Holiday Giving Thread

[Clemsonfor]

May have been a truck saw. Those can be some low hour saws but they just bounce around in a job box for most of their lives, only pulled if a log is too long...

This is true. I am a forester, I some saws that look trashed but are relitively low hour saws. I have a husky 445 that a logger buddy gave me cause it "wouldn't run right" .

Right there in front of him I looked in gas and dumped it out. It was half full or so of water. The fuel top had a busted spot on corner and was not sealing out rain. It had rode it's whole life in the back of his truck or service truck. Was all oily from hydraulic fluid and hoses laying on it. Scuffed up from bouncing around. I put fresh fuel in it and it ran fine. I said you want it back he said no, keep it. It needed a new wrap handle as the plastic was busted and a new fuel cap was all...well I just found out after years the chain brake doesn't work. But I have just kept it for yard work or a back up, never really used it. It looks terrible but probably has ery little hours on it. Used to trim trucks when there too long or if branches sticking off the side.

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[RI Chevy]

I am not the original owner, I acquired the saw I’m the pictured condition.


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Sorry. I wasn't implying anything on you. I assumed you were fixing it for someone. [emoji106]

 

[jakethesnake]

Mine get pretty nasty. The ones I bought brand new look way better than anything I’ve ever bought used. I take care of them. Just rarely clean em

 

[Mastermind]

I blow em off with an air hose a few times a year. To me they are just tools.

That goes for the work saws.....now I do have a few PSP saws you know. They live in my living room.

 

[USMC615]

My sets arrived yesterday as well Jason! Very nice, Thank you!

Good deal Dan!

 

[tickbitintn]

A quick shot of compressed air goes a long way to cut down on heavy buildup of grunge....
So many peeps are so worried about weight ( power to weight ratios) lightweight bars.etc...... then let shti build up two inches thick on it...

I acquired a husq 50 not so long ago.... Filthiest saw I have ever seen.... I took some pics but that phone went for a swim in a culvert.... It was very cold so I didn't blast it with a hose, instead I put a piece of cardboard under it and went to chipping away at it... I weighed the crap I scraped off it... Almost a pound!!


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[jakethesnake]

I’m gonna try that scrubbing bubbles idea. With a garden hose afterwards.

 

[tickbitintn]

I seal them up (as in ready to do do a press/vac test) blast them with degreaser and the hose then drop them in the USC...
Look like new after that.


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[jakethesnake]

I get right in the bubble bath with mine

 

[RIDE-RED 350r]

I get right in the bubble bath with mine

Pics or....awe *s-word...nevermind!! LMAO!

 

[jacob j.]

Hey guys-

I'm resurrecting this thread - I'm giving away the left overs from past saw builds. First up is the Husky 545/550/555/562 stuff I have left over. Hopefully I won't be working on anymore of these saws.

All parts are first come, first serve, and I ask that recipients pay shipping.

New and used base gaskets, good used filter base and transfer port covers off of a 555:

 

[jacob j.]

Used stock dawgs, one from a 555 and one from a 545; and a very nice handle off of a 555/562 and two of the PTO handlebar mounts:

 

[jacob j.]

Two clutch cover housings and a good PTO side case half from a 562- I would replace the bearing in the case half.

The clutch housings are just housings only - I have some brake guts for these somewhere but need to find them.

 

[Frank bierce]

Two clutch cover housings and a good PTO side case half from a 562- I would replace the bearing in the case half.

The clutch housings are just housings only - I have some brake guts for these somewhere but need to find them.

Nice way to get this started back up!!

 

[chipper1]

@AlfA01

 

[USMC615]

Subbed!

 

[USMC615]

Just throwing this out there...would it be a lot less convoluted if an entirely new ‘2018 Holiday Giving Thread’ was created?...and not attached to this older one? Just thinking out loud a bit.

 

[AlfA01]

Two clutch cover housings and a good PTO side case half from a 562- I would replace the bearing in the case half.

The clutch housings are just housings only - I have some brake guts for these somewhere but need to find them.

Awesome. I'm interested for the 562 stuff. Thanks @chipper1 and great way to start off the holidays by rekindling this thread @jacob j.

 

[Dub11]

Yeah make a new one.

 

[AlfA01]

I've got some stuff to give. I'd like to gift 2x New 20" Stihl E bar with matching 36RS 3/8 .063 72DL chain and Stihl Scabbard sets and some olive oil (not for use on the bar/chain).

**One to each recipient. May have some more goodies also, but I'll need to look. Receiver will help with shipping. It should be around 20 buckers.

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