Dayton chainsaw

[danp76]

My father has an old Dayton saw 4.5 cubic inch with 20" bar. Where can I find a chain adjuster for this saw? How do you guys like the old Daytons, I believe it to be modeled after the Poulan 245 SA...I think it's late 70's early 80's vintage.

 

[PES+]

Thank You Mr Acres!!

I have owned and worked on numerous Dayton chainsaws and none that I have seen were remotely like any Poulans. All the ones I have seen were very close to various Homelites. Can you post a pic of the saw and what/where the chain adjuster is on your model? I am sure I have the parts you need but I have no part numbers nor IPLs for them.

Some of the information on Mike Acres site is not accurate for any number of reasons and I am not finding fault in the least with his site as it is a great value to everyone and will in the future contact him with some corrections and additions.

I also am VERY curious if he still has any of the Poulan Pro reed race saws that he built years back as they are still to this day viable platforms for further advancement.

There may very well be Dayton models based on Poulans that I am not aware ofbut all the Daytons I have seen in New England appeared Homelite based.

Mr Acres offers his site on his own dime and time and my hat is off to a fellow chainsaw nut.

THANK YOU MR ACRES!!

 

[lesorubcheek]

I have a Dayton parts saw that is a relabled Poulan S25DA, so I have no doubt that you have what is equivalent to a Poulan 245. I don't have a 245, but as many of these and 306s that were made, I imagine you should be able to find someone with some spares for your saw.

Dan

 

[PES+]

A pic will confirm which type of frame you have

 

[PES+]

Let me clarify my statement. WW Grainger was and still is an Industrial supply company. They sell products from a wide range of manufacurers and did have many suppliers of chainsaws that were rebadged. As near as I can tell not many of the later reed saws found their way into the New England market for reasons unknown to me. We did have quite a few of the Partner types which later were sold as Poulan Pro models but the Poulans themselves never seemed to take hold in the area.

I know for a fact that there were at least 4 different manufacturers of Dayton badged chainsaws and I do agree that the Acres site almost certainly has the numbers that are listed verified as being of Poulan manufacter.

My point in this particular instance was that people should not make the assumption that all Dayton chainsaws were Poulan saws as they most definately were not.

The other inaccuracies in Mr Acres site are regrading some details of other saws regarding induction types.

As I am sure Mr Acres would himself admit a true full listing of all chainsaws ever made by all manufacturers would be pretty much an insurmountable-disk space eating nightmare.

I was in no way attempting to discredit nor disrepect Mr Acres as I stated he does a great service.

 

[oldsaw]

Hey Pest, you didn't come off that way to me. I've seen a few inaccuracies on the Acres site as well, but that is to be expected with the sheer amount of information he is trying to accumulate. I've got a couple of things I want to send him to fill out some blanks that I know about. Flaws and all, it is still the most amazing compilation of information ever assembled, and I know we are all happy to have it as a resource since he is right 99% of the time. It is a labor of love, and I hope he has a contingency plan to keep the site up after he is gone or is no longer able to maintain it.

Mike Acres is one in a million, and he's one of "us", is this world cool or what!!!

Mark

 

[danp76]

Hi guys. The Dayton saw is a 4.5 cubic inch saw. I looked on a site that was posted on this arborist site on antique saws, can't recall name right now. Anyway, I looked up the Dayton, and it said modeled after the 245 SA Poulan. I then looked up the 245 SA Poulan and it looked identical, only it was green instead of the orange Dayton color.