How many Chainsaws?

Bruce(OR)

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The wife and I got married and she had a Stihl 026 and a Craftsman brand.
I used the craftsman due to easier starting than the 026.
The craftsman finally lost the igniter and it is waiting.
That's two so far.
Then I found a Stihl 021 in the middle of the road one day.
I suspect it fell off the back of someone's truck going down the road.
That was number three
Along came number four when she complained that starting them was too hard so she got a Stihl MS180C for Christmas.
That was number four.
Then she figured we needed a kinetic log splitter with a 3 second cycle time. It came with a "Free" Power King saw.
That was number five.
Recently I went out to use her 026 and tired of trying to start that contraption so we went down and got a Stihl MS311 with a 30 inch bar
That would be the last saw at number six.
So six saws over 23 years of marriage.
How many trailers? Well we do have three trucks and her van... 6 of those?
Tractors? Not going there. She has been loading the rifle lately...
I wonder why?
 

I have a Stihl 024 that will not start, and somewhere around here is a Homelite Super 2, and a Homelite XL. Those 2 are probably in the undesignated inventory pile because I haven't seen them for several years. My go-to saw has a cord on it. It starts very easy and does everything I need a chainsaw to do.
 
i have a stihl 028 wood boss, 20 in bar, husqvarna 141. 16 in bar, stihl ms 170 with a 12 in bar, a remington 10 in pole saw, and a rural king 16 in electric. there is a macullah (sp) mini mac that i blew up some where in the barn.
 
Lombard 20" Super Lightning, Homeheavy XL-12 and 1050 Auto that were FIL's and an old Echo 14" that I got my dad for Christmas years ago. Thing never worked good. And a Power Products from the '50s in pieces.
 
I had 3 mccolloughs, sent them to China when they wouldn't start. We got a Stihl 180c like you that is really a good saw. Used it in December to clean up terraces and a waterway. It has a 16" bar easy to start and plenty of power. Also have a Stihl 029 farm boss with a 20" bar that's 20 years old that can set for a few years with gas in it and start pretty easy. It's just gotten too heavy for me to handle all the time.
 
3 that run. 036, small Sachs Dolmar, and smaller Echo. 2 pallets of old saws that haven?t run in years. Two man craftsman, David bradley, and pioneers-homelites etc. Not sure why I kept them, but i did.
 
This one does everything that I need one to do!!!!!----------------------Loren


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When I hit saw #12 my wife suggested I might have a problem - buddy at work asked how many pistons were on my property (in running engines) and when we hit 119 he suggested I might have a problem.

Not a day goes by now that I'm not wary of an "intervention"......
 
I bought an Echo with 20 inch bar in 1975 and still have it and it still runs great, my Wife bought me a Stihl MS250 for Christmas about 10 yrs ago because I was complaining about the weight of it. When a friend divorced his wife and moved away he sold me his Husqvarna 445 with 18 " bar and when my Father in law was no longer able to start his little Johnsereds with 16" bar he gave it to me and I bought him an electric Harbor Freight saw. then last summer a friend gave me a Rioby 18" saw I didn't even know they made a chainsaw. In 2015 my father in law passed away so we brought the Harbor Freight electric saw up to camp in Nova Scotia So that makes 7 saws but I can still only manage to run one at a time LOL. My first saw was a Pioneer, big and heavy for an 18" saw, don"t remember what I did with that one. BTW the Echo was considered a light weight saw back in the day not so much today.
 
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I have to count them up- 2 stihls (036 and farm boss 029)and a small Poulen that were my fathers , small McCullough 1635,330 poulan pro, smaller poulan pro w/18? bar, JD 55v(made by echo) then several I don?t use that were given to me (usually needing repair) McCullough 610 , 2 smaller mccullohs, a Lombard, old sears David Bradley gear drive, and a real old cream colored poulan . 7 running, 6 classics.
 
Oops I forgot my grandfathers old electric craftsman saw and the electric pole chain saw that was my fathers.
 
