So what did you do today?

[Bill G]

Was that $900 Aus?

 

[furb]

Yesterday my wife says she wants to shovel and to not dig the snowblower out. Twelve hours and 10” of snow later she regrets her decision. The good Honda blower is behind my zero turn, some furniture and boxes of say parts. Two years ago my neighbor gave me a junk blower. The muffler is falling off, it revs to the moon, drive is messed up and it got hit by a car so the shaft was falling out of the side. I drug it out of the junk pile.It fired up and I beat the sides back together and it blew everything it should have. Squirrel ate the gas cap but luckily it didn’t get water in the tank with the 2” pipe cap.

 

[Vintage Engine Repairs]

Was that $900 Aus?

Yep, gave it a good clean, oil and greased where necessary, passed p&v too. Still has machining marks on the piston rings and skirt. I’m really pleased all round.
Love the whistle they make when rev’d.

 

[davidwyby]

28” of some 27x and let er eat! @Vintage Engine Repairs

 

[Bill G]

That is a good deal as $900 AUS is $564 US.

 

[Vintage Engine Repairs]

That is a good deal as $900 AUS is $564 US.

What do they go for in good condition out there?

Put a new bar, chain and sprocket on it, will keep the originals for dirty work or stumping. Going to wait for the weather to cool down (35-40 Celsius all week) then go dig it into some wood!

 

[stihl livin]

What do they go for in good condition out there?

Put a new bar, chain and sprocket on it, will keep the originals for dirty work or stumping. Going to wait for the weather to cool down (35-40 Celsius all week) then go dig it into some wood!

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I personally wouldn’t use a saw to dig into wood. Maybe a spoon but never a saw.

 

[Bill G]

What do they go for in good condition out there?

Put a new bar, chain and sprocket on it, will keep the originals for dirty work or stumping. Going to wait for the weather to cool down (35-40 Celsius all week) then go dig it into some wood!

We rarely see unused/lightly used saws here so to answer your question they go for just under what new price is. A new 661 is $1590 US plus the 7% communist tax. That brings it to $1701.30. Doing the conversion that equates to $2718.18 AUS. In my opinion a near new 660 here would be in the $1200-$1300 US range or $1917-$2077 AUS.

 

[pbillyi69]

We rarely see unused/lightly used saws here so to answer your question they go for just under what new price is. A new 661 is $1590 US plus the 7% communist tax. That brings it to $1701.30. Doing the conversion that equates to $2718.18 AUS. In my opinion a near new 660 here would be in the $1200-$1300 US range or $1917-$2077 AUS.

that is a stupid amount of money far a chainsaw

 

[Bill G]

that is a stupid amount of money far a chainsaw

I do not disagree but just think of what they cost in the late 1950's compared to what folks made back then.

 

[Vintage Engine Repairs]

We rarely see unused/lightly used saws here so to answer your question they go for just under what new price is. A new 661 is $1590 US plus the 7% communist tax. That brings it to $1701.30. Doing the conversion that equates to $2718.18 AUS. In my opinion a near new 660 here would be in the $1200-$1300 US range or $1917-$2077 AUS.

Oh yeah that’s very similar to here, just saw one for $1800 and it’s the middle of summer lol.

 

[Bill G]

Oh yeah that’s very similar to here, just saw one for $1800 and it’s the middle of summer lol.

Folks pay up for a 660 over a 661

 

[Bill G]

This was yesterday.........

 

[Vintage Engine Repairs]

Folks pay up for a 660 over a 661

Yep the same here! I’d take a 660 over a 661 just a better built machine all round.

 

[heimannm]