i have found some amazing chainsaws at the local scrap metal yard. most recently i found a Poulan 53 which is in good shape and has the orig bar. i did some basic work on it today and it had good spark! i found an old mccolluch 1-85 with a 36" bar and it runs! i also found several old metal case homelites that i was using to cut firewood. i then found a nicer, newer homelite that i got running strong and used it for while. but then i found a craftsman 36cc, 16" that was in like-new condition. got it home and it had no spark. so last week i looked at it in detail. i fixed the spark and fired it up! this saw starts and runs so well that it's now my go-to saw.
thanks to epa, many people get frustrated with their saw when it stops running. sometimes it's as simple as a carb adjustment but epa has made that more difficult so they just trash the entire saw and buy a new one. it's my contention that the pollution caused from the building of new machines when the EPA choked ones die prematurely is greater than if they'd let these saws run a little richer. but until we get a libertarian administration, nothing will change in this regard, or any other regard for that matter. but, this allows those of us with a little know-how to score some fine machines for pennies on the dollar. i got all of these saws for .50/lb! the ones that i didn't want to fiddle with were sold on ebay. i got $67.00 plus shipping for an old Stihl. there's money in them thar scrap yards....
pictured is my "new" craftsman 36cc / 16". who makes this for craftsman, Husky or Poulan?
thanks to epa, many people get frustrated with their saw when it stops running. sometimes it's as simple as a carb adjustment but epa has made that more difficult so they just trash the entire saw and buy a new one. it's my contention that the pollution caused from the building of new machines when the EPA choked ones die prematurely is greater than if they'd let these saws run a little richer. but until we get a libertarian administration, nothing will change in this regard, or any other regard for that matter. but, this allows those of us with a little know-how to score some fine machines for pennies on the dollar. i got all of these saws for .50/lb! the ones that i didn't want to fiddle with were sold on ebay. i got $67.00 plus shipping for an old Stihl. there's money in them thar scrap yards....
pictured is my "new" craftsman 36cc / 16". who makes this for craftsman, Husky or Poulan?