The upside of having lots of chainsaws is that they don't take up much room. Once you organize them on shelves or some other good space they don't make you nervous by glancing at them. If you have too many vehicles on the other hand that is much worse, considering that they can get mildew in the interior (in some parts of the country), other parts can seize, mice move in, gas gets old, batteries die etc. Simply the appearance of old unused vehicles can be hard on a marriage, on neighbours etc. I'll stick with my 7 chainsaws and consider it a small problem.
 
Have five total chainsaws. Stihl MS 260, and four ECHO saws. Two of the ECHO's are from about 1975, and haven't been started in many years.
 


Last count I'm at 30 some saws. Stihl, Husky, Jonsereds, Sachs Dolmar, Echo/Deere, Poulan, Homelite, Pioneer, Solo, Remington, Craftsman... maybe I forgot a couple.
 
Close to fifty. Started with the original 610 McCulloch. Great saw.few years later I picked up a Mini mac 35 arbor saw. Then things reall got out of hand. If you get on Ebay it is non stop. Friend gave me a Maul saw. I now have four. A Homelite. A very very early Echo. But my true love is McCulloch. I have one two or three of the late 50s into the 70s saws. Those older saws from the 50s really do have a sound of their own but they ARE slower. Just LOVE those 600 series saws. Come with a 16 inch bar but you can screw a 28 on them if you don't push too hard on them. Also have Three of the 650 saws with bow bars for cutting firewood. You can't believe how great they are if someone first shows you how to CORRECTLY cut with one. Even have a Mac 1000. Big 6hp beast. That has a 4.5 foot bar. Also have three two man saws. So funny how scared people are of hanging onto that stinger handle. The biggest is a Disston KB7B from 1953. Two cylinder, twelve hp, demented sounding close to 100 pound monster. Has 3/4 inch harvester chain on it. Runs a 32:1 mix. My serial plate says 1953.
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If you want to do something with that 610 let me know. I know a guy who has boat loads of parts. I have a lot of stuff too. When those 600 series saws are set up correctly the are tough sweet runners. One thing is DO NOT use bar oil in them. They have a diaphram pulse pump and heavy bar oil just will not pump. I use straight clean out of the bottle 30wt. Never had any chain or bar problems. Have you ever tried a saw with a Bow Bar? They were made to cut pulp wood. That is the tree laying on the ground. They cut twice as fast as a conventional saw but someone needs to instruct you how to use one CORRECTLY!
 
Those are the "I" series saws. Have several myself. Do you have a 15? Picture
of an I-40. The second is a 15. Great cutting saw but the 15 is a real "B....h"
when you start it. They are kinda hard to hold down and the blade swings wildly
to the left as you pull and she starts. Never drop start one of these. Think I
have three of them. Fun old toys with not a single safety feature on them.
WINK!!! By the way, go take a look on " Chainsaw Collectors Corner" Out of
Canada. Every saw ever made is on there.
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I really don't have but 3 now, 2 Stihls and a Shindawa, but I would love to find A FORD, running or not to add to my FORD tractor and lawnmower collection.
 
For those of you who like Dolmar chainsaws. Ever see this crazybeast????? Look on Utube. With 24 you can have your own.
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We had a Wright, about 50 pounder, when I was really little. That saw may have been four stroke. Then we got a Remington arbor saw, about 12 inch bar. Late 1970's we bought a Stihl 011, still have it, but has been retro-fitted with a 009 handle. I bought a Husky 455 Rancher and Stihl 192 about five years ago off of CL, hardly used either since. Three still here and running today.
 
Two as for now.

For heavier work such as cutting firewood logs, I use a Husky with a 16" bar. I don't remember the model number, but it does a wonderful job cutting through birch and spruce, some that are more than 16' in diameter. The only thing I don't like about this chainsaw is that you have to follow the starting instructions to the letter. For example, having the brake engaged before starting, and not setting the choke if the motor is still slightly warm.

I like Stihl the best. Always starts. And it is the same quality as my older chainsaws from the same brand.
 

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