Posted by NCWayne on October 28, 2013 at 21:04:04 from (173.188.169.54):
In Reply to: Buying a saw posted by notjustair on October 28, 2013 at 17:27:16:
I"ve got a '97 year model Huskvarna 55 that I bought about 12 years ago in a pawn shop. If I remember right I gave around $150 for it back then.
It"s got an 18 inch bar, and I"ve cut up a bit of everything. The largest, by far, was a downed oak that was 7 feet in diameter at the base, with limbs that I had to go at from both sides to get through. Then there's the usual brush clearing, on top of about 5 years of steady cutting firewood, as it"s currently my main source of heat. It's gone through many, many chains and shows no signs of stopping.
Over the years the only thing I have done to it, other than a routine air filter cleaning, was to change the spark plug twice... the second time was this past weekend. Beyond that the old girl just keeps running along.
One thing to look into if you do brush clearing, etc is to get yourself a hard nose bar vs the roller tipped bar. They cost alot more upfront, but they are much longer lasting. Mine had one on it when I bought it and it"s lasted all that time without me having to do anything but file the wear burrs off the sides every year or so.
As far as Sthil's go, if you go that route get an older one. I've known several guys that have the newer ones that, when you look at them, have two air passages. Basically one goes through the carb with a butterfly valve, and the other seems to bypass the carb. I think they are the "environmentally friendly" ones, and they seem to fit the bill quite nicely because they can't pollute when they aren't running....and everyone I know that has one plays he!! getting and/or keeping them running after they get even a little age on them.......
So, my advice, hit a few local pawn shops and find a good used one. It"ll cost you less than new, and will be running long after the "environmentally friendly" ones are being scrapped and made into new weed eaters. Just my .02
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