Freebie MS290

[D8Chumley]

Got this from work, used and abused, currently not running but not locked up either. Small tool shop was going to toss it in the dumpster, I figured it will give me something to tinker with over the winter when I get some time. If nothing else I'll have some parts for sale haha! As you can see, some of our employees are pretty hard on equipment

 

[dougand3]

Good saw to rehab. Not hard to work on and AM parts are cheap. If it needs top end - you can make it an MS390.

 

[D8Chumley]

And the price was right! My buddy just offered me $75 for it, if he is serious it's gone haha

 

[dougand3]

$75 and no effort is good. If you rehab saw, dress and paint bar, sharpen chain - you might get $250. Put the "Legendary Farm Boss" in the ad and people drool.

 

[D8Chumley]

That's a great point. Maybe put " Pro" in the CL add, might get more lol

 

[dougand3]

Well, the pro word would be a stretch. It's a clamshell engine sitting in a plastic chassis. But tree service pros have used it, so no CL SWAT team will swoop in. LOL

 

[D8Chumley]

Yeah I'm well aware of this, but ol Dave keeps posting his saws around here as "Pro" models. This one was deleted but I had a screenshot of it haha

 

[D8Chumley]

He had an 025 Pro saw for sale for a bit too. I emailed him after seeing it reposted and informed him an 025 was not a pro saw, he pretty much told me to eff off in a nice way

 

[dougand3]

Creative advertising or lying. Take your pick. LOL. But the average homeowner looking to buy a Stihl won't know the difference. I sold an 025 for $190 (Was amazed it went for that). I said it was better than an MS250 because 1. it had better fuel and oil caps (not flippy). 2. 1 fuel line (not 6 hoses for just the purge system). LOL

 

[D8Chumley]

That's a fair price around here, I just sold my 025 to a co-worker/buddy for $200 with 2 good spare chains. We were both happy with the price

 

[D8Chumley]

Finally got to play with this today since I'm off the next few days. Put a new plug in it, pulled the bar and air filter off, gave it a few pulls and it fired up in a cloud of smoke with the who-knows how old gas in it I'm pretty happy, so I proceed to soak it with LA Awesome degreaser from the dollar store and clean it up a bit. Dumped the old gas and dropped the chain in my waste oil pan to see if it frees up. It's pretty rusty and if it works it will need a good sharpening. If not I have to go get a new air and fuel filter anyway and a flippy gas cap and I will pick up a new chain- thinking about just scrapping the 20" bar and getting an 18" anyway. Happy New Years everyone, be safe!

 

[D8Chumley]