montanaman
Gold Member
Well I'm not one to preach, but I have been a Stihl dealer for a while now and was just going over what I need to put on order. Stihl has a nice DVD that I sell for $5 and I think in the last few years, I have only sold 3!! One was to a commercial tree service that wanted their workers to watch it so it would qualify as training to help with the insurance company.
Let me just say that if you don't have a lot of experience with a chainsaw, it does NOT make you less of a man, or woman, to admit it and spend a few bucks to get a little education that could make owning and using a chainsaw much safer and more rewarding.
I just about quit telling customers about the DVD because they either think I'm trying to rob them of a whole $5, or they feel insulted.
There are tons of things covered about caring for your saw, maintaining your saw, chain filing, bucking and felling techniques, and a lot of safety stuff too.
What has really got me thinking about this DVD is that we had a serious wind storm here a few weeks back. I sold a lot of saws and because I am not a box store, I actually get to know my customers. I sold more than a few saws to folks that really hadn't used a chainsaw before. I had a lot of phone calls about saws that wouldn't start and about chains that wouldn't turn, etc. It really shocks me how few people will take even a few minutes to read the manual that comes with a saw! Had a customer bad mouthing me and bad mouthing Stihl and after listening to his rant and suggesting that he take off the chain brake, all was well again.....
So if you aren't a seasoned PRO with a chainsaw and you want to get the most out of your chainsaw and operate it in a safe manner, I'd suggest getting the DVD or at the very least, reading the manual that came with your saw!
Ken
Let me just say that if you don't have a lot of experience with a chainsaw, it does NOT make you less of a man, or woman, to admit it and spend a few bucks to get a little education that could make owning and using a chainsaw much safer and more rewarding.
I just about quit telling customers about the DVD because they either think I'm trying to rob them of a whole $5, or they feel insulted.
There are tons of things covered about caring for your saw, maintaining your saw, chain filing, bucking and felling techniques, and a lot of safety stuff too.
What has really got me thinking about this DVD is that we had a serious wind storm here a few weeks back. I sold a lot of saws and because I am not a box store, I actually get to know my customers. I sold more than a few saws to folks that really hadn't used a chainsaw before. I had a lot of phone calls about saws that wouldn't start and about chains that wouldn't turn, etc. It really shocks me how few people will take even a few minutes to read the manual that comes with a saw! Had a customer bad mouthing me and bad mouthing Stihl and after listening to his rant and suggesting that he take off the chain brake, all was well again.....
So if you aren't a seasoned PRO with a chainsaw and you want to get the most out of your chainsaw and operate it in a safe manner, I'd suggest getting the DVD or at the very least, reading the manual that came with your saw!
Ken