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What were your issues putting it together? These saws seem to get a lot of hate but I don't mind them, the impulse line on the ms259 can be a pita and the I have no idea why the 290s etc had to have a bar nut go into the engine pan but once you've done a few they aren't too bad to work on imho.

I had one with a chainbrake but it was called a 3800

I never tried their stuff but your post backs up my gut feeling about them

I think the Alpine was a higher spec version of the Hillmans Glad you’re happy with the saw mate

Yeah fencing wire, normally hoarders limit it to their house or yard. This guys got 5 acres of garbage , I could just squeeze down the driveway. We went to look at a truck but being a hoarder everything he had was priced high and he wouldn't negotiate . Some of his 125 parts were for go karts...

There was a stack of wire six feet high on one side of the driveway and a stack of fridges and freezers on the other, then there was three sheds, the trucks and Hillman avengers[Plymouth crickets] around his yard .Whatever scrap dealer she calls has a lot of work ahead of them

Don't worry, the worst hoarder I have ever come across has three or four of them in various states in his hoard . One day he'll shuffle off to this mortal coil and I'll buy all of them off his widow and start sending 125 pics to Jethro until he buys one.

Just picked up this sp60 tonight, how much of an orphan are they parts wise? Are pistons or rings hard to find ?

Nice work mate

This was a good deal too https://www.trademe.co.nz/business-farming-industry/farming-forestry/forestry/chainsaws-parts/listing-2429009396.htm?archive=1 288s do sound great, just not quite as good as an 80cc mac

Good call. My old man can't use his 181 anymore so I have that too now though.

My 288 has a high top. I got it off a dealer after the owner decided not to fix it. I'm supposed to sell it so I can put money into other projects.....but I don't want to.

I've got some 181/281/288 parts , let me know what you need. Thats three kiwis on one thread is there any more still here?

Expensive saw. https://www.trademe.co.nz/business-farming-industry/farming-forestry/forestry/chainsaws-parts/listing-2426679065.htm?rsqid=db3f9c7468a84ce396cb8b69e6a89a87-001

I think some of the older white top 50s wont fit the 55 barrel which is the obvious upgrade if the barrel is smoked.

No problem at all, I've done a few like that.

You did good, not sure about the one year thing either.

Does anyone know which carb kit I need for a 971?

Jethro , stoked that you got that Poulan. I was tempted by it , I had a green version of it for a while back.

I run some of them, most of them need work. The sp81 and 10-10 get the most work. I got 3 of them from a guy that just bought a mower shop and cleaned the place up, they came with 7 eager beavers which I immediately sold. They show up on trademe from time to time, a lot of people think they are...