worst saw

[Diesel JD]

Worst saw I ever had was a Mac 3200 homeowner model back in 96. It ran great for about a couple of months but I made it work pretty hard and it couldn't take it after awhile. That having been said...I subjected my 025 and 009 to the same workload and theynever complained.

 

[JamesReed]

Lasting impression of a saw burial!

A lasting impression about a saw and a neighbor I use to live beside. One morning he continually had problems with a small Homelite trim saw he purchased(Sorry - Don't know the model no.). My neighbor had to work on the saw most every time he used it and was trying to start it one day until he had to sit down from pulling and was sweating profusely. Never did get it to started that memorable day. Next thing I saw him go in his garage and came out with a shovel in one had and with his little red homelite in the other. He hurriedly went to the back of his lot, dug a hole and threw the saw in and covered it up. He said a few departing words as he jumped up and down on the grave he had just covered up. Later that afternoon I heard the familiar sound of a Stihl saw. I went over and talked with him and he looked like a proud new parent of saw!

 

[dingo]

A little Mac...don't remember the model number...about twenty years ago and I still get steamed thinking about it. Bought it to brush out some old roads into a firewood cutting area. Sixteen inch bar. Wouldn't start unless you threatened it. Wouldn't run unless you cussed it. Threw chains,bogged down,kicked back like a buggy whip,puked oil and leaked gas. Took it back to the saw shop. They worked on it. Went back the next day...same thing all over again. Took it to a different shop. Still the same,maybe a little worse. Roads still not brushed. Went to town,bought an 032 Stihl. Ran Stihl for about an hour. Took chain off of Mac. Tied about a three foot rope to the handle,spun around and around and around like those guys doing the hammer throw in the Olympics and sailed that little yellow POS off into a canyon.

I have wanted to do this more than once on some of the junk I have had.
My hat's off to ya boboak.

 

[THALL10326]

A lasting impression about a saw and a neighbor I use to live beside. One morning he continually had problems with a small Homelite trim saw he purchased(Sorry - Don't know the model no.). My neighbor had to work on the saw most every time he used it and was trying to start it one day until he had to sit down from pulling and was sweating profusely. Never did get it to started that memorable day. Next thing I saw him go in his garage and came out with a shovel in one had and with his little red homelite in the other. He hurriedly went to the back of his lot, dug a hole and threw the saw in and covered it up. He said a few departing words as he jumped up and down on the grave he had just covered up. Later that afternoon I heard the familiar sound of a Stihl saw. I went over and talked with him and he looked like a proud new parent of saw!

haha, thats good one indeed. The boys at Husky and Stihl would loved to have filmed that for a commercail no doult.

 

[2cyblowtrch]

Saw burial

The most lasting impression I have of a saw/saw operator was one tree
service employee who shall remain unnamed and the company saw he was
holding. When prompted by the (not so complimentary) conversation about the
company owner he said, "I'll show you what I think of him", reved up the saw
and at full throttle buried it to the mount in the gravel driveway!!! Wow.

 

[WadePatton]

I remember having a Homelite and later a Poulan. The Poulan was bought because we thought it would run better than the Homelite. Both of them took half a day to get going and 10 minutes to quit again. The Homie outlived the Poulan--but both were ridiculous.

Then the 024 Super came along. Never pulled a rope on a Homelite or Poulan saw since, not planning on it either.

Give me SWEDISH/GERMAN saws or give me an AXE.

 

[Gologit]

I have wanted to do this more than once on some of the junk I have had.
My hat's off to ya boboak.

Thanks. Probably not the most mature thing I ever did but man,did it feel good to do!

 

[toolfreak]

Considering my father is one of those men who believed that there are better words in the dictionary(so I was told over and over again growing up) he rarely uses cuss words. I can remember a number of years ago he had bought a used Echo, can't remember the size (50cc range), it was well used, he fought and fought trying to keep that thing running so we could continue cutting wood for the winter. He did a pretty good job rigging this and that to keep the saw alive. It finally died, he worked 2 hours or so jerking the cord, and nothing happened. He piped off with some of the most colorful adjectives and nouns I had ever heard, and then threw the thing in the brush pile and swore he would never own another Echo. He then announced that he better not hear me talk that way, I just nodded and smirked. Two days later he bought a brand new 500EVL and still uses it today. That was 17 years ago!

 

[sal b]

please make it go away

 

[sawn_penn]

McCulloch MAC335. Similar to the Poulans pictured above.

Out of the box the chain ran at idle. This wasn't fixed by setting the idle screw. Was sent by the shop to a whole series of repair shops who were meant to be McCulloch service agents, but who weren't.

