dissecting an earthquake chainsaw

[singinwoodwackr]

Ran about a tank through the little bugger today cutting bone dry Madrone poles no bigger than 12". It cuts slowly but no worse that the 141 my stepdad uses. All in all I think the saw would be a decent 'first saw' for a noob...once the basic mods are done. I don't think I like this lo-pro chain...or maybe the bar is the issue, don't know. Thinking of trading it to my buddy for his MS170 that he got for $40 at an estate sale
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[Chris-PA]

Ran about a tank through the little bugger today cutting bone dry Madrone poles no bigger than 12". It cuts slowly but no worse that the 141 my stepdad uses. All in all I think the saw would be a decent 'first saw' for a noob...once the basic mods are done. I don't think I like this lo-pro chain...or maybe the bar is the issue, don't know. Thinking of trading it to my buddy for his MS170 that he got for $40 at an estate sale

Interesting, as I have a 142 also - it is modified with an opened up 141 muffler, but not ported. If the weather permits I hope to run them back to back, but my 142 is not slow by any means. I believe your Earthquake is muffler modded but not ported? That exhaust port is very small, much smaller than the port on the 141 - I have to believe it is a restriction.

Also, I use a lot of the chamfer chisel Oregon 91PX and find it cuts quite well if sharp. I don't think it should be limiting the saw. I know it is safety chain but the small ramped rakers don't seem to make any difference compared to loops where I removed them.

 

[Walt41]

I feel like an ass now because I won one of these things the day I went into the hospital and never checked my EBay account till today and there was a nasty message from Mr Sellingitasis, I instantly paid him and hopefully the box he sends will not have fecal matter in it but another quake instead.

 

[Philbert]

He had them on sale for $40 with free shipping over the weekend.

The guys in this thread set the price

Wonder if he was selling the 'nicer ones' first to build reputation, or if he is shipping them off the pile as they come.

Philbert

 

[Chris-PA]

The guys in this thread set the price

Wonder if he was selling the 'nicer ones' first to build reputation, or if he is shipping them off the pile as they come.

Philbert

When I bought mine I purposely went for a $40 buy-it-now rather than bidding in the hopes of getting one cheaper, hoping that I would get a better one. Mine was indeed in good shape, so that is one data point.

 

[o8f150]

well guess what hoarders,, i donated one and then sold one last night for,,,, wait for it,,,,wait for it








































80.00,,, nice profit i would say

 

[o8f150]

The guys in this thread set the price

Wonder if he was selling the 'nicer ones' first to build reputation, or if he is shipping them off the pile as they come.

Philbert

yea,, he sent me all the new ones

 

[igpoe]

port or no port?

I got my 38 a couple of weeks ago and found it had been run............no big deal. I checked the compression on it and it blew 170psi. Stinkbait ported his and I offered to trade him mine unported. He jumped on that because of the 170 psi I'm thinking.
He called me today to inquire about my 45 that I'd bought and I said it was sitting on my porch. He came right over to my house from Walmart and got my 45 and a bottle of fresh brew to take it home and port it. No telling what I'm gonna owe him when he's done! I never get the chance to run one that just has the MM...........oh well. I know y'all feel real bad for me.

Igpoe

 

[Streblerm]

Dammit you guys. Now I went and bought one. We'll see how it does next to my gz400 that looks remarkably similar. And my CAD had been in remission for over a year. Dammit

 

[naturelover]

When I bought mine I purposely went for a $40 buy-it-now rather than bidding in the hopes of getting one cheaper, hoping that I would get a better one. Mine was indeed in good shape, so that is one data point.

Well, my first two were BIN's, and were in pretty good shape. These next two were auction wins, so shall how they arrive.


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[H 2 H]

well guess what hoarders,, i donated one and then sold one last night for,,,, wait for it,,,,wait for it








































80.00,,, nice profit i would say

What every they cost me I double the price of coarse I drill out the muffler just a little bit and retune them and I sharping the chain when ever they want :msp_scared:

 

[Chris-PA]

Dammit you guys. Now I went and bought one. We'll see how it does next to my gz400 that looks remarkably similar. And my CAD had been in remission for over a year. Dammit

You will find it very familiar, but not strato. The exhaust port is very small as I've said a few times. I'm going to have to pull the muffler on my Mac MS4018 (GZ4000 clone) now to see how big it is. Maybe I have a picture around. But anyway it is very light and narrow and well balanced.

 

[diggers_dad]

You will find it very familiar, but not strato. The exhaust port is very small as I've said a few times. I'm going to have to pull the muffler on my Mac MS4018 (GZ4000 clone) now to see how big it is. Maybe I have a picture around. But anyway it is very light and narrow and well balanced.

The port on the Zenoah / Redmax is significantly larger, but the saw is a strato as well. Even without the strato these little QuakeSuey saws are surprisingly strong when just opened with a MM. Some of the castings are rough and the fit and finish isn't perfect, but the plating on the cylinder seems good and I haven't had a single issue with mine (yet).

 

[joesmith]

Man...I BIN one last night...now tonight and still not shipped?:taped:

 

[naturelover]

Mine hasn't shipped either....

Oh, and I ordered a fast tach to tune them with too...

Think i got them tuned well, but If I ever sell one, will double check it with the tach...

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[diggers_dad]

75 pages of Franken-Quake. Unbelievable. You should all feel dirty and ashamed.

Send me all of your Quakes and redeem yourself with name-brand saws that cost 10 times as much for the same amount of power.:msp_w00t:

 

[o8f150]

75 pages of Franken-Quake. Unbelievable. You should all feel dirty and ashamed.

Send me all of your Quakes and redeem yourself with name-brand saws that cost 10 times as much for the same amount of power.:msp_w00t:

hell,, i just listed one on fleabay just for s&g to see what happens:msp_biggrin::msp_biggrin:

 

[naturelover]

hell,, i just listed one on fleabay just for s&g to see what happens:msp_biggrin::msp_biggrin:

Saw that plain one go for $52+shipping...


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[joesmith]

hell,, i just listed one on fleabay just for s&g to see what happens:msp_biggrin::msp_biggrin:

I am anxiously awaiting your results!:msp_biggrin:

 

[stinkbait]

I'm getting ready to port two more. One 38cc and a 45cc for igpoe. I wonder what a ported 38cc would go for on ebay with a link to a vid?