Well as I said earlier the 365 is crook, wouldn't start and was blowing up the carb.
I only bought this saw recently in its current state, so popped of the exhaust and saw the damaged piston.
Spent the last couple of days looking for bits as the main Jonsred dealer wants €300 for the piston and barrel and another €150 to fit it.
Well this morning I rang this crowd
www.eurosmallenginespares.com
and spoke to John, an extremely helpful individual.
I bought a nilskil barrel and piston for €90 so we will see in a couple of days how thing work out.
the wee 170's are wild handy for light work, or branching.Stihl 170 here for light bits and a Stihl 391 (I think) for heavier work.
Gave €650 for the big saw last year.
find the stihl stuff great.
whats she like with a 30" bar?, plenty of power, or just the limit of it.Husky 61, handy little saw
Stihl MS 290
Stihl MS 390, powerful saw, have a 30" bar on it at times :D
Stihl TS 400 con saw.
Husky starts on first pull, the stihls don't, can be a bit of a workout starting them and they do need their filters cleaned more often, other than that I'd pick the Stihl any day.
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the wee 170's are wild handy for light work, or branching.
did you put the auto sharpener chain and blade on it yet.
i dont know what type of chain is in this 250 here, but its about as soft as butter id say, if it even sees clay, it goes blunt.No haven't seen one of them. Are they a good job?
Probably use the small saw twice as much as the big saw, actually the reason i bought the big one was that the 170 was so reliable we were dogging it cutting all sorts.
The wind we're having today I'll probably have them both going this evening. A few boughs have become casualties already this year
that one looks like its all bark and no bite .....at the moment the only saw i have running is a mcculloch pro mac 700, think its 1970's with 20" bar, 70cc. the noise is something else can hear it for miles on a calm day and it was the saw of choice in one of the texas chainsaw massacre films:D.
beast!
like this-
Mcculloch Pro Mac 700 - YouTube
Husky 61, handy little saw
Stihl MS 290
Stihl MS 390, powerful saw, have a 30" bar on it at times :D
Stihl TS 400 con saw.
Husky starts on first pull, the stihls don't, can be a bit of a workout starting them and they do need their filters cleaned more often, other than that I'd pick the Stihl any day.
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that one looks like its all bark and no bite .....
wouldnt think McCullough make em like they used to, good old saw that.
im on my third ts400 here, had the older 350 before that.how do find the ts 400, we find they arent a patch on the old stihls con saw, old one always lifted here first too, but the big 16" husky is a beast and easy to start to, sore on fuel though so only used on concret cutting
there is a putt off it similar to the danarm here.your right that one cuts rubbish, put a new chain on mine a few months back and it was brilliant........... until i hit a stone embedded in the tree
was reading up on them a while back and they have a bit of a following out in the states. good ones are quite sought after.