My brother had a unfortunate chainsaw ordeal last night. He was using a chainsaw borrowed from an in-law to help cleanup his FILs yard from Hurricane Ike. Last night he brought it over for my to service and sharpen the chain. We accompished that and he went home, only a 1/2 mile away. He called a few minutes later and told me he went home without the saw. So I got out in the gargage to get it and it's not there. We were still without power so he's looking everywhere for this thing with a flash light. He's pulling his hair out trying to figure out where this thing went. He finally goes back home to look there again. He then finds out from his wife that theres been talk in the neighborhood that people have been walking around taking whatever they can get their hands on. So he calls he cops to report a theft. Meanwhile I grab my 180 for bait and head overthere with a Sig P220 and 10 rounds of 45. No, I'm not looking to shoot the perp, but I am going to have protection. I want to catch this jerk. The cop shows up and my brother gives him the story. While we're standing there talking about it, a call comes over the radio asking if the saw was a red Craftsman. Well it was. I'm thinking they caught a theif and had recovered it already. But NOOOOOOOOOO! My brother had evidently left the tailgate of his truck down, the saw had fallen out, a car had hit it and drug it down the road and the saw had caught on fire. It punctured the oil pan on the car and it had to be towed. Can you believe that? Can you imagine his humilliation? The poor guys is really upset because he honestly thought he remembered taking it out of his truck and setting it in the garage. He like, "I'm loosing my mind!". But I seriously doubt someone had stolen it and dropped it i the middle of the road in that short period of time. The timing was too right and I'm sure he just left his tailgate down and it flew out when he turned into his neighborhood.
Now to the saw itself. It's a Craftsman 917.353750. It's not listed on Acres site under Craftsman. Anyone know what it is? It looks like a 40cc-50cc Homelite with a 16" bar and has a sharpening stone built into the bar cover. I've heard of these but never seen one. It has a real funky chain too. I'd like to fine out about what size saw it was so that we know what to replace it with. The handle mount is broken, handle bent and ground away, air filter and cover missing, air box wall caved in, bar broken off, and rear handle broken. It's not as destroyed as you would think, but it's not worth fixing either.
I'd like to help him out and find him a good deal to replace the saw with. It's just really unfortunate that he got burnt trying to help someone else out. Let me know if any of you have something like a descent midsized Homelite or similiar that you wouldn't mind parting with for a fair price. I do need it to be complete and running.
Now to the saw itself. It's a Craftsman 917.353750. It's not listed on Acres site under Craftsman. Anyone know what it is? It looks like a 40cc-50cc Homelite with a 16" bar and has a sharpening stone built into the bar cover. I've heard of these but never seen one. It has a real funky chain too. I'd like to fine out about what size saw it was so that we know what to replace it with. The handle mount is broken, handle bent and ground away, air filter and cover missing, air box wall caved in, bar broken off, and rear handle broken. It's not as destroyed as you would think, but it's not worth fixing either.
I'd like to help him out and find him a good deal to replace the saw with. It's just really unfortunate that he got burnt trying to help someone else out. Let me know if any of you have something like a descent midsized Homelite or similiar that you wouldn't mind parting with for a fair price. I do need it to be complete and running.
