Chainsaw life expectancy?

[peter92]

my 031 rebuilt after 43 yrs , rebuild done by Vince and now lucky if its had 5 tanks of fuel through it , sort of retired now

 

[peter92]

My grandfathers 024avs has God knows how many hours on it and he bought it new 35 years ago, cut firewood to heat his house with.

yes thats when they made saws

 

[huskyboy]

My 372 was probably a ex loggers saw, top cover is banged up and handlebar is crooked from a tree dropped on it. It lives on with a am bb kit. Original bearings, seals and crank as well too I believe. Probably countless hours on it along with the two years on the new top end.

 

[Motorhead]

This ones still running fine

 

[Czed]

Well all i can say is back in 1974 i bort my first saw Stihl 031 AV $231 and all its life its ran 25/1 and the only thing that ever got change in the hole time was 2 carby kits and , 5 plugs , not bad , 43 yrs, that saw got used for every thing and a lot of work
2 years ago it got rebuilt and working again
i would say that answers your question
Peter

This one looked like brandy new when it was found in a trash can i rebuilt the carb new lines two years a firewood saw now still 190 compression.

 

[Chainsaw Addict]

This one looked like brandy new when it was found in a trash can i rebuilt the carb new lines two years a firewood saw now.View attachment 55729

That's a you suck for sure.

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[Czed]

031 another freebie lol runs great now.

 

[Czed]

031 another freebie lol runs great now.View attachment 55730 View attachment 55731 View attachment 55732

I try to keep everything running for people lol

 

[peter92]

031 another freebie lol runs great now.View attachment 55730 View attachment 55731 View attachment 55732

yep 031s are great saws , ive got a soft spot for them , even got a coil, points and condenser put away , ,there hard to find now days

 

[Czed]

yep 031s are great saws , ive got a soft spot for them , even got a coil, points and condenser put away , ,there hard to find now days

Even oem fuel lines suck probably nos.i bought a new one and it split in two years.
I've just been putting chinese one's in.

 

[TJ the Chainsaw Mechanic]

Gotta run the right spark plug.

 

[peter92]

Even oem fuel lines suck probably nos.i bought a new one and it split in two years.
I've just been putting chinese one's in.

they just dont make rubber like they used to

 

[Motorhead]

they just dont make rubber like they used to

Yep, That's how I ended up with all these kids, Bad rubber.

 

[peter92]

Yep, That's how I ended up with all these kids, Bad rubber.

hahahaha , and i thought you had no tv

 

[Motorhead]

hahahaha , and i thought you had no tv

I don't

 

[Derf]

A chainsaw is an assembly of parts. Assuming no abuse and correct oil/fuel, the lifetime of a tool is really dictated by the parts availability as parts fail. You gotta be able to replace parts to keep it working, as the whole saw doesn't catastrophically stop working, but one piece of the whole wears out.

Chain wears out - maybe after a season. Rubber fuel line rots - maybe a year or two. Carb gasket kit - maybe every other year. Bearing seals - maybe 5 years. Spark plug- maybe 3 years. Bearings - maybe 5 years. Piston ring - maybe 5 years. Piston - maybe 7-10 years. Big end bearing - maybe 10 years.

Most loggers don't measure saw lifetime by hours but by board feet cut. I've heard that pro saws can get a million board feet before totally worn out.

 

[Czed]

From the 70s until early 2004 this and orange stihl and lawnboy oil was all that we ran and could buy locally.
Pennzoil but nobody i knew used it.

 

[Guido Salvage]

 

[stihl saws]

Depends on the oil used[emoji1]

I have to ask. Should we start a oil thread?

 

[Czed]

Heard good things about this oil.
Heard the owner got shot though.