I'm guilty! I stole a chainsaw!!

[1shotwade]

I was over at a friends place the other day and saw a garden seeder.He said he loves it! Saves so much time,but they are expensive.He said he saw one the other day at a place he bought a bushhog. I guess the guy died and they were selling off some stuff.
Well,I went to see this thing but it wasn't all there and what was there was a rusty piece of junk and they wanted $40 for it. I passed,but while showing it they pointed out other stuff they wanted to go away.I saw a burlap bag on the barn floor with a chainsaw under it. When I ask it was a stihl ms 170 and the guy priced it at $50. As soon as he picked it up I noticed it was bran new so I took it.
This saw had a little sawdust on it but there isn't even a scratch on it anywhere including the bar. Perfect condition! Even all the labels were perfect.Well, I sprung for a $2.50 spark plug from the local stihl dealer and it fired right up. Couldn't believe it!Didn't have to adjust the carb or anything! The dealer said it was $179 new and if he had the saw he would have to have at least $100.He said I stole it!
I took it to the woods yesterday and cut 2 pickup loads on one tank of gas! Sometimes we get lucky!

Wade

[Bret]

Are those the new gold sparkplugs.

Nice cutting. Stay lucky my friend.

[NorthwoodsMike]

Nice find! I have an MS180, which is almost the same saw. Between that and my MS290, I have bucked over 9 loggers chords of wood this year. If you cut alot of wood with it, you may find the safety chain gets old. I get pretty aggressive with the rakes when I sharpen my chain, and they take quite a bite. Even still, I ordered professional, semi-chisel chains which should bite even better. The problem with that bite is kickback is also possible. I definitely recommend getting a spare chain and keeping it with the saw.

[DEKE01]

excellent find. I have the MS 170 and 180. I like them because they handle all but just a few of the larger trees on my farm and they are small and light enough that I can work them all day long. I would love to get another for $50.

In 3 years, I've worn out 6 - 8 bars and 100+ chains (my farm helpers seem to like sawing the sand on the ground as much as trees) and the only two problems I've had with them is from ethanol clogging up the carb and when my neighbor drove a 19 ton backhoe over one of the saws. I can't blame any of that on Stihl.

[FarmboyBill]

I fired mine up this afternoon. Havnt ran it since Feb. Fired right up. Its not the Wyld Thang, but the same Co makes it. Its newer.

[snoozy]

I had a chainsaw stolen. (Two, actually). But it said Stihl on it, so I guess they were just following the instructions...

[NorthwoodsMike]

Prepare to be horrified...instead of bar oil, I run, gasp, used motor oil. Oh the humanity!!! Because its thinner, I go through it faster, about one tank of oil per one tank of fuel, where regular bar oil was two tanks of fuel per tank of bar oil. Every time I check the chain, it has plenty of oil, and it moves very smooth. Time will tell if its an issue, but I have had the same chains and bar for the 180, which has been using that oil for 3 years. Just started running it in the 290 this year, with no ill effects.

[Murphy625]

Originally Posted by NorthwoodsMike

Prepare to be horrified...instead of bar oil, I run, gasp, used motor oil. Oh the humanity!!! Because its thinner, I go through it faster, about one tank of oil per one tank of fuel, where regular bar oil was two tanks of fuel per tank of bar oil. Every time I check the chain, it has plenty of oil, and it moves very smooth. Time will tell if its an issue, but I have had the same chains and bar for the 180, which has been using that oil for 3 years. Just started running it in the 290 this year, with no ill effects.

I add diesel fuel to my chain oil when it gets cold outside.. helps it flow better..

We heat exclusively with wood so I cut and split quite a bit.

I use a Husqvarna 266XP for the man work, and a little girly Stihl 017 for the trimmings.

All of my other tools are Stihl.. My weed wacker is a FS100rx, and I use an HS80T hedge trimmer..

I love Stihl.. top notch quality matched only by some of Husqvarna XP series saws..

[TRAILRIDER]

Great score!

[haypoint]

You can save a few bucks by using used engine oil. It doesn't have the correct additives and gets slung off without the additive that limits slinging. Shouldn't hurt the bar oil pump, as long as you filter it real good. When I change oil, I'm not always the most careful in selecting a drain pan that is totally free of a bit of dirt, some lint and maybe some saw dust, when I drain my crankcase. All it takes is a bit of grit to spoil your chain oiler pump and the $6.00 a jug real bar lube becomes a bargain.
Old oil is good at the base of wood fence posts to reduce rot and to soak old farm equipment chains.

[nosedirt]

Well Oneshot, I can tell that you are feeling remorse for your bad deed. May God forgive your theivin ways.
My father gave me a 180 a few years ago. I was not impressed with it and left it in the box for a whole year. I finally decided I should at least gas it up before i sold it. Long story short, that was one wood hungry little freak of a saw. It cut this way and that way and ten ways til Sunday. My Homelite never left the garage after that. I sold most of my "man tools" years ago and that 180 is one of the tools I wish i had kept.
Glad you got a deal on it.

[1shotwade]

Originally Posted by nosedirt

Well Oneshot, I can tell that you are feeling remorse for your bad deed. May God forgive your theivin ways.
My father gave me a 180 a few years ago. I was not impressed with it and left it in the box for a whole year. I finally decided I should at least gas it up before i sold it. Long story short, that was one wood hungry little freak of a saw. It cut this way and that way and ten ways til Sunday. My Homelite never left the garage after that. I sold most of my "man tools" years ago and that 180 is one of the tools I wish i had kept.
Glad you got a deal on it.

We all express our remorse in our own ways. Mine just happens to be jubilant!

Wade

[Rustaholic]

Originally Posted by 1shotwade

I was over at a friends place the other day and saw a garden seeder.He said he loves it! Saves so much time,but they are expensive.He said he saw one the other day at a place he bought a bushhog. I guess the guy died and they were selling off some stuff.
Well,I went to see this thing but it wasn't all there and what was there was a rusty piece of junk and they wanted $40 for it. I passed,but while showing it they pointed out other stuff they wanted to go away.I saw a burlap bag on the barn floor with a chainsaw under it. When I ask it was a stihl ms 170 and the guy priced it at $50. As soon as he picked it up I noticed it was bran new so I took it.
This saw had a little sawdust on it but there isn't even a scratch on it anywhere including the bar. Perfect condition! Even all the labels were perfect.Well, I sprung for a $2.50 spark plug from the local stihl dealer and it fired right up. Couldn't believe it!Didn't have to adjust the carb or anything! The dealer said it was $179 new and if he had the saw he would have to have at least $100.He said I stole it!
I took it to the woods yesterday and cut 2 pickup loads on one tank of gas! Sometimes we get lucky!

Wade

Truly a nice grab.
I got a craftsman 42 CC 18" bar saw that had been used once ten years ago for $20 at a swap meet a while ago. I only had that twenty dollar bill left and I was about to head home. Then I remembered hearing the guy offer that saw to someone for $30 so I figured I better go ask if he would sell it for twenty bucks. He did. I own it. I am not sure just what to do with it because what I won't cut with my Husky I cut with the cheap Mac I bought at K-Mart for cutting tree roots in the dirt.