What's with Remington?

[Old2stroke]

Back in the early chainsaw days of pulp wood production for the paper mills of northern Ontario, there were only 4 saws in my area, McCulloch, Pioneer, Homelite and Remington. Over the years, Remington seemed to have dropped out of sight but recently they are advertising a line of small saws for the box store shoppers. Lowes has a listing for them and they appear to be a Chinese Zenoah that has been renamed. Anyone know if this is true?

 

[s sidewall]

They were MTD at one time, may still be.

Steve

 

[Big Red Oaks 4 me]

The newer "Remingtons" are junk. At least that's been my experience.

 

[jltrent]

I just gave $20 for a Remington RM-5520 at the flea market. Talk about a piece of sheet. I will be lucky to get my money back and it looks pretty good. The recoil sucks needs replaced, oiler is shot, plug hole stripped from cheap China/Twain metal, some dumb eye filed the rakers down and ruin an almost new chain. I could write a book about that POS. You live and learn as I don't want no China saws and very little of their AM parts.

 

[TBS]

Back in the early chainsaw days of pulp wood production for the paper mills of northern Ontario, there were only 4 saws in my area, McCulloch, Pioneer, Homelite and Remington. Over the years, Remington seemed to have dropped out of sight but recently they are advertising a line of small saws for the box store shoppers. Lowes has a listing for them and they appear to be a Chinese Zenoah that has been renamed. Anyone know if this is true?

They are clones based off the zenoah g450avs.

They were MTD at one time, may still be.

Steve

They still are.

I just gave $20 for a Remington RM-5520 at the flea market. Talk about a piece of sheet. I will be lucky to get my money back and it looks pretty good. The recoil sucks needs replaced, oiler is shot, plug hole stripped from cheap China/Twain metal, some dumb eye filed the rakers down and ruin an almost new chain. I could write a book about that POS. You live and learn as I don't want no China saws and very little of their AM parts.

These saws a much better build quality than those jenn feng corporation saws. I've got a craftsman version of the remington a the real deal redmax/zenoah g450avs and the cylinder, case, and crank on the craftsman are cast just as well as the zenoah with no slag, very smooth ports, and transfers. The plastics are good and tough as well.

 

[s sidewall]

Is that the New Want to be Craftsman saw they are pushing now? Looks just like the Remington, both sold at Lowes. Even the guys at Lowes in that department said they don't even recommend either one. They push the Huskys or Poulans more.

Steve

 

[s sidewall]

Here's you a little Remington

Steve

 

[TBS]

Is that the New Want to be Craftsman saw they are pushing now? Looks just like the Remington, both sold at Lowes. Even the guys at Lowes in that department said they don't even recommend either one. They push the Huskys or Poulans more.

Steve

Thats the ones. Nice mighty mite.

 

[s sidewall]

Son inlaw's saw, may get it going in a few months, wish he knew how to work on them. As many times he's watched me get one going for him I figured he would have caught on by now.

Steve

 

[a. palmer jr.]

My uncle once bought a set of Remington tires because he thought that Remington made good shotguns and therefore their tires would be high quality also...

 

[Colt Marlington]

I saw one at a pawn shop that leaked all the bar oil out and had something wrong with the starter or flywheel.

But it had a pretty nice large case with metal latches that I wanted for my 490 or 372.

 

[Little Al]

Back in the early chainsaw days of pulp wood production for the paper mills of northern Ontario, there were only 4 saws in my area, McCulloch, Pioneer, Homelite and Remington. Over the years, Remington seemed to have dropped out of sight but recently they are advertising a line of small saws for the box store shoppers. Lowes has a listing for them and they appear to be a Chinese Zenoah that has been renamed. Anyone know if this is true?

I guess all but the Pioneer disappeared in their original form& reappeared as box store crap at various times the brand names have been bought by various companyv's & market pushed as homeowner kit with various lifespans (all not long) built by a variety of manufactures

 

[Dph1256]

Is that the New Want to be Craftsman saw they are pushing now? Looks just like the Remington, both sold at Lowes. Even the guys at Lowes in that department said they don't even recommend either one. They push the Huskys or Poulans more.

Steve

A co-worker has one likes it better an fewer problems than his husky 440

 

[a. palmer jr.]

A co-worker has one likes it better an fewer problems than his husky 440

Some of the newer Husqvarnas aren't exactly trouble free...

 

[Glen w]

A co-worker has one likes it better an fewer problems than his husky 440

I bought a husky 240 ,and after cutting my firewood,about two months useage ,,,it stopped and wouldnt run.I adjusted,and adjusted,,even bought a new carb,same thing...its garbage!!! I got an old Sachs ,and a Shindawha....they are beasts!