Great starting saws. Such a perk

[67L36Driver]

I don't have any saws that run.

Chain stays sharp to I bet.

My one pull wonder:

But you gots to be quick opening the choke.

 

[TJ the Chainsaw Mechanic]

I don't have any saws that run.

Makes sense, mind don't Run either....they cut.




Don't make fun of my poor humor. lol

Mine rip the pull cord out of your hand

Reminds me of the 044's I tune up. lol They hurt when they don't have a decomp valve.

 

[Backtroller]

My 421 Dolmar starts the best. But it's really splitting hairs. My Mofo 036 is a close second. Usually it's me who goofs it up though because the controls are different going from Stihl to Dolmar and vise versa.

My 192t is my most frustrating saw. If you don't hear the first pop and it had popped, you can pull it all day long. I have to start it before someone starts a saw or walk away where's it a little more quiet. Do it right and your rewarded with a great running saw all day long. Do it wrong and you may as well throw it in the truck.

 

[Locust Cutter]

Easiest is a Tie between my MMWS 9010 and my muffler modded 562: 1-2 pulls. Mac 10-10 is right in there though at 1-3. Everything else is pretty good except for the Stumpbroke 372 and MMWS 262, when cold, and been sitting for awhile, ***IF*** I don't trickle a snort of mix down the carb first. If I do "prime" them, they light off very quickly and well. Both of the Huskies are pissed off at the world once running, and one pull starters once warmed, but they can be a PITA, w/o priming when cold.

 

[Adirondackstihl]

9010.....mmmmmm

 

[Locust Cutter]

I don't run it all the time, but I smile every time it snorts to life!

 

[LittleLebowski]

Dolmar 421 and 6400 start perfectly each time with two pulls following the factory starting procedure. When warm, one pull. Used the 6400 in 18 degree weather Sunday, no issues. Sooner or later, I need the mufflers gutted and the saws retuned.

 

[Al Smith]

I've got a couple that start real easy .The best is the first saw I ever bought in about'74-75 or so,an S25 Poulan .The 024 Stihl starts easy.A tweeked Stihl 038 Mag takes about 8-10 on the first start but after nearly always lights off on one .
Most of the McCullochs do but one must consider they don't get much run time and sit on the shelf more than they get used .Kind of hard to exercise 40 -50 saws during the course of a year .

 

[FederalQ]

Reviving an old thread. The oldest saw I own is a Dolmar ps6000i and it is hands down the easiest starting saw. There has been cold weather lately and on a -10 (-23 for the rest of the world) day I could not get either the 550 or ms460 to fire. I grabbed that Dolmar with the Tillotson injector choke and it started on the third pull. All with the same fuel and not stored anywhere heated. I can only guess they went away from that carburetor due to emission regulations.

 

[pbillyi69]

most of my saw pop on third pull choke on then fire on the next pull fast idle

 

[Catbuster]

My best starting saw is my ported 441.

My FS 130 will often start on one pull.

 

[president]

Ol' friend of mine came over with a saw he had just picked up, said it took too many pulls to start. So I said let me see that thing once. Pulled it over real slowly a few times, plup-plup-plup. Let it sit a couple seconds, choked it gave 'er a good pull and she fired right up. He thought that was a pretty good trick.
I'm getting older now so if I can add some trickery into the mix to make things easier I do. Why pull hard on a saw to prime the carburetor, when slow and easy works just as well? SS

plup, plup,plup lol

 

[Stump Shot]

plup, plup,plup lol

Not funny! Lol

 

[Jusgunn3]

I think my 350/346xp I built with the dukes P/C kit is the easiest starting saw I own. I know I know I am bias but it just wants to run for some reason.

 

[qurotro]

Tillotson carb saws are easier to start than the others in my opinion.. The old husky that equipped them start in less than 5 pulls from long term storage.

 

[FederalQ]

I watched an old USA Stihl documentary from the 80’s and overwhelmingly the dealers interviewed chose to sell Stihl saws because they reliably started. Their number 1 customer complaint of the brands they were selling at the time was “failure to start.”

 

[EFSM]

I watched an old USA Stihl documentary from the 80’s and overwhelmingly the dealers interviewed chose to sell Stihl saws because they reliably started. Their number 1 customer complaint of the brands they were selling at the time was “failure to start.”

Interesting. They must have lost the vision at some point--the MS250 is one of the hardest cranking/starting stock saws for its size, at least according to customer complaints.