Chainsaws....

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We have a stihl at work, actually had several over the years as well as a few concrete saws. Worthless junk IMO. Hard starting and run like crap. If you even let them think your going to set them down they shut off.

McCulloch is my saw, old but will sit till I need it and don't complain if it's beena year. My dad had a Poulan pro, again an older one but nothing but good things to say about it.
 
cudascott said:
stihl and husky saws have mechanical oil pumps not gravity feed
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I knew some did, just didn't know which ones.
Prefer the manual pump myself, but I guess they have to make them idiot proof these days.
 
cudascott said:
Inkjunkie,
Check the o-ring on your oil cap huskys are known for leaking oil caps. Clean
The saw up good and set it on a clean piece of cardboard to sit for a few hours
Then check to see where the leak is. I have a husky and two stihl saws and
I like them all but like my 009 stihl the best
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It leaks no matter how I leave it. Every time I put oil in it I make sure there ring and sealing area are clean. If I leave it with the o-rings facing down it does not leak thru them....

swifter said:
Ink-I just bought the same saw you have and used it for the first time last week,I just went out to check it and my brand new box is full of chain oil----So if you find out let me know and I'm also going to take it in,Kinda pisses me off for what I paid and got rid of the cheap poulin's i had and never had a problem--Steve
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Makes a bit of a mess, don't it?

cudascott said:
For you guys with the husky saws as I mentioned earlier check the o ring on your oil cap if that's not it the connection between the oil pump and delivery tube is know also to be a loose fit. Get to the oil pump behind the clutch and disconnect the oil delivery tube from the pump and clean both really well and apply a thin coat of gasket sealant on the pump connection and reassemble.
No more oil leaks
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When it warms up I am going to take a look at this....

I normally only fill the oil tank up about 1/4 full whenever I fill the fuel tank. If I am just going to be using it for a few minutes I just make sure it has a bit of oil in it, but it would be nice for it to not leak.

I really like the saw. Have been looking at getting a smaller, lighter one because of my shoulder. Was looking at the Husky 240 at a retailer yesterday.

Next time I am in downtown Spokane I am going to stop at the shop that sells Stihls.Neighbor has a couple of them but they were form his logging days. Both of them are like him.......old....Neither one has a break. One of them runs when it wants, the other one is dead. When the one is running it sounds like a small block with open headers. Thing is damn close to 20 pounds. Jim took a few trees down for me a while back. We were going to both limb and section them. He spent more time trying to get his saw running then he did cutting. If I were to base a decision solely on that I would never buy a Stihl.
 
TrailBeast said:
I have used a lot of different saws, and I'll tell ya what about the oil leaks.
Most saw companies went to a gravity feed chain oil system that literally just seeps oil through an orifice that just keeps running even though the saw isn't.

I store mine with the starter side up so the bar oiling orifice is above the oil level.
Try it, and you will probably find out that this is what is causing it.

I have Poulan Pro 20 now, but I used to run a 40 inch 14 hp monster Homelite every summer getting wood and it had a manual thumb pump oiler.
My Dad bought me my first chainsaw for my 12th birthday and up till then I used a double headed axe to clear the limbs off so my Dad could cut the rounds.

Of course this was a lifetime ago in the Sierra's and I just cut stuff around the house now thank God.
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No matter how I put it down it leaks. I will be replacing the o-rings and taking it apart here shortly.

famous bob said:
I bought a husky 455 rancher back when we had the big ice storm. one of the best saw engines I`ve ever had, but the dam thing throws chains like crazy. have to keep them real tight, soon as it loosens up a little, off it comes, and it`s a pain in the drain to get the drive teeth deburd so it`ll fit back in the bar groove. been like that from day one. it will leak all the chain oil out sitting, that doesn`t bother me at all, but I`ll go sthil if I ever buy another! used to use a homelite for total heat when I was growing up, ( old house wasn`t insulated) :coffee2:they were all metal back then and was the best saw I ever used. yea they were a little heavy, but you guys bigger saws are a little heavy too I imagine.
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Luckily mine has never tossed the chain....yet. And it has been awfully loose a few times, you know how you only have a few moire cuts to make and just don't want to stop working.....

The oil leak does not bother me....always having to put it down on a piece of cardboard or a drain pan is a pain in the *** though. Was in Home Depot yesterday, picked up a small Echo, it felt heavier than my 460.
 
i have 2 poulan 20" farmhands i have had no issues for over 15 years with and 1 16" poulan older then them that still runs great. been thru lots of oak with them (3 to 5 cords a year) for me and my brother to burn. when i was a kid my dad had this craftsman that sounded like a harley and looked like one too with a 24" bar.
 
When I was a kid some 40 years ago my Dad had a Poulan (Sp?). What a pile-o-crap it was. Chain tossing nightmare. Would not hold the settings on the karbanator. Rope recoil would jam. He had a buddy around the corner that ran a small engine shop. Dave got tired of working on it. Dad was one of those people that no matter how crappy something was he would not just get rid of it. One day he "forgot" to put premix in it.....problem solved.
Went ice fishing on Splitrock Lake once years ago. Buddy handed me a hand powered auger. Pain in the ***. He asked if I wanted to go the next day to some where different. I borrowed a neighbors Stihl. Had a 36" or so bar on it. Joe seen me getting it out of the trunk at the lake, baffled what I was going to do with that saw. Sure glad I bought a fuel can with me. I charged $2 a hole, came home with $150....
Back to the issue. I was on the side of the road a while back trimming. Mike, our UPS guy stopped to thank me for widening the road. We got to talking about saws, he lives on 32 acres up in Colville, his folks live a few parcels away on 32 as well, so do his in laws. He had a Stihl and had a ton of problems with it. Mike ran a Carquest and a NAPA machine shop for a while and has built a few hot rods so he is like most of us, a tinkerer. He told me that he could not get Stihl parts anywhere but from a Stihl dealer, which obviously meant paying retail on parts. I have had zero troubles with our saw, other than the leak and a bonehead mistake on my part. I have only had it 3 years or so, I have ran about 7 gallons of fuel thru it though. But i would hate to buy something that I needed to go to a dealer to get stuff for it, I buy damn near everything on line if I can. Mike told me that when he had his Stihl they had a no internet sale policy....Sorry for rambling around a bit, one of "those" days...
 
