Nik's Poulan Thread

[Modifiedmark]

Saw weights.

Got out to the shop for a little while today. Fixed a saw for a guy again. Yep again, I just did the fuel system on it for him last week and went to start it and it just flooded itself to death.

Tore it back down and found the red rubber tip on the inlet needle had broken off. It was a new genuine Zama kit too! I put the old needle back in it and its good to go now.

Checked out a Craftsman/Wildthing to see why it wasnt oiling for another fella and found it full of used motor oil and a stripped out oiler gear. I'll stop at the Sears service center after work tomorrow as I think they have them in stock.

I remembered to check the weight on the 6000 so I photoed it. I also was going to put the new 30" bar on a 5200 so I got it on the scale as well.

Went to spin up a new chain for the 30" and going by the Poulan 5400 IPL's bar chart it showed 97DL, but it ended up being 98DL.

Bad part is I didnt check and had to add a link back into it. I hate doing that.

 

[Duke Thieroff]

Mark,

If you find that 6000 to heavy I know a good home for it. It would actually be considered a lightweight around these parts.


Chris

 

[Modifiedmark]

Mark,

If you find that 6000 to heavy I know a good home for it. It would actually be considered a lightweight around these parts.


Chris

Nice try young man, but I can still lift it! It's not going anywhere. :hmm3grin2orange:

It had just been a while back when I had Chris's 6000 running in my hands and it just took me by surprise when I took it out of the box the other day. I didnt seem to remember them being that heavy.

I might not be able to handle some of those yellow ones you got though.

 

[Modifiedmark]

Got out to the shop for a little while today. Fixed a saw for a guy again. Yep again, I just did the fuel system on it for him last week and went to start it and it just flooded itself to death.

Tore it back down and found the red rubber tip on the inlet needle had broken off. It was a new genuine Zama kit too! I put the old needle back in it and its good to go now.

Checked out a Craftsman/Wildthing to see why it wasnt oiling for another fella and found it full of used motor oil and a stripped out oiler gear. I'll stop at the Sears service center after work tomorrow as I think they have them in stock.

I remembered to check the weight on the 6000 so I photoed it. I also was going to put the new 30" bar on a 5200 so I got it on the scale as well.

Went to spin up a new chain for the 30" and going by the Poulan 5400 IPL's bar chart it showed 97DL, but it ended up being 98DL.

Bad part is I didnt check and had to add a link back into it. I hate doing that.

Great looking couple of saws there. Wow.

I have been fighting with tractors and mowers all day today.:bang::bang:

Saws are sure a lot more fun, and you don't throw your back out when you finally just "loose it" and pitch them across the yard....

Got to run back out to the barn and see why my telescoping PTO driveshaft for the 72" finish mower doesn't want to telescope.:bang:

Well I will say that the carb job was on a little Stihl and I just about taught it to fly!

 

[Duke Thieroff]

Nice try young man, but I can still lift it! It's not going anywhere. :hmm3grin2orange:

It had just been a while back when I had Chris's 6000 running in my hands and it just took me by surprise when I took it out of the box the other day. I didnt seem to remember them being that heavy.

I might not be able to handle some of those yellow ones you got though.

Mark,

Those 6000s are pretty big man. At 21lbs it's not a whole ton lighter than some of these old, nasty, yella things I have here.

I want to take one out one day and try cutting with it all day, just to see how capable I am. The lighter 10 series saws aren't too bad, but I'd like to try out one of the large frame models on for size for a whole day.

Seems I'm in a rut right now though Mark. Too many saws, not enough wood.


Chris

 

[Modifiedmark]

Mark,

Those 6000s are pretty big man. At 21lbs it's not a whole ton lighter than some of these old, nasty, yella things I have here.

I want to take one out one day and try cutting with it all day, just to see how capable I am. The lighter 10 series saws aren't too bad, but I'd like to try out one of the large frame models on for size for a whole day.

Seems I'm in a rut right now though Mark. Too many saws, not enough wood.


Chris

Yes the 6000's are large!

I'm looking for a different bar and chain before I run it. It would be a shame to run this original 30" HT bar.

I know about the wood, I just split up the last of what I have here. Too much rain and little time to get more right now.

 

[Duke Thieroff]

Yes the 6000's are large!

I'm looking for a different bar and chain before I run it. It would be a shame to run this original 30" HT bar.

I know about the wood, I just split up the last of what I have here. Too much rain and little time to get more right now.

Those bars are made for running Mark!

I kind of have a no "shelf queen" policy around here. I have so many damn saws though that I only need to make one pass with them in a given year.

The rain this year is unbelieveable, I'd like to see it quit, but every bit it rains is good for the well.


