My first chainsaw , what’s yours?

[av8or3]

I even have the first chainsaw I got to run while being watched, she`s not pretty but runs fine,

I think she’s pretty.

 

[Steve]

Mini mac 25. Was given to me when I was 10. Surprised that didn't ruin my taste for saws!

 

[acornhill]

Poulan 3400 1980ish, $299, I still have it


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[av8or3]

I would have bet my lunch that yours would have been a Poulan

 

[CrystalRiver1]

 

[Basher]

How old were you, Jerry?

11 going on 12 , when I turned 13 dad gave me his 600 and I was running it all by myself, sometimes 3 miles from home dropping mostly spruce trees in the 45 to 60' tall range, 20" to 36" on the butt.

 

[Basher]

I think she’s pretty.

Sometime in my early 20`s I gave it a crappy rattle can paint job. I know its ugly and I can do much better restoration and paint jobs but I guess its the sentimental feelings that prevent me from doing so.

 

[pastryguyhawaii]

11 going on 12 , when I turned 13 dad gave me his 600 and I was running it all by myself, sometimes 3 miles from home dropping mostly spruce trees in the 45 to 60' tall range, 20" to 36" on the butt.

Wow, at the time did you think the saw was heavy? Or was it just what you ran?

 

[Basher]

Wow, at the time did you think the saw was heavy? Or was it just what you ran?

All saws of that time were heavy so it never entered my thoughts. I could reach up with the 600 and limb a tree at least 8' off the ground and drop the tree in half the time it took two men to drop one with the double bit and a Simonds 5' peg and raker.

 

[Fishnuts2]

A Mac 1-10 started the circus for me in 1974. Still have it.

 

[farminkarman]

My first saw was a Mac 610 that my dad gave me.....I thought it was cool back then when my back didn't care how heavy the darn thing was.

 

[Fullkip]

My first saw was 2100 husky, I picked up at a garage sale for 200 bucks. It had a full wrap and big dogs. Came with 119 driver 36 in. bar. I learned how to fall timber with it. That was back before the Spotted owl almost stopped logging....

 

[mcginkleschmidt]

Back in the time frame around 1978 -1980 I bought my first chainsaw, a John Deere 50V, which is a rebranded Echo CS-452VL. I still use it and it is in pretty good condition as it has had limited use a homeowner saw. The saw still runs but at times develops a miss. I believe it needs a replacement with a solid state ignition system as original parts are few and far between for this model saw.

More recently I purchased a newer saw, an Echo CS-500P that has had the Mastermind treatment.

 

[Lcfd1124]

Poulan 306 A. Bought in 1999 when I graduated high school. I still have that saw

 

[jakethesnake]

 

[av8or3]

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What is that?

 

[FergusonTO35]

First saw I ever ran was Dad's Homie Super 2. I didn't actually own a saw until I was around 24 because I always used Dad's or Grandpa's. I bought a Poulan 2150 from a hardware store for $130.00 or so to use on a hunting lease I had at the time. I put a ton of hours on that thing, and sold it to a relative last year who still uses it today. Next time I see him I think I want to buy it back!

 

[Stump Shot]

First one for me was a McCulloch 3-10E that I inherited from my father in 1980 when I was 12, it was stolen out the back of the truck in the early/mid 90's. I'm like who the heck would steal an old junker saw like that?

 

[Basher]

You would be very surprised what ,meth heads , will steal.

 

[jakethesnake]

What is that?

My first saw. A poulan wild thing. I stole some random parts off of it. It actually still ran Needed fuel lines. Then I started stealing parts. I wasn’t gonna use it anymore.