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joe25DA

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512408B9-41D7-4C8E-B2F4-C6AB775096F4.jpeg 84E83CC7-7054-4729-A1A2-6024F1900924.jpeg 51AAA9D0-2E29-4E69-BB79-C611D66DF8F0.jpeg 58BEB505-7619-48AE-B92A-8085CF3A677E.jpeg DDC07608-1982-4CD5-8BA5-26F02565AB78.jpeg I haven’t kept a saw in a while. I’ve got or had most of the saws I want. Some really cool ones I’ve had were a near mint Homelite 750, husky 2101XP, like new old blue homelite SXL, gray and black dolmar 112, 660....others too. I’ve lost track. Those ones have new homes. I still have a bunch of saws that I won’t sell and I still buy a ton. Now I mostly sell them or trade. I haven’t found one I’d want to keep in a while. Recently I got 2 and they aren’t that special. There’s 3 more I’d like to add when I find them.
I sold an 028 and 028 super to a guy. He gave me cash plus trade for a saw he found in the shed of a house he bought. No use didn’t run, real dirty all the isolators broke. I saw it was a late model Dolmar 111i, with a new power match bar and chain. The saw was used hard and never cleaned. Like I said every isolator was broken. Did have a new air cleaner and excellent compression. Took all apart cleaned replaced all the isolators. The saw looks new. These real nice saws, the later 111i has the same closed port top end as the 115 and uses an injection of fuel instead of choke to start, they work very well. I bought a 540 dolmar new 16 years ago and it’s been rock solid. This 111 has .325” and I’ve wanted and other small tooth saw lately for smaller stuff, the 3/8” is grabby sometimes.
 
Past days quality and design they just don't make them like that anymore.
 
Planned obsolescence, value engineering. You can still get a well built new saw but they cost a lot more. I see saws from the 70s, 80s, 90s out there at work (I still use mine). They can almost always be brought back to life with $20 in a carb kit and fuel line/filter. I hope a new $700 saw can last 30 years. We will see.
 

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