Your chainsaw pet peeves

[full chizel]

Why just a "pro" saw ?

I think he means it’s kind of like putting snow tires on a Ferrari

 

[sawmikaze]

I think he means it’s kind of like putting snow tires on a Ferrari

That sounds like fun to me.

 

[deye223]

That sounds like fun to me.

Yep around here we love nothing more than putting slicks on our cars and going to the Paddocks when it's raining wet grass slick tyres it's an absolute ball .

 

[pbillyi69]

it prolly more like 99% of home owners and 80% of the so called pros. I worked for a guy that had a grinder and a thousand chains that needed to be sharpened because he was no good at it so he would just buy new chains.

 

[Bilge Rat]

I know a lawn guy that gives me his used chains. I sell him sharpened chains when he needs them.

 

[Egg Shooter]

I know a lawn guy that gives me his used chains. I sell him sharpened chains when he needs them.

That's a great deal.

 

[Bilge Rat]

That's a great deal.

The issue is he must use a chainsaw as a trencher and to cut chain link fence.

 

[Egg Shooter]

The issue is he must use a chainsaw as a trencher and to cut chain link fence.

Uggg. I have one saw for cutting little stumps to ground level. It's a beater. Took me awhile to be ok with it.

 

[birdmeter]

back in the early 80s was in the woods cutting . a man 10 years older than myself wanted to cut also. so he shows up his saw won't start. so i give him one of my back up saws. i ask him do you have fuel and bar oil .yeah. well don't ever ever ever ever. ever. ever. think for 1 second fuel and bar oil makes a man. after a few minutes well it was kinda silent over there.well you guessed it straight gas. bummer. i went over tried to start my saw pulled and pulled nothing.locked up . i thought the s,o b. had something in the in the pull rope or wood chips took it apart nothing wrong. *s-word it was locked up. took the fuel cap off poured out some fuel. s o m a b. gas only and i asked you put oil in this saw. he said yeah oil goes here . gas goes here. well my sitting on the tail gate of my truck just kinda shaking my head.what you gonna do.this man 10 years older than me just killed my saw. i never forgot this. you wanna use my saw ...... just ask!

 

[Egg Shooter]

back in the early 80s was in the woods cutting . a man 10 years older than myself wanted to cut also. so he shows up his saw won't start. so i give him one of my back up saws. i ask him do you have fuel and bar oil .yeah. well don't ever ever ever ever. ever. ever. think for 1 second fuel and bar oil makes a man. after a few minutes well it was kinda silent over there.well you guessed it straight gas. bummer. i went over tried to start my saw pulled and pulled nothing.locked up . i thought the s,o b. had something in the in the pull rope or wood chips took it apart nothing wrong. *s-word it was locked up. took the fuel cap off poured out some fuel. s o m a b. gas only and i asked you put oil in this saw. he said yeah oil goes here . gas goes here. well my sitting on the tail gate of my truck just kinda shaking my head.what you gonna do.this man 10 years older than me just killed my saw. i never forgot this. you wanna use my saw ...... just ask!

And that type of stuff is why I don't lend out anything I'll be pissed about if it gets wrecked or "lost". The list is short. One person. My nephew. The good one. Not to the lying Iron Horse type.

 

[birdmeter]

And that type of stuff is why I don't lend out anything I'll be pissed about if it gets wrecked or "lost". The list is short. One person. My nephew. The good one. Not to the lying lying Iron Horse type.

well i was proly 20 years old if that. that kinda stuff dont ever get by the smell test anymore. l o l.

 

[Maintenance Chief]

Fan boi's telling me that the "____" ,whatever is the bestest chainsaw they ever made. Thats why they had to have it ported?
If it's so awesomenest why does it need to be ported? For the sweat pants and flip flop cutting video?
Dull chains kill a little bit of my soul , also.

 

[Maintenance Chief]

Oh, using a ms180/455rancher/echo top handle to drop a 38" DBH tree because " a little saw can do it !"

 

[pbillyi69]

here is one that gets me someone that cant figure out how to even start the saw telling me how much he has ran a saw his whole life.

 

[BuckthornBonnie]

And that type of stuff is why I don't lend out anything I'll be pissed about if it gets wrecked or "lost". The list is short. One person. My nephew. The good one. Not to the lying Iron Horse type.

Well said. I will lend out saws to people I think can handle em. I’ll be honest... I give em a “goodbye” each time knowing that they could come back to me blown up.
All those pet peeves above are spot on. I’ll add the unwillingness to learn about the equipment they want to use. I’ll teach someone what to do and I can tell instantly if they’re listening/learning. The ADD culture we have now makes it tough, though.

 

[trooney]

I dont lend out my chainsaws..period. I'll teach somebody what I know, but it will be with their chainsaw. Once bitten twice shy... my pet peeve is somebody coming to me to tune their chainsaw when they've been cutting wood for 20+ years. A problem I can see, but a problem solved by a carburetor adjustment?

 

[Slumberjack]

Cutting on a 100 plus degrees summer day, running a tank a little low then the fuel lines get vapor locked and it’s hard to start after a refuel.

 

[Nutball]

Oh, using a ms180/455rancher/echo top handle to drop a 38" DBH tree because " a little saw can do it !"

 

[Maintenance Chief]

Lol ,probably ate lunch between the face and back cuts!

 

[FergusonTO35]

My biggest chainsaw pet peeves are the manufacturers themselves. The way Husky turned venerated marques (Poulan, Mac, Jred) into throwaway junk, it's like making your grandma work a street corner. And, Makita erasing Dolmar, one of the most historically significant makers.