056??

[turnkey4099]

Ad in the weekly rag of an 056 $100. What size bar should this have? Saw one on ebay with 36" (sounds a bit long to me but what do I know). Also age of the saw. Stihl site doesn't list the older saws.

I have no use for a saw this size but the itch is there. To have and to hold till death do us part, what could be better?

Harry K

 

[njforestfire]

At 86 or 89 cc's (I don't remember exactly buit I do know it's up there), 36" bar should be no problem at all. Depends on the condition of the saw for the price of $100. If it still has good compression (weight of saw on pull rope test) and overall condition is good then it probably is worth the money IMO.

Go for it...I would if I were you (but then that's the saw bug in me talking-can never have too many saws)

 

[SawTroll]

At 86 or 89 cc's (I don't remember exactly buit I do know it's up there)......

056AVE; 81cc's
056AVSE (Super); 87cc's
056Magnum; 93.4cc's

This according to CSCC.

 

[njforestfire]

thanks ST - i didn't have time to go to Mike's site to look all those up.

 

[turnkey4099]

Thanks guys. Looks like it will be worth a looking over. This is the middle of the Palouse and I can't figure out where a saw that size would have been used. Even in the hey day of logging in the mountains it would have been big. I am sure that by the time the 056 was being built, the big timber was long gone around here.

Having just bought my wife a new 05 ford 500 I wonder if she would be p.o'd at $100 for a saw. Naw, I don't wonder, I -know- she would.

Harry K

 

[Chris J.]

You guys figure in the wife factor when buying saws?

Me + new saw = . New saw + wife = .

My new saw $98.50; my wife's new guitar $430.00. So that means I have $331.50 for more saws, right?

 

[Blowdown1]

nope. the fact that it wasn't $400 worth of shoes, makeup, etc negates any parity issues for you to spend on saws. Sorry.

 

[Chris J.]

My saw arrived today (thread to follow) & I also won a bid on a lefty 12 string guitar. I can only hope that my wife lets me live long enough to enjoy them .

 

[clearance]

Get it, $100 is a good deal if its in good shape. One of the real good Stihls from what I have heard, a little before my time.

 

[turnkey4099]

As usual I dithered around and lost the opportunity. Called yesterday and it was gone.

Harry K