But it's exactly what I need! Lol. Friend gave it to me because it ran like crap. Well after pull it all apart and cleaning it it runs like a champ....decided it toss a new bar and chain on since it's cheap enough. I was impressed with how well it did before but hopefully even better now lol. My old man has a big Husqavana for the big stuff. This has been great for everything else Sent from my LG-H901 using Tapatalk
Hey, if it cuts wood for ya, reliably, ain't nothing wrong with it at all. Especially if the price is nice..... I've got an old POO-LAN that I intend to use for carving my wood pumpkins this fall. Picked it up for 5 bucks, I'll run it to death........ If it carves me one small pumkin, I'll make 250% profit on the saw.
Got an old Poulan I still run occasionally it has cut many cords in it's life. I know there are some of those Overkill pumpkin pics on here, cause I liked them so well I made one for my wife.
Pretty sure UncleJoe took a video of me making one at the central PA GTG in 2016, look that thread up once.....
I am a huge fan of smaller saws. 40cc can get a whole lot of wood in the shed. Especially if she is a good runner.
Early 70's Power Mac 6 Automatic.First introduced in summer 1968,at 6.5 pounds dry weight powerhead only it was the world's lightest saw & first small top handle saw for arborists/tree surgeons.This 2 cube/32cc wee beast packs quite a punch,and at 10,000RPMs will leave my Echo 280E top handle that's 8yrs newer,2 pounds heavier & 2000RPM's less in the dust.... Way ahead of its time,this is the granddaddy of the hot little Stihl,Husqvarna & Echo's so popular with modern day arborists....When I have small stuff to cut and/or pruning (I don't do much climbing anymore) this is the one I reach for the most.I like it so much that I have another as back up (not quite as good running,needs some tinkering) plus 4 more non running ones as future parts donors
250's are way underrated. I always assumed they were a turd til I ran one. I have one now and I like it just as well, actually better than my 026. It cuts just about as good as the 026. I think the 026 should run better being a pro saw.
I have that same saw. Got it out today to cut some small logs up. Since I've had it I could never get it running right. So I bought a carb screw driver. After a few minutes of adjusting I had success. Happy camper now. For as much wood I burn it will suit me for awhile.
Got home from a long weekend today and found this thread. Here is the Scotty Overkill pumpkin making process in 2 videos.
On that Poulan 3314 if you open up the muffler on it a little it will run a lot better. Just take that nut off the front of the muffler and remove the spark arrester and where the slot is for the exhaust drill a couple of holes in it making it larger. Just make sure you take the muffler off of the saw first and then blow out real good with compressed air before putting it back on. We do not want metal shavings in the cylinder. I probably have 25 Poulans that I run. I like them.
