Nik's Poulan Thread

[Ambull01]

I think I found something. Hopefully one of you Poulan gurus can authenticate.

 

[Ambull01]

I think I found something. Hopefully one of you Poulan gurus can authenticate.

Never mind, just read through several AS threads about this saw model. Built by Roper, not Poulan.

I can't catch a break.

 

[Guido Salvage]

Bar on the Dayton/361 any count?

I will look later this morning, I will have to move a bunch of stuff in the garage to get to it and don't want to wake everyone up doing it.

I covet the saw in the middle with the huge bow bar or whatever it's called. Saw looks manly.

A bunch came with bows, I have taken them off for storage.

I think I found something. Hopefully one of you Poulan gurus can authenticate.

Roper it is, they also came in blue with white trim and red with black trim.

 

[Guido Salvage]

Pulled the Craftsman 3.7 out of the pile and gave it a quick once over and a hasty clean up. This looks to be a good saw, discovered the bar plates were reversed (inner was outer). Here is how it looks.



It has a brand new air filter and the chain may not have been sharpened. A little gas in the carb and it ran. Flushed the tank and gave it some fuel and it fired up and settled down to a nice idle. Compression is 140 on the saw.

 

[blk05crew]

Very nice, I like those Craftsman saws. I'll have to pick one up someday.

 

[wigglesworth]

Hmmmm.....

 

[Guido Salvage]

Bar on the Dayton/361 any count?

Carl,

The bar is decent, but it is a new Oregon, not vintage.

Gary

 

[OhioGregg]

Hmmmm.....

Those are dandy saws Wiggs!! Don't tell me you are gonna message that for Mike the Mopar Man LOL, He has plenty of fast saws.

Gregg,

 

[Guido Salvage]

Short video of the Craftsman 3.7.

 

[blk05crew]

Short video of the Craftsman 3.7.

Sweeeett! Good score right there! Dig into that 4900 yet?

 

[OhioGregg]

Short video of the Craftsman 3.7.

Sounds and looks good Gary. Kinda makes me want to use mine again. I havn't cut with it for a couple years I think. Used to use mine quite a bit. I would take that and a 4000 out as saws of choice, for general firewood cutting.

Gregg,

 

[OhioGregg]

I'm sure most of you have seen this before. The Craftsman 3.7 wasn't a cheap saw, back in the day. About $300 and the Power Sharp version a little more.

Gregg,

 

[Guido Salvage]

Gregg,

Good to see you posting, I was surprised how well it cleaned up and how well it ran. I think I have 3 other red ones and 2 grey ones, so I will probably send it down the road to help recoup what I had to spend on the load. It has an almost new Stihl chain on it as well.

Gary

 

[blk05crew]

Gregg,

Good to see you posting, I was surprised how well it cleaned up and how well it ran. I think I have 3 other red ones and 2 grey ones, so I will probably send it down the road to help recoup what I had to spend on the load. It has an almost new Stihl chain on it as well.

Gary

Any idea what you want for it Gary? I'd like to pick one up eventually.

 

[Guido Salvage]

Sweeeett! Good score right there! Dig into that 4900 yet?

Not yet, folks have asked me about the blue Super XL as well as the big Pioneer so I will look at them next.

 

[Ambull01]

Pulled the Craftsman 3.7 out of the pile and gave it a quick once over and a hasty clean up. This looks to be a good saw, discovered the bar plates were reversed (inner was outer). Here is how it looks.

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It has a brand new air filter and the chain may not have been sharpened. A little gas in the carb and it ran. Flushed the tank and gave it some fuel and it fired up and settled down to a nice idle. Compression is 140 on the saw.

Cleaned up nice. Like the red paint

 

[redunshee]

Gregg,

Good to see you posting, I was surprised how well it cleaned up and how well it ran. I think I have 3 other red ones and 2 grey ones, so I will probably send it down the road to help recoup what I had to spend on the load. It has an almost new Stihl chain on it as well.

Gary

Gary, can you confirm that the red 3.7 is thin ringed. Reason I ask is I had a red one that actually was a 3800. Have been confused ever since.

Bob

 

[ChipsFlyin]

FYI Red White Blue 1976er on ebay with no bids! Not new condition. Cleaned up it would still make a nice display saw!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1976-Poulan...641?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2edae068f9

Mark

 

[Guido Salvage]

FYI Red White Blue 1976er on ebay with no bids! Not new condition. Cleaned up it would still make a nice display saw!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1976-Poulan...641?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2edae068f9

Mark

I had one of those and gave it to RMS61Moparman.

 

[rocketnorton]

was also wonderin what pioneers & if they were goin anywhere...