Homelite ranger 33cc

[dschroeder]

Just picked up a used homelite ranger at my local shop to use as a "beater/dirt saw" I do lawn work on the weekend as a side gig and just not wild about abusing the redmax or echo.

Cut a few logs with it yesterday seemed like a decent "homeowner duty" saw and atleast was still a US made saw. Did I do ok for $100 with case and a few extra chains?

 

[bryanr2]

how many chains?

 

[sawdust_wizard]

Yea, as long as it runs good, you can still find tons of parts for them. If you look on feabay, Starting bids for non running saws usually start out at $20 then the $20-$40 shipping. So you could have a starting prive of upwards of $60. Or you'll find deals where the starting price is $10 with $25 shipping, with the description readin "this saw last ran a few years ago when put up. I am moving, (blah blah blah), or have no use for this saw since I got a new one" So people will bid on it thinking it needs a $5-10 carb kit, some fuel line and filter. Only later to find out at first the bar and chain is rusted or wore out bad ($30 up) and/or ignition module shot ($50up) and then last but not least, you take the muffler off and find a nicely scored piston they forgot to mention. So that project saw you bought online getting it running can well exceed $100. Not to mention the most valuable thing of all it takes away is time to fix it.

 

[dschroeder]

She runs great starts easy cuts decent. Wouldn't keep up against my redmax gz380 (which I wouldn't expect it to at all).