Homelite chainsaw fun -

[Silver_2000]

:ron:In 91 or 92 back when some here were still in grammer school,:evil I bought a cheap 16" $99 homelite chain saw. That winter and the next I used it to cut and trim trees to heat the house in Update NY, The only heat we had was the wood stove. This saw always started right up and ran pretty good. It shoudnt have lasted thru those 2 years - here we are 14 years later and I decide to cut down a rose bush that had gotten out of control. The saw still had gas in it, hadnt used it in at least 3 or more years, the gas has to be at least 5 years old in the 1 gallon 2 cycle can. I added a little more gas from the 5 year old can - added some oil for the chain and for the ground since it pretty much leaks reigt out the bottom. and the saw started. Didnt run real well at first but I was able to nurse it through the first few branches. Set it down to clean them out of the way - primed it a little and it started and ran as good as it did 5 years ago.. Anyway ... Long pointless story. But that saw has been abused since day one and it still runs..

Oh and I was able to eradicate the Rose bush without any unneeded oversight... :evil

[dboat]

Very good :ron:

I 'd definitely give it a 9 out of 10:evil

Dana

[FRDRCING]

My dad bought a snapper lawnmower about 13 yrs. ago and it still starts and runs. He has his up keep on it. This year we have a had a little bit of problems with it but it still Runs. We re-built the motor this year and other than that the only problem we have had with it was the transmission went out three yrs. ago. So I guess :ron: is in order here.

[Silver_2000]

If we are going to talk about mom and dad... :ron:

They have a Ariens Snow blower that was purchased in the late 70s. It still starts on the second pull and works and looks like a champ. Its seen little maintenance and only one repair. Its amazing how well things were made back then.

[dboat]

If we are going to talk about mom and dad... :ron:

They have a Ariens Snow blower that was purchased in the late 70s. It still starts on the second pull and works and looks like a champ. Its seen little maintenance and only one repair. Its amazing how well things were made back then.

I still see a lot of them up here running every winter.. except this last year, only took mine out maybe 4 times all season.. :banana:

Dana

[Tex Arcana]

Nice :ron:... did you ahve to walk to school thru 10 foot snow drifts too? :rll:

My :ron: is similar: my step-grandfather had a Toro mower, one of the first to have a cast aluminum deck. When I arrived on the scene, it was running great--not self-propelled, but had an electric starter and a wonderful motor, and was so light it was easy to handle.

Well, one day, the old geezer ran over a sprinkler head (back in the days of the all-metal ones), and punched a hole in the deck. He tried to tape it up with fiberglass packing tape (gives you an idea of exactly how he thought), which was a so-so fix; when he accidentally dumped a load of fertilizer on it, and it refused to start, he gave up and bought a KMart cheapie, that lasted exactly one year.

So, the next year, I'm 14 or 15, and I decide I'm gonna get that Toro running; so I grab a pair of Channel-Locks, a pair of pliers, and a couple screwdrivers, and I pull that motor apart--and I mean TOTALLY. Even the carb. I had NO idea what I was doing, just wanted to see waht made it tick. Well, I get it cleaned up, put back together, back on the deck, I set the setscrews in the carb to halfway on all, give it a yank--and whaddya know, IT STARTED!!

A little tuning later, a few passes on the blade with a file, and I hit theyard and it ran like a champ--I daresay even better than before, because I pulled the rev limiter and wa able to wind it out to absolute max. And when the muffler fall off, it got even stronger!! :evil

Alas, all good things muct come to an end: on a particularly hot day in August, the motor siezed. :crying: Not all was lost, tho: I wne tot work on both the 'rents, telling them that I absolutely REFUSED to mow, if they went out and bought a junker again. I talked them into getting a very nice Snapper rear-drive/aluminum deck 21" mower, and that thing lasted a good 30 years, and is still being used (on motor #2) by the person who bought it from me. :tu: [/:ron]

whew.

[dboat]

Nice :ron:... did you ahve to walk to school thru 10 foot snow drifts too? :rll:

My :ron: is similar: my step-grandfather had a Toro mower, one of the first to have a cast aluminum deck. When I arrived on the scene, it was running great--not self-propelled, but had an electric starter and a wonderful motor, and was so light it was easy to handle.

Well, one day, the old geezer ran over a sprinkler head (back in the days of the all-metal ones), and punched a hole in the deck. He tried to tape it up with fiberglass packing tape (gives you an idea of exactly how he thought), which was a so-so fix; when he accidentally dumped a load of fertilizer on it, and it refused to start, he gave up and bought a KMart cheapie, that lasted exactly one year.

So, the next year, I'm 14 or 15, and I decide I'm gonna get that Toro running; so I grab a pair of Channel-Locks, a pair of pliers, and a couple screwdrivers, and I pull that motor apart--and I mean TOTALLY. Even the carb. I had NO idea what I was doing, just wanted to see waht made it tick. Well, I get it cleaned up, put back together, back on the deck, I set the setscrews in the carb to halfway on all, give it a yank--and whaddya know, IT STARTED!!

A little tuning later, a few passes on the blade with a file, and I hit theyard and it ran like a champ--I daresay even better than before, because I pulled the rev limiter and wa able to wind it out to absolute max. And when the muffler fall off, it got even stronger!! :evil

Alas, all good things muct come to an end: on a particularly hot day in August, the motor siezed. :crying: Not all was lost, tho: I wne tot work on both the 'rents, telling them that I absolutely REFUSED to mow, if they went out and bought a junker again. I talked them into getting a very nice Snapper rear-drive/aluminum deck 21" mower, and that thing lasted a good 30 years, and is still being used (on motor #2) by the person who bought it from me. :tu: [/:ron]

whew.

Tex, I'd give this :ron: an 8 out of 10 rating

Dana

[Tex Arcana]

Tex, I'd give this :ron: an 8 out of 10 rating

Dana

Yer the only one..:rolleyes:

[99WhiteBeast]

pruning a rose bush with a chain saw-damn must have been a hellava a bush


cool story though:cool:

[Logan]

Dear Doug,

You're Gay. Buy a new chainsaw.

Your buddy,

Logan

:D

[Silver_2000]

Dear Doug,

You're Gay. Buy a new chainsaw.

Your buddy,

Logan

:D

Dear Logan

I dont make "logan" money.
Cant afford a new chainsaw to use it once every 4 years...
Doug

[03LightningRocks]

I had Rose bushes once.

[Tex Arcana]

I had Rose bushes once.
:nono: we don't wanna know about your porn movie experiences. :vomit: