Chainsaw Repair

Aaron that was a great story.  I did not know because of your vast knowlege on saws that you that you did not always collect Poulan saws.

Thanks Roger.  I just seem to have a head for gathering/retaining 'useless' info.  When I was in HS it was everything to do with motorcycles, old trucks and muscle cars.  Later it was firearms and reloading.   Can't remember 'important' stuff like my own name half the time however.....

I was into old Homelites long before the Poulans and the Macs because of my old rancher buddy.  He's not on the net, and has been running a firewood business off and on since 1969 or so and only runs old Homelites.  He's the guy that gave me that little XXD when it came to him in a batch of saws. 

My experience working on Poulan's "not so great" machines (everybody has duds...) at Sears service soured me on the brand for quite a while.  Heck, it took a while for me to even get into the Homelites as I wanted NOTHING to do with working on OPE after my time working at Sears.  I had that XXD as my only Poulan for over a decade without getting another.  Modified Mark, Mike the Mopar guy, and others helped me get over that hangup and get into the Poulans bigtime.  It's their fault!