coveredinsap said:
Good question. No, there was no oil leaking out of the crack. Of course, with the mill attachment the saw would sit on it's side with the tanks facing up. My dealer said that he'd seen Stihl saws fall out of trees and not crack....implying that I must have beat mine with a baseball bat, I guess.
Well that dealer was putting on the blame game no doult. Why is the part about him I don't understand for whenever there is a issue Stihl, at least with me , always sides with the customer. I have yet to ever be told by my distributor no. They always say do whatever is needed to keep the man happy and file the claim with us. I've seen a few saws fall off the tailgates of pick up trucks and snap the back handle right off, plastic is plastic. For the most part the plasic housings are very strong, they are re-enforced but I guess sometime a spot gets missed in the processing and a crack appears later on.
You know Sap you probly aren't gonna believe this but I had a man walk in one day and point to a 390 on the rack and say thats the saw I want. I asked him why was that. He said trust me I know exactly what I want. I said thats great but why the 390 out of all the saws on the rack. He went on tell me him and his friend were doing a tree and the only saw they had was a
390. They had to go way up in the tree to saw off a limb that was hanging way out over a house. He said his buddy climbed the tree up about 40 feet with two ropes, one to tie the limb and one for the saw. He got up there and tied back the limb and lowered the second rope for the saw to be tied to. He said he tied the saw and his buddy pulled the saw up the tree. He got it in his hands, fired it up and was sawing off the limb and lost control of the saw and let it go. It fell 40 feet straight down and stuck in the ground by the bar about a foot deep. He said the odd part was it was stuck in the ground and was sitting there idling. He said for that reason alone he had to have one. I don't look a gift horse in the mouth, I told the guy yep you gotta have one. I wouldn't want them fellers doing any tree work for me but sure wasn't gonna tell him,haha.
I know what ya thinking, had it landed on the motor side it would probly have broke all to hell and your probly 100% right. The reason I bring this story up to ya is you would think the case would have snapped off at the bar studs falling that far and sticking in the ground that deep. The guy said the saw wasn't hurt at all. Those cases are strong just like Lake said they are, very strong. You got a defective one for sure and a lemon dealer as well. With me you would had walked out smiling with either your money back or a new saw, whichever ya perferred.
Anyway I'm glad to see ya starting to mix it up abit with all of us and starting to have to some fun on the AS site. We're just a bunch of good ole boys who like to shoot the breeze about what we do and what we like which is mostly chainsaws. Oh we argu and fuss and tease and carry on but thats what makes it fun. I'm glad to see ya starting to show ya sense of humor and realizing too we aren't out to hurt ya but merely mix it up with ya. If ya ever in ole Virginia you come on by. Bring ya own beer though. You can come in drunk and have a ball but ya gonna have to buy ya own boose,haha
