NEED-Chainsaw storage ideas
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Take a board, start the saw and plunge it right into it, get some angle brackets, mount the board on the brackets and store it with the blade right thru the plunge. Won't catch any drips but
krusty the clown
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i keep mine in the wellhouse.......they can drip all they want there. actually they are on a metal shelf and don't leave but a film of oil and the wellhouse stay's an even warm temp in the winter so no condensation.
lomonte
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Not to be a jerk, but-my poulan came in a case. Run Sta-bil in the gas, walk in the shed, put saw in spot under the bench, walk out , close door, done!
My dad used to have a steel washtub he kept the homelite in that worked good.
My dad used to have a steel washtub he kept the homelite in that worked good.babzog
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My Poulan stays in its case too where it drips oil like a *******. Growing up, we just kept them in the lean-to shed which had a gravel floor - no worries about drips.
I keep mine in a cabinet under a window shelf. Since the wood floor was preserved with used motor oil by a previous owner, I don't worry about drips.
jake00
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my stihls hang on bicycle style hooks
hetkind
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mine live in cases, now under the work bench. They don't need stabil, they run every month or so...
Howard
Howard
mastertech2329
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Poulan's are famous for leaks. I've worked on many of them. The best idea came during a Husqvarna (some of the smaller Huskys are actually Poulans) service school I attended.
When you are done cutting, let the saw sit on the ground or on a newspaper for about 30 minutes. This lets the pressure in the oil tank bleed off and allows the saw to completely cool. Then store it, you will be shocked at how little the saw will leak during storage then. It will still weep a little but not nearly as much.
Sam
When you are done cutting, let the saw sit on the ground or on a newspaper for about 30 minutes. This lets the pressure in the oil tank bleed off and allows the saw to completely cool. Then store it, you will be shocked at how little the saw will leak during storage then. It will still weep a little but not nearly as much.
Sam
rburke65
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How about setting the saw on a shoe/boot tray.....kinda like they use to catch snow and water? Just a thought.
mjozefow
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I'd build a case for it, with enough room to store bar oil and such. You could line the bottom w/ plastic under a rag if leaks are an issue.
babzog
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I will give that a try when I get my saw back. Thanks for that! Currently, I just wipe out the case every so often... messy.
stewart
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Yeah! I guess a cafeteria type lunch tray from Mc Donalds would work well, I've been there pondering that one too, but to not let your chainsaw drip is to deny the fact that you are a man who uses one. Be it in the garage or shed when you're gone the new home owners will say "Thats where they used to keep the chainsaw" and some kid'll reply "Dad, whats a chainsaw?" To that his Dad will say "A real man used to live here".
Stewart
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hetkind
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One of my saws is a Poulan 290 that came with a 20" bar, now quite happily using a 18" oregon bar and cheap chains from wally world...sometimes it will leak a bit of chain oil, but since it gets checked every time before use, no big deal.
Doesn't quite cut as fast as the Stihl Farm Boss (also with an 18" bar and chain) with 18" cordwood, but is half the weight and is far better for cutting brush. However, the first two Poulans I got from TSC had bad oilers...and they would only take a return on the first bad one. So it got shoved into a corner for a year and I spent the big bucks on the Stihl Farmboss (also called a 290 Farmboss, think Poulan is trying to compete with Stihl)
Anyhow, last winter I went through over 10 gallons of chain saw gas, and three gallons bar and chain oil. My favorite bar and chain oil was the premium stuff sold by northern tool. And plenty of chains...time to procure and mount a chain saw sharpener...
Anyhow, enough on chain saws, had the Farm Boss out yesterday to cut 3" rounds of 18" hickory for throwing knife targets.
