[AT] Thanks!

[Larry Goss]

For string trimmers I have a 12
pound sledge and a dumpster...   :-)

I love it, Farmer, but how did you happen to chose a 12-pounder?  Won't a 16-pounder do a better job?  :-)

Larry

----- Original Message -----
From: Indiana Robinson <robinson46176 at gmail.com>
Date: Thursday, October 8, 2009 9:31
Subject: Re: [AT] Thanks!
To: Antique tractor email discussion group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>

> I have a Homelight chainsaw maybe 6 or 8 years old that has less than
> an hours use that doesn't start. I "could" fix it I just don''t want
> to... I used it 15 minutes and a flimsy crappy plastic oil flow
> adjustment part broke. When I bought a replacement part 
> (actually I
> bought two) the dealer had already ordered a batch of them in 
> and said
> that they were breaking left and right.  After I used it a 
> second time
> it became hard to start and ran poorly. It came in the stupidest case
> I ever saw. It was  made so that any water that fell on the 
> top was
> directed into the plastic case. They "shingled" it the wrong 
> way... I
> couldn't even leave it in the back of the truck on the way home from
> the woods if it was raining. I have never even sharpened the chain
> (one of those tri-rakers) on it. I keep it sitting where I can 
> see it
> as I walk by to remind me to never buy another. I have several small
> Poulan saws that I have worn out multiple chains and bars on
> completely trouble free. None of their cases have ever leaked either.
> I currently have a small Echo that I really love for light stuff
> (limbing) and a Poulan Pro for larger stuff (logs). Both are trouble
> free.
> Even though I used to work on chainsaws for part of my living I really
> detest working on them other than grinding chains and leveling 
> bars. I
> still do a tiny bit of that for $$$. For string trimmers I have 
> a 12
> pound sledge and a dumpster...   :-)
> 
> 
> -- 
> Have you hugged your horses today?
> 
> Francis Robinson
> aka "farmer"
> Central Indiana USA
> robinson46176 at gmail.com
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