Never heard of such a thing! I mean, I never looked that closely to
the manual, etc. We have had 4 chain saws around here over the last 30
years. We heate our house with wood that we cut from 1972 till 1992 and
heated our maple syrup evaporator with wood from 1994 to 2005.
I never do anything to my saws until they need it, except that I
always keep the chain REAL sharp and the depth gages set properly. Oh,
yes, and I always top off the oil tank with every fill of gas.
My main saw for a number of years was a Homelite 150. Must have put
200 or 300 hours on it, at least, before some roller bearings came out
of the muffler one day. Did totally rebuild an McCuiioch 51 that I
bought used and worn out in 1974 and still use it when I drop BIG trees.
Ocassionally, if one doesn't start, it goes to the doctor.
Bought a mid size Jonney to replace the 150 4 or 5 years ago and it
hasn't had any service yet.



Pete Stanaitis
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TonyM wrote:

I was cutting up a downed Norway Maple this weekend and happened to actually
read the label on my Husky chainsaw and one statement caught my eye. It has
something called "Duty Cycle" listed. For this saw it is 50 hours. I went
and looked at the POS Poulan I am trying to get rid of and it's duty cycle
is 20 hours. The Poulan actually broke after about 8 hours but that is a
whole other tale. I looked through the manual of both saws trying to
ascertain what the duty cycle is but found nothing. Am I to assume this is
the expected life of the saw? Or that it needs to be overhauled at that
point? How many hours do some of you have on your saws? I gotta say I love
the Husky and it is sooooo much better than the Poulan. I'm just curious.
Tony Manella
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Lehigh Valley Woodturners
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