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[Oldpath05]

Who the heck is rick?

:thumbsup:We're not sure but he sure does cause lotta discussion when he shows up.........

 

[4570Man]

The legal definition of a thrown cord is 180 cubic feet. I don't know how you're supposed to measure that though, after it's been dumped onto your driveway out of 4570Man's ton truck.

I’d be really surprised if there’s that much difference. My truck will hold about 5 yards with the tailgate up and level with the sideboards which is a little more than a stacked cord. This load is a little more then a cord but there’s no way you could stack it back on the truck with the tailgate up and not heaping much over the sides.

 

[hunt4570]

YEA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! finally a live tree. But looks like you forgot how to cut down a tree, rule No.1 stump should be lower then 3', that is if you really are cutting it down, from here the tree is still standing, oh no FAKE NEWS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I cut lots of trees with the stump at 3' or more even.., I make chairs out of them.. nice little "ground stands" for hunting.

 

[Oldpath05]

Yup, I like them Husky's. Any problems that I have had were of my own undoing. Like buying gas for future cutting and forgetting to put oil in it before I used it. That cost me a piston and jug on the 262XP. I have a very old Titan chainsaw that will numb hands within minutes. That belonged to my FIL. He would not use that saw. I've used it once or twice way back when the Mac1010 was acting up. Using it without hearing protection could make a person go deaf. There is no muffler on it. I heard that there were issues with the early 550XP saws. Although the local saw shop denied it. I wouldn't admit it either if I was selling that product line.

Do you know what years the 262xp came out? My first 550xp sure did start hard, never knew when or if it was going to flood out, choke one pull or 4 pulls, my new 550xp one or two pulls starts right up and haven't flooded it out yet.

 

[Oldpath05]

Pretty much all chainsaws from the 70s and earlier did nothing to isolate the engine from the handles. Today, pretty much all saws sold use rubber cylinders or springs to isolate and reduce vibrations felt by your hands. Exceptions are some of the smaller new consumer chainsaws like those made by Poulan.

And back then some wondered where carpal tunal come from. I think the 70s had the highest chainsaw use from more people just dropping trees behind skidders then in the 80s and 90s wood harvesting sorter helped the tingling hands and chainsaws sure got a lot better with anti vibe issue.

 

[4570Man]

Do you know what years the 262xp came out? My first 550xp sure did start hard, never knew when or if it was going to flood out, choke one pull or 4 pulls, my new 550xp one or two pulls starts right up and haven't flooded it out yet.

For some reason my 372xp doesn’t start good when it’s close to out of gas. It starts fine when it’s full. And the problem doesn’t exist when it’s hot.

 

[KennyG]

I bought half a dozen Poulan saws back when I was running a deer ranch down in Texas, I don't think any of them lasted much more than a year, changed to Stihl and haven't looked back! Never to buy anything Poulan again.

I guess it all depends on what you need and what you are willing to put up with. I have two Poulans but I only cut 3 or 4 cords a year. The little 14" saw is a little temperamental to start and I had to replace the fuel lines last year, but it's 20 years old. My 20" saw is only 3 or 4 years old and starts easily (but takes 3 or 4 pulls). Saws that start cold on the first or second pull are just a fairy tale to me because I'm cheap.

 

[Oldpath05]

For some reason my 372xp doesn’t start good when it’s close to out of gas. It starts fine when it’s full. And the problem doesn’t exist when it’s hot.

What year is your 372xp? I never had a hard starting saw like that 2013 550xp, once in a while it started good but most times right from the get go especially if stored a week in vertical position with half tank of gas, two pulls with choke and gas run right out of the exhaust, pull plug yadda yaddy..... then it was suppose to be a 50cc pro-saw not a 4 year disposable saw of part time use.

 

[Jstpssng]

I guess it all depends on what you need and what you are willing to put up with. I have two Poulans but I only cut 3 or 4 cords a year. The little 14" saw is a little temperamental to start and I had to replace the fuel lines last year, but it's 20 years old. My 20" saw is only 3 or 4 years old and starts easily (but takes 3 or 4 pulls). Saws that start cold on the first or second pull are just a fairy tale to me because I'm cheap.

I've never had a saw last for 20 years... the longest that I've had one was my old Husky 254 which I bought used in 1993 and threw out in 2007. Some of us are chain saw snobs yet the lower cost saws are much better value for a lot of people who aren't running them for 100+ hours per year. The main things which I've found with the Poulan is the lack of vibration dampening, and that I need to adjust the carb fairly frequently.

 

[Oldpath05]

Ok everyone can calm down now they got it under control, but half hr I was some nervous, outta hand brush fire at neighbors house they just set up a big light, glad it's going to rain tonight!!!!!