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Ash splits rather easily when green, especially in the fall. After splitting, it will usually dry fast enough to burn within six months. Great collection from the ash "wood fairy." Ash is about the best firewood you can cut, split, season, and burn. Cheers!

The first saw I ever bought was Poulan in 1976. I liked the saw but loaned it one day to a "friend" who straight gassed it, ruined the engine, and gave it back to me with a dull chain a week later. The saw was ruined and back then I was not rebuilding engines. I learned my lesson: think twice...

I have two saws that refuse to leak when sitting still. Then when I take them for a ride in my pickup truck bed, they leave behind an oil drip stain in the bed. It doesn't take much vibration to set it off. I live with it. :rolleyes:

The tree was cut down two years ago and spitting was possible within a month after that, no seasoning required before splitting. Then I let the split stock sit for six to eight months after that before I tried to burn any of it. The fires were all hot, almost the same as hedge. It was also great...

Found a Pic of my Bradford Pear after "I Saw A Lot" brought it in, all ready for splitting: This tree was 35 years old before being dropped. Here's about one-fourth of it after splitting: Mixed in with some locust, of course. Both of us love burning these hardwoods in our stoves.

I was forced to burn my Bradford pear wood after a strong storm blew down the tree, over 30 years old. After drying and splitting the logs, it made fabulous firewood for my stove. Easy to split but takes at least six months to dry. No spark throwing or crackling like mulberry, I gave it an A.

No less than 40 years old. I restored one about 12 years ago.

On the other hand, go back a few years and check out this one: Poulan 4000. Tough as nails if I do says so.

One of my good friends has a Husky 455. I serviced it once. He loves the saw and uses it all the time. Not cheap: new ones run $600 with sales tax.

You may also be running low on compression. That 021 Stihl saw could be over 25 years old, made from 1990 to 2002.

I sold this Echo CS-4500 a few years back. The new owner loves it and it keeps going and going...: I recall it had a bar oil booster button. He says he seldom uses that but it works. He paid me less than $200 for this saw.

Sold my Husky 350 and the new owner loves it. He gave me $250 and two other saws to restore. That was less than what the saw was worth, but I seldom used it. Chain loop was brand new. He's a new local friend and that's worth something also. I also added a shop-made muffler support: I modified...

A Russian, an American, and a Blonde were talking one day. The Russian said, ‘We were the first in space!” The American said, “We were the first on the moon!” The Blonde said, “So what? We’re going to be the first on the sun!” The Russian and the American looked at each other and shook their...

I suppose so. My "outlier" keeps going and going: I love this saw. I replaced the top end with a big bore kit. That made it a monster. The 32" bar and chain is shown here.

I have run into the same thing. Poor design to say the least.