speeddemon370
Veteran
Location: Spruce Grove, Alberta, Canada
| Some very good advice here. It's funny how no matter what crowd be it internet, hot saw competition or beer induced garage conversation, the statements seem to be all the same.
I'd like to comment on a few new developments....
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| Those suckers will dance all over your car and climb vertical walls on the side of your house
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Yup!! Goats are useless except for the cute factor. Which gets old really friggin quick. They are also THE most destructive animal I have ever been witness to my entire life. (I grew up on a farm, I've seen em all) They will even head butt you're car/truck/motorcycle to death just because they saw thier reflection in the door/tank/whatever.
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| I bought a craftsman 7 years ago when I bought my house, and it still cranks on the first pull, every time. So does the craftsman pushmower I bought around the same time
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Very true. Old craftsman used to be the top of the line stuff or at the very least a "well thought out and designed hardy piece of equipment". This is no longer true unfortunately. Imho do not buy the new craftsman stuff. It's all NFG. However, if you happen to come across an old(er) craftsman model. Particularily the late 90's and older stuff will outlive you and most importantly do it's job every time you want it to.
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| Not a single vote for a Honda?
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Honda makes good quality stuff. I don't think anyone's going to dispute that. However, imo honda makes over complicated, over priced and over electroniced stuff. Next time you're stihl/echo/husky gives you a hiccup you change the fuel, plug and maybe do a carb rebuild. Next time you're honda gives you a hiccup you hire an electrical engineer and take out a small loan. Plus, a 4 stroke in itself is a WAY more complicated engine. Yeah, it's quiet and "nicer" to the environment. But a top end (piston, rings, wristpin, wristpin bearing, cylinder honing) on the stihl/echo/husky crowd will be at the very most $90 excluding labor. A top end on any 4stroke (piston, rings, wristpin, wristpin bearing, cylinder honing AND valve shimming/adjustment, cam timing, cam chain, valve seat and any of the exponentially more moving parts) will cost you more than the stihl/echo/husky would in the first place. Ballpark absolute minimum of $200. Plus the labor is always higher on a honda. Anyone who'se ever tinkered with one knows hondas are a b!@#$ to work on unless you have hands the size of a toddler.
Hope this helps with your research. Oh yeah, thought I'd post my fav chainsaw pic since it seems applicable to this type of situation.
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