I have a Poulan and never had a problem with it. Each year I cut more than enough firewood to heat the house. It will cut anything that a Stihl will in about the same amount of time. It cost about 1/3 the price of a Stihl. If I cut up trees for a living, I would probably use a different saw.

Craig
 
I just bought a homelite 1050 auto with 30" bar and 115cc engine at a garage sale for $25. It needs to be gone over and cleaned but looks like a fun project. If it needs a rebuild I may try to convert it to the newer super auto specs.
 
Been stinking about buying a Husqvarna 435. It will do most of what I need to even with just a 16" bar. it is a bit over 3 1/2 pounds lighter than my 460. With how goofy my shoulder is I am sure the lighter weight will be beneficial. Any thoughts?????
 
Here's a couple my bad ****'s...:D
 

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Stihl 270 with an 18 bar,...Cleared my property with it when I built my house. We got a couple just like it on each of our brushfire trucks as well.
 
If you folks don't mind me asking.....what are you paying for your Stihl saws? Only looked in one shop in Spokane, seemed like they were awful "proud" of them, based on the price, at least compared to the Husqvarna's. Been a while, don't remember specifics but if I remember correctly for a similar sized bar/hp rated saw the Stihl was $150 or so higher. Going to go looking this week when we go to town, time permitting. More concerned about the weight of one compared to the other than the price....
 
I have been using a Husky 460 Rancher with a 24" bar/slip tooth chain. Cut well, but when pushed it would lug down, compare it to an automatic trans running into the stall of the convertor. Have a crap load of trees to take down on the sides of our roads so I decided to look into a bigger saw. Well, bigger meant moving up from a "homeowner" rated saw to a "professional forestry" style saw. Stopped at a local dealer that sold Husky's and Stihl saws. After chatting with the sales guy I had decided against a Stihl. Was not really the sales man, it was more the guy that walked in and started talking with me. He rounds up 35-37 cords of wood a year, for himself and his family members. Was a diehard Stihl guy, until he bought a Husky 562 XP
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which just so happens to be saw I was looking at. Seemed like it was more saw for the $$. Saw is a bit tricky to get started compared to my old one. But once someone read the manual after he flooded it I had it running on the first pull. Even since I have zero trouble firing it up. Starts first/second pull every time. Cuts with a vengeance. No bogging down...at all. Very well balanced, and weighs no more than my other saw, which was important to me. Comparable Stihl saw were all a few pounds heavier. Really like the captured nuts that are used on the clutch cover, don't know haw many times I had to hunt for them after kicking them off the trailer when changing the chain.
 
I did take the oil pump off of my old saw, cleaned it all up and gave it a coat of ATV like suggested earlier. Been over a week now with no leaks......hopefully it stays that way...
 
Inkjunkie I'm glad you got your oil leak fixed I always hated a leaky saw
 
cudascott said:
Inkjunkie I'm glad you got your oil leak fixed I always hated a leaky saw
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The bed of the truck I use for tree trimming looks like Exxon Valdez paid it a visit. Nice to not to have to find a piece of cardboard to put it on anymore. Thanks for the help....
 
Doug, I have a Husky 435. I bought it as a refurbished off of ebay. It was much cheaper that way. When I got it I couldn't believe what arrived. It was a brand new saw. The seller buys these things buy the container load. They all have small imperfections that are easily fixed or make it that they can't be sold as new. They might have a scratch on the case or something like that. Anyway, the saw works perfect. The only problem I ever had with it was learning how to start it once it warms up. It was a little different than my old Husky 61.

Here's a link to the sale from the same folk's I bought from.
[ame="http://www.ebay.com/itm/Factory-Reconditioned-Husqvarna-435-16-Chain-Saw-/261355761047?pt=US_Chainsaws&hash=item3cda046d97"]Factory Reconditioned Husqvarna 435 16 034 Chain Saw | eBay[/ame]

Jack
 
Coyote Jack said:
Doug, I have a Husky 435. I bought it as a refurbished off of ebay. It was much cheaper that way. When I got it I couldn't believe what arrived. It was a brand new saw. The seller buys these things buy the container load. They all have small imperfections that are easily fixed or make it that they can't be sold as new. They might have a scratch on the case or something like that. Anyway, the saw works perfect. The only problem I ever had with it was learning how to start it once it warms up. It was a little different than my old Husky 61.

Here's a link to the sale from the same folk's I bought from.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Factory-Rec...355761047?pt=US_Chainsaws&hash=item3cda046d97

Jack
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Thanks for the link Jack. Have a couple of neighbors that are talking about getting new saws...
 
Still no leaks on the old saw....must be fixed. Replaced the 24" bar on the 460 with a 16" one.....and the same skip tooth chain I used when it had the 24" bar. See,s to cut a crap load better with the shorter bar/chain......
 
inkjunkie said:
Still no leaks on the old saw....must be fixed. Replaced the 24" bar on the 460 with a 16" one.....and the same skip tooth chain I used when it had the 24" bar. See,s to cut a crap load better with the shorter bar/chain......
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I bought a shorter bar and chain for my 455, and the dam thing wouldn`t fit, took it back for a refund. guess I got a bastard!-------bob:banghead:
 
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