Do you have the dealer clean your chainsaw?

[TractorGuy]

I went in my dealer today to order some parts and a guy brings in a little Stihl chainsaw. I listen as he tells the service writer it ran fine but it had dirt all over it and wouldn't cut well. He asked them to clean the saw and replace the chain. I don't know about the rest of you but I'm thinking if you can't clean your own saw and replace the chain you should just pay someone to cut your wood. :confused2:

Huh? I thought I could delete a thread in a short time. I just realize there is a chainsaw forum to stick this in so I was going to delete and repost there.

 

[Wagtail]

Doesn't matter (re: the forum)...

I take my little Stihl Mini-Boss to my local shop about once a year for a maintenance 'cleaning & chain sharpening. He does a great job for a small price.

Heck, I have 9 'tons' of wood delivered every October so that it can cure over the Summer months. It's been cut to length & split. I just stack it.

So... what's your point?

 

[atsah]

Nope. I take care of my saws, there isn't a whole lot to it.. Some people don't have time and or don't like to mess with 2 cycle engines and it doesn't cost a whole lot for a shop to it so I understand they just need the thing to run and if it doesn't they can make a phone call and blame some one else if it doesn't..:laughing:

 

[mcfarmall]

A stiff brush, a flat screwdriver, and the blow gun on the air hose. No need to pay someone to do that!

 

[Jstpssng]

To each their own. Not everybody has the knowledge, time, or interest, to do even the simple maintenance. It would be interesting though, to know if the shop replaced the chain or just sharpened it, and if he brings it there everytime that the chain gets dull... or comes off the bar.
You would be surprised at how many people have run saws for years yet don't know that you have to take down the rakers as the teeth get worn down.

 

[Oldoak]

After 6 years I thought my chainsaw needed a tuneup and thorough cleaning. Came back from the shop running like new and almost looking like new accept for all the scratches and dings I put in it during those 6 years. $40 plus tax which included a new spark plug and air filter.

Fair enough price in my estimation.

"To each, their own" is right! That is all that counts.

 

[tradosaurus]

I have an Echo chain saw I bought brand new. It comes with a 5 yr warranty so any issues I take it to the local dealer and have it taken care of at no cost. The tensions screw for the chain stripped on me last month and had that taken care of.

I do however clean, sharpen the blades and top off fuel and oil after each use. I use my chainsaw for general upkeep of 43 acres of wood. I might splurge and buy me a second Echo chain saw with as much cutting as I do.

 

[woody]

when I was doing repair work for the public, I would give the saw or mower or what ever I was working on a good cleaning when the repair was done. sometimes the customer would ask what was wrong and I would tell them "oh I just cleaned it up"

 

[Bird]

To each his own. I never took one of my chain saws back to a dealer. However, when my brother bought a place in the country and bought a new chain saw while he was still living in town, he took that chain saw back to the dealer when it got in bad shape. The dealer told him they couldn't warranty it because it was obvious that the chain had been run right down into the dirt. My brother told them, "I didn't expect you to warranty it, but for what I needed to do, it was worth it to get it into the dirt and pay you to take care of it." If I remember right, it was $50. And yes, he did know before it he did it, what was going to happen when you run it right down into the dirt.

 

[Sawyer Rob]

I went in my dealer today to order some parts and a guy brings in a little Stihl chainsaw. I listen as he tells the service writer it ran fine but it had dirt all over it and wouldn't cut well. He asked them to clean the saw and replace the chain. I don't know about the rest of you but I'm thinking if you can't clean your own saw and replace the chain you should just pay someone to cut your wood. :confused2:

Huh? I thought I could delete a thread in a short time. I just realize there is a chainsaw forum to stick this in so I was going to delete and repost there.

You DEFINIETLY picked the wrong "site" to post THAT question!! lol lol

SR

 

[Bird]

when I was doing repair work for the public, I would give the saw or mower or what ever I was working on a good cleaning when the repair was done. sometimes the customer would ask what was wrong and I would tell them "oh I just cleaned it up"

Same here, when I was repairing/rebuilding mechanics' air tools. I nearly always tore them all the way down and cleaned them really good in my Varsol parts cleaner.

