SPIKER
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I went & took a look at the 22" $199 TSC Poulan Pro saw, 55CC and was a lot more metal in the saw than in the more expensive ones...
Mark
Mark
I went & took a look at the 22" $199 TSC Poulan Pro saw, 55CC and was a lot more metal in the saw than in the more expensive ones...
Mark
I didnt mention while I was there a guy, (my age) saw me looking at the chainsaws (I happen to be standing in front of the Orange Huskies at the time) as I didnt see the Poulan at first. He said he bought one (Orange Huskie) last year and it has had to be worked on constantly... plastic bearing inside and on the clutch!? run them hard and the bearing melt and seize up and or out goes the compression. His has had broken leaking fuel and oil tanks on top of the constant issues with bearings seizing up... He asked me why I was looking at the inexpensive Poulan saws, I told him my experience with the 14 & 18" machines and was looking for the 22" I had heard about. (they had the 22'' on the shelf on the bottom pushed in behind all the more expensive saws, cable tied up so you could not even et the thing out to try & lift it up..?? ) Must be low profit on that machine?? He said if he had seem the 22" then he would have bought it for sure back then. He said there was hardly any metal in his saw, even under the plastic housing parts it is more plastic.. So I went looking around for tractor chains ect. and didnt see anything I need at the time, on my way out (chainsaws are up front) the guy was over there with them un-locking the 22" Poulan saw : Not sure if it went home with ihm or not though...
Mark
My 372xp fits in the husky box easily with a 20" bar,your dealer should have them,and lowes stocks them here as well.Husky makes a 24" bar sleeve for there box as well,but its separate.I didnt try my big 395xp,but i dont think it will fit in the box,and id need to take the 32" bar off as well.I like using the boxes for transport,it keeps the saws from getting tosses around.
I too must have the CAD, seeing I own 6 running chainsaws.
I bought a Homelite XL12 about 15 yrs ago used, was a great saw. I had it tuned several times. It finally got to running real rough. Took it and another Super XL12 I had bought on a deal and told the guy to get parts there if needed. He called me and told me the Super was a better saw in good condition, needed coil from old saw. We went with that. I have a bow on that saw.
I have a small Homelite XL that I bought new in the 80's, been a good lil saw. It got hard to start, wouldn't idle. I left it on the shelf, bought a new Poulan as my limbing saw. Biggest POS I ever owned. And I did loan it one time, has never been the same.
I bought a new Homelight small saw in December, the toolless adjusting system. That too is a piece of crap, chain will not stay tightened. It made me appreciate my older saws. So I then started buying old homelites for parts at an auction. Bought a lil Super XL for 15.00. Ended up needing fuel lines on it and a new primer bulb, great running lil saw. 25.00 total investment.
I then got my old Homelite XL out and rebuilt the carb. It too is back to being a great lil saw. I had a repair shop sell me a new bow to go on it for 20.00 and only charged me 18.00 for a new chain to fit it, longer on the bow saw. So now I have a lil bow saw, a big bow saw and 3 limb saws.
So I was back at the auction and bought a Homelite XL12 "BlueBoy". It is painted Blue and made prior to 1970 I later learned. I bought it for parts if ever needed. Paid 5.00 for it. Complete saw but no chain. Looks rough but all there and looked clean in the tank and carb. I got it home and checked it out, had good spark. I shot ether in it and low and behold it started right up. I then put gas in it and it runs great, nothing to do to it but put on a chain which I already had from the other parts saw I bought years ago, had a almost new chain and bar. It needs new paint, but a running XL12 for 5.00.
Still looking for parts saws. Bought 2 and both turned out to be good saws, one only needing gas & chain, the other fuel lines and primer.
I like my older Homelites. They seem to work well for me, easy to work on, parts still available. But I still can't get over the running XL12 for 5.00.
I said earlier I had 6 running chainsaws. I forgot about my Ryobi pole saw and my lil electric pruning saw, that makes 8 running saws. Homeowner use only.