Weekend at the family cottage, I had to do some chainsaw work, no problemo. This cottage will transition to my wife's ownership at some point...my FIL is 89 and he just had a TIA that has stopped his driving for at least 30 days. So back to topic, the cottage has 2 chainsaws, a Husqvarna 55 that works and a non-working Pioneer from the 1970's. I once got the Pioneer out of storage 3 years ago but it wouldn't start after much effort.
My wife, who has never used a chainsaw and is not good with any kind of powertool suggested as we were driving home that I investigate repair of the old Pioneer so that we could have 2 options at the cottage. I said that I wasn't interested in the effort and having one working gasoline (oil & gas) was sufficient and that a second saw could be electric. She wouldn't let it go until I exploded at her and told her to forget it. Archie Bunker would have handled it just the same. EDITH STIFFLE !!
What's the expert opinion? Am I correct that there would be big problems finding parts and the effort if my $$/hour for my personal time was calculated that a brand new Stihl or Oregon would end up being cheaper?
My wife, who has never used a chainsaw and is not good with any kind of powertool suggested as we were driving home that I investigate repair of the old Pioneer so that we could have 2 options at the cottage. I said that I wasn't interested in the effort and having one working gasoline (oil & gas) was sufficient and that a second saw could be electric. She wouldn't let it go until I exploded at her and told her to forget it. Archie Bunker would have handled it just the same. EDITH STIFFLE !!
What's the expert opinion? Am I correct that there would be big problems finding parts and the effort if my $$/hour for my personal time was calculated that a brand new Stihl or Oregon would end up being cheaper?