Crimson Red Sports

They have to be the most frustrating piece of equipment you can own. Plus they are noisy. That is all.

What is the prob? We can maybe help.

We are experts in all fields.

Come cut the hundreds of privet bushes growing in our neighbor's field along our walking path is the best help!  No she can't do it and she doesn't even walk on the path. 

While chain saws are  good for cutting trees they don't work well on smaller, more limber branches - keep jumping of track.  Don't recommend hand loppers.  Anyone with a bad neck and messed up rotator cup (as in hubbie) can't do that without extreme pain. 

Maybe the best bet is to just send us a dozen young, able workers!

They are hard to start, cantankerous as an old Evinrude outboard, the chain jumps off the bar and just generally frustrate the hell out of me. I have a Poulan and that may be part of the problem, but my buddy has a Husqvarna and it's just as bad.

How about a cordless sawzall or something similar?

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Of course...

Do you have access to something like that?

Have you tried calling someone in a third world country that doesn't speak English for factory assistance.

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and whatever you do ... don't ask to talk to someone that does speak english  :o
I made that mistake with my old ISP and didn't have internet for a month  >:(

Your saw came with a tool for adjusting the bar to increase/decrease tension on the chain. When starting, hold in right hand with trigger depressed. Pull once with indicator in the choke position. It'll "cough". Then flip indicator to start and pull the cord again. So easy even GMac can do it.

You have to tighten the chain.

Make sure you add bar oil every time you add gas.

^KEY. I adjust my tension with enough slack that when I pull the chain up from the bar, I can still get my index finger beneath.

I used to keep mine that loose, but the guy at stihl said you just want to be able to pull it separate from the bar and it needs to still turn easily. 

Either way, I havent thrown a chain since I first started working with a chainsaw.  Nor are they difficult to start if you know how to work the choke.  Even my ryobi POS starts.

Most guys say tighten till yu can get a quarter between chain and bar.

That sounds about right.

Hang a War Eagle sign on them and maybe someone will poison them for you.   8)

What are you tryin to cut?

I do too. RTR!

I've tried all the starting tricks. The choke is either on or off - no in between. And I try to keep the chain tight. The problem with the jumping chain seems to be caused by small limbs. I'm cutting some privet that is threatening to take over North Alabama and it is a pain in the a**! I don't have a problem with the chain jumping off when cutting larger trees. A cordless Sawzall might work great, maybe a good excuse to buy one. The hedgetrimmer won't work on the larger privet, some of the trunks are 4".

I did not know removing the whole bush was an option. Put a chain around the trunks and "snatch" the whole thing out of the ground. Or use the chain saw for thick limbs and hedge trimmers for small stuff.

Exactly where in North Alabama are you having these issues with a chain saw?  I might know someone that can help you... 8)

I had an unsightly privot on my property the woman has been bugging me to remove for five years. I took this opportunity to go yank it out of the ground (with a pickup and tow strap) and drag it to the "burn" pile. My screensaver didn't even kick in.

Nice.

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Diesel fuel and a match.  Gardenhose is optional.   ;)

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I'd like to shout to chainsaw chaps.  Get them.  The girl bought them and made me wear them, took a kickback today just above the knee.  No injury.   #+

kickback ? chainsaw ?  just above the knee ?    :o

crap ! 

sorry ... first word that came to mind ... probably because that's what I would have done 

New spark plug. Dry gas.

Where do you live?  I can come over to look at it and see I can fix it,or cut the stuff for you, or I can loan you my old ryobi.

If your chain is jumping off, your chain is definitly way too loose as mentioned earlier. Better read those how to start intructions real good if it's a fairly new saw, if it's an old saw I would take it to the shop, this Ethanol is causing a lot of problems for the small cycle engines. I always mix Stabil in the gas for everything that I have that uses gasoline.

I was thinking about this some more yesterday, and I am thinking maybe the sprocket is damaged and causing the chain throwing.  

I'm through blaming the saw.

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Recently I was discusing my chain saw "won't start" problems with some friends and one of them said he had a saw that WOULD NOT start and if I could start it he would give it to me. I took the saw, fairly new one, home and read the instructions on how to start it. On the third pull it fired but did not start, I pushed the choke in half way and pulled and it started.

I immediatly called him and did not say hello when he answered, justed reved the saw up a few times for him to hear it, I won't write the names that he called me. I didn't keep his saw but I have been having a good time teasing him. The problem that I had with my saw was the carb needed some repair.

Common. Mixing oil and gas with a dirty funnel or some such foreign debris problem.

I was reading that you should always use those little single use two-cycle oil containers, that way you always get exactly 50:1.  

I bought a few of them and it's certainly easier, more expensive, but no measuring and even better no super rich fuel (I tend to err on the safe side).

I eyeball the mix into a container just for oil+gas. Every tool has its mix requirement but 50:1 works in all. JMHO. BTW, it is better to err on the lean side rather than the rich side.

Why?  I was reading to can get cylinder damage from too lean, while too rich is just messy?

The "shade tree" guys say run lean. But yeah, the need for oil is ever present. If I am smoking, I add more gas.

Sometimes limbs break off in the tops of trees. I tie a rope to my belt and climb the tree. Then I hoist the saw up and start it, balancing on a limb. It had better crank.

That sounds like an insurance commercial waiting to happen.  :D

Thanks for all the tips, guys. Obviously y'all are better with a chain saw than me. And BamaWV, I have a broken limb in a maple in my front yard, if you would come down and climb the tree and cut it out for me I would really appreciate it. Actually, I just want to watch!

If he shows up film it for us and put it on YouTube.  :D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CocgDJJCBFI

A broken limb hanging looks horrible. A jagged break of a limb is bad for the tree and needs an even, diagonal (to deflect water) cut.

So you will be here soon?

Sure. Not sure which house.  Hang an orange and blue "flag" on your mail box.

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