Dolmar 5100 Chain Saw

I started this morning out when SWMBO "found" the rubber ball "the Monster" lost last night. He's a 10 month old "Boston Terriorist"....so after carrying the commode out to my shop I was finally able to BLOW the ball out by turning the sucker up side down, adding water & compressed air. I tried 4 different drain snakes - none would go through the maze to push the ball out.
It was during that time that I figured out that the new water line going to the shop was hot water. I just got the laundry room changed over yesterday.....everything is fixed now - and that ball is history! I'm sure everyone here has had days like this!

OK - back to the saw - that puppy don't EVEN back down! I think my old 028 woulda been PROUD of it's replacement! I've only run 1 tank of gas through it but I'm satisfied! If any of you ever have to go shopping for a chainsaw, you need to look at Dolmar. This is basically the same size as my 028 - 18" bar with 3/8" chain but the Dalmar cranks up to 14,500 where the Stihls go to 12,500. That extra 2k rpms makes a difference in cutting time! Seems like it gets better "mileage" than the 028, too. Makes sense - being 30 years newer.

And THANKS to JT from this board! That's Jim Thompson of Prairieland Mower who steered me towards Dalmar!