Want to Buy Poulan 3400

[Chris Bartocci]

Looking for a Poulan 3400 in good shape, as clean as possible for a saw that old! Would like it in running condition. Anybody got one??? Learned to use on this saw when I was a kid. None of the newer saws just feel right to me.

 

[Guido Salvage]

I have a few spares, do you want a bow or bar? If you want a NOS one, I can help with that as well. It may be helpful to update your profile to show where are you located.

 

[Chris Bartocci]

I have a few spares, do you want a bow or bar? If you want a NOS one, I can help with that as well. It may be helpful to update your profile to show where are you located.

I am looking for a 16 inch or an 18 inch. I live in Rochester, NY for a couple more months and then a resident of the great state of Texas

 

[sunfish]

Good saw! I used one for 20 years until I got a Husky 346xp in 2001... Just sold it here a few weeks ago.

 

[stihlaficionado]

What differences in the 3400 & 3500, besides cc's?

 

[MS460WOODCHUCK]

What differences in the 3400 & 3500, besides cc's?

The 3500 is 61cc and is a newer model of saw totally different than a 3400 which is 56cc.

 

[redunshee]

I am looking for a 16 inch or an 18 inch. I live in Rochester, NY for a couple more months and then a resident of the great state of Texas

Where in Texas? I've got several plus beau coup parts.

 

[Chris Bartocci]

Where in Texas? I've got several plus beau coup parts.

I am looking in the Austin area.

 

[Chris Bartocci]

I have searched for the right 3400 for quite some time. several have showed up on ebay with mechanical problems or all rusted up. The paint is horrible and the stickers are gone. Although I will use it, it is a rather sentimental purchase. My entire childhood consisted of driving from upstate New York to Lock Haven PA, going up in the mountains and cutting down dead Oak Trees with my father and grandfather. I learned on that 3400 from the time I was 12 or 13 and used it to cut wood every weekend since until I was 17. I am waiting for that saw that is in really good shape that is operable and has some still good looks to it, even though it is as old as I am! I have a Stihl MS290 and even though on paper it is a better saw, that 3400 I was use to cut just as good if not better and it was made out of steel,not plastic.

 

[sunfish]

Yep, the old Poulan 3400 is a much better saw than a ms290...

 

[redunshee]

Ok

I am looking in the Austin area.

. I'm near dallas

 

[Chris Bartocci]

I have a few spares, do you want a bow or bar? If you want a NOS one, I can help with that as well. It may be helpful to update your profile to show where are you located.

Hey, just wanted to foolow up with you and see if you had a saw that would fit my needs?? Thanks!

 

[AlexTheGrater]

I have searched for the right 3400 for quite some time. several have showed up on ebay with mechanical problems or all rusted up. The paint is horrible and the stickers are gone. Although I will use it, it is a rather sentimental purchase. My entire childhood consisted of driving from upstate New York to Lock Haven PA, going up in the mountains and cutting down dead Oak Trees with my father and grandfather. I learned on that 3400 from the time I was 12 or 13 and used it to cut wood every weekend since until I was 17. I am waiting for that saw that is in really good shape that is operable and has some still good looks to it, even though it is as old as I am! I have a Stihl MS290 and even though on paper it is a better saw, that 3400 I was use to cut just as good if not better and it was made out of steel,not plastic.

I was in the same situation, my father bought me a 3400 (out of the blue) in Northern Ireland when all I had was a bowsaw, I used it for a year or so, and then I put it in the shed and ignored it for 25 years. In a moment of foolishness five years ago, I scrapped it (the starter dogs would not engage). I recently had the need of a chainsaw to help out a friend, and resuscitated a Husqvarna 50 I'd been meaning to restore. After a bit I started hankering for a 3400, and after several months browsing eBay, (my goodness, there's some scrap posing as saws out there..) I found one, used a couple of times (original chain, plenty of 'meat' on the cutters) not even scuffed paint. I bought it for a song (the guy selling it had mis-named it a Paulin) so it was me vs. one other eBayer, I got it for £50.
The tank was full of sticky varnish, the fuel lines were completely rotted, and the carb needed a rebuild, but it now runs great, I'm stuck whether to use it or just keep it, I think I'll use it, it's very powerful, if a bit heavy. I'm now right down the very end of memory lane, cutting sycamore on a precipitous slope in Northern Ireland.

 

[hanniedog]

What sort of price range are you talking?

 

[Chris Bartocci]

hanniedog, if the saw is in the condition I am looking for I am willing to pay for it. Send me some pictures of what you have.

 

[hanniedog]

Don'y have one in my possesion. Saw one advertised at a local auction tommorrow afternoon. Theres a pic of it on his web site. The auctioneer is G.A. Pickworth

 

[Chris Bartocci]

hanniedog, back looks good but cannot see either side or the bar. Also no indication if it is in working order. Don't tell you much do they!

 

[hanniedog]

Hey at least listing says what it is.

 

[Chris Bartocci]

Hey at least listing says what it is.

LOL, yes it does!

 

[Guido Salvage]

I have one here that has never been run. Problem is the air filter, filter cover, top cover and clutch cover were robbed for other saws.





I will be back in VA this weekend and can pull out a couple for you.