i need a new chainsaw

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Is a 16" bar big enough? If so, try the Milwaukee cordless. No gas, little to no maintenance besides the blade.
 
JackBootedThug said:
Shit bro that’s an easy fix….carb probably needs cleaning. Sounds like your floats stuck. For my weedeaters I usually just by a new carb…cheap as fuck on Amazon…
If you clean it you will have to adjust it. The left screw adjusts the idle and the right adjusts the fuel rate under load….
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Yep. Bought a new carb off Amazon for my Stihl weed eater. Worked for 2 weekends. Tossed the whole fucking thing in the trash and bought an Echo. My last Echo lasted over 10 years. And brother, I have a lot of riverbank and heavy brush I weed eat. I spend about 3 hours every weekend just on the weed eater.
 
I remember these real deal logger dudes I knew were all about Jonsereds, I guess that company went out of business though.
 
Laputan Machine said:
I remember these real deal logger dudes I knew were all about Jonsereds, I guess that company went out of business though.
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I am pretty sure Echo does also but I know Stihl has a professional line if you want a top quality, lifetime level saw but be prepared to spend what you would on a fairly nice guitar. Unless you are going to spend a lot of time with a saw it's not really worth it IMO
 
I'm getting a Stihl after fucking around way too long with my Poulan and Homelite. The Poulan was gift from my father in law so I don't want to hurt his feelings but I gotta do what I gotta do. I also have a Ryobi handheld. Not really a chainsaw but similar. It is great for small branches because I can use one hand. Same design as my pole saw, same chain etc.
 
Geo said:
Is a 16" bar big enough? If so, try the Milwaukee cordless. No gas, little to no maintenance besides the blade.
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This is the most insightful thing you’ve ever posted
 
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311splawndude said:
I'm getting a Stihl after fucking around way too long with my Poulan and Homelite. The Poulan was gift from my father in law so I don't want to hurt his feelings but I gotta do what I gotta do. I also have a Ryobi handheld. Not really a chainsaw but similar. It is great for small branches because I can use one hand. Same design as my pole saw, same chain etc.
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Poulan is junk, but I have an old Homelite 330 that's still running great after about 30 years.
 
Laputan Machine said:
one i have is a stihl 028av
it spits gas out of the carb and leaks and never idles
they are pretty expensive used on ebay, almost as much as a new ms250, is the 028 a better saw?
worth it to rebuild? thing never works well after new gaskets
people seem to really like old saws over new ones.
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You need to pull apart the carb.
Its not a gasket fix.

Once again, listed to JBT.
 
I worked with a pretty serious arborist back in the mid 90's.
Husqvarna was all we used and back then they were indestructible.

Had a couple that were outfitted with 48" bars, took a number of old Cottonwood down around Sodus Point of the banks of the shore.
Tore them big trees up!

Of course, I don't believe that to be the case today with that brand...
 
Floyd Eye said:
Yep. Bought a new carb off Amazon for my Stihl weed eater. Worked for 2 weekends. Tossed the whole fucking thing in the trash and bought an Echo. My last Echo lasted over 10 years. And brother, I have a lot of riverbank and heavy brush I weed eat. I spend about 3 hours every weekend just on the weed eater.
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I bought an echo brushcutter and after one season the coil went bad. Easy fix but damn… never had any issues with my stihls…other than carbs.
 
I had lost one of three main leads off a very old sugar maple two years ago.
Bought a new Stihl, tore that shit up that landed, except for the main part that was too big.

Of course Monday afternoon before this fell, I totaled my ‘88 BMW R100. I was a mess.

Woke up Thursday morn to this on the ground.
Was a few weeks before I could even start working on it, killed me looking at it everyday since at that point I was out of work recovering…
 

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Most brands make a home owner and a commercial model.

If you plan to maintain it properly, buy the commercial one.

If you are going to buy cheap oil and leave gas in it, buy the home owner model.
 
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You gotta keep them up, don’t leave fuel in them and don’t run ethanol based fuel, always run marine fuel. It will be much longer before you have problems. I currently have 4 Stihls, 1 Echo and a 34 year old Poulan commercial bow saw. If your not gonna keep them up you might as well get cheap shit.
We have hurricanes hit every year so we gotta be ready to go hard when it happens.
Stihl And Echo have been good for us, I had a coil go down on the echo but I’ve had that happen on stihls too. You keep them long enough and something is gonna break, doesn’t matter what brand it is
 
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Fuckin ethanol is what fucks everything up. It actually causes the fuel lines to break down and disintegrate. Fuckin hippies…
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Yep
Our saw shop in town says do not run that horrible shit in your saw and fuck it up, then bring it here and let the word warranty come out of your mouth, we will taze you over the counter ??
He’s a big guy too. Nice as he can be until he has to deal with your stupid, which he has little or no tolerance for.
 
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I can appreciate the convenience of electric saws, but they would not last a day after a hurricane hits. When Sally hit us I was running them nonstop for 3 days and some nights just to cut my way to the road so I could go back to work ?
Some of them were 100+ year oaks that were nearly 5 feet in diameter. That shit sucked. I took 2 loaders just to get that shit to the road
 
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Fuckin ethanol is what fucks everything up. It actually causes the fuel lines to break down and disintegrate. Fuckin hippies…
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Yes, but also quality has dropped. In the 80's Echo equipment had 3 piston rings, now they use just one.

Also, what really killed the lifespan of 2 cycle equipment was the removal of carb adjustments. These machines are running lean to begin with and any lack of fuel flow from the fuel lines or filter will be eating that one piston ring quickly.
 
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