Chainsaw Repair

just bought a pp28pd pole pruner yesterday. I was surprised to see the manual calls for a 50:1 mix ratio. I was used to poulan stuff being 40:1. glad to see it, makes it a lot easier on me. The little thing does a really nice job. Quite happy with my purchase.

pp28pd

Thanks CUT4fun.

Do you run the oem poulan pro chain on yours?

Do you run the oem poulan pro chain on yours?

No, actually I'm running a 16" bar with a loop of that Oregon Lo Pro full skip chain they supply on cheap Poulan saws.  I ground off all the shark fin bumpers.  There is actually an Oregon number for that junk but I forget what it is.  It's normally horrible stuff, but ironically I now find I'm keeping an eye out for it!

I had really only done this out of desperation last year when I found myself behind in the firewood gathering, and needed to get a several year dead hickory that was snagged in an ash.  I dropped the ash using the pole saw.  It turned out to work so well that I've kept it on - although this is a 33cc strato engine, mildly ported and muffler modded.  It actually runs quite well. 

I bent the bar this year and did an almost decent job straightening it back out.  What the heck, I have other 16" bars, and pole saws just seem to result in bent bars anyway - I think because they get used at awkward angles and you can't really feel what's happening out there.