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GregV814

GregV814

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I rented a pole chainsaw today in PF. as I took the sleeve off the bar, I noticed the chain was on backerds. 4 hours, did a great job once THEY PUT THE CHAIN ON CORRECTLY. I took it back, clean as a whistle, fully oiled and full of gas. check ,check ,check...the guy says hold on for your chain! Now, they charge you for the chain, a 8" chain maybe, not usable for anything else. He said well, next time you rent it you already have a chain.

My question, TPD, do you sell cookie & cream Hersheys bars at the checkout desk? Anybody wanna buy a slightly used chain??
 
Kyle

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GregV814 said:
I rented a pole chainsaw today in PF. as I took the sleeve off the bar, I noticed the chain was on backerds. 4 hours, did a great job once THEY PUT THE CHAIN ON CORRECTLY. I took it back, clean as a whistle, fully oiled and full of gas. check ,check ,check...the guy says hold on for your chain! Now, they charge you for the chain, a 8" chain maybe, not usable for anything else. He said well, next time you rent it you already have a chain.

My question, TPD, do you sell cookie & cream Hersheys bars at the checkout desk? Anybody wanna buy a slightly used chain??
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Southern Maryland Bling.
 
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GregV814 said:
I rented a pole chainsaw today in PF. as I took the sleeve off the bar, I noticed the chain was on backerds. 4 hours, did a great job once THEY PUT THE CHAIN ON CORRECTLY. I took it back, clean as a whistle, fully oiled and full of gas. check ,check ,check...the guy says hold on for your chain! Now, they charge you for the chain, a 8" chain maybe, not usable for anything else. He said well, next time you rent it you already have a chain.

My question, TPD, do you sell cookie & cream Hersheys bars at the checkout desk? Anybody wanna buy a slightly used chain??
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Chains can't be sharpened nowadays?
 
Grumpy

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PrchJrkr said:
We used to sharpen them at Ace when we had rentals. I could put an edge on a chainsaw that rivalled a new one. I had customers tell me that my edge has better than new. Of course, they may have been looking for a "thank you" discount. :lol:
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noted...231 has done me good, but always good to know someone that will sharpen a chain right..I've tried my luck and just can never get it right. Bout 10 years ago I took 3 chains to the local-to-me hardware store, went to pick them up the next weekend and they couldn't find them and they had to give me 3 new ones (which the woman there was very unhappy about, but then again, I've never seen that woman with a smile anyway)
 
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Grumpy said:
noted...231 has done me good, but always good to know someone that will sharpen a chain right..I've tried my luck and just can never get it right. Bout 10 years ago I took 3 chains to the local-to-me hardware store, went to pick them up the next weekend and they couldn't find them and they had to give me 3 new ones (which the woman there was very unhappy about, but then again, I've never seen that woman with a smile anyway)
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I don't know if they sharpen them there anymore. Sneades made a lot of changes, most of which aren't good, IMHO. They've done away with a lot of the services that the old owners provided. They're expanding, so it must be good for them. It's just the changing times we live in. I'm pursuing a sharpener to add to my list of services for my side business.
 
UglyBear

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PrchJrkr said:
I don't know if they sharpen them there anymore. Sneades made a lot of changes, most of which aren't good, IMHO. They've done away with a lot of the services that the old owners provided. They're expanding, so it must be good for them. It's just the changing times we live in. I'm pursuing a sharpener to add to my list of services for my side business.
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Seriously, how much would you charge to sharpen a chain?
 
Louise

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GregV814 said:
I rented a pole chainsaw today in PF. as I took the sleeve off the bar, I noticed the chain was on backerds. 4 hours, did a great job once THEY PUT THE CHAIN ON CORRECTLY. I took it back, clean as a whistle, fully oiled and full of gas. check ,check ,check...the guy says hold on for your chain! Now, they charge you for the chain, a 8" chain maybe, not usable for anything else. He said well, next time you rent it you already have a chain.

My question, TPD, do you sell cookie & cream Hersheys bars at the checkout desk? Anybody wanna buy a slightly used chain??
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You are one funny guy. You are the sarcasm king! I love your posts. Hub is going to Benedict tomorrow to chainsaw a big tree that landed on his father’s crabbing boat. He needed a new chain. We gave the biz to the little guy; Christopher’s Hardware in Sandy Spring. I am so glad to see locals give their biz to TPD’s True Value. We used to shop White’s ACE up here, after we moved out of Calvert to MoCo 5 years, but it looks like they have gone out of biz. :(

I think it is because they were too close to “woke” Home Depot. And, not to mention that is where all the illegals hang out in the parking lot to get picked up for jobs of the day. God bless the USA.
 
