Meat Plow wrote:
On Tue, 10 Jul 2007 14:17:41 -0500, dpb wrote:

Meat Plow wrote:
On Tue, 10 Jul 2007 13:43:44 -0500, dpb wrote:

Meat Plow wrote:
On Tue, 10 Jul 2007 13:15:52 -0500, dpb wrote:

Meat Plow wrote:
On Tue, 10 Jul 2007 17:47:49 +0000, Doug Miller wrote:

In article , "Toller" wrote:
I have never had much luck with chainsaws, but then I have always bought
junk.
Gee, do you think there might be a connection there?
Currently I have a Craftsman 16" 36cc.
http://www.sears.com/sr/javasr/produ...l=Sears&BV_Use
BVCookie=Yes

Although I haven't used it much, it barely cuts and when I push it the blade
just stops.
I bet you put the chain on backwards when you assembled it.
Will the chain still drive correctly backwards? I don't have any
experience with putting one on that way And I don't want to go down to
the shed to look at mine (95 degrees here at 2 pm)
"Correctly?" No. Will it stay on and go around for at least a little
while? Yeah...DAMHIKT!!! (Not paying attention one day...
I didn't think so. Certainly not well enough to get as far as starting to
cut something and wondering why it won't. ...
Well, actually, it did stay on and I actually did put it to the limb
when it became patently clear I had screwed up...iirc, it didn't jump,
just smoked really nicely...
I thought the drive teeth were hooked slightly? Now you're going to make
me go have a look. Wait I may have one hanging in the garage.....yup,
chain off my old Poulan. Drive teeth shaped like a curved dolphin fin with
a notch in it. Man I just don't see how that would mesh with the drive
sprocket but I'll take your word for it.
Well, thankfully that only happened once and it has been a few years now
(and I'm getting older ) but best I can recall it did hang on. It's
a small Echo (JD-yellow but Echo-made w/ an Oregon bar). How much
difference there is between various vendors' designs and for differing
chain sizes I don't have a clue. Being where trees don't grow wild,
need for a chainsaw is pretty minimal and this is the only one I've ever
had any dealings/experience with.

I can readily believe others might well not behave the same...

My back yard is wooded bliss. Well blissful until it storms and branches
and limbs come down So I needed a decent saw that stayed in shape. I've
seen many tree companies use Stihl so that was my choice and I'm glad I
bought one. I also have a Craftsman vac/mulcher/chipper that gets used a
lot.

We have quite a number of trees in the yard (mostly 'Chinese elm' by the
locals, but I have since learned they're actually Siberian) which are
hardy enough for the heat and dry weather with a little help and ash
(which are terribly susceptible to borers, unfortunately). The elms in
particular are very weak-limbed and we lose twigs/branches regularly
every blow, which is quite often here. We've also had two major ice
events the last three years that took out a bunch of stuff so the saw
has had a workout recently.

The ash isn't too bad when it's green, but trying to trim out the dead
after it's been a couple of years is like trying to cut ironwood...

When in VA had a large yard full of huge (red, mostly) oak and the
leaves and acorns drove me nuts (so to speak, pun intended...)

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