True... they are arguably orange Poulans and are homeowner grade. Take heart, though, they are decent little firewood saws.... I think Poulans got cheaper after they made this saw. The 295 is a close relative and it was honestly a nice unit. 36, 41, 136, 141, all the same basic saw, with the "1xx" series being more EPA compliant, a negative, I'm afraid. I cut an AWFUL lot of firewood with a muff modded 41, which I consider to be the best of them. Light, nimble, easy to work on, strong enough to do real work, and just the right color. Did my first piston replacement on it.
My story on this saw is that I bought a Stihl 041 as my first firewood saw. Strong, but heavy, antiquated, and problematic. Granted, that was probably more my fault, but there you have it. I bought the little Husky 41 used off Fleabay and things got WAAAY better... it became FUN. It was probably the saw that got me addicted! Cutting 10 cords of nice oak with a $50 saw will do that to you.
