Hello all,
I'm not sure if this post should appear here in the Dolmar/Sachs-Dolmar or in the Poulan thread. But since all of the saws involved are Dolmars or were made by Dolmar I think this thread is where this story belongs, I'll gonna place a link in the Poulan-thread as well.
It all started at page 329 of this thread where I first showed my SACHS-DOLMAR 153 with her new
Red Mountain by Sugi Hara bar
Just want one. And you lost points for that husky in there, it's contaminating the dolmars Multiple hooskies, homelite and even a stihl. What can i say, i like them all. I favor the dolmars though
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and our friend av8or3 presented his Dolmar-built Poulan 6000
Just want one. And you lost points for that husky in there, it's contaminating the dolmars Multiple hooskies, homelite and even a stihl. What can i say, i like them all. I favor the dolmars though
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to which in turn I suggested at that time in a playfully proposal to swap saws.
This proposal gained momentum and we decided to really go ahead and do a trans-atlantic saw-swap.
After a couple of suggestions, e.g. to trade in a 143 for the Poulan we finally agreed to swap Jim's Poulan 6000 with a SACHS-DOLMAR 153 I would buy exclusivly for this transaction since Jim was more interested in getting a 153 which apparently are hard to find in America.
I utilized my conections with german chainsaw collecors and a collector-friend of mine offered a beautiful early SACHS-DOLMAR 153 for a very fair price. Best of all he is located only half an hour's drive away so I visited him, had a lentghty chit-chat with him about themes aging men are talking about
, left some money and took the 153 with me.
That is a really nice 153. Thanks, Jim. I could imagine to swap her with you Poulan 6000. Finding appropriate replacement for both would be easier on either side of the big pond than to find a Poulan 6000 for me as well as a Sachs-Dolmar 153 for you.
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So the deal was fixed, we agreed to swap powerheads only and both of us packaged their respective goods for the long journey:
My SACHS-DOLMAR 153 prepared for shipping, the envelope contains a couple of decals I made for Jim
I felt a little uneasy looking at the packaged saw ready to leave since I rather would have kept her with me than to trade her in for (at that time) nothing more than a promise from a total stranger to ship his part of the deal. I guess, Jim might briefly have had similar feelings.
But then again, we have had some minor deals in advance so a level of mutual confidence had already been established.
This all happened back in late October and November last year.
While my parcel which I shipped about a week and a half later Jim had shipped his took its time it arrived its recipient five days before christmas while Jim's packet had arrived in Frankfurt/Germany end of November and was stuck in DHL/Deutsche Post's customs-facility since then. Both Jim and me got a little nervous during second half of December.
On December, 27th there seemed to be some kind of progress and I wrote this note to Jim citing parcel-tracking information:
I can't believe it: My parcel is progressing:
2022-12-26 20:25
IPZ-Ffm, Germany, The customs clearance process for import into the destination country/region has been completed. Please find more information here...
Estimated delivery: Thursday, 29th December
It then took another two weeks until January 9th, when I finnaly received a letter from Deutsche Post telling me my packet had been transfered to the local customs authority where it could be fetched (not without paying the custom's ransom). I went ther the same day (since it was my off-duty Monday), a 35 km drive, and negotiated with the csutom's officers about the item's value and we agreed on a scrap metal's value of $70 plus shipping fees I had to pay customs for.
Finally, after more than a month and a half the saw had reached its destination.
And this was her after I brought her home from the customs
More to come soon, maybe Jim can add a little bit about the saw's history and why the recoil housing looked dented as it did.
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