Mark,that Poulan 6000 that was in my neck of the woods never materialized,what I mean to say is I sent many replies to the seller with no answer back.Frustrating!
I know from reading a bit on this thread that some would say Poulan never made a bad saw ie.WildThing.
But please enlighten me as to when they quit making a good Pro Saw.I am familiar with how good the Poulan Pros were that were based on the large size Pioneer frames. What about ones after that?
Thanks
Lawrence
Larry, that bites on the 6000 I know how that is, I have a Allis Chalmers saw within 2 miles of me and I just cannot get up with the guy to get it yet!
Now as to your question after the Pioneer based saws came the Partner/Jonersed based saws as well as the Poulan designed saws as well.
Basically to me, if it is a split cased saw with a bolt on cyl and says Poulan Pro then that is a good saw! Maybe not the most top notch "pro saws" in every area, but good saws with good value.
I will say the 330 which seems to be the last of them was produced to 2007. Seems the Poulan designed ones topped out at 60cc.
Now there are other "green" Poulan saws that were produced at the same time that share most of what the Poulan Pros had also but some of that is confusing also. "Most" of the green versions had chrome pistons and bare cyls, but not all did. Some green ones also had the chrome bores making them virtully the same as the Poulan Pros.
So even if they were bare cyls they had the metal split case, bolt on cyls, gear drivin oilers and such and to me were considered "good" saws.
Some model numbers are the Poulan Pro 305 335 336 365 330 380 while some of the green versions are the 2700 2800 3000 3300 3450 3750.
The rest of the small newer Poulans are what they are, a cash cow for Husqvarna. No big sticking up for the Wild Thing and such for me, I just think they get a bum rap from alot of snobs on this board, as at least when compared to the Asian Macs, Homelites and Blue Max type saws, there actually not that bad then.
At least there able to be decent for the part timer when muffler modded and retuned. There made in the USA, service dealers are everywhere, parts are cheap, warranty is good etc.
