So 3yrs after the smoke clears here (or outhouse stench?) I buy one off eBay for about 175US. Looks like it's hardly been used! god help me if it's a poulan in any form. My dad bought one of those new when I was 12, he let me do all the cutting with it and I totally destroyed it in about two winters cutting old dryed Aussie hardwood. Regular forcing of a blunt saw will do that I found, anyway, We bought a husqvarna 61 hardwood as its replacement in about 1988 and .. I think .. is still going strong .. not sure exactly as my exes bf scored from her shed along with other goodies and hocked it last year the ********. So how far have I downgraded? I'll let y'all know soon