chain saw problems

[Boats]

This is all great stuff I'm goin run a copy and put it in my files so I can related to it next time I screw around with my chain saw. Thanks much I've learned plenty on this subject.

[BLUEHAWK]

Larry -
From your further description I have to ditto what Seatjerker said about varnishing... most instruction manuals clearly (in itty bitty typeface) advise that you completely EMPTY THE GAS TANK of fuel and let the saw run out of gas totally when putting the saw up for more than 30 days.

It just happens to be true...even if it was a totally new saw, they had to have run some fuel through it during testing. If that sat in there too long, it will definitely make a mess of things. I used some automotive fuel injector cleaner on a friend's old saw once, in that condition, and thereafter the thing ran like a sewing machine. It took quite a few starts and sputters at first, but then it kicked in.

Problem with most electrical saws is that they rarely have enough power to slice much of anything sizable, and that cord is a nuisance if you have to be anywhere more than 100' from the outlet. I also don't like having to deal with that cord under foot when trees or limbs are falling down in weird ways around me. First rule of chainsawing, after saw safety, is having a plan in mind in advance about which direction you intend to move when the tree comes down. People get hurt when they trip on the getaway. It's an okay tool if all you are doing is removing fairly small limbs from trees easily reachable, or pruning, or making firewood out of relatively small diameter stuff. Sure beats a bow saw.

Poulan is a pretty decent saw, if you aren't gonna have to be using it every single day all day long for weeks.

[MORTARDUDE]

Geeez..I thought lawn mowers were bad !!!!!!!

Larry