Dolmar saws

[bandmiller2]

Has anyone brought this problem back to the manufacturer.??If its strictly a metallurgy problem it should be easy to correct.Are any outher mounts close enough to use. Frank C.

[Corley5]

My dealer took up the issue but everyone up the ladder claimed there wasn't a problem.  The mounts are unique to Dolmar and the same in the new series from what we've been told.

[ahlkey]

My local Dolmar dealer claims the AV mount issues was taken care of sometime ago?  How long ago was it that you were having problems with the mounts?   I have one PS-7900 that is my favorite go to saw running a 24 inch bar.   Everything else we run is pro saws from Husky with the 395xp saw the top end saw for larger hardwoods.   We log commercially northern hardwoods during the winter from November until April and for the past three years the 7900 has performed better than I expected. 

I found a remote dealer far away that I stopped while on vacation that had two NEW 7900's leftover from 2011 in stock?  He was a new owner that now only sells Stihl. He offered me a package deal on both saws to move them at a good price which I am considering as the older 7900's without all the new EPA changes have advantages.  Thanks.

[Corley5]

  I got rid of them a year ago this past spring.  The issue was still there then    The cost advantage on them is lost quickly buying $12 mounts,  lost production and labor to change them.  My dealer tells me the problem is still there.  I'll never buy another anyway.

[ahlkey]

Thanks for the update as I need to check it more often. The only reason I am considering another purchase is that the performance of the 7900 the past three winters seasons has been great.  I typically handle all my repairs so the labor is not an issue nor the cost of the mount but downtime would be bad.