Eventually I can across a repair shop that admitted to doing McCulloch warranty repairs. The saw ran, but after about 60 seconds the chain break melted. The shop contacted the McCulloch office (which turned out to be the Husky office) and the chain break was replaced.

I have paperwork from husky stating that the saw has been fixed and tested, yet the saw doesn't start with the chain break on anymore. With the chain break off, the chain runs at idle and the chainbreak heats up really fast (20 seconds till the oil starts to burn off.) The chain even moves when you crank the saw over before it starts. As best I can tell, the clutch is seized.

Of course the repair shop thinks it's something to do with the jets...

I don't know how it is in the rest of the world, but down-under McCullochs suck and the husky guys are clueless.

I've bought a Stihl, which is a dream.

 

[belgian]

A lasting impression about a saw and a neighbor I use to live beside. One morning he continually had problems with a small Homelite trim saw he purchased(Sorry - Don't know the model no.). My neighbor had to work on the saw most every time he used it and was trying to start it one day until he had to sit down from pulling and was sweating profusely. Never did get it to started that memorable day. Next thing I saw him go in his garage and came out with a shovel in one had and with his little red homelite in the other. He hurriedly went to the back of his lot, dug a hole and threw the saw in and covered it up. He said a few departing words as he jumped up and down on the grave he had just covered up. Later that afternoon I heard the familiar sound of a Stihl saw. I went over and talked with him and he looked like a proud new parent of saw!

In our place, he would probably have been fined for improper waste removal or polluting the soil.

 

[Chris J.]

I still have a really great little Mac that just fell from the sky one day when I was out hiking in a canyon in California.

 

[Justin Garrison]

Boboak I can feel the frusturation you had, as another owner of a small crappy mac I know what you went through I grew up on a mac 120 top handle it sucked oiler was broke, we would just rub oil onto the chain every once in a while. It would start when it pleased and stop when it pleased. It would stall and would not restart untill it had cooled down I would have done the same, but I just bought a stihl and hid the mac in the garage never to be seen again.

 

[madmax]

The worst saw I ever had was a little Mac, first saw I ever bought on my own ( couldnt pass up the pretty paint and plastic at 14 yo), cant remember the model number(610 maybe), looked identical to the Eager Beaver, I cut several cords of wood with it, but it defenitly sold me on the Huskys my dad always bragged about.

 

[Gark]

Worst saw was a Poulan 110. A tiny unit with 12" bar that my father-in-law bought me. He said it was the "cat's meow".
Terrible (or non-existent) bar oiling, even after replacing the pump, hose and pressure vent. The bar/chain was always loosening, needed constant adjustment and it needed 30 pulls or so to start (even after 'professional' tune-up). Spent more time and $$ trying to get it running than its value. Finally threw it away. Stihl works well for me now. Heheh.

 

[Tree Sling'r]

A saw is only as good as the person running it. If you bought it and it sucks then you got what you paid for. Umm... can't think of anymore cliches'.

 

[Gologit]

A saw is only as good as the person running it. If you bought it and it sucks then you got what you paid for. Umm... can't think of anymore cliches'.

Good...this is a "no cliche"zone. You're right about getting what you pay for...Thats why everything I've bought in the last twenty years was Stihl.
On second thought maybe that "you get what you pay for" would be good as a sticker on the little homeowner saws along with all the safety stickers.

 

[Gologit]

I still have a really great little Mac that just fell from the sky one day when I was out hiking in a canyon in California.

Chris,if you can get that thing to run you can have it! Was the rope still on it? I"d like to have that back.

 

[buck futter]

husky 154&254

When I was young and spry I would spend school vacations and weekends cutting spruce fir and mostly cedar. I grew up helping my father and when I was a teenager he let me loose on my own with his saws. He bought the saws for us both and paid for all gas oil and maintenance, I just had to respect the equipment. Looking back it was a terrific and generous thing on his part.

Anyway we had run partners until parts were no longer easy to obtain and switch to husky's he bought a used 154 and a while later a new 254 also. Both of them had good power but they would clip a ring at a rate faster than what seemed right but that was an easy relatively cheap fix. The 254 was plagued with what seemed like a coil problem. It would start cold and run balls to the wall for half a tank or so and quit. He brought it to the dealer and he replaced the coil on two different occasions. The third time it started doing the same thing my dad just brought it to my uncle's to have him check it out. The saw was stolen and that pig f----er got just what he deserved a pos saw. So I guess there is some justice. some time later I went into the navy Dad got rid of the huskies and partners and bought a jonsey 2149 that he still uses and is very happy with. Of course neither of us now use saws for money so his jonsey is pretty much a home owner saw.

Thats all I got

Lucky

 

[sal b]

check out this beauty 18 volt