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Don't know if anyone is near Bimidji Minnesota but I just messages Ambull01, there is a 4200 or 5200 for sale for $150 there on CL. Looks pretty decent.
 
fossil said:
Gregg,

The P6X Pioneers and 655's are 99cc. The P5X series and the Poulan 525 are 82cc. Great saws and they feel really good in your hands but the 5200 is something special for sure. My absolute favorite saw. It never fails to impress me no matter how many times I stick in a piece of wood.

I was very fortunate to find my 5200 and my 4200 as very few were sold in Ontario. They were both cheap at $75 and $50 respectively and both ran. I did see a Craftsman 5.2 for sale in Windsor with no spark for $10 but my contact down there was away.
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You did well there Tim! I have never seen a large series out here aside from the pics of Pete's. Even at the museum I visited in the Kootenays. Over 500 vintage, a lot North American, and not a single 4200/5200. Across the border they are a plenty.

Strange, as I figured they would have gained a foothold given the timber harvested during the era. That, and/or the old timers have not warmed to the notion of passing them on yet.

In time, perhaps. I enjoy the hunt.
 
Acornhill said:
PayPal and have them send an invoice. Check their info out try and call them also

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Wow am I behind times. I could use a separate thread just on how to do stuff like that with PayPal. Welllll Maybe not - that might make things too easy. I could see ending up with a $500-600 credit card bill at the end of the month for chainsaws. Then ending up sleeping with them instead of my wife.
 
Hoggwood said:
You did well there Tim! I have never seen a large series out here aside from the pics of Pete's. Even at the museum I visited in the Kootenays. Over 500 vintage, a lot North American, and not a single 4200/5200. Across the border they are a plenty.

Strange, as I figured they would have gained a foothold given the timber harvested during the era. That, and/or the old timers have not warmed to the notion of passing them on yet.

In time, perhaps. I enjoy the hunt.
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Poulan was never popular on the west coast. They were in the US south where they were made and the midwest & east. A friend who was a dealer here said he never sold many as they were priced here close to Stihl saws and the "Stihl magic" was on back then. He said Sears and Canadian Tire put them on the map here with the 3400, 3700 and 3800 saws. A lot of 4000 saws were sold here but don't often come up and they command crazy money for what they are.
The Craftsman 3.7-18 (3700) I bought recently for $65 was a good deal. $200+ for a 4000 is not, for me anyway.
 
Just curious because there is a thread going on it right now in the chainsaw forum, but do you guys run non-ethanol gas in your Poulans? I've just run 87 octane unleaded.
 
I buy premium gas with no ethanol for the saws. I also add fuel stabilizer to each batch as I don't use that much unless I'm cutting firewood for the winter.

There's a site which lists retailers that sell gas with no ethanol. It's easy to test to see if there is ethanol in the gas.

http://pure-gas.org/

To determine if ethanol is in the gas:

  • On a test tube or olive bottle six or seven inches long, make a permanent line about two inches from the bottom.
  • Fill with water to this line, then fill the tube to the top with gasoline.
  • Cover the tube, agitate it, and let it stand.
The ethanol and water will mix and separate out together. If the water level appears to have increased, the fuel contains ethanol. Ethanol percentages of less than 5% can sometimes give a reading below the line. Therefore, any deviation in the water line indicates the presence of ethanol and should serve as a basis for rejecting the fuel.
 
I don't even know if my Paypal account is still active, haven't used it in years. I'm kind of nervous I'll buy it and the P&C will be totally messed up.
 
fossil said:
I buy premium gas with no ethanol for the saws. I also add fuel stabilizer to each batch as I don't use that much unless I'm cutting firewood for the winter.

There's a site which lists retailers that sell gas with no ethanol. It's easy to test to see if there is ethanol in the gas.

http://pure-gas.org/

To determine if ethanol is in the gas:

  • On a test tube or olive bottle six or seven inches long, make a permanent line about two inches from the bottom.
  • Fill with water to this line, then fill the tube to the top with gasoline.
  • Cover the tube, agitate it, and let it stand.
The ethanol and water will mix and separate out together. If the water level appears to have increased, the fuel contains ethanol. Ethanol percentages of less than 5% can sometimes give a reading below the line. Therefore, any deviation in the water line indicates the presence of ethanol and should serve as a basis for rejecting the fuel.
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As long as someone uses the fuel immediately the ethanol isn't a huge deal right? I usually buy the premium 10% ethanol and use it the same day.
 

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