This is one expensive hobby

[Marley5]

I've never found chainsaws to be expensive, especially after initial investment but can't say I'm addicted, more of a life style.

Now my other hobby as mentioned above is expensive.....building Jeeps. Lol
Just a set of control arms with Johnny joints cost more than all my saws.

 

[Evan]

Marley

Build your own joints with bushings on axle end hiems or jihby joints on frame end. Ive invested in welders and fab tools jd32 bender.
Not counting rubber im into this jeep about 1500

 

[rarefish383]

Expensive is a rather relative term. I just a bought a running Homelite Super 1050 for $150, I consider that pretty cheap for 100CC's. New is rather relative too, I consider anything with an auto oiler as new. My 660 has an auto oiler so I guess it's new, but since I've had it for 4-5 years it's just another old saw in the shed. It did cost me $1200. Screeching? None of my saws screech. Even my little $5 150 Automatic with a clean air filter and gutted muffler sounds good. Screeching is something cats do when they get stepped on, Joe.

 

[user 122190]

I guess collecting saws to sit on the shelf is a hobby, but buying saws to use isn't a hobby in my book. That said, it can be expensive either way.

My ms290 is going to begin its 6th year. Likely good for another 6, so really the cost over time is small.

 

[ChoppyChoppy]

They are just a tool to to work. In my case, it's one of the tools I use to earn my living. No different to me than a wrench, skidder, washing machine, etc.

The saws are realitively cheap all considering, but then again a new 648L skidder is "only" about $280,000

 

[ericm979]

The saws and other gear I've bought for cutting trees and clearing brush cost a lot less than hiring it out.

 

[Eric howes]

I cant say it is to expensive compared to the other hobbies I've had. As far as a hobbie that has a motor it is actually cheap. Try getting into snowmobiles, dirtbikes and 4wheelers....

 

[Huskybill]

I had a great job building CNC machines. I was an ex auto, truck, jeep mechanic who became a machine operator, then a class A machine builder. I installed a woodstove after being snowed in for days on top of a mountain. I figured we needed heat Incase the power went out. I can cook on top of the woodstove too. The husky saws cost me $1,100. My misses went nuts on me. But when the recession hit in ‘83 those saws were smoking making wood chips into money. I was cutting and selling firewood.
My point is no hobby here. I enjoyed being in the forest with nature logging firewood. Best job I ever had.

I’ve been into building 4x4 trucks, drag race engines, still dabble in Husqvarna dirtbikes. The vintage, post vintage dirtbikes are very expensive. The saws take up less room.

 

[ML12]

I've started building a Toyota Tacoma into a mild 4x4 Overland rig.... upper control arms, 3" lift, and ARB bumper alone cost much much more than the amount of money I have tied up in the 45 chainsaws I own.

So my chainsaw spending is on hold for a little while anyways.... I mean if something good comes up I'll snag it, but otherwise I already spent all my "toys" allowance.

 

[Huskybill]

Think of it this way I could of drank my mad money what flushed it away. I have the equipment to show where my money went. Lol

 

[thetoolnut]

How many saws should a man have? The correct number, plus one!

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[Huskybill]

You can’t take your money with ya when we leave this planet. Remember in heaven there is no beer that’s why we drink it here, lol. Save a little $$ and spend a little.

 

[Huskybill]

How many saws should a man have? The correct number, plus one!

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I’m not sure.

I had 14 Husqvarna dirtbikes when the misses said no more. Well she ate those words within a few weeks I was up to 25. Lol. She never said no more again. There are so many husky bikes still out there that still need good homes.

 

[James Miller]

The way I look at it my saws are all free. I'm probably into the 3 Echos for around 1k including having the 590 ported. I save 7-800 a year by burning wood. In a year the saws pay for them selves.
Honda minis are an expensive hobby.

 

[V3_288xp]

Yeah, not too expensive imo. You can buy a dozen or more new / nice used saws for 10K or
1 nice used Harley! But I love em' all.

Some of my hi-costs involved with my saws is buying multiple bars / chains / tools etc.
($80 for a new case-splitter, really?) Made that puppy outta scrap iron!
Seems that stuff can add up to the price of another nice saw faster than expected if you're not careful!

As for the other ?'s-
I dig the sound of my 288xp, turn down the idle low til the clutch drum pings a bit, it reminds me
going out with my dad & uncle cutting wood as a kid & my shovel-head thumping along.
Also, seeing how fast the sawdust just piles up your or buddies boots is cool too....

Here's my little all original 1975 Wizard 212. Gotta get some pics of the others, now...

 

[Canyon Angler]

Expensive compared to what?

They ain't expensive compared to hookers and blow!

 

[rarefish383]

Yeah, not too expensive imo. You can buy a dozen or more new / nice used saws for 10K or
1 nice used Harley! But I love em' all.

Some of my hi-costs involved with my saws is buying multiple bars / chains / tools etc.
($80 for a new case-splitter, really?) Made that puppy outta scrap iron!
Seems that stuff can add up to the price of another nice saw faster than expected if you're not careful!

As for the other ?'s-
I dig the sound of my 288xp, turn down the idle low til the clutch drum pings a bit, it reminds me
going out with my dad & uncle cutting wood as a kid & my shovel-head thumping along.
Also, seeing how fast the sawdust just piles up your or buddies boots is cool too....

Here's my little all original 1975 Wizard 212. Gotta get some pics of the others, now...

Back in the good old days. A Western Auto could be anything, along with the auto parts. Our Western Auto had a gun section in the back. The owner let his son convert a little storage room into a gun shop, and called that corner the "Shack". When the Auto business closed, Steve named the whole building the "Gun Shack". The Shack is still there, with a wood stove in the middle of the floor. Yep, the good old days.

 

[V3_288xp]

They ain't expensive compared to hookers and blow!

LMAO!!! but so true...

Back in the good old days. A Western Auto could be anything, along with the auto parts. Our Western Auto had a gun section in the back. The owner let his son convert a little storage room into a gun shop, and called that corner the "Shack". When the Auto business closed, Steve named the whole building the "Gun Shack". The Shack is still there, with a wood stove in the middle of the floor. Yep, the good old days.

I remember W/A, Coast to Coast was a great Hardware store, so many shops are gone now
that were around growing up.... wth? I'm only 50 and sooo many gone, makes me feel old...
Woolworth, Sprout Ritz, Shakey's Pizza just to name a few, can't hardly find a friggin' K-Mart anymore
& they don't sell Ice Cream cones / Poorboy's at the frt doors anymore... whats this world coming to? idk. lol
Went into a Dairy Queen last summer for a choc dipped vanilla cone- hadn't had one in over 20yrs
med was almost $4 !!! just shook my head & walked the "F'-out. In 77' a Lge dipped cone was 30-40c ?
With a dollar I could get a tube patched on my bike at the 76' G/S walk across the street get a Lge D/Cone
and eat it while waiting for the bike & ride home with money in my pocket! The good ol' days...

 

[rarefish383]

I was telling my kids when I was in high school you could get a small burger, fry, and drink at McD's, and get penny back from $1. Back around 83-85 I walked into Woolworths and they had a rack full of M1 Garands for $400, so I bought one. Good old days. They say our kids will call these the good old days.

 

[Cantdog]

They ain't expensive compared to hookers and blow!

Yep......especially if Hookers and Blow is your hobby rather than an occasional splurge.....