Chris

 

[a. palmer jr.]

Mark,

Those 6000s are pretty big man. At 21lbs it's not a whole ton lighter than some of these old, nasty, yella things I have here.

I want to take one out one day and try cutting with it all day, just to see how capable I am. The lighter 10 series saws aren't too bad, but I'd like to try out one of the large frame models on for size for a whole day.

Seems I'm in a rut right now though Mark. Too many saws, not enough wood.


Chris

I like sitting in my armchair and looking out the window at guys cutting down trees. Didn't used to be that way, must be my age or general condition. I'd better not get used to it, I have a big maple in the front yard that needs cut down, cut up and split before summer is over, assuming summer ever gets here.

 

[joe25DA]

Nice saws Mark. Both look to be in great shape

 

[Modifiedmark]

Those bars are made for running Mark!

I kind of have a no "shelf queen" policy around here. I have so many damn saws though that I only need to make one pass with them in a given year.

The rain this year is unbelieveable, I'd like to see it quit, but every bit it rains is good for the well.


Chris

Yes that no shelf queen part sounded good sometime ago, but reality has showed its ugly head.

Too rare and too much money now a days. It will get run no doubt but why bother with that rare NOS bar when it can run anyother bar?

There a better investment then your money setting in the bank at 2%.

 

[Modifiedmark]

I like sitting in my armchair and looking out the window at guys cutting down trees. Didn't used to be that way, must be my age or general condition. I'd better not get used to it, I have a big maple in the front yard that needs cut down, cut up and split before summer is over, assuming summer ever gets here.

Hmm, how far is Linton from Valparaiso?

Road trip?

Ah, I just looked it up, never mind. LOL

You should have made the trip to Jermeys GTG though!

 

[a. palmer jr.]

Hmm, how far is Linton from Valparaiso?

Road trip?

Ah, I just looked it up, never mind. LOL

You should have made the trip to Jermeys GTG though!

I don't guess I knew anything about the GTG there. It probably would have been fun. We're pretty far south of where you are, actually I've never been any further north than Lafayette. You would probably love to go with me on some of my saw hunts in Reelsville, Indiana. You never know what you're gonna find but generally they aren't too expensive. They have a piece on youtube about it, called Croy Creek Trader's fair..they have lots of saws if you can wade through all the other "merchandise" also. Couldn't make it this weekend because of all the rain.

 

[Eccentric]

Got out to the shop for a little while today. Fixed a saw for a guy again. Yep again, I just did the fuel system on it for him last week and went to start it and it just flooded itself to death.

Tore it back down and found the red rubber tip on the inlet needle had broken off. It was a new genuine Zama kit too! I put the old needle back in it and its good to go now.

Checked out a Craftsman/Wildthing to see why it wasnt oiling for another fella and found it full of used motor oil and a stripped out oiler gear. I'll stop at the Sears service center after work tomorrow as I think they have them in stock.

I remembered to check the weight on the 6000 so I photoed it. I also was going to put the new 30" bar on a 5200 so I got it on the scale as well.

Went to spin up a new chain for the 30" and going by the Poulan 5400 IPL's bar chart it showed 97DL, but it ended up being 98DL.

Bad part is I didnt check and had to add a link back into it. I hate doing that.

Yep. That's the typical high Zama quality that I've seen. I swap Zamas out for Wally's and Tilly's whenever possible.

You still have a Sears Service Center near you? They're all gone from here. The one I worked at (Santa Rosa, Ca) is long gone. Sometime after I left, they shut 'er down. I talked to a friend from there a few years later. He was doing the road-tech thing, and they were staging out of a K-Mart parking lot, with all of their paperwork and parts coming from Sacramento. He was doing allmost no OPE work at that point, except for the odd tractor call. Mower/saw/trimmer/blower work is a thing of the past. Warantee stuff is sent from the retail stores to the 'hub' in Sacramento.....if it's fixed at all. Often times it's just exchanged. I think the Vallejo and Concord shops are gone too. Did some "TDY" work and parts runs to-from those shops. Lots of good guys left. Sad times....

Mark,

Those 6000s are pretty big man. At 21lbs it's not a whole ton lighter than some of these old, nasty, yella things I have here.

I want to take one out one day and try cutting with it all day, just to see how capable I am. The lighter 10 series saws aren't too bad, but I'd like to try out one of the large frame models on for size for a whole day.

Seems I'm in a rut right now though Mark. Too many saws, not enough wood.


