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Anybody have one ,have expirence with one?

Dealt with many different brands of chainsaws and the Poulan is JUNK.imo

Yep. Daughter brought one home new in the box from a garage sale. Paid ten bucks. She got taken.


Not what I would but for the farm but if you are going to limb a tree every other year that I will do you fine.

Stihl, Husky or my favorite, a Dolmar will stand you a whole lot better.

I don't know about them being junk. I bought one a few years back and it cranked and ran very well. I eventually let it set up and the priming bulb deteriorated but with that replaced I'll bet it will still run well. I paid about $125 new for it.

I agree with you on this one. for really light casual work thy do OK.

Bad luck with the one I bought ~20 years ago. Junk.

Spend the dough on a Husky and don't look back IMHO.

Mr. Coleman-- I'm certain that some folks have had good luck with them but overall it would not be what I'd suggest when looking for a good saw. I'm glad yours does a good job for you since there's few things more frustrating than needing a chainsaw and not being able to get the dang thing started.

Scott--- I would agree 100% with your assessment.

Heck for a middle of the road saw that won't cost a lot I'd prefer a Craftsman over Poulan any day.

Not much. I stopped in a Wichita Lowes last year to go to the bathroom and there was one on the end of an aisle discounted to $50, IIRC. I bought it on a whim and when I got home noticed that the oil and gas cap were gone, hence the price. Fortunately, a guy who used to have his own small engine repair before he got called up for the Sandbox was working in the local farmstore. He gave me a couple so I was good to go. Somebody ripped off his shop and that's why he was working in the farm store instead of for himself. Pretty freaking low to rip off a guy defending his country. Anyway, I've only used it once but so far, so good. I've got a Husqvarna and a Sacs Dolmar for heavier use. Scott is right IMO. Dolmar is my favorite overall too. If the Poulan is cheap enough, it might be okay for a couple of years of trimming. I got it for light work.

Did you get the wild thing??? It's the purple and green one.


I'm a strict husquavarna owner from a 394 xpg to my 335 xpt's with 12 saws in the middle. Poulan is alright I guess for the common houshold, but the joke around here is...... When you go to start one, you gunna be poulan and poulan until you wear yourself out....

$40 more you can buy an orange one.

He's probably got one of those old green ones before the comercialization era, those are not bad.

Cry once buy quality and it will last your life damn near. stihl, jonsered, husqvarna.

Poulan = junk

There is a reason wal-mart sells them.

The older Poulans were good saws. My dad had and ran one for years, including some pretty heavy cutting. The new ones aren't worth the money. I'm a Stihl or Husky guy. I haven't tried the Dolmar saws but Scott says such good things, I'm tempted to try one. My current Husky 61 Rancher tackled a 38", 100+ft. tall spruce a couple weeks back, without even slowing down. Not bad for a $35 garage sale saw.

It's worth the extra money for a good saw.

I'd add Echo to that list.

Fixed it for you!

Repeat after me: S-T-I-H-L.

Yep. We had a freak snow/ice/wind storm one March that came from the east many years ago where I live. Prevailing winds are from the west and the trees/mostly pines were down everywhere. All the big box stores sold out of chainsaws the next day. I talked to the sales guy at Lowes and he said most of the ones they sold came back in a few days burned up and broke. You can't run those saws hard like you can a Stihl.

Anyone remember the commercials where they would have guys pause in their work, slap the chainsaw affectionately, and then mispronounce Poulan?

How about the McCollough commercials with the beavers? "Wow! Look at those teeth!"

Craftsman saws are made by Poulan. The older saws were decent. Some of the small Husquvara's were made by Poulan also. Most of the homeowner saws are built cheap. I have a Husky 288 for big jobs and a CS56 John Deere made by some company in Italy for a small trim saw, which is a great saw. Alot of peple with little knowledge of operating or maintaining a saw tear them up fairly quick.