Yucky,nasty,dirty,how do they get like this ??

[roncoinc]

Took this in trade and was amazed at how,dirty,beat up,scratched up,nasty it was !!
in some places the crud is so thick a putty knife wont take it off !! some of the scratches so deep if in a sidewalk you would trip !
the top cover got broken and they gobbed on silicone caulking !
the ID plate i could hardly read at all,even IT was beat that bad..
bar bent in TWO places even..
he said it had no spark,must have had original plug in it,with a new one it runs fine..
this saw is from a home owner,how do they do something like this to a saw ??
WHAT could they do to beat it up so bad ??
cosmetically this one is not salvageable
what a shame,runs good now after some attention,well,LOT's of attention,air cleaner needed a good hour in the USC ! never mind needing an impact tool to loosen what was under the bar cover
aint no selling this one so clean what i can and set it up and loan it it out i guess..
disgusting...the picture makes it looke MUCH better than what it is..i may just take a palm sander to it !!

 

[caleath]

I am working on an 029 that looks like that. It was used by my buddy. He had a lawn, tree service in AZ. He used it on palm trees. It got dropped from the top of a tree. It was nasty.

 

[logging22]

Took this in trade and was amazed at how,dirty,beat up,scratched up,nasty it was !!
in some places the crud is so thick a putty knife wont take it off !! some of the scratches so deep if in a sidewalk you would trip !
the top cover got broken and they gobbed on silicone caulking !
the ID plate i could hardly read at all,even IT was beat that bad..
bar bent in TWO places even..
he said it had no spark,must have had original plug in it,with a new one it runs fine..
this saw is from a home owner,how do they do something like this to a saw ??
WHAT could they do to beat it up so bad ??
cosmetically this one is not salvageable
what a shame,runs good now after some attention,well,LOT's of attention,air cleaner needed a good hour in the USC ! never mind needing an impact tool to loosen what was under the bar cover
aint no selling this one so clean what i can and set it up and loan it it out i guess..
disgusting...the picture makes it looke MUCH better than what it is..i may just take a palm sander to it !!

Soooooooooooooo..............your saying its not for sale?

 

[kugss]

Ill buy it, dont care how dirty it looks!

 

[Walt41]

If it is getting the full treatment, hit it with some citrus based cleaner and hot water. I made quick plugs for the real nasty ones out of sheet Aluminum and an old bicycle inner tube, one bolted to the intake and one over the exhaust and you could sink it in a pond and not get the inside wet.

 

[StihlyinEly]

I wanna see the "after" pictures. If ANYONE can make a Husky look good, it'd be you.

 

[056kid]

Took this in trade and was amazed at how,dirty,beat up,scratched up,nasty it was !!
in some places the crud is so thick a putty knife wont take it off !! some of the scratches so deep if in a sidewalk you would trip !
the top cover got broken and they gobbed on silicone caulking !
the ID plate i could hardly read at all,even IT was beat that bad..
bar bent in TWO places even..
he said it had no spark,must have had original plug in it,with a new one it runs fine..
this saw is from a home owner,how do they do something like this to a saw ??
WHAT could they do to beat it up so bad ??
cosmetically this one is not salvageable
what a shame,runs good now after some attention,well,LOT's of attention,air cleaner needed a good hour in the USC ! never mind needing an impact tool to loosen what was under the bar cover
aint no selling this one so clean what i can and set it up and loan it it out i guess..
disgusting...the picture makes it looke MUCH better than what it is..i may just take a palm sander to it !!

How do they get like that?

A pro faller, a month or so, and a conifer forest. . .

 

[litefoot]

That looks like some pretty tough stuff on the plastic, but nothing a bit of elbow grease and Purple Power won't fix. Sometimes dirty is a good thing in an old saw. Caked on oily sawdust protects a painted metal surface pretty darn well.

 

[hwrdpromac7900]

People who let that happen are slobs.

 

[Burvol]

Not an expert on Eastern Soft Woods, but I'd bet 20 bones that's pine pitch.

 

[Roanoker494]

Looks like that poor ole thing has lived out it's days in the bed of a pickup, under a cord of wood.

 

[Anthony_Va.]

Theres people who buy a new saw, run it alot and never even blow the saw off or wipe it down. No matter how much work a saw gets put through, it should be cleaned up regularly to keep everything working right. I work my saws pretty hard too, but I can manage to keep them looking good.

My boss is like that. Runs saws and leaves them in rain, never wipes them off, cleans the filters, or changes the plugs, pickup, etc. Just runs them till they die. Then wondered why they die. If it was'nt for the occasional rain bath, you probably could'nt even identify them.

 

[chopperfreak2k1]

i feel alot better about my saws now.

 

[J.Walker]

For pitch stains and oil deposits I find this cleaner works good.

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[GoRving]

Well, you know it's BEEN a good one.

 

[bobt]

They get to look like that when cutting spruce and balsam for pulp wood. That balsam pitch is hard on a saw.

It will even get on the handles of the saw and glue your gloves to the handles.

Bob

 

[miking]

In my humble opinion, it looks like a chainsaw should look after it has been working for a living.

 

[sefh3]

I use Simple Green and hot water. It works pretty good. It doesn't get all of the crud off but it helps loosen it up.

 

[ghostrider990]

I use simple green on my saws, bike, car, tractor -- you name it.
Biodegradeable, and a powerful degreaser/cleaner. Reasonably priced as well.
SG, hot water, and a toothbrush + compressed air work perfectly!

Pro-use saws are "allowed" to be dirty and look used, but homeowners / semi-pros??
No excuse, unless you LIKE replacing your saws prematurely.

gr

 

[stihl_in_texas]

I use Simple Green and hot water. It works pretty good. It doesn't get all of the crud off but it helps loosen it up.

I concur.