which saw has been the easiest saw to work on?

[T.Roller]

288

 

[Onan18]

288

Repped

 

[Stump Shot]

I will have to say that the old American saw's can be worked on with basic mechanics tools that just about everyone would have. Dust off your SAE wrenches and sockets a screwdriver or two and rebuild an entire saw.

 

[RIDE-RED 350r]

YAHOO 242!

 

[Wood Doctor]

I'll go ahead and give my .02 I think the poulan countervibe 3400-4000 is one of the easiest to work on basic hand tools will. Also think it's one of the best designed saws I have screwing with intake boots, these don't utilize them. Also very tough saws. I dropped and elm tree on one of mine and was able to repair it and put back into service.

I may be jaded though as I have probably 10 of them lol.

Agreed. One of these?

I spent one day saving this one from the graveyard. All it needed was a new choke lever and fuel line. Now it runs like the day the original owner bought it. He gave it to me because father time is relentless. It will cut circles around my Husky 61 (both of the same vintage).

Wait a minute; the Poulan 400o may be older. Please advise.

 

[Al Smith]

10 series McCulloch,020/200T Stihl

 

[Boomer 87]

Agreed. One of these?
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I spent one day saving this one from the graveyard. All it needed was a new choke lever and fuel line. Now it runs like the day the original owner bought it. He gave it to me because father time is relentless. It will cut circles around my Husky 61 (both of the same vintage).

Wait a minute; the Poulan 400o may be older. Please advise.

Yes sir that be the one. One of my favorites. As to the vintage I'm not sure, I have a 4000 that my uncle bought brand new he said in 1992? I do know that saw has cut more firewood than many half dozen combined. And still runs like brand new as well

 

[Deets066]

66 was way easy, the solo surprisingly was too

 

[Homemade]

My mini Mac 30. When it started giving me problems, I just threw it away. No more problems.


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[Tor R]

The ones I find easy to work with is Husky 242 and 550.

 

[fearofpavement]

As already alluded to previously, I think the easiest saw to work on is the one you're most familiar with. I've worked on dozens of different models of saws. However the 1127 series Stihls are the ones I work on the most. These can be a real bear for the uninitiated but I've been into so many of them that if someone put all the individual parts in a box and shook it up before handing it to me, it wouldn't really be an issue. I have an 044 apart and I'll probably reference the manual on that because I just haven't done that much with that model.

 

[P.M.P.]

I think the 365/372 or red versions are the easiest.

 

[Onan18]

The one that is clean.

 

[danimal]

288

You kno it !
Also what other saw can you take a 181 crankcase, 394 crankshaft(thanx Warped5), and everything else deuce88, and make a screamin sumbitch of a saw out of.!

 

[Daserlon]

I gotta say 181se, 281-288xp, 268-272......... Well all the 2xx huskies are super simple.

 

[MarcS]

Old Johnnys are the most familiar and easy for me to work on. The quality of castings and fit/finish overall just amaze me.

 

[Mkinslow]

I think the 365/372 or red versions are the easiest.

That’s my choice also

 

[Beer Gut]

Stihl pros are easy but if P&C work only the boot can be a booger to work back on in smaller models. So far 395xp has been super easy except muffler modding.

 

[dustinwilt68]

Any 2xx series saw or jred counterpart.

 

[jockeydeuce]

Of course the 2xx series Huskies are about as dead simple as it gets. Including the 61's. Pretty much the same design is the 285, 2100's etc. The engineering in all those saws was so well done from a service standpoint. Even the old 180-480's....So easy to work on.

Another series that's really enjoyable to work on is the Jonsered 820 thru 930 series for general service.