Just another junk chainsaw

goeduck · Feb 21, 2019

LD1 said:
You misunderstood.

If he pays $500 to fix a saw.....and then is only able to "get his money back out" IE...only sell for $500....what's the point in having repaired? You gain NOTHING for the hassle. Just pitch it...or get a few bucks selling it doesn't a parts saw.

You are correct in that I gain nothing but I also LOSE NOTHING. Plus I do not need to come up with an additional $600 ($1100 - $500) to get a 70cc saw back in the rotation. So to that extent I GAIN.

Edit
I just checked CL and there are two used 441s in Spokane for $785 and $675. So maybe I do GAIN from my $500 investment.:thumbsup:

jerrybob · Feb 26, 2019

We've got 6 acres....lots of trees...mostly alders....my 15 year old Craftsman chain saw finally bit the dust...not worth fixing.....did some research...looked at some Stihls....ended up getting an Echo CS 400 18 inch bar.....dropped 11 trees a couple days ago....biggest was about 16 inches at base....probably near 60 ft. tall....that Echo handled everything I threw at it...easy to start....a lot more quiet than my old saw.....really well made. I do not need professional saw....bought this one for $299. I bet it will outlast my old Craftsman. Got all the trees limbed and bucked over the last two days....lots of wood for next year.

goeduck · Feb 26, 2019

jerrybob said:
We've got 6 acres....lots of trees...mostly alders....my 15 year old Craftsman chain saw finally bit the dust...not worth fixing.....did some research...looked at some Stihls....ended up getting an Echo CS 400 18 inch bar.....dropped 11 trees a couple days ago....biggest was about 16 inches at base....probably near 60 ft. tall....that Echo handled everything I threw at it...easy to start....a lot more quiet than my old saw.....really well made. I do not need professional saw....bought this one for $299. I bet it will outlast my old Craftsman. Got all the trees limbed and bucked over the last two days....lots of wood for next year.

Any pictures?

xyz123 · Feb 27, 2019

2159 needed the carb fix Scott Kunz tells about in video.

Like new still. Needs the updated intake clamp etc. But was still tight with hardly any use on saw.

Chain brake was set off saw. Showed him 3 ways to reset. I use 2 of them and did it.

jerrybob · Feb 27, 2019

goeduck said:
Any pictures?

I don't do pictures....that is my wife's department. If you want to see the saw....just google Echo CS 400 18. Lots out there.

cqaigy2 · Feb 27, 2019

jerrybob said:
I don't do pictures....that is my wife's department. If you want to see the saw....just google Echo CS 400 18. Lots out there.

But not with your trees laying in a pile around you. :laughing:

BoneStock · Feb 28, 2019

My bad girls, ordering carb kits and new lines after I clear out some more brush in the coming weeks.

rangerfredbob · Mar 1, 2019

I love those little Homelite XL saws. If you have the older version with points find yourself an old style Homelite 25cc or 30cc weedeater or blower and steal the coil, strip the saw down and bolt the coil on and continue on with life, works slick... I have one with a 16" bar, think I got it for $5 and it would cut 2" into a log before it would jam from the chain being sharpened so badly... I need my shop, get all my chainsaws in one place and working... really want to see that old 85CC McCulloch go...

dfkrug · Mar 2, 2019

rangerfredbob said:
I love those little Homelite XL saws.

Yeah, those are decent saws, made from mid 70s to early 90s. I had a points version, which I also upgraded to electronic ignition by swapping a later coil module. Also, the best ones had magnesium cases, versus the later plastic, from 10" to 16" bars. There is a version with 2 triggers as well. I have had about 6 or 7, total.

I even had a chainsaw winch (Walt's Game Reel) in the mid-90s, which used a tophandle XL for the power unit.