Vintage Stihl chainsaws....what do you guys suggest.

[Eccentric]

I too enjoyed the civility, and repped ya back.

You know, I could probably had any number of those old saws that my boss had amassed. I am sure all I had to do was ask, but I didn't want any of that "junk" years ago. They sat and we would rob parts from them to fix customers saws. It was hard to get replacement parts back then, as you pretty much had to go to another dealer and beg them to sell to you. The dealers weren't always of a mind to help their competition back then. Of course there was no such thing as the internet and all it brings, as parts can now be found, if you really want them. Not so back then.

I remember he had several old two man saws in several "flavors", and a couple Wright blade saws. He also had untold numbers of old big heavy Macs and Homelites. Mostly though there were the XL variants and Mac 10 series that would have run with little trouble. I also remember two or three 07's that Brad would have loved to have. Also there were about 6 or 7 08's and many 040/041's that had one ailment or another. When we had time, he would go down to the basement and bring one back to refurbish, and we would tear it down to the crank, and reassemble with all good used or new parts. He usually tried to sell the "used" saws for about half the price of a new one, and gave a 30 day warranty on them.

When the old boss died, his wife was approached by another dealer, and she sold off everything related to saws and snowmobiles. The boss always kept a large inventory of new parts, and I believe the whole shebang went for a song!
What a shame!

Bob

You know Bob, I just knew that's what you were going to tell me when I typed my last post. "untold number of old big heavy Macs and Homelites".....

That is a shame, but it's just another case of "hindsight being 20/20". I've passed up "junk" and other opertunities that could have paid off big down the road. Usualy, I end up keeping the stuff that really does just turn out to be "junk"...:jester:

 

[longbar]

A dealer down the road has a 076 that he "says" he has 225 into and thats what he wants for it. But its got about 4 tubes of JB weld on the gas tank/recoil area so Im not sure if its worth it. I dont know what the new parts are but Man I kinda want it. I know the 056 is alot smaller but how does the 076 compare to it? Also does it vibrate screws lose?

 

[caleath]

I think all of those saws vibrate alot...

I might be on my way to a 056 mag...almost 100 ccs

 

[Toad22t]

I have a gd start on a little collection. Not as gd as most of yours. But I have got an 031av, 048av, 044 bb (I know not a vintage saw) and an 08s. I have to go look at a 041 farm boss,036 and a 038. Also I have a line where I bought the 08 s from is an old stihl dealer that has two semi trailers full of saws. So hope that turns out gd.