Poulan saw at lowes

[squib]

Picked this up at lowes last week for $99.00.

 

[thinkxingu]

From what I've read around, it's selling for what it's worth. Hope you have better luck than all the others!

S

 

[Adkjake]

I bought a Poulan at Lowes last spring for around $100. Have cut several cords with it and used it to clear vacant lot. Has held up well so far, starts right up

 

[Gooserider]

Might not be to bad once you got rid of the 4" overlength bar... 42cc saw, at 3cc to the inch, should be running a 14" bar...

Gooserider

 

[southbound]

I hope it works our for you....


I hate to admit it but my first saw was a troybuilt.......................I still think it cut good for the $50 I invested in it....O and the $100 it cost to rebuild it...Get rid of the safety chain and see what she does!My BIL got one 7 years ago and it just now gave upHe got his money out of it...

Good luck..............

 

[EatenByLimestone]

I have the the Craftsman version of that saw. If the chain is sharp it will do what you want it to. It's pretty easy to start also.

Matt

 

[heffergm]

I still have a 38cc poulan w/16" bar. I grab it every now and again and
thrash it for all it's worth, and in it's defense it does the job (usually), albeit vibrating like a freight train.

I'd say it was worth what I paid.

 

[DavidV]

I bought a 33cc poulan (green) the night before Hurricane Issabell rolled into VA in 2003. It was the very last thing I thought I would need if things went bad. If it was just a false alarm I planned to take it back to the store. About $119 is what I paid for it. We had a few trees fall.....but the house only lost half a shingle. Neighbors didn't fare as well. lots of trees on houses, cars, blocking driveways of elderly neighbors, etc. I cut and cut and cut for several days with that little saw. Going thru trees that were easily 20 inches across. I had just put a used wood stove in my house so I welcomed the chance to get wood. Cut at least 15 cords that first year. Had about 9 cords of split wood from that storm seasoning for the next winter. Probably a good thing that my first saw was a small one like that because it let me get used to a saw without being overpowered. A couple years ago 3 maybe, I got a large Husky and the little poulan became a trimming, limbing saw. My brother in law borrowed it from me once and I actually saw him digging a ditch with it....yes...he actually used it to dig a long shallow ditch to burry a water line. It kept runing till this summer. I took it in to get repaired and they fixed it. But this weekend when I went to start it up it made some weird noise like a box of screws being shaken. Time to upgrade.

Be careful with it and that saw will work fine for you. The one thing I am not sure if it has is an inertial brake. Some people don't seem to care about them, but a kickback can change your life. Be safe.

 

[Tony H]

The pro series is a but better than the wild thing / green standard saws they are not worth the gas that's in them.
They do come with a lot bigger bar than they should , get a 16 and use that most of the time and it should make a decent saw for most standard firewood needs.
The small ones do not have a brake it's just an "handle" or something I would never never ever buy or use a saw with out a chain brake ever , thanks I want to keep all my parts.

 

[Monkey Wrench]

The pro series is a but better than the wild thing / green standard saws they are not worth the gas that's in them.
They do come with a lot bigger bar than they should , get a 16 and use that most of the time and it should make a decent saw for most standard firewood needs.
The small ones do not have a brake it's just an "handle" or something I would never never ever buy or use a saw with out a chain brake ever , thanks I want to keep all my parts.

Sorry
All new poulans have a CHain Brake.

 

[DavidV]

I know they have a chain brake but I was questioning if they had an inertial brake.

 

[Tony H]

The pro series is a but better than the wild thing / green standard saws they are not worth the gas that's in them.
They do come with a lot bigger bar than they should , get a 16 and use that most of the time and it should make a decent saw for most standard firewood needs.
The small ones do not have a brake it's just an "handle" or something I would never never ever buy or use a saw with out a chain brake ever , thanks I want to keep all my parts.

Sorry
All new poulans have a CHain Brake.

Glad to hear they did that mine was a 2005 year model.
I think anyone considering a saw try it out running and cutting the low price saws shake and vibrate a ton more than the Stihl, husky, dolmar units and it sure makes a difference if you cut a fair amount of wood. also run it for a few minutes get it hot and shut it off and see how it restarts. You will find in some situations you will be doing that a bunch of times and the poulans are not known to start well when hot (as of a few years ago)

 

[ironpony]

I have an old craftsman that wont die
has been used and abused
and runs like a champ
just have to know its limits
and when you reach them
grab the husky
then again I burn pellets
they are really hard to hold when cutting

 

[Pinerat]

Right now I dont have the money to spend on a stihl or husky. I bought a poulan pro 260 (42 cc) about seven years ago to clear my 20 acres for a house. It still runs great even after being run over by a Case backhoe. It needs a new sprocket so in the meantime I'm using a poulan pro 33cc for all my cutting. I know that they may not be up to par with the other brands but for the price I paid I getting my moneys worth. Someday I'll upgrade. I agree with Gooserider about downsizing the bar though, she'll run a lot better.