How about the Partner S65?

[Big Dan]

I picked up a Partner S65 awhile back and just got it running.[sorry,didn't take any pics].It's a good runner and I'm wondering how it stacks up to other 65cc saws like the Poulan 4000.Are any of you familiar with them? Thanks, Dan

 

[SawTroll]

It is an old saw and even older basic design.

It was OK at its time, but doesn't compare well to later 65cc saws, like the 365/2165.

 

[Woodplayer]

It has a long stroke and wasn't designed to be a high reving saw, but does provide good torque. I found you can use it with an 8 pin sprocket. They are fairly simple to work on.

 

[7hpjim]

It is an old saw and even older basic design.

It was OK at its time, but doesn't compare well to later 65cc saws, like the 365/2165.

The SawTroll is on his game, lets see if we can stump him, whats your op on the R440/R440T and whats the difference between the model designations Ive got a good running 440T w/serial #545157.
Thanks in advance!
Jim

 

[Chris J.]

It is an old saw and even older basic design.

It was OK at its time, but doesn't compare well to later 65cc saws, like the 365/2165.

The SawTroll is on his game, lets see if we can stump him, whats your op on the R440/R440T and whats the difference between the model designations Ive got a good running 440T w/serial #545157.
Thanks in advance!
Jim

Jim, Niko will gladly answer your questions, but you must first send him a Stihl 029 project saw .

 

[SawTroll]

The SawTroll is on his game, lets see if we can stump him, whats your op on the R440/R440T and whats the difference between the model designations Ive got a good running 440T w/serial #545157.
Thanks in advance!
Jim

They are early versions of what started as the R40 and ended with the P100Super + the Jonsered and McC versions of it.

The difference between the R440 and R440T is the Thyrister (or something like that) ignition. That was an early electhronic ignition. A funny part of that story is that Partner called the "T" versions underwater saws in a marketing stunt! :msp_laugh::msp_laugh:

 

[7hpjim]

sorry not trying to pull a Somali Pirate on ya,but if its any consolation a guy I work with has an s55 hes had since new and its outlasted 2 homeowner grade sthils

 

[7hpjim]

nailed it, have ya ever got to play w/one, I took a chance on a parts saw to get in the 100cc club but thats another story, and man do these things have some grunt

 

[7hpjim]

Jim, Niko will gladly answer your questions, but you must first send him a Stihl 029 project saw .

fresh out of pop-sickles:msp_flapper:

 

[SawTroll]

sorry not trying to pull a Somali Pirate on ya,but if its any consolation a guy I work with has an s55 hes had since new and its outlasted 2 homeowner grade sthils

Those Partners will last for a long time, they are pretty "bullet proof", and only slightly downrated from the pro versions of the time. The S65 came out in 1980, based on a late 1960s design though, so it is a bit dated by now.

 

[mama]

I have my 31 year old partner S-55 and still runs strong.