Anyone else hoarding 2 stroke chainsaws? 😳

[Oldfeller]

51 minutes ago, organic guy said:

Do you have a JaBu ?

if you meant Jobu, no but it's on the list

[Mick Dempsey]

9 hours ago, Tree monkey 1682 said:

Yes, I find it stressful. I dont want to hoard saws but I just want something that will work that your not having plug in to a laptop to fix. I dont want to be forced into battery powered stuff,  it doesn't sit well with me .

Im trying not to hoard to much  but im also finding going to dealers miles away or dealers not carrying stock any more -we will order in when asked for it . 

Also alot of the independent small people who carried stock dont exist any more , so no going down the road  to pick one up.

You've only now got the big three or in my case two as I only like husqvarna and echo , efcos newer saws are made in China 

But I dont want a load of saws ,just to be able to get a saw that feels compatible with me, does a days work , and is safe.

New saws are better than old saws.

[Bob_z_l]

14 minutes ago, Mick Dempsey said:

New saws are better than old saws.

Almost certainly true....however nothing beats nostalgia. 

 

My old 66 would outshine a 661..... in my head yes because we have no memory of true pain. 
The aches and pains from the weight, vibes. 

Interesting thread. Hopefully I've not derailed. 

[Mick Dempsey]

I have a few oldies, a husky 288 which is pretty poky to be fair, an 066 which I sold a few years back, which still annoys me.

I had a Stihl 076 100cc, sounded great but a bit slow in the cut truth be told.

 

 

[spudulike]

357xp, 346xp and 181SE (ex army spec), none of them standard and I will be buried with them👍

[Tree monkey 1682]

45 minutes ago, spudulike said:

357xp, 346xp and 181SE (ex army spec), none of them standard and I will be buried with them👍

Never got on with a 357, not sure what it was trying to be .

[markieg31]

2 hours ago, Bob_z_l said:

Almost certainly true....however nothing beats nostalgia. 

 

My old 66 would outshine a 661..... in my head yes because we have no memory of true pain. 
The aches and pains from the weight, vibes. 

Interesting thread. Hopefully I've not derailed. 

Still running an 066 here. Thing comes out a few times a year, does the job, hard to justify the money on a new replacement. One thing that would be better is the filter, the 066 and the 461 air filter get clogged up with dust double quick. My 550xp never needs attention in that department.

[spudulike]

On 09/12/2025 at 18:57, Tree monkey 1682 said:

Never got on with a 357, not sure what it was trying to be .

I can't say mine is too standard, I find it almost impossible to pull over....with the decomp in....pop up piston and the base of the cylinder taken down, ported and muffler mod. It is a bit mad and prefer the 346 TBH but it is FAST..

[Tree monkey 1682]

11 hours ago, spudulike said:

I can't say mine is too standard, I find it almost impossible to pull over....with the decomp in....pop up piston and the base of the cylinder taken down, ported and muffler mod. It is a bit mad and prefer the 346 TBH but it is FAST..

Ex boss brought one, when factory made it was more sluggish than the 351/353. Felt as bulky as the stihl 391 farm boss .

Maybe it's the one built on a Friday,   

[roys]

Years ago I bought a Husky 281xp at MOD clearances, think the only hours on it was an annual service the thing was mint. However I didn’t get on with it, no decompressor on it and I had not long gone through 2 shoulder operations, to me the thing was a beast to pull over, I ended up selling it on eBay for a couple of hundred quid. Have to say it was a great saw and the bloke that came and bought it was built like a mountain so it was the right saw for him.