There is a local fellow that has an excavation/demolition business and is now getting more involved with tree removals using chainsaws...most of his tree removal work previously was done with bulldozers or excavators. He brought in a Stihl 011 that lost the reed at full throttle and a PM610 that had most of the screws stripped or broken off late in the summer, I was able to get both of those going again. Since then he has been buying up saws to add to his arsenal and now has three PM610's a couple of 190 Stihl's, 391 Stihl, Homelite Super 2, Mini Mac 110, Stihl o75, SP81 (from me), and a Stihl 881 project underway. Today he stopped by with his latest mostly McCulloch haul; 4-30, Super 44A (nice shape), 740, Super 797, DE80, 10-10 in a box, and an Echo frozen in a storage tote. The DE80 looked to be quite nice except for stinky gas, the Super 797 needed a starter, 740 needed a flywheel cover. Oh yeah, there was a 35A and Super 33 in the bunch as well. That should keep him busy for a while.
Last Saturday I hired him to help with a couple of trees that were blocking the view in front of the church I attend. The chipper had a blowout on the way and his truck didn't notice...when he stopped for fuel he discovered the carnage...fortunately for him he stopped for fuel at Mills Fleet Farm and was able to get a wheel and tire on the spot.
I am still working on getting parts identified, counted, and put away in the new building so I've not been doing a lot of saw work recently.
Mark
