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Nice write up. Sears in Canada have tanked which is where I am from. Are parts still available if I buy a good user craftsman chainsaw?
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I’ve used Craftsman chainsaws, my only complaint is that they wear out on me in two to three years. My current one just froze up on me.
ReplyI am very confused who makes chainsaws for Sears one part saids that one company does and don’t can someone tell me the truth
ReplyI have a Craftsman 18″ 42cc chainsaw that I got in 1998. at first the saw ran good but right away I noticed a puddle of bar oil in the bottom of the carrying case after it sat for a couple days. I took the saw back to the warrenty shop. I explained to the guy what was going on and he said he would check it out. A few days later I picked it up, supposedly repaired. within a day or two the same thing, fresh oil leaking out of the saw. I took it back again to the same place and after it was checked out again the person said they didn’t know what was causing the problem and that I should store the saw laying on its side with the filler caps up!! Now that”s a quality repair job ! Anyway , a few months after that the fuel cap started leaking fuel out of the vent hole. With that said I will never buy a Craftsman gas powered tool.. I wonder if all their saws did that or did I just get the “the so called lemon”
ReplyHello all I owned a carftman chain saw modal 358354871 I need parts all who I talk to do not have the parts they say they have been discontinued I love how it cuts it is great no parts no work in saw .Mike from Alabama
ReplyI don’t know how much you have run a chainsaw, but as a former professional logger, I have a hard time remembering a chain breaking on any of my dozens of saws I’ve owned in my lifetime. We used to pick on guys with Craftsman saws, preferring Huskies, Jonsereds, Pioneers, Sachs Dolmars,…..but after all these years I find out that for the average guy, the Craftsman is a great saw, durable, decent power, reliable. The only wood I cut these days is 15-16 cords a year to heat my home, but I bought a Craftsman 42cc with an 18 inch bar for $139 in 1999 and used it almost exclusively until 2010 in this way and never had to do so much as change the spark plug. I was amazed. The only reason I stopped using it is the studs holding the bar started turning in the case making it impossible to tighten the side cover/bar. A friend gave me a Craftsman’s Best 46cc with a 20″ bar and I’ve been using it ever since. I bought a Poulan 5020 and a Coocheer recently but they don’t measure up to the Craftsman. It does the same job at half the price of the name brand saws.
ReplyI own a craftsman saw I was skeptical at first but have grown to love it.
ReplyIve been writing craftsman in ref to their chainsaw line. They are manufactured by mtd and husqvarna (thr latter of which owns poulan). The chainsaws with a prefix 358 in the model number designates a husqvarna manufactured saw.
ReplyI stopped reading when you said “craftsman makes”…craftsman is a brand name. They dont MAKE anything. Power tools were made ORIGINALLY buy King Seeley tools division until Enerson Electric tools division bought them out. Nowadays floor bench standing tools are mostly Ryobi and Delta. Most hand held power tools are Porter cable or Delta.
Hand tools have been made by many actual manufacturers depending on line/proce point. Anderson, Matco and even SK have made their professional and industrial lines…homeowner lineup started off as New Britian which was sold off over the years and eventually became Stanley Tools division. Hammer, punches chisels, screwdrivers and pliers were and still are made by Western Forge, a sister company to SK.
ReplyWhy do you think Sears owns Husqvarna? Did you actually look up any of the information about the brands and manufacturers before you wrote this nonsense? Do you know anything about chainsaws?
ReplyI bought a Craftsman chainsaw 5 yearsa ago. I have always been a loyal Craftsman man. This was a piece of junk from the first day. I do know how to work a 2 cycle engine. But this thing would stall, rarely rev high enough. Not easy to start. It leaked oil severely if it was in any position but level. And the @$%# gas cap!!! It is so tight, I need pliers to take it off and on. Maybe I got a lemon, but it left a real sour taste in my mouth. Never again.
ReplyThis is my second chainsaw by Craftman which has a 16in bar. So far I am very pleased with the saws operation and handling. Sears products have always been a part of my life because of been so reliable.
ReplyCraftsman tools are great their chainsaws suck. Be prepared to spend about 80% of your time working on it and the other 20% using it wondering when the next breakdown’s gonna be. Spend your hard earned money on a Stihl or Echo and save yourself some time, headache and heartbreak… Trust me you will thank me later.
ReplyI currently own the craftsman 2.0 10 chainsaw. ive not really had the chance to fully test it out properly.
But will be doing soon.
From what ive tested it out on .ive no complaints .it does tend to take a few good pulls to get started but once started it runs like a dream .
When purchased it needed a new fuel line and filter which to be honest was the easy to do .
And could possibly need a new spark plug soon .other than that .im happy with the chainsaw