Vintage Chainsaw Collectors Lounge

[Boomer 87]

That shouldnt lean it out though unless im missing something

 

[46 Poulan]

Hey Kensie and Boomer--I have a xl-12 homelite with a bow--Use it one time to cut trees on the ground and you will be hooked on them!! Keep log spurs/dog on wood and it is safe .If you can get it I would. I like all brands---Working on a poulan 361 Right now. Just finished up 330 Homerlite{ what the old man i met while camping called my xl-12.Said he spent many a day dragging it through the Okefinokee swamp logging} . Work-age is hard on us. 33 years as a heavy equipment mechanic--Bulging disc-siatic nerve pain-now for me.. THINK about how you lift--do exercise for back muscles. David Southwest Ga.

 

[Boomer 87]

I understand ive done some dumb things at work like pick up a 4cyl honda engine and walk it across the shop bc i was bet i couldnt do it, lol but yeah i really would like a bow i have a 4200 poulan thats been modified for a bow but it wasnt on there when i got it. Bows just seem to bring alot of money.

 

[Kensie1988]

Well I guess I need to go forward with replacing the flywheel side crank seal like the guy who sold it to me suggested?

 

[Kensie1988]

Hey Kensie and Boomer--I have a xl-12 homelite with a bow--Use it one time to cut trees on the ground and you will be hooked on them!! Keep log spurs/dog on wood and it is safe .If you can get it I would. I like all brands---Working on a poulan 361 Right now. Just finished up 330 Homerlite{ what the old man i met while camping called my xl-12.Said he spent many a day dragging it through the Okefinokee swamp logging} . Work-age is hard on us. 33 years as a heavy equipment mechanic--Bulging disc-siatic nerve pain-now for me.. THINK about how you lift--do exercise for back muscles. David Southwest Ga.

Unfortunately I was doing just that when I injured my back, guy was supposed to be spotting me and when my arms gave out all 265lbs came down on my chest. It bothers me a lot when I'm not working out, but if I exercise my back it supports the injury a lot better and doesn't bother me as much.

 

[Boomer 87]

If you have the seals i would change them while you're there

 

[46 Poulan]

I think people did not use common sense with them and got hurt. Now can"t buy them new--gone. I am very respectful of them-nobody uses them but me.They can get crazy High.I really like the old gear reduction saws.Those things are bad with 1/2 chain--got a sears--power products--really piles up chips--better hang on at WOT David Southwest Ga.

 

[Kensie1988]

I think people did not use common sense with them and got hurt. Now can"t buy them new--gone. I am very respectful of them-nobody uses them but me.They can get crazy High.I really like the old gear reduction saws.Those things are bad with 1/2 chain--got a sears--power products--really piles up chips--better hang on at WOT David Southwest Ga.

So what makes the bow cut better than the guide bar?

 

[Kensie1988]

If you have the seals i would change them while you're there

How do you remove the back plate to get at the bearings and the seals?

 

[Boomer 87]

Ummm you mite make a post on it bc i honestly havent been into my 923 that far

 

[Boomer 87]

Should be get the flywheel off and the coil bracket off should be right there.

 

[Kensie1988]

Should be get the flywheel off and the coil bracket off should be right there.

 

[Boomer 87]

That piece should come off if its like a super xl.

 

[Kensie1988]

That piece should come off if its like a super xl.

So I just pry it out, because I've tried to just lift it out and it doesn't budge, I checked the IPL and it looks like only those 4 bolts holding it in.

 

[merc_man]

Lol it just means the diameter of the tree, pulp wood is any tree under a Diameter base height of around 12 and under, they ship them off to the mill to chip up and turn into pulp to make paper.

Here we call pulp lumber pecker poles.

 

[Kensie1988]

Here we call pulp lumber pecker poles.

Haha nice, and where is here?

 

[46 Poulan]

Bow saw you are pretty much standing up to cut. The weight of the saw rest on wood--Gravity and sharp chain do the rest. Bar tapered on the inside edge does not get pinched as bad. Chips stay out of saw.Just a vintage pulpwood logging tool. Check guy on utube 2 videos----David Southwest Ga.

 

[46 Poulan]

Kensie-You ought to be overrun with old poulans and bowsaws. Beard-poulan was based in that area I believe and Claude Poulan invented the Bow chainsaw bar --C00l history .Look it up. On Arborsite. David

 

[Kensie1988]

Kensie-You ought to be overrun with old poulans and bowsaws. Beard-poulan was based in that area I believe and Claude Poulan invented the Bow chainsaw bar --C00l history .Look it up. On Arborsite. David

Yea that's what @Boomer 87 and @astnmacgto have said about Poulans and Bow saws since I am from Shreveport. I'm trying to establish a network to reach out so when people find all those old saws they will come to me. I'm thinking of printing some fliers up and putting them in all of the hardware stores and old country Co-Ops. Maybe some out on the sides of the roads as well.

 

[astnmacgto]

Yea that's what @Boomer 87 and @astnmacgto have said about Poulans and Bow saws since I am from Shreveport. I'm trying to establish a network to reach out so when people find all those old saws they will come to me. I'm thinking of printing some fliers up and putting them in all of the hardware stores and old country Co-Ops. Maybe some out on the sides of the roads as well.

Business cards help too