Weird or Unusual things in/on saws/pics

[alexcagle]

That's "needing some firewood badly" desperation there; on the pop rivet substitution. About like who ever stuffed Mr. Moose here. . Looks like they actually got some use out of the chain!

 

[BigDee]

Another use for bailing wire?
I was tearing a dolmar saw down and found this beverly hillbiliies repair.View attachment 481611

Did it work?

 

[cus_deluxe]

Philbert,
That pop-rivet is terrifying. I imagine that would last about 10 minutes. Good eye catchin that before it was too late.

 

[alexcagle]

Did it work?

It might have for a while, but it had loose crank bearings. - it was probably quite out of balance at 9,000rpm. Which may have contributed to the wear on the crank bearings.

 

[HarleyT]

The silliest thing that I ever came across, someone was using one of those cheap disposable razor knifes
in the place of their pull start handle. The customer blamed it on his son.....

 

[Philbert]

That pop-rivet is terrifying. I imagine that would last about 10 minutes. Good eye catchin that before it was too late.

That's why I am a big believer in cleaning used chains, saws, etc.! To see what you are really getting.

Philbert

 

[alexcagle]

Necessity is the mother of invention....sometimes.
I got this $1400 saw in not to long ago needing worked on, that had a bootlace with a pork rib bone for the handle.
I put it in the dead parts ziploc with a note of appreciation for the ingenuity.

 

[Philbert]

. . had a bootlace with a pork rib bone for the handle.

Probably some ham-fisted operator . . . .

Philbert

 

[cus_deluxe]

Necessity is the mother of invention....sometimes.
I got this $1400 saw in not to long ago needing worked on, that had a bootlace with a pork rib bone for the handle.
View attachment 481832 I put it in the dead parts ziploc with a note of appreciation for the ingenuity.

Yikes!

 

[alexcagle]

It's not a chainsaw, but; was there room with all this dirt in the deflector for an abrasive wheel?!?Notice the unapproved use of a 12" wire knot wheel? They get that back NOT on the saw. They use them to clean out road seams to reseal them. I do of course advise them how dangerous those unapproved wheels are.

 

[ChoppyChoppy]

Had a guy bring a saw in, put it on the counter and maggots came crawling out.

He had used it to cut up a moose some time back and never cleaned it. Needless to say, it went back with him!

 

[alexcagle]

Had a guy bring a saw in, put it on the counter and maggots came crawling out.

He had used it to cut up a moose some time back and never cleaned it. Needless to say, it went back with him!

Thats gross.
Did you look at him suspiciously...like;...so....
where's your wife these days?

 

[HarleyT]

Thats gross.
Did you look at him suspiciously...like;...so....
where's your wife these days?

That's what chipper/shredders are for!!!

 

[bikemike]

Best one I had is a green poulan did start sometimes but didn't run much and would smoke bad when it did run. Out of fuel. Chain on backwards. Ran good once the fuel tank had the fuel in and not the oil tank

 

[alexcagle]

That's what chipper/shredders are for!!!

Yeah! Like Fargo the movie!

Best one I had is a green poulan did start sometimes but didn't run much and would smoke bad when it did run. Out of fuel. Chain on backwards. Ran good once the fuel tank had the fuel in and not the oil tank

Wow. Seen that several times too.
I got a Solo saw that was an iLube model recently. (Auto oil Injection) It had diesel in the green color capped 2-stroke oil tank, and mixed gas in the tank that was supposed to contain straight gas. Lol
Smoked like freight train. Then I smelled that beautiful reek of diesel. Uh oh! Kill'in me smalls!

 

[bikemike]

Sounds like one of my old mowers. It was so wore out that it ran better on kerosene than it did gas. But it wouldn't start cold on kerosene. Had to soak the air filter in gas. After I got a new mower I drained the oil out of the old mower and over filled it with water and ran it. Thought it was gunna lock up but didn't. Just chew the rod journal out. It's fun Killin engines

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

Sounds like one of my old mowers. It was so wore out that it ran better on kerosene than it did gas. But it wouldn't start cold on kerosene. Had to soak the air filter in gas. After I got a new mower I drained the oil out of the old mower and over filled it with water and ran it. Thought it was gunna lock up but didn't. Just chew the rod journal out. It's fun Killin engines

> It's fun Killin engines

had to laff at that one! but imo, maybe not always fun! especially if inadvertently you be Killin' it ~ as I have run them on air in the crankcase... Briggs.

was into changing its oil one time, trusty ol Snapper... drained it, got bissee so put it up in shed. forgot about no oil! as it was a while before I mowed again. started it up... and it ran well for a while. then quit. hmm.. ??? started up, ran... then quit... I was continuing with the mowing... FD&H! [fat, dumb and happy!] did it again, but got bit noisy this time. hmm... decided to ck oil!!! eek, ! there was none to check! so put some in... haha, dint run too well... had to get other mower... and a new engine. so it goes! Moral:

if I ever do that again, put label on: NO OIL!

 

[bikemike]

It was a Briggs 3 hp plastic carb engine

 

[alexcagle]

Here is what happens when your guys flood a concrete cutoff saw, then take the air filters out only to forget for a couple weeks!

 

[ANewSawyer]

Yikes!