Howard
Doesn't quite cut as fast as the Stihl Farm Boss (also with an 18" bar and chain) with 18" cordwood, but is half the weight and is far better for cutting brush. However, the first two Poulans I got from TSC had bad oilers...and they would only take a return on the first bad one. So it got shoved into a corner for a year and I spent the big bucks on the Stihl Farmboss (also called a 290 Farmboss, think Poulan is trying to compete with Stihl)
Anyhow, last winter I went through over 10 gallons of chain saw gas, and three gallons bar and chain oil. My favorite bar and chain oil was the premium stuff sold by northern tool. And plenty of chains...time to procure and mount a chain saw sharpener...
Anyhow, enough on chain saws, had the Farm Boss out yesterday to cut 3" rounds of 18" hickory for throwing knife targets.
Howard
babzog
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I went to get a chain sharpened at a local shop last year or so and the lady there said they weren't doing them till the fall (had lots of other work to do during the summer season). So she made me a chain right there to get me through the summer. Peeled the right length off a roll of Stihl chain and fitted it on. The Stihl chain is a LOT more aggressive than the wussy little Poulan chain and when it cuts, it's removing CHUNKS, not chips/dust.
Got my saw back yesterday and was using it a bit today to trim the bottoms of some posts for a combo wood/garden shed I'm building. I did the "leave it on the ground" thing before putting it away... will see if it leaks in the case. I saw that the fella had put an absorbent pad in the case to sop up the oil... now why didn't I think of that?
Got my saw back yesterday and was using it a bit today to trim the bottoms of some posts for a combo wood/garden shed I'm building. I did the "leave it on the ground" thing before putting it away... will see if it leaks in the case. I saw that the fella had put an absorbent pad in the case to sop up the oil... now why didn't I think of that?
jake00
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The stihl chain probably doesnt have the anti kickback llinks on it
babzog
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It looked much the same (in terms of design) to me, just more massive.
Torque1st
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Mine sits on a wood shelf along with bottles of oil, mixed gas, gas cans, pesticides, etc in the garden shed. I really don't care if it drips.
Charles (in GA)
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I set mine on an old pair of blue jeans that are folded. I have a small workbench just for the saw, and other things such as weedeater string and such things.
I have a very small Homelite saw that is a pure POS. It has always been virtually impossible to start, and doesn't run well at all. I discovered if you stored it horizontal, the cylinder would fill with bar oil, and that I had to hang it vertical, bar down, to keep this from happening. 'Bout breaks your arm when you pull the rope and the motor hydraulic locks on you. Its sitting on a pile of stuff to yard sell or send to scrap.
Charles
I have a very small Homelite saw that is a pure POS. It has always been virtually impossible to start, and doesn't run well at all. I discovered if you stored it horizontal, the cylinder would fill with bar oil, and that I had to hang it vertical, bar down, to keep this from happening. 'Bout breaks your arm when you pull the rope and the motor hydraulic locks on you. Its sitting on a pile of stuff to yard sell or send to scrap.
Charles
From the stihl site.
WARNING
The occurrence called "kickback" can cause serious or fatal injury. Always read the instruction manual carefully before using your saw. STIHL uses a green and yellow color-coding system to help you select a powerhead, bar and chain combination that complies with the kickback requirements of ANSI Standard B175.1 (gasoline-powered saws) and §30 of UL 1662/ ANSI Standard B175.1 (electric chain saws). Ask your STIHL dealer about safe operating procedures and the advantages of the STIHL Quickstop® chain brake, STIHL secondary chain braking system, STIHL reduced kickback bars and STIHL low-kickback saw chains.
STIHL recommends the use of green reduced kickback bars and green low kickback chains on all STIHL chain saws.
cashishift
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mine sits in the case and doesn't leak..
Stihl > *
Stihl > *
Displaced Hokie
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I mounted a 24" long 2X12 to the wall and then installed bike hooks at an angle. My two hang from the hooks via the handles, bar towards the floor. Neither leaks, but I'd put a pan under them if they did. A shelf on top of the 2X12 holds my saw tool box (files, extra chains) and 2-cycle oil.