Husqvarna 240

[toxicity2182]

Hi there, looking for a little saw for occassional use. Are these saws any good?

[toxicity2182]

husqvarna 240

[billpierce]

i had a shot with one in the woods, it was the fella who owned the woods. i think it was a 240 tooless chain tensioning model but might have been different. the plastic broke on first day of fairly light use. but that could have been bad luck.

 

personally i would look at getting a proffessional good condition second model rather than buy this model new. i suppose it depends how much you will use it and how fast you will need to cut with it and how much it costs!

[SawTroll]

A low quality Poulan made model that dealers often refused to sell. Not because it was Poulan made, but because it was a bad design, not on par with earlier Pouilan made Huskys.

I understand it has been discontinued somewhat prematurely, along with the 235/236.

 

Tooless hain tensioners always are a bad idea.

Edited August 16, 2014 by SawTroll

[Stubby]

Pretty pants really ......

[billpierce]

yeah those tooless chain tensioning mechanism are definately more like tooless can't get your chain tight enoughs/ more irritating of the devastating frustration of getting a combi spanner

[adw]

236/240 is a hobby saw, not the saw for what you are doing, you need to go to a semi pro saw, 450,455, 365, or if you want auto tune 545

[felixthelogchopper]

Husqvarna 135 is a decent little saw for the money or have a look at the Echo range. I just got the CS450 and it's a great bit of kit.