Chainsaw Recommendations ?

[Biggd]

Personally I think Husqvarna has gone the way of many others and is now making crap, IMO. I had a Poulan lawn mower for over 15 years that always started and never gave me any issues but it began to burn oil and smoke so I thought it was time to retire it even though it still worked fine. I bought a new Husqvarna which was very similar to my Poulan. After sitting the first winter I had to **** with it to get it going.
This new lawn mower is suppose to be maintenance free. No oil changes ever, it has no oil drain plug. No primer pump like on my old mower. I already HATE IT!

[Hillcountry]

Originally Posted by Biggd

Personally I think Husqvarna has gone the way of many others and is now making crap, IMO. I had a Poulan lawn mower for over 15 years that always started and never gave me any issues but it began to burn oil and smoke so I thought it was time to retire it even though it still worked fine. I bought a new Husqvarna which was very similar to my Poulan. After sitting the first winter I had to **** with it to get it going.
This new lawn mower is suppose to be maintenance free. No oil changes ever, it has no oil drain plug. No primer pump like on my old mower. I already HATE IT!

I have a Husqvarna push mower too...the high end one with the HONDA motor which I suspected would be trouble free. It’s in the shop now because it won’t start without a hundred pulls...something that gets old when you’re old.
We cleaned a mouse nest out of it this spring and it still hard to start. Hopefully the small engine guy we brought it to will find more mouse shenanigans when he gets deeper into it. He tried it when I dropped it off and said “something is holding the auto-choke open.”

[thinkxingu]

Originally Posted by Hillcountry

I have a Husqvarna push mower too...the high end one with the HONDA motor which I suspected would be trouble free. It’s in the shop now because it won’t start without a hundred pulls...something that gets old when you’re old.
We cleaned a mouse nest out of it this spring and it still hard to start. Hopefully the small engine guy we brought it to will find more mouse shenanigans when he gets deeper into it. He tried it when I dropped it off and said “something is holding the auto-choke open.”

I guess rodents (or lack of) is a benefit for battery-powered gear.

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[Hillcountry]

Originally Posted by thinkxingu

I guess rodents (or lack of) is a benefit for battery-powered gear.

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Apparently, you’ve never heard of these battery eating rodents!

[SIKSUKR]

My 2 cents. Last year I made the change to a battery trimmer. I always dismissed these as not able to do the job. I bought the B+D 40 volt trimmer and absolutely love it. Much tougher than I thought it be on heavy thicker(1/4") growth. Dont know how long it will run on a charge cuz I've never seem to come close to discharging it yet.

[Biggd]

Originally Posted by Hillcountry

I have a Husqvarna push mower too...the high end one with the HONDA motor which I suspected would be trouble free. It’s in the shop now because it won’t start without a hundred pulls...something that gets old when you’re old.
We cleaned a mouse nest out of it this spring and it still hard to start. Hopefully the small engine guy we brought it to will find more mouse shenanigans when he gets deeper into it. He tried it when I dropped it off and said “something is holding the auto-choke open.”

When it takes you longer to get these tools started than it takes you to do the job at hand, something is very wrong. I think it's just us old people. Things don't always work properly from lack of use.