Chainsaws and those who use them

[mdwest]

Just added another Stihl to the now growing collection.. I might have found the deal of a century on it..

I picked up a used MS180 16" residential saw.. dirty as hell, and missing a chain (easy enough to replace), but running just fine at an auction just outside of Dallas..

$15 plus a 12% "buyers premium"... so I am $16.80 into a nice, lightweight saw I can use for smaller tasks rather than having to pull out the much larger/heavier MS291 20" saw..

 

[Cheesehead]

Just added another Stihl to the now growing collection.. I might have found the deal of a century on it..

I picked up a used MS180 16" residential saw.. dirty as hell, and missing a chain (easy enough to replace), but running just fine at an auction just outside of Dallas..

$15 plus a 12% "buyers premium"... so I am $16.80 into a nice, lightweight saw I can use for smaller tasks rather than having to pull out the much larger/heavier MS291 20" saw..

That is great deal! I just picked up a Jonsered 490 for free, just had to help an elderly lady clean out her late husband’s storage unit.

Put a little fresh gas in it and she fired right up! I hear these were a pretty desirable saw back in the day

 

[mdwest]

That is great deal! I just picked up a Jonsered 490 for free, just had to help an elderly lady clean out her late husband’s storage unit.

Put a little fresh gas in it and she fired right up! I hear these were a pretty desirable saw back in the day

Jonsered still command pretty high prices whenever you see one pop up at the various auction houses, eBay, etc.. I’m not sure why husqvarna discontinued the Jonsered lines.. by all accounts they were popular and had a good piece of the North American market at a time that Husqvarna was running a very distant second place behind Stihl..

 

[mdwest]

the $15 saw in question

picked it up, brought it home.. hit it with a can of compressed air and then wiped it down with some degreaser... put a little fuel in the tank and a little bar oil in the reservoir.. just a couple of pulls on the handle and it fired up with zero issues..

I figured with a $15 price tag I was going to find a couple of minor issues with it, and probably have to do some minor repairs to get it running well... but that wasn't the case.. the air filter looks like it was replaced fairly recently, the spark plug is in good shape.. the carb is functioning perfectly, etc.. etc..

The bar is still straight as an arrow and doesn't have any mushrooming on it at all.. but its obviously been very well worn.. so I ordered a new Oregon bar and chain combo ($36 delivered to my door) and will keep the old bar in the case as a back up..

Super stoked to add this little gem to the arsenal at the price point it was acquired..

 

[Daniel Cary]

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the $15 saw in question

picked it up, brought it home.. hit it with a can of compressed air and then wiped it down with some degreaser... put a little fuel in the tank and a little bar oil in the reservoir.. just a couple of pulls on the handle and it fired up with zero issues..

I figured with a $15 price tag I was going to find a couple of minor issues with it, and probably have to do some minor repairs to get it running well... but that wasn't the case.. the air filter looks like it was replaced fairly recently, the spark plug is in good shape.. the carb is functioning perfectly, etc.. etc..

The bar is still straight as an arrow and doesn't have any mushrooming on it at all.. but its obviously been very well worn.. so I ordered a new Oregon bar and chain combo ($36 delivered to my door) and will keep the old bar in the case as a back up..

Super stoked to add this little gem to the arsenal at the price point it was acquired..

This guy sells kits on Ebay. Though it was bs .. however, small saws with sprokets, long bars & 325 chain. Not Ported!

actually pretty slick.

 

[Daniel Cary]

Stihl MS250 with a 24

MS 261 with a 28