I've offered to cut wood for people rather than loan my saw out..THIS!!!!!
Mine now come with an operator.
Yep, they usually reply "well it's got a tank for oil and I filled it right up".
There are user saws and collector saws. I have several user saws that work very well with aftermarket parts. The collector saws should be kept original if possible. Don't think I have any saws that I wouldn't take out and use so I guess all my saws are users. Chicom parts do lower the value of a saw when you try to sell it though..
Nah, I think if you do that you form prejudice and miss out on good saws. The main brands all make some really good ones and some turds. I’m just the opposite. I started out hard on Stihl Koolaid and now I’m mostly partial to Husqy and Echo.
Must have two saws you can start! 30 years ago, I had a new husqvarna 51 and an old homelite xl925.
Geez... I've got a couple female neighbors that want to help me clean up the ice storm damage. Today the dentist's wife came out while I took down the serious hazards. The woman on the other side of the fence just sent me her schedule and is baking me cookies too... she wants to help with the rest of the clean up. Who knew a saw would be a chick magnet... I know puppies are.
You must cut a sh!tload of wood!!!! Did you ever use a bar rail grinder or flat file them? Loose ,dull chains and thin viscosity bar oil can reduce life...my guy's smoke through bar's because of this and bend them almost weekly.... proper chain tension, sharpening and oiling go a long way for me. Most of the times they say it's bent, it's because they smoked the rails cutting with a loose dull chain not oiling properly....I dress the bar on my rail grinder and it's legit...
Reminds me of my first McCulloch saw, a 1-42 or 1-43, something like that. By the time I got it started I really was too tired to cut any wood. That was before I was into working on saws. I bought another one later that was just like it but it started very easily..
I’ve actually seen someone do this as well. They use a sacrificial bar and chain. They did it for an underground electrical fence. Regardless of the bar and chain, I don’t think they realize how abrasive all that dirt and mud is on the clutch drum, bearing, and everything else under the clutch cover. Nuts!Expensive?? A neighbor hired a backhoe guy to dig a trench so that he could run a power wire to his shed,,,
When the backhoe guy found out what he needed, he went to the cab of his truck,,
He pulled out a chainsaw,, and cut a thin slot,, just big enough for the wire.
When he was done, he said a new bar and chain were less costly than unloading the backhoe,,,,,,,,,,,,,
I guess a .404 would be best for this..Expensive?? A neighbor hired a backhoe guy to dig a trench so that he could run a power wire to his shed,,,
When the backhoe guy found out what he needed, he went to the cab of his truck,,
He pulled out a chainsaw,, and cut a thin slot,, just big enough for the wire.
When he was done, he said a new bar and chain were less costly than unloading the backhoe,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Same with trailers, I will gladly help move something but never ever loan out a trailer unless you have great respect and knowledge on the loaneeTHIS!!!!!
Mine now come with an operator.
Maybe there is a market for a chain with small scoop like teeth similar to those on a Ditch Witch trencher?
Years ago on a wildfire in BC the duff layer was so thick the lightweight hand tools they gave us to use wouldn't get through to the soil to make decent fireline. It's like the heads of them were cast from recycled beer cans! The saw team turned their chains backwards and cut rolls of duff 3' wide and the diggers came behind to roll it away like thick sod. It was the only way to quickly get to the dirt. Us teams from region 3 work differently than the guys in BC.Expensive?? A neighbor hired a backhoe guy to dig a trench so that he could run a power wire to his shed,,,
When the backhoe guy found out what he needed, he went to the cab of his truck,,
He pulled out a chainsaw,, and cut a thin slot,, just big enough for the wire.
When he was done, he said a new bar and chain were less costly than unloading the backhoe,,,,,,,,,,,,,
