Bending chainsaw teeth on 70 year old mulberry?
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Comments (9)My habit is not to use light equipment (10" Remington Pole Saw and 12" McCullough Chainsaw) over 50-100' with a light extension cords. I have a 1hp Air Compressor and 1 hp Log Splitter that I will not use over 50' on 12-3 cords (99.9 % w/o a cord). There has to be a Pole Saw longer lighter and naturally smaller (4"bar) than the Remington 8 - 10", What??. The saw is a killer at the 9' extension if you are not almost under the limbs. I have the 16' Sears Manual Pruner Saw that's a killer cutting over 1-2" limps. My Rope Saw is even a killer. My Pruning Issue: I have decided to contact the City and get a clarification on who is responsible for trimming limbs away from wires coming between houses from reader easement to front easement street lights. In 07 they came out with bucket trucks but no needed tools and told me they were not tree trimmers. I repeated my email and pics and a 2nd crew came with the same statement and attitude but had tools and got the job done. I promised to try and keep the small limbs away but that has gotten too high and hard. I sent my efforts this year that clears the wires 4' away to the front easement but I feel my efforts between the houses are theirs. With No Reply Yet! The winter weather and dead trees will take poles and wires down as one did 4-5 houses away in 07 that caused a fire and power outage about 12 hrs....See MoreIs there a welding/brazing repair for worn Chainsaw Clutch/ Sproc
Comments (8)I had some realistic work and experimenting today. Splitting and stacking my 2012 harvest of green Live Oak (hauled in 3 loads, in 2 days from 3 blocks away thanks to a tree trimmer). The final cutting/splitting/stacking led to work with the approx 2 face cords as follows. The use of my Poulan S25 that I just cleaned and added a new clutch sprocket. A log splitter just rebuilt/etc and added hydro fluid filter. A young body and my body completed the last half of all splitting/stacking after my needed cutting in 1.5 hr. The cutting/splitting/stacking went great but the saw was a mess. Such a mess, I'll plan to use a small engine cleaner/solvent/attachment with compressed air or a pump de-greaser and compressed air (after finding the possible cause first). The manuel oiling was working but I detected the automatic was not and feeding wire to clear it d/n help. My question w/o searching, will the automatic oiling cause bar oil to come out at joints/etc? I was seeing excessive ext bar oil and the same old unusual mess I just cleaned. I�ll take a break and go for the filter of the automatic oil as years ago that was full of sawdust. Back then it d/n cause this mess. Shared experiences/ info is appreciated! Loger...See MoreChainsaw Recommendation?
Comments (23)well, I got about 4 now and have had most models made. Yes some are build and engineered alot better than others for people that have to use them every day. For use that have owned and used chain saws for years any new saw will do light work if you know how to maintain the chain and clean it up AFTER every use. With that said I found a 14" green polan on sale for 59. bucks. Too cheap to pass up. This saw has done everything I have ask it to do from trimming limbs, cutting down small trees, and cutting out cedar stumps which IMO will tear up a saw quickly if you don't keep it out of the dirt and the chain sharp. Knowing how to sharpen the teeth, keep proper tension on the chain, and keeping the bar grooves and oil feeder holes clean it the key to any chain saw cutting ability. Even the most expensive saws will not cut it the chain is dull IMO this is why you need to hit the teeth three or four swipes after every use. I would not recommend 18" polans and there knockoffs. I have found that the bars are too thin and will bend easily causing the saw to not cut or cut crooked. I got a brand new Hus 345 that's never been out of the box, it's 4 years old. I haven't had a need yet to break it out. All I do anymore is maintain about 45 trees on 1.5 ac. I've cut down about 20 so far which includes the stumps beings I'm in soft sandy soil....See MoreChainsaw carb tweaking and temperature
Comments (10)Feel free to jump in to talk about the S25! What amazes me about my saw, which was built in 1972, is the tough life it led before it came to me. My father borrowed it from a neighbor to clear the lot for his first house in 1972 or so. The neighbor had bought it to clear their lot a few months earlier. Later, my father bought the saw from them. It did firewood duty for a few years after that, then cleared another lot. More firewood for 15 years, then cleared their last lot (my parents liked building houses). From there, it was mainly used for yard chores and storm cleanup before coming to me in 2002 or so, just in time for Hurricane Isabel. It's amazing to me that a top handle saw with a 14" blade did so much grunt work, including clearing all those lots. It's definitely not the saw I would choose for heavy felling and bucking, but that didn't stop my dad. In fact, he ended up being the go-to saw guy that friends, neighbors, and relatives called when they had a tree problem. The S25 did it all. I mainly used the S25 for yard chores. I pulled it out the Friday before Hurricane Irene came through, to cut down two 24' Leland Cypresses that had gotten too tall next to my house, and to cut out a few limbs hanging over my shed. After many years of inactivity, the saw started fine, but was very temperamental when I was stopping and starting (ended up having to leave it running). That prompted me to pick up the Echo after the storm, since I suddenly had a much bigger workload to deal with. Later, I went back and took the S25 apart, giving it a thorough cleaning (pretty sure the saw dust/oil sludge accumulated inside the case was decades old). Anyway, I found that the tip of the carb inlet needle was broken off, which explained occasional flooding. And the plug wire had a huge gash and was likely shorting against the fins on the underside of the engine from time to time. I sealed and taped the cable (routing it a bit differently this time), installed a new fuel line with filter, rebuilt the carb, and also filed and trued up the bar. Now the saw starts easily, and runs great. It doesn't cut nearly as good as the Echo, but that's to be expected. Still, for a ~40 year old saw, it's pretty impressive to me. At some point, I want to replace the S25's drive sprocket, since it's a bit chewed up. Oddly, the sprocket is a 9-tooth design driving a 1/4" pitch chain. I don't think that's original, but am not 100% sure. Rather than spend the money on those more obscure parts, I think I will probably upgrade to a new bar and go 3/8" for the chain and sprocket....See MoreBillMN-z-2-3-4
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