Guess what saw is a royal pain in my butt

[Oldtimer]

Ya, Throw the pos away when it could be something as simple as a switch!

I've seen loggers that have them and love them. Always a few that can't figure out how to keep a saw alive!

You know how I keep my Husqvarna running? I put oil and gas in it.
Just what I'd want to do, work on my saw every day like religious clockwork.
And I'm thinking Mingo is no newbie to owning and running saws. Here in NH and Maine, 1 out of 1000 loggers run a Dolmar. The rest run Husky or Stihl. There is a valid reason, and Mingo's posts here illustrate that point.

 

[stihl 440]

You know how I keep my Husqvarna running? I put oil and gas in it.
Just what I'd want to do, work on my saw every day like religious clockwork.
And I'm thinking Mingo is no newbie to owning and running saws. Here in NH and Maine, 1 out of 1000 loggers run a Dolmar. The rest run Husky or Stihl. There is a valid reason, and Mingo's posts here illustrate that point.

Very clearly too i might add! Hmm sounds like he had the same problem i see everyone around us had with them...dump it get a husky or a stihl. Thats what i did with mine...3 F**K ups and it was GONE!..i dont put up with a saw that cant even run for a week without being worked on. Replaced it with a old 288xp that will run everyday all day when im done with it without a hitch just like my other huskys and stihls....problem solved.

 

[mingo]

They put an ignition module in it we'll see what happens next.

 

[nhlogga]

You know how I keep my Husqvarna running? I put oil and gas in it.
Just what I'd want to do, work on my saw every day like religious clockwork.
And I'm thinking Mingo is no newbie to owning and running saws. Here in NH and Maine, 1 out of 1000 loggers run a Dolmar. The rest run Husky or Stihl. There is a valid reason, and Mingo's posts here illustrate that point.

You forgot Jonsered! We run them here in NH too! Dolmar = junk imo

 

[nhlogga]

They put an ignition module in it we'll see what happens next.

Hope it works for ya.

 

[stihl 440]

You forgot Jonsered! We run them here in NH too! Dolmar = junk imo

I know j-red is pretty much a husky with different colors..but i've run a couple 2171's, 2186's, and havent got a chance to run a 2188 yet but im sure just like the others i ran, it would be a absolute timber cuttin machine as well. Im prolly gonna get me a 2171 someday...like i need another saw but if i find one used and a good price im prolly gonna buy it.

 

[Oldtimer]

I know there's guys who swear by the jonnyreds, but IMO why drive a Monte Carlo when you can drive a corvette for about the same price?

 

[mingo]

The only Jonsred I ever owned was a 910 and that was as bad as the Dolmar, but that 2171 is a good saw the twin to the husky 372 a lot guys down here are running them. The 910 the crank case and gas tank were one piece, the gas would heat in the tank, and if you took the gas cap off gas would shoot about a foot in the air. The rubber av mounts in the rear handle would come apart every other day we would crazy glue them back together.

 

[Gologit]

You know how I keep my Husqvarna running? I put oil and gas in it.
Just what I'd want to do, work on my saw every day like religious clockwork.
And I'm thinking Mingo is no newbie to owning and running saws. Here in NH and Maine, 1 out of 1000 loggers run a Dolmar. The rest run Husky or Stihl. There is a valid reason, and Mingo's posts here illustrate that point.

Yup. Ditch that lemon and get a saw that won't drive you nuts.

 

[Slamm]

LOL, you guys better not let the enthusiast side of Arboristsite read these bad comments about the Dolmars, they will be up in arms, LOL. I've tried for several years to explain why 1-2 second faster cookie cutting times and a few ounces lighter doesn't really mean squat in the real world of production cutting yet there are those that think that is everything. The few people that I know that have run them couldn't keep 'em running and/or they wouldn't stand the abuse. They aren't really any cheaper than Stihl or Husky anymore like they use to be, so there really isn't any point to them anymore ............... they are not better made that is for sure.

Hope the ignition module fixes it,

Sam

 

[newsawtooth]

My apologies, thought we we're talking about a 441. Carry on then.

 

[Jacob J.]

I had one of the early 7900s years ago when I was cutting full time. I struggled with it for a few months and then
traded it off. The air filter and oiler were the weak points. Haven't run one since.

