My Homelite XP1100 and XP1130 saws don't have a decomp and wear 48" bars and at 65 I can still wheel them around. This in part due to the design of the starting mechanism to pull over a 100cc engine. In comparison, my Poulan 5200 about pulls your arm off trying to turn it over, and it doesn't take long to wish it had a decomp.
Do I Need a Smaller Saw than 026 in the 3 Saw Plan?
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Yep I have a Poulan 5200 too. Also a 505 and a 475 no decomp.
I have a simular take on 3 saws that works perfect for me, the Husky 135 MK2 for limbing, a 881 for the big stuff and a 365 Special for everything in between.
I married one.
Still gotter. The saw.
Thanks for taking the time to weigh these. Two questions - were they all full or all empty of mix and b&c oil? Also, what kind of scale do you use? I'd like to have something handy to weigh saws with and I'm not sure a bathroom scale is what I need.
881 is a lot of saw! I've had several 084's but I'm partial to older/heavier/less powerful 076's for some reason.
Very nice! Think we're going to need to see some pictures of the big Homeys!
I'm originally from Louisiana, so I should be partial to Poulan, but we never ran those growing up. It was all Homelite for me.
I weight a lot of my saws. I use a postal scale that I got online. It will measure down to ounces and pounds and has good accuracy.
Yep Shreveport if I am not mistaken.
You need a PILTZ MS170 with a thirty six inch bar.
Correct. But that's wayyyy up north! Real Louisiana (at least in my opinion) is everything south of I-10. Arkansas and Texas can have the rest of it.
Used a commercial grade Mettler scale to weigh the saws, which were dry or very close to it.
You can weigh saws with a cheap spring scale. They are pretty accurate and certainly give very accurate relative weights of your lineup.
these scales are surprisingly accurate. Just hang the saw by the handle. Some scales of this style are precise, but not necessarily this model.
these scales are surprisingly accurate. Just hang the saw by the handle. Some scales of this style are precise, but not necessarily this model.
If you've got 3-saws in your 3-saw plan AND a pole saw too does that mean you've really got a 4-saw plan or is the pole saw a bonus saw???
Pole saws definitely do NOT count! You're still at 3 saws. I don't count my top handle saw, either.
Please explain the reason, for requiring, a scale, and determining the exact weight, of any chainsaw.
Good info to have when comparing saws.
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If you can get your hands on a MS241C, you wouldn’t regret it.
I’m interested in a rear handle MS200 or MS201C if I ever run across a used one that looks ok.
The MS180 is a really fun little saw too, and pretty inexpensive.
I’m interested in a rear handle MS200 or MS201C if I ever run across a used one that looks ok.
The MS180 is a really fun little saw too, and pretty inexpensive.
Damn 3 saw plan just morphed into about a 5 saw plan. Decided I needed (read: wanted) an 036 Pro to replace one that I ported and sold a year or two ago, so I have a minty one one the way from Colorado.
With that, my "user" saw lineup is as follows: 020 Super top handle, 026 Pro, 036 Pro, 044, 076. If I added to it, I'd prolly get a rear handle 30-40cc saw and an 064 to fill the gap between the 044 and 076...
With that, my "user" saw lineup is as follows: 020 Super top handle, 026 Pro, 036 Pro, 044, 076. If I added to it, I'd prolly get a rear handle 30-40cc saw and an 064 to fill the gap between the 044 and 076...
