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...amateurs asking to borrow your saw? I just had a relative ask to borrow my 261 Pro saw to use on his new lake house property, which is an acre. I told him it wasn't working and I was planning on taking it into the shop. I then suggested he purchase a 170 homeowner or possibly an Echo - if you need a saw, you buy a saw, you never ask to borrow another man's saw. I would only loan my saw to an experienced faller, who I know would respect it. What say you?
l told my pap and mam I was going to be a mountain man; acted like they was gut-shot. Make your life go here. Here's where the peoples is. Mother Gue, I says, the Rocky Mountains is the marrow of the world, and by God, I was right. - Del Gue
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They get the Craftsman. No way they can have my Stihl.
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Hopefully your kin doesn't follow the hunters campfire forum....
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Nevered happened with me.
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Neither a borrower or lender be.
Pretty much hold to that, there are some guys I'd lend some guns. Almost none stand a chance of borrowing a saw. Including my Dad. (I'd go cut for him first) Running them dull, cheap gas, bar oil....other than that he is better than most.
Parents who say they have good kids..Usually don't!
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Hopefully your kin doesn't follow the hunters campfire forum.... Nope. Even if he did, I'd tell him what I stated above: You never ask to borrow a man's saw.
l told my pap and mam I was going to be a mountain man; acted like they was gut-shot. Make your life go here. Here's where the peoples is. Mother Gue, I says, the Rocky Mountains is the marrow of the world, and by God, I was right. - Del Gue
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There are people I won’t loan anything to but most folks are pretty careful with other’s tools. In the end it’s just stuff. Helping a neighbor out with the loan of a tool doesn’t really scare me. I’d be cautious about loaning out my tractor and backhoe without having the borrower demonstrate some skill with it first. Or at least not without giving him a block of instruction first if he’d never used one.
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You never ask to borrow a man's saw. This. Only my dad would I let borrow mine. He taught me to run them so he and I are completely on the same page with how a saw is used. By saying no, your helping someone not end up in a spot where oversight on their part could cost them $500-1000.
Fear the crabcat.
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I was taught as a kid.
You never ask to borrow a man's chainsaw or deer rifle.
You never mess with a man's chainsaw or deer rifle, all other pranks are ok.
The only thing lower than a thief, is one who steals a man's chainsaw or deer rifle.
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There are people I won’t loan anything to but most folks are pretty careful with other’s tools. In the end it’s just stuff. Helping a neighbor out with the loan of a tool doesn’t really scare me. I’d be cautious about loaning out my tractor and backhoe without having the borrower demonstrate some skill with it first. Or at least not without giving him a block of instruction first if he’d never used one. I agree, but a Stihl Pro saw is another story. I made the mistake of loaning my 261 to my idiot brother ONCE - on his very first cut, he destroyed the blade and the chain. He didn't pay for the damage either.
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l told my pap and mam I was going to be a mountain man; acted like they was gut-shot. Make your life go here. Here's where the peoples is. Mother Gue, I says, the Rocky Mountains is the marrow of the world, and by God, I was right. - Del Gue
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I've got 1 neighbor, and 1 friend, that I'd loan almost anything to. Anything they borrow returns in at least as good of shape as it left - and, they know what they're doing. Pretty much anyone else (other than the kids) can KMA!
I've always been a curmudgeon - now I'm an old curmudgeon. ~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~
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Certain capable people, sure. Otherwise I’d probably cut whatever they needed cuttin if they were a neighbor.
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If I didn't think they could handle it I'd tell them "No, I don't loan it out". Wouldn't feel the need to lie about it.
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Never loan your saw to anyone. I lent mine to a trustee from the state prison who was supposed to go out and clean up tiny cemeteries in the county. He brought it back looking like he plowed a field with it and the bar in one hand and the chain in the other. Had to buy new parts.
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If I didn't think they could handle it I'd tell them "No, I don't loan it out". Wouldn't feel the need to lie about it. This would have been a better way for me to handle the request.
l told my pap and mam I was going to be a mountain man; acted like they was gut-shot. Make your life go here. Here's where the peoples is. Mother Gue, I says, the Rocky Mountains is the marrow of the world, and by God, I was right. - Del Gue
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I loaned a saw to my son that was working chocker setter.
He had a weekend side job clearing some land. It got ripped off out of his truck. He showed up to tell me about it with a slightly up graded stihl.
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They get the Craftsman. No way they can have my Stihl. More like they can take the Stihl but leave the Echo.
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I never loan tools. Depending on the person asking, I'll go with the tool and do the job myself. Same policy for the dozer, excavator and dump truck.
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