a more reliable firewood saw for the money anywhere than one such as you are selling. Solid mag case, decent power, easy to work on.... Properly maintained, easy to get another 10-15 yrs out of it. Pretty solid ROI there...

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Yup I sell them to my friends all day long and they come back after using it and say yup bad azz


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[blk05crew]

I'll say it again, can't.....fix.....stupid. Oh well, more for us I guess.

 

[s sidewall]

What's absolutely retarded... Makes me bang my head... A good buddy of mine wants me to find him a bow saw. But he only wants a Stihl or a Husky. I found him a running 4000 in great shape with a bow on it for $250 i believe. Couldn't get him to bite on it for nothing. Deep down he knew it was a great saw based off my opinion and history with them but jokingly called it a boat anchor, i guess to make himself feel better, and said he couldn't let himself be seen cutting with anything not orange. Said his dad and uncle would give him too much hell for it. It's a shame really...lol

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Tell him paint it Orange and be done with it, just keep the Poulan stickers covered while painting and tell him to tell them its the bad @$$ model from Canada.

Steve

 

[B-N]

It's a shame what has happened to the Poulan name. When people see green all they think about is the elux saws. I know a few years ago that is all green meant to me. Now I'm to the point where I wouldn't mind adding one or two to the collection, after consulting one of the Poulan gurus @fossil

 

[fossil]

I would buy more Poulans but they don't have flippy caps.

The good thing about Stihl is that they free up the oldies. I'm not sure how many times someone selling an older saw says, "I don't need it anymore, I bought a Stihl"

I just say, WOW!! Lucky you.

 

[fossil]

I hate to tell you but I am far from a Poulan Guru. Refer to Modified Mark. He can teach you alot.

The move by ELUX may be sour for the fans of the saws they completely abandoned but the fact is, the only growing segment of the chainsaw world is the lowly homeowner saw.
Ill bet that the best selling saw in that segment is the Poulan. It still outshines the crappy homeowner saws that Stihl builds and the Husky homeowner saws are just Poulans.
Well cared for, they can last for years and have very good power for what they cost. Maybe not for this group, but they sure have a huge following.

Too bad we'll never see the real Poulan 6000 built on the same chassis as the 4200 - 8500 saws. That would have been a ripper.

They had some very good engineers at Poulan and they built many cutting edge and durable saws over the years. (That's for the new guys as those that have them already know that).

 

[VA 372xp]

got a presure /vacuum gauge nothing fancy ,sorta cheap one

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[Hoggwood]

Just thought I would chime in on the saw cleaning discussion.

There are a couple things I like to do in the way of maintenance or preventative cleaning on the saws. This is my non-compressed air version. I always aim to bring home a clean saw after a good session. A few times throughout the day I wipe the saws off with a rag and WD-40. I also bring a small corn broom whisk as it is great at flinging off the crap under and around the spikes and covers without breaking the saw down. The WD-40 is a really good solvent and gets the pitch off before it sets up. I also pre-spay the front of the case and bumper spikes as the fine pitchy dust will cake on and harden like epoxy if left.

Once home the A/F covers come off and I give the whole saw a quick shop vac - takes all of 30 s. If the bar and covers are still pitched up, I spray the saw with WD and let it sit for a day or until I use the saw again and wipe it down.

Other than cleaning the jug fins on occasion, the saws are easy to maintain and are pleasant to display. After a day in the bush, it is nice to only have to spend a min or so to get the saw on the shelf and looking as good as before you took it out.

 

[VA 372xp]

got a presure /vacuum gauge nothing fancy ,sorta cheap one

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The plug adapter is the item g salvage told me about... and had tygon laying around, red barn wants 110 for this buying the 2 separately was a total of 60 dollars

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[redunshee]

Guys I'm stumped. Going thru my parts and came up with two oiler diaphragms. They look like S25 DA diaphragms but are much larger. Any idea ?

 

[fossil]

Bob,

For a Homelite 330

PN 94675

Looks like they are selling for $35 - $40 on ebay

You struck gold!