Chainsaws are like firearms-no single saw is correct for every job. 
Any chainsaw nuts on here?
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I bought my Husquvarna 455 used 15 years ago and sliced up lots of cordwood over the years. I always run non-ethanol gas and don't use stabilizers. It starts up and runs fine every year after leaving gas in it. Once I let it sit two years and it started after the third pull. Still works fine.
I had a couple of older small Stihls that I bought used, but I sold them to a saw mechanic when they had low compression.
I sneered at battery powered saws for many years. I bought a cheap Craftsman and decided I like them. It was $180 new with battery and charger. Perfect for my side x side or ATV. No more recoil starting, no more shoulder cramps. They have their place.
I had a couple of older small Stihls that I bought used, but I sold them to a saw mechanic when they had low compression.
I sneered at battery powered saws for many years. I bought a cheap Craftsman and decided I like them. It was $180 new with battery and charger. Perfect for my side x side or ATV. No more recoil starting, no more shoulder cramps. They have their place.
They do have their limitations, they're certainly not replacing the big saws in the woods or cutting large amounts of firewood.
On occasion, for grins, I'll use my 80v, 20" in the woods, but it's mainly there as a backup if a gasser gets pinched.
But, like I said for small jobs they're awesome.
They're great for climbing too.
Killer Bee
Advanced Level Novice
yah, battery chainsaws have their place 
Have always had several Stihl chainsaws in the shop! Lived in the mountains of Southern Co when logging flourished and several family members were loggers and owned a logging company.
Right now I have an old O56 mag (32 in bar) thats a beast! But primarily use an MS 362 an MS 311 and a small MS 181. Those bar’s range from 16 inch to 24 inch.
I guess I’m a chainsaw nut..,., I like them!
Right now I have an old O56 mag (32 in bar) thats a beast! But primarily use an MS 362 an MS 311 and a small MS 181. Those bar’s range from 16 inch to 24 inch.
I guess I’m a chainsaw nut..,., I like them!
GHollan
Single-Sixer
not sure if I qualify as a chainsaw nut but run a few saws for firewood, fenceline clearing, land maintenance, etc. around the farm.
I'd check the clunk and line in that poulon fuel tank. by design it flops around so it's always sitting in gas regardless if saw position. fuel lines can get stiff with age and hang up out of the fuel or crack from dry rot and suck air in certain saw positions. quick check if empty is look inside to see if line is soft and flexible, another easy check is top the tank off cap full and rotate the saw around see it it still stalls.
next would be check the diaphragm and spring check in the carb. unlike a lawn mower needle/seat, saw carbs use a spring/diaphragm to keep fuel bowl full in all positions and they are finicky about leaks. dry rotted rubber parts and paper gaskets etc. can give a saw a hard time. if the saw otherwise has potential for use, I would make the best attempt at rebuilding the carb and fuel delivery and go from there.
good luck!
a couple gratuitous pitchers.. how does a chainsaw thread get this far without any?
polesaw turned out to be downright handy!
I bought a Stihl HTA 135 Battery Powered Pole Pruner last year to trim back trees that have gotten too big over the 32 years we have been in our house. It is a decent sized property that includes a steep wooded bank down to a small lake.
I also bought a Stihl MSA 220 TC-O 16 with Top Handle that uses the same AP battery. I have found them so much more convenient to use that unless it is a big project where I need to cut larger sized trees and branches, I rarely use the gas powered Stihl 029 Super Farm Boss, 56.5 cc I've owned for a very long time.
After one of the hurricanes we has a tree about 14 inches in diameter go down. Florida slash pine. Burned up one electric saw cutting it down and wore pout a Poulin. My son bought a craftsman. {FIL worked for Sears and got them to save one for him and he got the discount. Finished up the tree. Later got an Echo 326 and it really handled everything (Took down eight pines with some kind of beetle infestation and cut them up). It didn survive some kids drug habit and disappeared one night. I also have a little one handed on with about a 8 in chain. I like it better than loppers. The chains are crazy, almost as much as the whole say when bought on sale.
Echo is the only gas saw I would have besides Stihl and Huskvarna.
