Have you ever thought, "Gee I wonder what a Husqvarna 446 chainsaw would look like if it got run over by a John Deere 350D?" Well good news, because it just happens that I have pictures of just such a thing. Today, in my long lost quest to build a stump-bench in my new mudroom using a stump taken from my own land. I located the perfect stump, tossed my saw on back of my bulldozer and headed off into the woods with Wallenstein in tow. Yeah the stump was a bit tricky to get out because the West side of it was interlocked with a massive hemlock, but I got time. I also get a rough ride and as I was backing up and going forward to get my blade under the root ball of the tree, my saw fell off the back without me knowing it. Sometimes you have to really work at stumps and I sure was, the whole time my left track churning right on top of my saw. When I noticed it was not behind me like it should be, it took a bit to find it. Only the tip of the saw was sticking out of the dirt and we are in a drought and have no mud. So now I have two chainsaws that are dead. An ole 046 Stihl that was killed by a falling tree last week and now not so ole faithful (it was a husqvarna after all and preferred not to start).
Bummer. You could sell it on ebay and say "Needs a little TLC". What's the recoil look like? I see handlebar, AV and clutch cover / brake damage.
The recoil is cracked, you can see it on the first picture along with a crack down the center seam on the bottom of the saw. Gas was not leaking out though, and not sure about bar oil.
You cannot see it because of the angle, but when the bar got stepped on by a 10,200 pound giant wearing ice skates, those lags bent the bar in a very nice you. I am actually a little surprised more damage was not done. We are in a severe drought and there is NO MUD anywhere and yet this saw was completely buried by dirt. It might be fixable, but considering the 446 Husky is a throw away saw anyway, I am sure the cost of fixing it (if internal breakage is not much) would still supersede its cost. There is a little history to this saw too that I should share. Whether a lemon or Husky (I have never had good luck with them), this saw was junk right from the dealership. Brand new it would not start after it was warmed up, and that continued all of its short life. I counted one time; it took 17 cranks to get it to run after repeatedly be taken back to the dealer.
Yes I did, though the big hemlock came with it. The latter is not flipped out of the ground yet, but it will be on the next big East Wind. You just nudge the tree and it starts to rock, but Hemlock are easy to stump because their roots are on top of the ground, kind of like an apple tree or oak. I'll go up today and see if I can get a picture of it.
I fixed the problem with my saw falling out of its old rack on the back of my dozer (where it shared room with my logging chains and was prone to the pitch and roll of a bulldozer.) I have driven over enough chainsaws with a bulldozer lately (2) so here is the new, more secure rack!
Look at it like this… At least it wasn't your child! It's replaceable, scrap it and let some chinese make some more junk to sell back to us!
Years ago I worked for a company building snow plows and they wanted me to make 10 perfect plows to sell to China, hoping to get a contract over there as they get a lot of snow. I was like "What, you realize they are just buying them to copy and in 5 years your plows are going to be sold here for thousands less." They said no it was protected by international copyright. Yeah right! They only ended up buying 10 plows of every design they made. Let's see. Sell 100 plows overseas, or lose your business to Chinese imports later? Who makes these decisions?
I did not get to use my new saw too much yesterday. I had cut a lot of logs over the last few weeks and honestly needed to clean up my tops so I could get around in the woods without them being in my way. For that reason I was only able to cut up six cord of wood which is hardly a good indicator of what it truly is like. I guess you would say I was disappointed with it and not disappointed with it at the same time. Disappointed with it because after 22 years it has not changed a bit from my old 046 which is its grandson (same size saw). However I am not disappointed with it too because it is identical to my old 046; if that makes sense. It gives me hope that if my old saw ran for 22 years, so can this one since it does not have microchip crap on it. I know how to clean an air filter and can adjust a carburetor, and I always cut wood at 700 feet above sea level so no constant carb adjustments needed for me. Now to keep trees from falling on it and from being driven over with a bulldozer!
That's Crap!!! I designed something for a company "years" back in the 80's and as soon as another company saw it, they changed one small detail and now it's their design. Unless it has sole pat pending or sole copyrights, it can be copied sadly, nothing is sacred anymore thanks to lawyers!
