I’d buy a bridge if it was on sale……bought cheap 37cc Ryobi

[WWDIII]

I’ve been known to buy stuff I don’t need as long as it was on sale. I need another saw like I need a hole in my head. I have a 291 Stihl, 490 Echo and a 4000 series Efco. They work fine for what little I do with a saw. The normal, a little firewood, cleanup, deer season etc.

I had a cheap Homelite I’d throw in the bucket of the tractor, cut shooting lanes etc for Deer hunting in East Texas. Then I went and backed over it with my tractor cleaning up a tree that blew down. Cheap refurbished Homelite or not, it worked dang good and took a beating over the years. It just couldn’t survive getting ran over by a 50 HP Mahindra tractor. Guy that backed over must be some scatter brained retired guy!

Anyway, I was in Home Depot yesterday and they had a palette of these 37 cc Ryobi saws with 16 inch bar marked down to 100 bucks. Even came with a nice storage/carrying case. So here we go I have another saw. I’ve read a little about Ryobi saws and most stuff I read was positive.

I think I’m going to make a saw carrier, mount on my tractor and leave it. That way I don’t have to stop and go get a saw.

I’ll fire it up this afternoon and see how it runs. I think everybody needs a beater saw lol.

 

[EchoShindaiwaMakitaDolmar]

Ryobi and Milwaukee Tools are both owned by the Chinese conglomerate TTI. My neighbor bought a Ryobi gas chainsaw about two years ago to take down some palm trees and he had lots of issues with it. Let us know how it works out.

 

[moxiemaul]

I had one of those Ryobi saws for a while, I liked it- would still have it but straight gassed it in a moment of brain damage. I looked into replacement/rebuilding but its a budget saw and if I fixed it up it'd still be a budget saw... so I kept the bar and chain and let the rest go. Replaced the saw with an Echo 310, which honestly is a bit more powerful for the same size/weight range but I sure can't complain about the Ryobi.

The Ryobi original chain was the usual terrible zomfg kickback safety chain, it was bad enough I tossed it after a few tanks of gas and put on a good one.

 

[Old2stroke]

Be sure to do a good tuning job, it will for sure be set too lean from the factory.
Nothing wrong with buying something you don't need. Wanting it is what matters. I do not NEED a 500hp car to go shopping.

 

[echomeister]

Don't try to take the spark plug boot off the plug. It's a one way operation. On mine it pulled the wire out of the boot.
I fixed by wrapping a stiffer wire around spark plug, throw away the boot and then twist the fine spark plug wire around that one.

I have put mine through the ringer noodling the bark sides off of oak rounds. Still goin strong.

It's worth $100

 

[WWDIII]

I may not fire it up till I get to the lake house/country place, like said above it’s going to be lean. That’s where the need for the saw comes in. Also where my carb setting tools are. A few years ago I bought a set of 8 or 10 of these funny shaped carb tools. They sure came in handy.

I bet if I dig around I’ll find a new 16 Oregon chain. Finding it might take 5 or 6 beers lol!

I opened the plastic case that came with it and it has a bottle of oil with ethanol shield already in it, new one on me. I use ethanol shield when I can’t find non ethanol. But never seen it in to 2 stroke oil, says it right on the bottle. Learn something everyday.