They dont Make Em like they use to

[Meadows Miller]

Gday

I had one o them not a happy camper moments today  : droped my saw lightly and broke the chainbrake handel  on the 359 :( >:( : got me thinkn why dont they make them with the steel handels on em any more I remember when if id done the same thing with the older style saw you could just bend it back strait and away you would go again  ;D 8) now its another $60 down the drain  : :


Reguards Chris

[beenthere]

That's not good news.

I'd make a guess that they do everything possible to cut the weight down to bare minimum.

(and they don't mind getting your $60 either) :

[Meadows Miller]

Gday Beenthere

Got a new handel today from my local saw shop for $39  its s/h in the respect that it of a parts saw that never even got through it first tank off fuel  Strait fuel that is  : you gotta love weekend warriors  ;) :D :D :D what a way to blow $700 bucks and voiding the warranty :  or they must have just liked loud noises  ;) :D :D

Reguards Chris

[rebocardo]

Lighter, far cheaper and faster to produce. No welding, no grinding, no casting.

[maple flats]

Yes, but if they used the right plastic it would be able to remain intact from a drop unless you are talking a major drop onto a hard surface.

[tyb525]

Once my 036 rolled off the small log it was sitting on and cracked the air filter housing :. Still haven't got a new one, duct tape works :D

[maple flats]

if you want to talk homemade repairs, I had an old Remington 16" or was it 18" saw that was given my by my uncle. It was the first saw i ever owned. During the course of getting firewood out I mistakenly drove over it in the snow with a 3 ton cleat track loader. It broke the handle off and created a small leak in the gas tank. After getting a price for parts I decided to fix it myself. I soldered a handle arangement that attached at the base, came up top, across and down to where the spikes mounted. For the gas tank small leak I put in a screw with a gasket. Both repairs held and i used it for about 5 more years with me and my brother both using it and both of us heating our houses with wood and nothing else and very little insulation at that time. I did not keep track of the wood but I used about 4 full cords a year and my brother used at least double that.
On another matter, This saw had no vibration damping at all and the muffler was not much better than none at all. After cutting for a few hours you could feel the vibration in your arms and shoulders even after shutting the saw off. I also believe that was the greatest cause of my current hearing loss, not complete but definately diminished.
In these respects saws have come a long ways

[Bruce Hopf]

I have to agree with you. All I have ever ran (up until a year this fall) were McCulloch chain saws. I was cutting down a soft maple, that was over 24" in diameter, with my Pro Mac 700 a few years back. The tree got hung up into another tree as it fell, pinching the bar of the saw, that i couldn't get it out.
I went to get my tractor, to pull the tree down out of the other one, when all of a sudden the tree rolled off the stump, taking the chain saw with it.
Luckily there was a bit of snow around yet. The rear Handel was smashed off the chain saw, the chain brake handle, was also broken off, and the bar was bent.
I was lucky to be able to find a good used bottom half of a gas tank assembly, from a nearby McCulloch dealer, for $20.00, and also a chain brake handle.
I don't know how my 044, 034, or 024 would handle it if a tree did what it did to my Pro Mac 700, and I don't want to find out either. Bruce.

[Ironwood]

Put my 338XP under the trailer to keep it out of the rain the other day, THEN>>>> Backed over it moving the trailer a half hour later.  : Woops.

        Ironwood

[Rocky_J]

I learned a long time ago that gasoline powered equipment makes lousy (but expensive) wheel chocks.   :-\

[Al_Smith]

 :D We need old Gypo to chime in on this one .That knucklehead used to smash a couple a year then make a big speech and try and sell them on E-Bay . Actually I think a few morons bought them smashed flatter than a pancake . :D

[WildDog]

Chris I managed to bust an old Husky 61 with the steel brake handle, I was heading out with the saw in the 4 in 1 cause I had the post digger on the 3 pt linkage instead of a carry all, any way on the way I went past a log that hadn't burn't in a fire I lite so I grabbed it with the 4 in 1to take to the next fire, thought I could smell fuel, worked out saws, logs and buckets don't mix,  :( its one of those stories my wife says I am better keeping to my self :-[

[nhlogga]

I have to agree with you. All I have ever ran (up until a year this fall) were McCulloch chain saws. I was cutting down a soft maple, that was over 24" in diameter, with my Pro Mac 700 a few years back. The tree got hung up into another tree as it fell, pinching the bar of the saw, that i couldn't get it out.
I went to get my tractor, to pull the tree down out of the other one, when all of a sudden the tree rolled off the stump, taking the chain saw with it.
Luckily there was a bit of snow around yet. The rear Handel was smashed off the chain saw, the chain brake handle, was also broken off, and the bar was bent.
I was lucky to be able to find a good used bottom half of a gas tank assembly, from a nearby McCulloch dealer, for $20.00, and also a chain brake handle.
I don't know how my 044, 034, or 024 would handle it if a tree did what it did to my Pro Mac 700, and I don't want to find out either. Bruce.

in this instance, i pull out my trusty 'ol scrench and remove the power head from the bar and chain leaving the bar and chain in the tree.

[Al_Smith]

 Pros and cons from observations . Stihl some time ago made their handle and tank assemblies from cast aluminum alloy .One praticular model ,namely the 038 Av was known to be a handle breaker if it were dropped.Smashed the handle on the bottom and usually broke the fuel tank . Many were destined to sit on a shelf because of this .

When the 038 super and later the Mag were produced these had high impact plastic handle/tank assemblies that were much more robust  in taking a licking and keeping on ticking .

Now I likes me olde antiques but  the newer designs will take more beating around----usually . ;)

[rebocardo]

> THEN>>>> Backed over it moving the traile

Yea, I have learned not to hide my gas can under the trailer to keep it out of the sun, unless all I am going is forward.

[tdi-rick]

Pros and cons from observations . Stihl some time ago made their handle and tank assemblies from cast aluminum alloy .One praticular model ,namely the 038 Av was known to be a handle breaker if it were dropped.Smashed the handle on the bottom and usually broke the fuel tank . Many were destined to sit on a shelf because of this .

When the 038 super and later the Mag were produced these had high impact plastic handle/tank assemblies that were much more robust  in taking a licking and keeping on ticking .

Now I likes me olde antiques but  the newer designs will take more beating around----usually . ;)

Yep, what Al said, and a good example too.