Jonsered 920 any good?

[flipjack]

I've found a used Jonsered 920 at a pawn shop for $350 Canadian (~$255 U.S.). How old is this saw and is it any good? I'm planning on building a chainsaw mill and I'm looking for a used saw big enough to do the job. Any advice anyone could give would be appreciated.

 

[Lawn Masters]

The Jonsered 920
http://www.acresinternet.com/cscc.n...978c3a7282ea31d688256b6b001c6e89?OpenDocument

This link should tell you a lot about the saw's specs and you might know a little about that model already, I've been interested in that model for a while, I just never bought one due to a small shortage, my wallet seemed to be empty all the time so I didnt buy one, I might someday but I just dont know yet.
Hope yours serves you well, it should be a decent milling saw, while its no match for an 088 or 3120 model in the milling area, its good for light milling and things under 36" IMO.

 

[rbtree]

I bought one new back around 1987..it was a great saw! Traded it to Dennis Greffard two years ago for mods which he did to my 3120.

 

[flipjack]

Thanks for the info.

 

[Bill G]

I believe this is a picture of Dennis running a 920. Please correct me if I am wrong (which I probably am)

Bill

Jonsrered

 

[flipjack]

That is truly insane! I suppose he cut half way through rolled it & cut the other side huh?

 

[Whistler]

hi flipjack

I have two , and frankly preferred the 90 and 910's over the 920 . The 920 has a terrible air filtration system and no compression release so expect a hard starting saw especially when its cold . Also , the muffler is quite restrictive , must be an epa thing , and I feel the asking price is too high as I paid $200 U.S. for mine (like new) . And by the way , my sons Walkerized 372 cuts circles around it , hands down !....... Jon

 

[Jacob J.]

The 920 is a fine saw, built for torque, not speed. The filtration system on the 920 is better than the 90 and 901 by a long shot, the 901 was famous for ingesting saw dust.

The 920 is a very good saw for saw milling, the engine stands up to a lot of abuse, a lot more than a 372 will. I own several of both.

 

[Oliver1655]

Unless that is a replacement bar, the saw has not cut a lot of wood. (You can still read red) THe red writing on the bars rarely last past 15-20 tanks of fuel.

If you can see it , start, run it, I wouldn't hesitate to get it.

 

[RandyMac]

necro-poster

 

[Wagnerwerks]

HA!!!! Look at the exchange rate for us-Canadian... Make me wanna throw up...

 

[thomas1]

necro-poster

At least Bill posted a good picture.

 

[Bill G]

Unless that is a replacement bar, the saw has not cut a lot of wood. (You can still read red) THe red writing on the bars rarely last past 15-20 tanks of fuel.

If you can see it , start, run it, I wouldn't hesitate to get it.

I hope you realize you brought up a post from over 9 years ago........................................

 

[Chris J.]

At least Bill posted a good picture.

At one time someone ID'd the logger in that photo as Dennis Cahoon?????

 

[Dennis Cahoon]

At one time someone ID'd the logger in that photo as Dennis Cahoon?????

Yes, that's me bucking a sugar pine with a 910 jonsered

 

[Sourdough54]

Bars for a 920

According to the acresinternet site the 920 uses the 10 mm Jonsered bar mount (Oregon # D024) which is hard to come by. The Oregon D196 will also work, but the selection is limited (max 24”, although if you really dig you can find a few 27” / 28”).

I recently adapted a large Husky mount (D009) to fit my old 801 with about 15 minutes of file work. What might be an even a better solution is to use a Stihl bar mount with an adapter (link below).

http://www.arboristsite.com/chainsaw/244840.htm

 

[kennywayne333]

I've found a used Jonsered 920 at a pawn shop for $350 Canadian (~$255 U.S.). How old is this saw and is it any good? I'm planning on building a chainsaw mill and I'm looking for a used saw big enough to do the job. Any advice anyone could give would be appreciated.

I had two from the 80s 84 was the newest great saw cut anything you would like parts are getting hard to find not much-needed work on them they just keep cutting fitter are not to be frond anywhere

 

[SawTroll]

Bars for a 920

According to the acresinternet site the 920 uses the 10 mm Jonsered bar mount (Oregon # D024) which is hard to come by. The Oregon D196 will also work, but the selection is limited (max 24”, although if you really dig you can find a few 27” / 28”).

I recently adapted a large Husky mount (D009) to fit my old 801 with about 15 minutes of file work. What might be an even a better solution is to use a Stihl bar mount with an adapter (link below).

http://www.arboristsite.com/chainsaw/244840.htm

It usually is just about widening the slot of the D009, and 10mm is a nominal number - it usually is a bit less. The saws made after some point in 1987 came with the D009 mount, as production was transferred from the Partner factory to the Husky one (Jonsered(s) didn't make any saws after 1979).

 

[CHRISTIAN RICE]

I got one for sale

 

[Huskybill]

I’m thinking the 910e must be a decent saw most of the ones I see are run hard. I gave one to my son he likes jreds. I gave him a complete parts saw today. He likes jreds to bust my chops because I like huskys.