Saws you bought to flip but kept.

[Al Smith]

One an o38 AV that had a cracked handle,aluminum .I did a half-fast repair and liked the saw,40 bucks from a dealer .2 years later 25 bucks,OEM handle ,flea bay .

 

[fearofpavement]

It takes me the better part of an hour to properly pack a saw for shipping. Disassemble and package loose parts, select a box, wrap powerhead in rags and multilple layers of plastic so no smells escape, cover bucking spike with pool noodle or pipe insulation, put in box with packing. Pack that box in a larger box and tape the packaged bar to the inner box, tape it all up, measure and weigh box, buy postage online and print out the address label, affix, take to post office.

That's why I don't sell many saws online, just a few parts here and there... Plus it costs so stinking much to mail one nowadays it's hard to be competitive with local sales.

I prefer to sell my saws on CL, in person. They never come back that way... Of the hundred ish saws I've sold, I only had one get returned and that was clearly a mechanical defect. (broken wrist pin circlip). I took it on trade for a larger saw. (he got all his money back for it)
I've since fixed that saw up again.

 

[stihl sawing]

Packaging is a real pain, especially when done properly.

Dang! My first job I made $2.65/hr.

We are still ahead of @stihl sawing as he was paid two wooly mammoth teeth per hour, or one pterodactyl beak per day.

that was lot of pay for back then.

 

[PA Dan]

This might be one!

 

[jake wells]

This might be one!

262?

 

[beaglebriar]

This might be one!

That's purdy!

 

[PA Dan]

262?

272xp

 

[Jon1212]

272xp

I can see why you might want to hang onto that one...all it needs is an old stock Windsor, Sandvik, or orange labeled Husqvarna bar.

 

[Warped5]

I can see why you might want to hang onto that one...all it needs is an old stock Windsor, Sandvik, or orange labeled Husqvarna bar.

Do you know where he might find one?

 

[Jon1212]

Do you know where he might find one?

I used to...

 

[PA Dan]

I used to...

I checked that place first...he had nothing!

 

[Jon1212]

I checked that place first...he had nothing!

20" seems a little short, but I sent you a text.

 

[PA Dan]

20" seems a little short, but I sent you a text.

Responded! Thanks!

 

[flying pig]

I've bought a few with the ntentions of flipping them that haven't gone yet. I have a 4218 that runs far better than what it's valued at after muffler modding it that I will use as a beater, and a 114 Dolmar that needs fixing which I may try to 'tune up' after it's fixed as it's a real dog. If that one doesn't liven up a lot it may go too.

 

[fearofpavement]

I can sell my saws. (if I want to). The 028S was already sold once to a guy but he traded it in a year later for another 039. He just liked the additional power of the bigger saw so didn't use the 028S much. That saw is really a clean example. I'll resell it again as I'm partial to the 026 model. I'll probably eventually sell one or two of those too. I have three runners and #4 needs to be gone through and cleaned up/checked over.
My old trusty 026 had an 18" bar on it for years. I then went to a 16" but that didn't seem quite right so I found a 17" aftermarket bar and split the difference. I run .325 on all the 026/028 saws.

And I did sell the 028S referenced above. A mere 8 months later. Man, I am cleaning house!

 

[dustinwilt68]

Just look at my sig, most of those were bought to resale.lmao, CAD is real, I have listed atleast 4 of those saws and then changed my mind.

 

[fearofpavement]

I currently have 2 MS660's, 2 046's and 2 044's. I have one of the 044's for sale. i might "need" the others. lol.

Actually, I'll have to pull something out of the lineup to cut up the stem of a large pine I'll be felling today...

 

[dustinwilt68]

Where is @chipper1 at, I know he has something to say.lol

 

[MS290man]

I was going to say "almost all of them" but apparently that is a common theme here. But that's what defines CAD, right?
"Hello, my name is MS290man and I am a chainsaw addict..."

 

[chipper1]

Where is @chipper1 at, I know he has something to say.lol

He does, zero .
I like saws and all, but I have MAD way worse
I says it all in my signature.
That being said I try to have at least 2 of each saw I like to run in the herd at any given time. If your buying the last one you will have to pay a little more, but I will sell it.
There are very few saws I can't buy for 100-200 more than what I can sell them for in a flash, so if I have to have one that bad what's a couple Benjamins.

Only one that I've owned that would be tough to replace and I've had a few, that's the 89 288xp anniversary edition that was never fired, but it was bought to sell and it has left the building. Pictures below are right before it left, we will meet again.

I must be the odd ball who does sell a lot of the saws I get to flip.

There's a few of us.

It's hard to let go of anything you've put time and work into making it run correctly.

Don't fix it, flip it, makes it easy .
I'm not set up to work on them at the moment so if I buy something not working right I typically sell them that way unless it's something simple or I just really want to run it(where's the guy running the chain saw emoticon, moderator @exCanuck ).