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My grandfather had a David Bradley!
I got the impression that they were sold by Sears.
It was extremely heavy and probably just needed a ring job when it got hard to start.
It was replaced with a McCullogh that was OK but IT became hard to start a few years later.

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There are only two types of motor sport racing:
Nitro and everything else
(Sometimes referred to as fast and slow)

Dirt in the reeds makes them really hard to start too.

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If it surges, that's normal, upshift.

Back home where i grew up we always had Jonsered and Husqvarna. But we also had a old Poulan, that was a real beast, very powerful. Never had any trouble with any of them.. i think as long as you treat a good quality saw with respect and service it right you wont ever have any problems.

Or going with rubber or labs!

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"Let's keep your crankshaft great!"

Yes, that too.

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If it surges, that's normal, upshift.

How about this:
IME stay away from later Homelight, Remington, or McCullouch saws.

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There are only two types of motor sport racing:
Nitro and everything else
(Sometimes referred to as fast and slow)

I finished with the chainsaw for a while, a few days ago. The wood fills the space under a 10' x 20' canopy, and there's another big row under the white tarp on the far side.

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If it surges, that's normal, upshift.

My brother does tree work. If you can find an old Husky, get it. Other than that, what do you need? The pros have 3 saws typically - a climbing saw (specialty), a limbing saw(small) and a massive felling saw. Since I don't do that kind of work, I asked him what the best all-in-one saw is. Without hesitating he said the Stihl 361. I bought it used for $400.00 and have had no regrets. I believe its now a 362 or something. I can drive a 25" bar without a skip tooth chain by using the factory 8 tooth sprocket. For using the 18" bar I step it up to a 9 tooth for super fast chain speed, which the saw can absolutely handle. It has an adjustable oiler, but keep it cranked up all the way

I have an old stihl 038 cuts nice.... but im really impressed with my 7 year old 20" Poulan Pro ...I use for soft wood and getting into messy stuff that has sand in it etc. Its got the rackers cut way back and chips fly like streamers.. its a good tough cheap saw that i have never even changed the plug on!