[AT] New chainsaw

Wed Dec 17 14:50:35 PST 2008

I am so glad to hear that it worked out for you.  You, your family AND the 
saw have a great holiday :)

Dick Day

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike" <msm10301 at juno.com>
To: <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2008 9:36 AM
Subject: Re: [AT] New chainsaw

> 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" 
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> 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"
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>> 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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