This one fascinates me:
and so does this one:
Take your pick. Both run flawlessly today.
and so does this one:
Take your pick. Both run flawlessly today.
Craftsman 3.4/3.7/4.0 Poulan 3400/3700/4000
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redunshee
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Always wondered if the red 3.7's were actually 3700's or 3800 Poulans.This one fascinates me:
and so does this one:
Take your pick. Both run flawlessly today.
If you ask Sears, they will never tell you. I recall Sears sales reps refusing to say who made their saws. I doubt anyone knows for sure anymore. Regardless, these two saws were built like tanks.
As far as my research has gone, thoes are the same, besides color and minor differences in recoil/clutch cvr design. But everything is interchangeable. Craftsman has their powersharp system and Poulan has their adjustable oiler.
MS460WOODCHUCK
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The red 3.7 is a thin ring 3700. The grey saws are always the sluggish 3.4 and 3.7 thick ring. The red 3.4 is also a thick ring bare bore, chrome piston like the grey craftsman 3400, 3800. When I say the 3400 and 3800 are sluggish I am not down grading them by any means but they don't rev up as quick or run with the thin ring chrome bore 3700 and 4000. I have owned a sh!! ton of all them.
Boomer 87
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Ill post some pics of mine tomorrow I love these saws my favorite are my twin 375 farm pros both sporting 24" pro bars. I can attest to there stoutness as I dropped an elm tree on one it broke rear handle and smoked a bar but I fixed it good as new.
ANewSawyer
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I don't know that they need replaced, heck the thing starts on the third or fourth pull without a carb kit. But the saw has some sentimental value, I bought it from a now deceased friend. One of the few things I have to remind me of him. I only knew the guy well for about a year but he got me started wood carving. I can't forget that.
I would rather replace seals now than the cylinder later, as I plan on using it hard. It will be my main saw, not that I saw much but it will be doing most of my saw work. It is a lot more powerful than my husky 435 and homelite Super 2. It shouldn't take more than an afternoon or two to split the case. Besides, I hope to have time to spare over the winter. Ha, when do I have time to spare? Better to do seals and carb kit while I don't need the saw than to be rushed to repair it when I need to be using it. I did that this summer with my riding mower. I had to push jard to get the mower deck stripped and repainted. Got sick over it too.
blk05crew
I like 'em green
The red 3.7 actually came in thin ring as well as thick ring. But you're right about the grey saws and red 3.4s.
MS460WOODCHUCK
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Don't doubt it being Poulan but I have only seen them in the 3.4 version when they were thick rings.
blk05crew
I like 'em green
Yeah so many different combos/variations it's kinda crazy really.
"Bottom line" I guess, is that both of these saws run very well. I recommended to both owners that they keep these saws. I also told them that I would service them if they ever broke down and make sure that they ran OK for their children and grandchildren to use.
blk05crew
I like 'em green
My only issue is I don't know if I should try a semi skip or not. I watch YouTube of stock 3.4-4000 series cut bigger log(faster it seems to me) then what u see me cutting. I have full chisel no skip now
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