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PrchJrkr

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UglyBear said:
Seriously, how much would you charge to sharpen a chain?
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Once I get a grinder, probably $5 for a "standard" chain and about $3 for one like @GregV814 now owns for the pole trimmer. I know a couple folks who do firewood part time that would rather pay someone else to keep their chains sharpened, than take the time to do it themselves.
 
glhs837

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I need a pole saw about once to twice a year. Two years back, got tired of my manual one and got a 40v one from HF. Little sucker works great and after a year in the shed, the battery was still holding 4 out of five bars. Was invaluable in this last storm to get a lot of low hanger branches over the driveway and private road. The 80v Kobalt big boy put in the work too. Took down four fairly large trees bent over the road without blinking and cut them into movable pieces.
 
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glhs837 said:
I need a pole saw about once to twice a year. Two years back, got tired of my manual one and got a 40v one from HF. Little sucker works great and after a year in the shed, the battery was still holding 4 out of five bars. Was invaluable in this last storm to get a lot of low hanger branches over the driveway and private road. The 80v Kobalt big boy put in the work too. Took down four fairly large trees bent over the road without blinking and cut them into movable pieces.
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Pole saws? Where's the grit anymore with men just grabbing a 20' wood rung ladder and climbing up against a 10" diameter tree balancing themselves as they climb that wobbly ladder with an old Tecumseh chainsaw, starting it, then getting that perfect cut against the trunk of the tree from that snapped branch then going to the next? We sure have gotten soft with all the modern conveniences of technology. /s

Btw. I do believe that Lusby Hardware in Prince Frederick will sharpen chain saw chains. One of the last 'Old School' hardware stores around. (Old School being narrow aisles, with lots of everything hard to find hardware a fella might need. I do believe they still sell nails buy the pound from a turnstile shelving system that you pick the nails and put in a bag. How cool is that?) A while back, way back, took some mower blades to have sharpened, a fella did it for me on the garage door side of the building with a big 'ol heavy duty grinding wheeled grinder. Took all of five minutes, if that, and only asked for $5. After which a few years later acquired my own, much smaller, table top grinder for the same purpose. Wouldn't hurt checking to see if they do sharpen chain saw chains.
 
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PrchJrkr said:
Once I get a grinder, probably $5 for a "standard" chain and about $3 for one like @GregV814 now owns for the pole trimmer. I know a couple folks who do firewood part time that would rather pay someone else to keep their chains sharpened, than take the time to do it themselves.
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I worked part time with a local tree surgeon(what he called himself) when I was a teen. I tossed branches in the chipper and raked. The crew was mostly town employees that did the same job for the city. The owner didn't do any actual work but he was there for all the jobs. Mostly he did a play by play for the person paying for the job. If he was really bored, he broke out a tool and sharpened the half dozen chains saws. The crew loved working with those sharp chains. 1 guy mentioned how the saws the city had wouldn't cut crap. But Jimmie's saw were the bomb. Yet in typical town employee fashion, not 1 of those guys would sharpen the town's chain saws. That fell into the not my department category.

Back when I had a lawnmover, I bought a sharpening stone that fit on my drill. I'd grind that bad boy every couple of months. The first time I got it, it took a bit of time. After that just a few swipes and the blade got a nice hone on it's edge. If you have a push lawn mover, I highly recommend 1 of those drill attachments. Did I tell you how much I don't miss cutting grass?
 
glhs837

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Pole saws? Where's the grit anymore with men just grabbing a 20' wood rung ladder and climbing up against a 10" diameter tree balancing themselves as they climb that wobbly ladder with an old Tecumseh chainsaw, starting it, then getting that perfect cut against the trunk of the tree from that snapped branch then going to the next? We sure have gotten soft with all the modern conveniences of technology. /s
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I used to be that guy:) One handing a sawzall off the top of the ladder.... Dancing in rooftops.... The closer I get to 60, the less tempted I am to engage in such shenanigans....
 
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