im looking at selling my old pioneer saws. got a 600,1 x620 and 2x650s. only the 600 runs.goes real well too. the rest are complete but either don't run or poorly. what do you guys think the value would be for them? the 600 is in good cond with good paint.
jmma,
Jun 5, 2:50pm
Probably only sell them as parts. Have a look here.
Chainsaws You may only list a chainsaw if it has a chain brake. For more information about chain brakes and their ISO 6535:2008 requirements, visit the Ministry of Consumer Affairs website.
bigmacca,
Jun 5, 2:53pm
yeh got pulled up by trademe before so selling thru facebook only.cheers for that tho.
jmma,
Jun 5, 2:56pm
You are not allowed to sell them at all. From Consumers website
The unsafe goods notice does not require mandatory testing but self declaration from a supplier that the chainsaw has a chain brake that will meet the performance requirements of ISO 6535:2008. Chainsaws which have been tested to an older version of the standard may be covered by a statement of compliance. However, it is recommended that the chainsaw is tested to the current standard as ISO 6535:1991 and ISO 6535:1983 have been withdrawn. Although they are prohibited from sale, Chainsaws without a chain brake may still be used by their owners, if they wish. Service agents may still repair them at the request of their customers. However, chainsaws without a chain brake cannot be offered for sale or supplied to anyone else. The Ministry strongly advises that they are disposed of and that anyone owning these products should upgrade to a machine which has a chain brake.
bigmacca,
Jun 5, 3:09pm
oh Christ what a load of pc bollox. Nevermind im only rehoming them as ornaments lol.
skiff1,
Jun 5, 4:12pm
never seen someone killed by a chainsaw then?
bigmacca,
Jun 5, 5:11pm
seen a lot of photos of people using saws incorrectly. I came here to see if they had any value not argue over how to use a chainsaw. if you cant help me then bugger off.
ianab,
Jun 5, 6:25pm
They have little commercial value. Chainsaw tinkerers and enthusiastic collectors only. And most of those are looking in the $50 range.
intrade,
Jun 5, 6:32pm
you are not alowed anything at all even breathing will be banned soon , if you ask me.
intrade,
Jun 5, 6:36pm
value wise only what somone pays like one of them 4 million$ picasso i probably would only pay 200 bux at most for one of them because its name has 0 value to me.
purple666,
Jun 5, 7:17pm
I have an old Homelite chainsaw, love the sound it makes, reminds me of every saw and go-kart I ever heard as a kid, still works fine. But then I like the old stuff, was taught how to use it all properly as a kid and haven't cut any of my bits off yet.
skin1235,
Jun 5, 8:29pm
I certainly have a stump to display those ornaments on, problem is I don't wish to face the wrath of someone in the same room here - she considers the 6 or 7 saws I already have to be too many
but they do need to find a new home, the pc brigade would say a smelting pot is the only home they deserve
re chain brakes, and those that don't mind using saws without them
a cooling autumn day, Dave has about half a trailer of sticks left to load but a few are sticking out over the back of the trailer, so he pulls them out another foot or so and fires up the poulan, its nice and light, only got a 16 inch bar, she spits, throbs twice and dies, pulls again, it goes ( yaaee for the poulan), snips the first long end off, and the second, the third is slighly further away so half steps toward it as the poulan comes up to ready, steps straight into a cow turd and his foot slips the poulan gains revs cos he instinctively bunches his hand, he knows he's going down and is prepared to throw the saw out of his fall zone, but the tip catches the bottom edge of the bottom of the trailer
the saw came back at him, completely out of control, he saw it coming for his face and shifted it, normal reaction, and at the same time threw his hand toward it to ward it off if it got too close, all in slow motion as it cut through the front bone upper shoulder chest area he could see that it was already more than halfway through his hand still in slow motion
the jugular vein was exposed but untouched, he spent several days in hospital, what he could not see was that as the saw got halfway through his hand it was also ripping off his cheek and eating into his left lower jaw, he felt it, slow motion after release from hospital he was nearly 4 months in a sling, he lost the 3 outer fingers on his hand, had flesh grafts from him buttocks to rebuild his face
he was my boss as an apprentice, I finished the apprenticeship on my own, he was 14 months off work
skin1235,
Jun 5, 8:32pm
the poulan was one of the last non braked ones they produced, he kept it, I last saw him about 5 yrs after this, the poulan was still on the shelf in the shed, still had the stains on it
I use non braked saws too, but take extra special care around them, I prefer to not use them cos they make the job harder
skiff1,
Jun 6, 6:03am
well I am trying to help you. You are trying to sell a stupidly dangerous piece of gear, which is illegal to even give away. If it were just you, I'd leave you to your idiocy and be quite happy. However the potential purchaser of you piece of crap might not know you are selling them a pup and hurt themselves. To answer your question regarding value, scrap money.
intrade,
Jun 6, 6:35am
correct a saw with no guard makes you be even more carfull how you use it and think ahead how what you do could go wrong. That is what i do when using my hitachi electric saw with no chain guard and manual oiler . it does not matter how save a saw is if a feak accident happens or if a stupid person uses a saver saw then the chances of hurting them selfs is the same high . people who dont understand this should stop whaching all them saw movies and find there on switch on there brain because there seriously is a off switch on everyones brain.
intrade,
Jun 6, 6:47am
i tell you what will happen in the future if we keep going the way we are heading. Everyone who buys a saw will have to wear full body armor have a chip in his head programmed to run a programm on automated handeling of a chain saw. And a drone supervising the whole thing reporting any anomalys to the governments super computer so the squad teem can get you in a stray jacket for re-flashing your brain. that will be 25 years from now . i have predicted in 1980 that we will have movies on tini divises , i was told back then that i have a few screws loose and that could never be by people i told this to in the 80s just something you should flick your brain switch in on position and think about this your selfs.
pico42,
Jun 6, 6:54am
You missed this bit: "What does this mean for business?"
It doesn't apply to private sales.
skiff1,
Jun 6, 2:01pm
so you take the brakes off all your cars to make you drive safer?
bigmacca,
Jun 6, 3:35pm
skiff the only thing dangerous about a chainsaw is the person using it. if used correctly they are totally safe. same as firearms . im selling these as ornaments. most people who would buy these would do it for the same reason as me. simply to collect them and run them up now and then. their day in the sun is long gone and im well aware of that. please take your helpfulness elsewhere.thanx
henderson_guy,
Jul 23, 1:19pm
Totally inappropriate comparison. It would be more like having a car with ESC. An added safety net for when shit hits the fan
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