Funny, I know a gent who also had a Poulan chainsaw and I had a Poulan leaf blower at one time and neither of us were impressed or pleased with our purchases. I damn near blew out my shoulder trying to start the blower. I finally gave it away to a shop when I got a new one. I figured they could use the spark plug or something, cause that was about the only thing worth anything on the unit. On Jan 12, 2008, at 7:55 PM, Jewel Blanch wrote:
> I used to have a Black & Decker 12 inch electric chain saw that I > used for > firewood and a heck of a good job it did, too, but, everything has a > life, > and, eventually, it gave up the ghost and went to join other retired > tools > in the great workshop in the sky! > I have relied on my petrol-driven Pouland since, but I find it a > flipping > pest as when I put it down and leave it idling, it pops away quietly > until I > lift it to start cutting again, and then 9 times out of 10, it stops. > I have now bought off Trade Me, NZ's answer to EBay, a brand new > Painier 16 > inch bar electric chain saw. > It is made in China, but don't hold that against it. The clutch > cover is > held in place by a simple win-type of handle, and this round handle > has an > outer ring thing which you twist to tighten or loosen the chain. No > more > having to hunt for that pesky socket spanner and small screwdriver! > It looked as though it was capable of causing some real serious > damage, so > yesterday, after assembling it, I took it out to see just what it > could do. > I showed it a tree with a trunk diameter of around 24 inches. It > made very > light work of that joker. Admittedly, I didn't actually bring the tree > down, as I am a little chary of trees falling on me: ]funny that!]: > but I > cut away until the tree was very wobbly, and when I pushed it by > hand, it > made cracking noises. I figure that I would leave the next strong > wind to > complete the job of bringing it down. > > Jewel > > > Scott Howell [EMAIL PROTECTED] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
