Jonsered it is!

tinknal · #1 11/09/12, 11:45 AM

Well, I just dropped nearly 2 weeks take home pay on a new Jonsered chain saw. Thanks for the advise CF, those guys at Milaca Lawn and Garden are a great bunch. They also carry Huskys and Dolmars. I didn't really like the thought of a saw with a computer chip so the Husky was out. A chain saw that is smarter than me scares me just a wee bit. The Dolmars seemed nice but they only had one model in stock and it was a tad small for what I want. I wanted a saw that was made to handle a 20 inch bar, and while the Dolmar could handle one it wasn't optimal. The Jonsered can handle up to a 24 inch bar (I haven't bought one yet but it's nice to have the option).

I got off work at 7AM, tired and nodding my head. Drove home and picked up the big Mormon girl and napped in the truck while she drove to town and did her shopping. Bought the saw, went to the HW store for a gas can (can you believe what a gas can costs now????), stopped at the only place in town that sells premium non-ox, rode home, and never even went into the house. Fired that bad boy up and cut more wood in 15 minutes than I could cut in an hour with my old, worn out, well loved Stihl. I felt like a kid with a new toy.

I'm now sitting back and enjoying some of this malted product that I heard about. I think I like it.............

flewism · #2 11/09/12, 11:55 AM

Congratulations, what model did you get? Now refurbish the 041 as a backup. I can't imagine what you bought that would out cut the 041.
You are a kid with a new toy.

Dale Alan · #3 11/09/12, 12:02 PM

Congrats,they are great saws .

Homesteader · #4 11/09/12, 12:05 PM

Congrats on the new member of the family!

**Cabin Fever** · #5 11/09/12, 12:18 PM

IMHO, you made a good decision. I've always owned "red" power equipment and it's never failed me. ANd, you bought from a local saw dealer. Good job!

If your Swedish-built saw ever gets a little fussy, let her have a whiff of some lutefisk. She'll appreciate it.

**Cabin Fever** · #6 11/09/12, 12:20 PM

BTW, I have felt like a voice crying in the wilderness all these years on HT as I believe I've been the only one touting the merits of Jonsered saws. Now, there will be two of us.

Valkommen to the fold!

tinknal · #7 11/09/12, 12:27 PM

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Originally Posted by flewism

Congratulations, what model did you get? Now refurbish the 041 as a backup. I can't imagine what you bought that would out cut the 041.
You are a kid with a new toy.

Yeah, I'm gonna fix my old friend. I could have gotten $125 off the price with a trade in but it would have felt............wrong. I'm sure that in it's prime that the old girl could go head to head with anything in her range. I got the CS2159C.

I once turned the hardest working man I ever met (a true fanatic) into a puddle of sweat trying to keep up to me piling brush behind me with my old friend. His brother (also my boss) sort of set him up. He had seen me in action with a saw. He subtly suggested that Abed pile brush while I cut. Abed thought that it sounded like pretty easy work. Abed had a really hard day.

I once used that saw to turn a 5 acre woodlot into a park in front of a luxury home. Kept 5 guys busy cleaning up behind me. No, I could never sell that saw.............

There is a very funny (funny because no one died) story behind how I acquired that saw. I'll tell it a little later.

tinknal · #8 11/09/12, 12:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Cabin Fever

IMHO, you made a good decision. I've always owned "red" power equipment and it's never failed me. ANd, you bought from a local saw dealer. Good job!

If your Swedish-built saw ever gets a little fussy, let her have a whiff of some lutefisk. She'll appreciate it.

To be honest I probably would have bought a Sthil except for the fact that the local Sthil dealer is an absolute jackwagon. I mentioned this to the guys I bought the Jonsered from and they just laughed and said that I was the third person who had told them the same thing today, and it was only 9 AM!

tinknal · #9 11/09/12, 12:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Cabin Fever

BTW, I have felt like a voice crying in the wilderness all these years on HT as I believe I've been the only one touting the merits of Jonsered saws. Now, there will be two of us.

Valkommen to the fold!

I have some Svend kin on facebook. I'll have to send them a shout out about swede saws, they will get a kick out of it.

**Cabin Fever** · #10 11/09/12, 12:42 PM

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Originally Posted by tinknal

To be honest I probably would have bought a Sthil except for the fact that the local Sthil dealer is an absolute jackwagon. I mentioned this to the guys I bought the Jonsered from and they just laughed and said that I was the third person who had told them the same thing today, and it was only 9 AM!

You feel that way about Stihl because your old 041 was made in Germany. Only the top two professional models are still made there. The remainder of the new Stihl saw line does not have the same German quality that earned Stihl it's fine reputation.

tinknal · #11 11/09/12, 12:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Cabin Fever

You feel that way about Stihl because your old 041 was made in Germany. Only the top two professional models are still made there. The remainder of the new Stihl saw line does not have the same German quality that earned Stihl it's fine reputation.

Yeah, I priced those too.................. OUCH!

flewism · #12 11/09/12, 01:10 PM

I here ya, our local Stihl dealer is a piece of work also and I've met plenty of men that think the same way about this guy. Now I'm wondering if Stihl sends them to school to be like that.

tinknal · #13 11/09/12, 01:21 PM

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Originally Posted by flewism

I here ya, our local Stihl dealer is a piece of work also and I've met plenty of men that think the same way about this guy. Now I'm wondering if Stihl sends them to school to be like that.

My old Sthil guy is a gem, but he is over 70 years old and in poor health. I love the guy but He is out of the way and I don't see him being much help in the years to come. Cold hard truth.

Silvercreek Farmer · #14 11/09/12, 01:28 PM

My grandfather also swears by (never at) his Jonsered. Must be a northwoods thing, he lives over near Hayward.

tinknal · #15 11/09/12, 01:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Silvercreek Farmer

My grandfather also swears by (never at) his Jonsered. Must be a northwoods thing, he lives over near Hayward.

LOL, Hayward is the chain saw capitol of the Universe................

fantasymaker · #16 11/11/12, 09:38 AM

What decided you on that model?

Warwalk · #17 11/11/12, 09:59 AM

I'm enjoying listening to the back and forth, but yall's terms have me shtumped, lol! What are svendkins, jack wagons, whiff's of lutefisk and big mormon girls? (I'd swap southern-ism's, but Jeff Foxworthy already shared a good majority of them

tinknal · #18 04/20/13, 02:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Warwalk

I'm enjoying listening to the back and forth, but yall's terms have me shtumped, lol! What are svendkins, jack wagons, whiff's of lutefisk and big mormon girls? (I'd swap southern-ism's, but Jeff Foxworthy already shared a good majority of them

Well, this is way old but here goes.
Svend kin are relatives from Sweden

Jackwagon is the same thing as Jack(something) that we can't say here

Lutefisk is an offensive Norse delicacy

The Big Mormon Girl would be my better half.

Nimrod · #19 04/20/13, 09:31 PM

Ole and Sven vanted to make some firevood from Sven's back 40. Dey vent down to duh chainsaw store and bought vun of dem Jonsrudes duh dealer guaranteed vould cut 100 trees a day. A few days later dey brought it back. Ole said it vasn't verking right. Duh first day dey cut down 100 trees, as duh dealer promised. Duh sceond day dey only managed 80 and due tird day dey could only do 70.

The dealer set the choke, primed it, turned it on, pulled the rope, and it started right up.

Sven said, "vats dat?"

GoldenCityMuse · #20 04/21/13, 12:03 AM

Nimrod FTW [For The Win]!