Huh? I thought I could delete a thread in a short time. I just realize there is a chainsaw forum to stick this in so I was going to delete and repost there.

No problem. I moved the thread over here to the Chainsaw forum.

 

[TnAndy]

Wait a minute......chainsaw require cleaning ?? Really ? 50 years and the most I've ever done to one is scratch the oily mess out of the clutch cover when changing a chain.


Learn stuff every day, for sure. I'll take it by the place I've never had my truck detailed at and see what they charge......ahahahaaaaa

 

[ultrarunner]

There is a market for everything...

Just like people paying to have their car washed... something I can't imagine doing yet the detail place near the hospital often backs up traffic with so many vying to have their car detailed...

Or those paying to have their 20 x 30 lawn cut...

I'm always glad there are those that choose to pay others... keeps the economy going.

 

[Oldoak]

Wait a minute......chainsaw require cleaning ?? Really ? 50 years and the most I've ever done to one is scratch the oily mess out of the clutch cover when changing a chain.


Learn stuff every day, for sure. I'll take it by the place I've never had my truck detailed at and see what they charge......ahahahaaaaa

To a point, chainsaws do require cleaning. Just like you scratch (clean) the oily mess out of the clutch cover). And the air filters require cleaning or changing from time to time.

It's just that some people like to keep their equipment looking good as well as functioning good. No different than some people who polish their tractors.

"To each, their own" What ever makes you happy.

 

[oosik]

I clean my own, sharpen the chains, rotate the bar, muck out all the oily crud, etc, etc.

However, I have seen things just a weird. Saw a guy bring in his rotary cutter to the dealer. Remove the bailing twine wrapped up in the blade and grease the PTO shaft. And this fellow lived 30 miles from the dealer.

 

[Jstpssng]

To a point, chainsaws do require cleaning. Just like you scratch (clean) the oily mess out of the clutch cover). And the air filters require cleaning or changing from time to time.

It's just that some people like to keep their equipment looking good as well as functioning good. No different than some people who polish their tractors.

"To each, their own" What ever makes you happy.

The local saw shop has been telling people to use oven cleaner on the fins of their newer saws... 2 of my coworkers blew up their 550XP's from overheating because fir pitch built up in the fins.

 

[Oldoak]

The local saw shop has been telling people to use oven cleaner on the fins of their newer saws... 2 of my coworkers blew up their 550XP's from overheating because fir pitch built up in the fins.

Yes, I knew the "fins" required cleaning also, but couldn't think of the proper word for them at the time of my post. :thumbsup:

The same goes for the mesh or screening on the cover of the rope pulley starter.

 

[s219]

It's amazing to me that I sharpen my saw several times a day when cutting, but I have neighbors who cut with a dull chain for ages and then buy a new one.

 

[Oldoak]

I had two very weird things happen in all my years of using chain saws.

The first one was after using my chainsaw for a while, I set it down in a couple of inches of snow. After taking a break, I pulled and pulled on the starter cord and could not restart the saw. When I went to remove the spark plug to see if it was fouled, I discovered the porcelain on the plug was cracked allowing it to short out. The cold snow against the hot plug had cracked the porcelain.

Number two was when when cutting a couple of diseased Red Pine trees down, a chunk of hard pine pitch had somehow fallen on the hot muffler just as I had shut the saw down. The saw was equipped with spark arrester screen in the muffler for forest service work and the pine pitch had melted and clogged that screen. I couldn't get the saw to run right at all until I discovered the problem.

 

[fried1765]

Nope. I take care of my saws, there isn't a whole lot to it.. Some people don't have time and or don't like to mess with 2 cycle engines and it doesn't cost a whole lot for a shop to it so I understand they just need the thing to run and if it doesn't they can make a phone call and blame some one else if it doesn't..:laughing:

"doesn't cost a whole lot for a shop to do it"
Really ????
Small engine shop rate was $95 last time I checked, and that was 2 years ago.