The official OPE daycare thread

[full chizel]

Stop buying junk

 

[LAWN BOY]

It’s really easy. Stop spending it on crap you don’t need at your age.

Sounds easy yes. Why do I have a lesser need for chainsaws than a 35 year old?

 

[stihl livin]

Sounds easy yes. Why do I have a lesser need for chainsaws than a 35 year old?

you have a lot to learn.

 

[Czed]

Sounds easy yes. Why do I have a lesser need for chainsaws than a 35 year old?

Try sticking with pro saws
I'm 53 and only have one homeowner saw somebody put a 025 on my porch
I only have professional saws i can easily sell them if i ever want to.
The homeowner saws are more difficult to sell except the stihl 290/310/390 series sells fast.
The chinese saws have no resale value.

 

[LAWN BOY]

Try sticking with pro saws
I'm 53 and only have one homeowner saw somebody put a 025 on my porch
I only have professional saws i can easily sell them if i ever want to.
The homeowner saws are more difficult to sell except the stihl 290/310/390 series sells fast.
The chinese saws have no resale value.

I don't intend to sell any of my chainsaws ever except for my McCulloch 610. I do want a couple pro saws in the future.

 

[Firewood Hoarder]

I don't intend to sell any of my chainsaws ever except for my McCulloch 610. I do want a couple pro saws in the future.

Why sell the most capable saw in your collection? That saw will pull a 24" bar with full comp chain all day...

 

[Bill G]

Sounds easy yes. Why do I have a lesser need for chainsaws than a 35 year old?

Well hopefully a 35 year old is well established in a career with a family and a solid future. At 35 I was married, three sons, no car payments. owned three homes, and buying more.

 

[LAWN BOY]

Well hopefully a 35 year old is well established in a career with a family and a solid future. At 35 I was married, three sons, no car payments. owned three homes, and buying more.

35 was a random number I chose. I don't plan on having car payments ever, I'll buy with cash and drive till junk and I can afford something nicer. Homes are great investments, good for you.

 

[Bill G]

35 was a random number I chose. I don't plan on having car payments ever, I'll buy with cash and drive till junk and I can afford something nicer. Homes are great investments, good for you.

What folks have tried to tell you repeatedly still seems to be escaping you. You seem to want to ignore the advice many good and experienced folks here have given ya. I doubt I am around when you reach 35 but I hope I am.

 

[LAWN BOY]

What folks have tried to tell you repeatedly still seems to be escaping you. You seem to want to ignore the advice many good and experienced folks here have given ya. I doubt I am around when you reach 35 but I hope I am.

I don't ignore the advice, and I do know a lot of it is good. I just can't resist sometimes making dumb decisions or purchases. I do have a decent savings.

 

[LAWN BOY]

I went to the scrapyard today and got $104 for my load of scrap metal plus my dad's beer cans he gives me. I couldn't resist snagging up a Homelite XL12 and Homelite XP 1000 from the pile near where I was unloading. Shockingly the XL12 fired right up and cuts, the 100cc XP 1000 is seized and for sale.

 

[Bill G]

11:12AM August 1, 2024

I don't intend to sell any of my chainsaws ever except for my McCulloch 610. I do want a couple pro saws in the future.

5:48PM August 2, 2024

I went to the scrapyard today and got $104 for my load of scrap metal plus my dad's beer cans he gives me. I couldn't resist snagging up a Homelite XL12 and Homelite XP 1000 from the pile near where I was unloading. Shockingly the XL12 fired right up and cuts, the 100cc XP 1000 is seized and for sale.

 

[Lnk]

11:12AM August 1, 2024



5:48PM August 2, 2024

Let him do his thing Bill. You can give good advice, but you can't make him take it. He will be OK.

 

[LAWN BOY]

11:12AM August 1, 2024



5:48PM August 2, 2024

The xp1000 was a saw that I acquired today, before that reply/post. Those saws that I wont ever sell are of my personal collection, I still fix and sell other saws on the side.

 

[Bill G]

Let him do his thing Bill. You can give good advice, but you can't make him take it. He will be OK.

I only point things out so he can examine them. In about two weeks he will need to make probably the largest decision he has ever had to make in his life.

 

[stihl livin]

11:12AM August 1, 2024



5:48PM August 2, 2024

Leave the kid alone. You tend to post a lot of unnecessary content.

 

[Bill G]

Leave the kid alone. You tend to post a lot of unnecessary content.

No one forces you to read it.

 

[stihl livin]

No one forces you to read it.

Im hoping one post I read will be useful

 

[Bill G]

Im hoping one post I read will be useful

Well there is always hope but that sure never worked out 09-17

 

[Bill G]

Im hoping one post I read will be useful

Here is a "productive" post for ya. Stihl as a company sucks but some as some far up their bung hole they cannot see the light of day. Thursday I phoned what is supposed to be a Stihl dealer. I needed a drum for a 044 which should be a stocked part. It was 4:15PM and the small engine guy was gone. The manager called be back and basically said we don't stock parts.