Toad
Active member
I'm so fed up with my Jonsered chainsaw, I am ready to take a sledge to it! For the price paid, the amount it is used, and the company's claims of quality, it should have lasted a lifetime. For the life of the saw, it has had a nagging problem of the muffler falling off during normal use. If you have one from the same era, you know what I am talking about. :laugh: Sometimes you lose the 3-1/2" metric screws when they rattle out in the woods, and sometimes the flimsy pieces of S snap off and leave the threads buried in motor... This time there isn't enough of the screw exposed to remove it easily, so I'm stuck drilling it out...
As I deal with the problem of drilling out the broken bolt and tapping it for a more substantial one, I have been daydreaming of a chainsaw that spends more time cutting wood than it does on my workbench.
Stihl has a good reputation in the area, but just wondering if you guys have any experience with them you would be willing to share. I was looking at the MS 291, since it should be similar in weight and power to the Jonsered I have now. Do you like your stihl saws, and have you had any problems with them?
Other than the muffler thing, the Jonsered has been great, but it's kind of a big problem. :laugh:
As I deal with the problem of drilling out the broken bolt and tapping it for a more substantial one, I have been daydreaming of a chainsaw that spends more time cutting wood than it does on my workbench.
Stihl has a good reputation in the area, but just wondering if you guys have any experience with them you would be willing to share. I was looking at the MS 291, since it should be similar in weight and power to the Jonsered I have now. Do you like your stihl saws, and have you had any problems with them?
Other than the muffler thing, the Jonsered has been great, but it's kind of a big problem. :laugh: