[AT] New chainsaw

[Mike]

Hi Dick,
That was me; it's been a while since I bought that 039 from you. It's a great saw, I swapped the long bar it came with for a 20", and put a full chisel chain on it. Wow, can that saw make the chips fly. I had been using a Homelite Super XL, which was my Grandfathers, but it died and the parts were getting hard to come by. That was a great saw too. Good to hear from you. Mike M

-- "Dick Day" <ddss at telebeep.com> wrote:
Speaking of chain saws...

Several years ago, I sold my Stihl to an atis member (can't remember who) 
and just wanted to see how they, and the saw, were getting along :)

Dick Day


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alan Riley" <arr44 at suddenlink.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2008 8:44 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] New chainsaw


> Farmer, that probably would have been a Shindaiwa saw
> that gave you the near heart attack.  They are red and definitely
> not cheap.  I am in the same boat as you regarding using a
> heavy saw.  My old McCulloch Pro-Mac 610 20" saw is just
> too heavy to use except to fell a tree or cut up large diameter
> logs on the ground.  About 5 years back a medium size oak I
> was cutting (beside the pad for my new tractor shed) decided
> to fall in the opposite direction it was "supposed" to fall, pinching
> the bar of the Mac.  One of my boys had "borrowed" (I never
> saw it again) my 14" Craftsman (Poulan), and my 16" Homelite's
> clutch was slipping badly.  Being mildly upset, as you were, I
> stopped at the first place down the road that sold chain saws
> (7 or 8 miles away) rather than going twice that far to Lowes or
> Wal-Mart.  I nearly choked on the price, but I did buy a 14"
> Shindaiwa (a model 300S Professional, I believe).  It got me
> out of a jam that day and has never failed me since.  It is very
> easy starting and I really enjoy using it.
>
> Alan
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Indiana Robinson" <robinson46176 at gmail.com>
> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" 
> <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2008 12:44 PM
> Subject: [AT] New chainsaw
>
>
>>I wanted to cut some wood last week and my little Poulan didn't want
>> to fire up. Thinking back it was probably just a tiny bit of water in
>> the carb from condensation etc. that turned to ice out in the cold but
>> as many of us do I got a little pi$$ed and headed to town to look for
>> a new saw. The local farm store only carries Poulan and while Poulans
>> have always given me decent service I was still a little angry at
>> mine. I have an almost new 20" Poulan Pro which is great for felling
>> good sized trees and bucking the logs but it just gets too heavy for
>> limbing etc. especially when climbing in awkward spots or reaching out
>> to cut. I have used the little 14" Poulans for a long time for that. I
>> just wanted something different this time so I went to see our only
>> actual outdoor power equipment dealer in town. There are several
>> around but they are about a 60 mile round trip and the folks in town
>> are a 6 mile round trip. They also have a decent reputation and I have
>> bought parts there before and they seem to stock well and know what
>> you need. They had a display of some kind of "red" saw that I can not
>> recall the name of (I think it starts with an S not Stihl, I think it
>> has a Q in it). I looked at the price tags on them and about had a
>> Fred Sanford heart attack right there among the saws...
>> :-)
>> Then I spotted a display of Echo products. My hand was still shaking
>> when I turned over the price tag on the smallest one and it was almost
>> twice the price of the small Poulan I had looked at in the farm store
>> but after seeing the price on that red one it seemed almost free.
>> One of them followed me home and I must say that I do like it a lot.
>> It is extremely light and the whole head is a lot smaller and flatter
>> than the Poulan. The dealer insisted on putting fuel and oil in it and
>> firing it up before he would let it out the door. I had looked before
>> at several brands but this time I wanted a local parts stocking
>> dealer. I suppose now he will go belly up on me since I bought one...
>> :-)
>> I'll keep the bigger Poulan Pro, the Echo and the newest little Poulan
>> and probably take all of the others I have to the Portland Spring Swap
>> Meet.
>>
>> -- 
>> --
>> "farmer"
>>
>> "Good clean muck never hurt nobody!!!"
>> Morris Moulterd
>>
>>
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>>
>>
>> Francis Robinson
>> Central Indiana USA
>> robinson46176 at gmail.com
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