Chris

Sounds like a personal problem Chris!:hmm3grin2orange:

I haven't done an 'all day' cutting session with a big heavy beast in a few years. I think the last time was in 2008 or so when I filled a couple pickup trucks with oak and fir, using only my Homelite C5 wearing a 24" hardnose. That was some work. Since then, the XL12/SXL-AO saws have done most of my cutting, except when a bigger saw was needed.

I'll be cutting a lot of BIG oak soon with some local good old boys (who I believe are all younger than me.....yikes). At least one of 'em is a member here. I'll bring a few yeller beasts to play with and let them try. I don't think they have anything heavier than an 066 Stihl or a 372XP Husky.:msp_thumbup:

 

[Modifiedmark]

You still have a Sears Service Center near you? They're all gone from here. :

Well I'm not sure what you call it, but yeah I guess so. Its at the end of a big Kmart here and they have a very few parts but will order in what you want as well.

 

[Warped5]

Well I'm not sure what you call it, but yeah I guess so. Its at the end of a big Kmart here and they have a very few parts but will order in what you want as well.

Seeing as you're in Valpo, do you have a local Kmart or do you go to the one in Merrillville?

 

[Eccentric]

Well I'm not sure what you call it, but yeah I guess so. Its at the end of a big Kmart here and they have a very few parts but will order in what you want as well.

That figures. Probably not much more than a counter, one counter monkey, and a few shelves of parts. The Sears Service Center I used to to work at had a decent sized retail section with parts on the walls, refurbished equipment for sale, several counter people, rows and rows of parts on shelves, a vacuuum shop, a TV shop, a washer/dryer/refridgeration shop, a large mower shop (where I spent most of my time), and a huge warehouse. There were probably 10-15 admin people in there too. The building was built along the railroad tracks, and there were still four or five roll up doors on that side of the building from when the deliveries came by rail. Sears had that building for several decades. Now, the tin mower shop and the large storage shed behind it are GONE (as in demo'd), and the rest of the buildings have been converted into several non Sears related offices and such.

 

[w8ye]

That figures. Probably not much more than a counter, one counter monkey, and a few shelves of parts. The Sears Service Center I used to to work at had a decent sized retail section with parts on the walls, refurbished equipment for sale, several counter people, rows and rows of parts on shelves, a vacuuum shop, a TV shop, a washer/dryer/refridgeration shop, a large mower shop (where I spent most of my time), and a huge warehouse. There were probably 10-15 admin people in there too. The building was built along the railroad tracks, and there were still four or five roll up doors on that side of the building from when the deliveries came by rail. Sears had that building for several decades. Now, the tin mower shop and the large storage shed behind it are GONE (as in demo'd), and the rest of the buildings have been converted into several non Sears related offices and such.

Sadly, this has been the trend in my town. The old Sears service center bldg is m.t.

 

[a. palmer jr.]

That figures. Probably not much more than a counter, one counter monkey, and a few shelves of parts. The Sears Service Center I used to to work at had a decent sized retail section with parts on the walls, refurbished equipment for sale, several counter people, rows and rows of parts on shelves, a vacuuum shop, a TV shop, a washer/dryer/refridgeration shop, a large mower shop (where I spent most of my time), and a huge warehouse. There were probably 10-15 admin people in there too. The building was built along the railroad tracks, and there were still four or five roll up doors on that side of the building from when the deliveries came by rail. Sears had that building for several decades. Now, the tin mower shop and the large storage shed behind it are GONE (as in demo'd), and the rest of the buildings have been converted into several non Sears related offices and such.

The fellow at the counter at the local Sears store wouldn't order a part for me because he said it was too much trouble. I made sure that whenever I need anything like a new lawnmower or something that I don't go there because I wouldn't want to bother them any further.. True story

 

[Eccentric]

The fellow at the counter at the local Sears store wouldn't order a part for me because he said it was too much trouble. I made sure that whenever I need anything like a new lawnmower or something that I don't go there because I wouldn't want to bother them any further.. True story

Yep. We had a few grumpy/lazy types like that. I forgot to mention the "call center trolls" that lived in the back of the building. Must've been 20 of 'em or more. They were the ones that made the "would you like to renew your extended warantee?" calls. They never came out of the building, except for en-mass smoke breaks. It was like the great migration of pale, pastey folks that could barely walk. Always gave me the creeps.:jester:

 

[a. palmer jr.]

Yep. We had a few grumpy/lazy types like that. I forgot to mention the "call center trolls" that lived in the back of the building. Must've been 20 of 'em or more. They were the ones that made the "would you like to renew your extended warantee?" calls. They never came out of the building, except for en-mass smoke breaks. It was like the great migration of pale, pastey folks that could barely walk. Always gave me the creeps.:jester:

Kinda like the people at the License branch a few years ago. I think they have all been replaced with more energetic ones now.