r/Chainsaw

I'm deep cleaning an old Poulan 50th anniversary edition 2175. It was my dad's chainsaw and I'm not really planning on using it for much, I have another saw, I just want to sort of "restore" it and become more familiar with the inner working of a 2 stroke. What cleaner/methods do you think would work best to get a saw that likely has never really been cleaned before near-factory clean. Many thanks to everyone who can answer!

Hey all,

I have kind of a dumb question I guess you could say. I completely refurbished two different saws. Everything is new on both. I bought some Amsoil Saber synthetic blend which says 50:1 ratio. I mixed it 40:1 just for peace of mind because these saws are vintage and call for 40:1.

However, both saws are smoking pretty badly. My question is, when the oil says 50:1 does that mean I can only mix it 50:1 or else the fuel will have too much oil in it? Or is whether the saws smoke or not just based off of the AMOUNT of oil I put in the mix and not the ratio that the label says on the bottle?

Thanks

I have been borrowing a friend's saw for odd jobs around my house. He has a basic Husky 120 and I'm getting over the borrowing phase now that I am using it semi regularly.

I do maintenance on my trees once a year to keep things under control. I have had to deal with the odd fallen tree and also need to fell a few trees at my parents house.

Stihl and Husky have large presence in my country. Echo is very rare and as such maintenance parts aren't readily available.

I have been eying out 3 saws:

Stihl ms250 for the price

Husky 450 mark II seems more refined but ~30% more

Stihl 260 but 15% more than the Husky

I have read the the Husky is easier to start and more modern especially with Anti vibration etc. but the 260 being more professional has better build and more of a serious saw.

I can't ignore the price of the 250.

(We don't get the 251&261, we don't get the Husky 455)

What would you do?

First time poster. Appreciate the help and any “you’re a dumbass” responses.

Recently took down 8 big hardwoods. 30+ diameter. The guy helping me, and myself burned through 4 chains on one tree. The saws will cut perfectly and then poof the chain is damaged. The wear seems to only be on one side of the cutters, and it’s on the leading edge. The bars have been getting hot too. I don’t see any visible foreign material in the wood. From trunk to limb it’s been jacking up chains.

Now a good portion of this tree was dead, so I’m wondering if the bark is just so dirty it’s reducing lubrication and damaging the bar? I replaced the bar on the ms312 along with a new chain and it cut just fine on the other trees.

This same tree in particular, is also constantly getting material underneath the rakers and into the bar groove. I don’t mean just junk, like shaving that will push the chain out.

I can provide pics if need be to help, just wondering if anybody has run into this before.

First new gas saw in nearly 20 years and I have seen bits about the autotune breaking in differently. Husky's info is almost non-existent.

Advice I've seen on breaking this saw in seems to run from wrap in a blankie and coddle it for a year, to start it right up and go after the biggest tree i can find.

How would you break this in?

I lent my Husqvarna 372XP chainsaw to a friend, and he managed to drive over it with a skid steer.

It was probably 15 years old, so I'm not going to shed a tear. Never gave me a problem.

What's a good equivalent replacement?