 

[Slamm]

My apologies, thought we we're talking about a 441. Carry on then.

LOL, you should really trade in those stock options you have with Dolmar, it doesn't look bright for them. Now they have to play by the same EPA rules that the big boys have been playing by for more years now.

Bye bye,

Sam

 

[stihl 440]

LOL, you guys better not let the enthusiast side of Arboristsite read these bad comments about the Dolmars, they will be up in arms, LOL. I've tried for several years to explain why 1-2 second faster cookie cutting times and a few ounces lighter doesn't really mean squat in the real world of production cutting yet there are those that think that is everything. The few people that I know that have run them couldn't keep 'em running and/or they wouldn't stand the abuse. They aren't really any cheaper than Stihl or Husky anymore like they use to be, so there really isn't any point to them anymore ............... they are not better made that is for sure.

Hope the ignition module fixes it,

Sam

I hear ya on that one sam!..lol Some guys act like you shot their puppy in front of them when you say what happens to them when used everyday. I learned the hard way to stick with stihl and husky...i learned fast. Yea it run good for a little bit, till it would quit again....i dont have time to work on a saw...bye bye dolmar...problem solved.

 

[Rounder]

You know how I keep my Husqvarna running? I put oil and gas in it.
Just what I'd want to do, work on my saw every day like religious clockwork.
And I'm thinking Mingo is no newbie to owning and running saws. Here in NH and Maine, 1 out of 1000 loggers run a Dolmar. The rest run Husky or Stihl. There is a valid reason, and Mingo's posts here illustrate that point.

Yep. Gas and oil. About all I want to #### with are chains, and making sure all the bolts are tight on the weekend. I've got better things to do with what little spare time I have than to be ####ing around with a saw every night.

 

[stihl 440]

Yep. Gas and oil. About all I want to #### with are chains, and making sure all the bolts are tight on the weekend. I've got better things to do with what little spare time I have than to be ####ing around with a saw every night.

Right!..my point exactly..imo its bad enough you gotta run the SOB all day..plus go home and work on it..and wonder if it will even run the whole next day..F*** that!..i dont have time for that S***. I dont have to worry about the stihls and huskys i know they'll start in the morning and run all day everyday, without a problem.

 

[GASoline71]

LOL, you guys better not let the enthusiast side of Arboristsite read these bad comments about the Dolmars, they will be up in arms, LOL. I've tried for several years to explain why 1-2 second faster cookie cutting times and a few ounces lighter doesn't really mean squat in the real world of production cutting yet there are those that think that is everything. The few people that I know that have run them couldn't keep 'em running and/or they wouldn't stand the abuse. They aren't really any cheaper than Stihl or Husky anymore like they use to be, so there really isn't any point to them anymore ............... they are not better made that is for sure.

Hope the ignition module fixes it,

Sam

HAHAHA! That's a fact mang. Havin' the fastest modded saw in the cul-de-sac is so super-gnarly-cool. I'm sure they're neighbors are super impressed too!

Gary

 

[mingo]

Got the 7900-POS back with the new ignition module ran great for 5 or 6 cuts and then started to bog down turn the high speed in all the way and only revs up to 11,000 guess it's carb time. I thought I would just use these saws on the landing cut a hitch and they would get a rest kind of like the "Cul De Sac Cutters", but they won't even hold up for that. I think the best way to fix it is lift the gas and oil caps up an inch and slip a Husky or Stihl under them.

 

[Gologit]

Now this has gone on long enough! Before you go nuts one day, and smash it all to heck with your peavey or something,
send it to me, I'll even pay for the shipping!

JJ's Home of Wayward Saws
Kalispell, MT

LOL...I think I'd chain-drag that thing behind the crummy on the way home...just to watch the sparks it made and all the little pieces flying off. After about ten miles of that you could stop, unhook the chain, and kick whatever is left over the bank.

Mingo, I admire ya for hanging in there with that critter but, I mean...damn.

 

[Oldtimer]

I'd put it on Craigslist, sell it for whatever some fool will pay for it (not that you are a fool for buying it!) and go buy a couple bottles of Knob Creek single barrel.