My father shared this saying when someone asked to borrow a tool.  “I don’t lend tools but I can lend a hand.”

The worse about lending a tool , is having to ask it back after a few days when the borrower ask if he could borrow it for a few hours .

What's more, is that when the return it "wrecked", they then just say "well it was old anyway".  WTF, is everyone raised by parents that have no morals?

I have my father's Stihl 044 arctic he sold to a friend 20 years ago. I bought it back for the same price of $250 and there are still original machining marks on the piston.

Every Stihl owner should have a Poulan for a loaner.

My wife used to get grumpy with me because I don’t loan out chainsaws.  Then she went with me to get a new chain.   She said let em get their own saws.  Saws are expensive to buy and not cheap to maintain.

I loaned my 661 to a neighbour and it came back looking worse than that. He kept running it and did not sharpen the chain  (I did tell him to sharpen the chain and gave him the tool to do it after each tank of fuel or when it started to not cut well).  Saw was in great shape before he borrowed it. I wound up throwing it away because the repair shop said the cost for a new piston, cylinder kit and the cost to replace the crank was half the cost of a new one. The saw was 8 years old. MORAL of the story. NEVER lend tools to a neighbour.

One time when I was deployed, I was talking to my wife on the phone. She said her Dad, who is super liberal, never owned a pickup or chainsaw in his life wanted to borrow my MS461. I just about lost my mind.

Nice video. I have been rebuilding chain saws for about 40 years. One of the secrets to longevity is not never let your saw's fuel tank run out of fuel. Why? If you are running it at full throttle cutting a log and the fuel starts to run out, a lean condition will likely happen causing heat and the piston to score. Over time, the scores are deeper, more of them and the compression will start to drop. I have seen it countless times, especially in cold climates where often you would think that it should not happen.

Yup, agree 1000%!! Lent my new saw to a neighbor and he burned out the bar and chain. It's my own damn fault for being a nice guy. Lesson learned!!

i have NEVER loaned my 044 to anyone , neither should anyone else !!!!!!   I purchased mine new in 1985 and I have taken very good care of it and it has taken very good care of me !!!!!!

If you can’t sharpen a chain, you probably shouldn’t being using a saw. And will just run the chain dull and keep going. I’ll never loan mine out after watching this.

How someone treats a tool says a lot about them as a person, especially if it's not their tool. Quickest way to learn to hate someone is to lend them something.

Ouch!  Over half of the people who ask me to borrow a saw suddenly don't need it anymore when I offer to bring one with me🤷🏻‍♂️

I had a 041 farm boss. Cut about 3/4 way through the tree (large tree) tree twisted and pinched my saw in. My buddy started cutting it out and tree twisted more saw fell on ground and tree came straight down on it. Had to dig it out. Bar only thing salvaged. It's hard for me to loan things to people I know that can't afford to replace them if they destroy them.

On a positive note, the oil cap on the Husky looked salvagable. Thats gotta be one of the worst I've seen.

For some reason my mates never get to borrow my saws.
I always tell them, "My mechanic wants to have a look at it."

I can count on one hand the number of people that I would let touch any of my stuff with engines in them. Their level of character is so high that if they damaged my stuff they wouldn’t be able to sleep at night until they made it right. I’ve known them most of my life and they hate having to borrow something so badly that they buy whatever they need to get the job done.

Yup, I live in a remote Alaskan village, I have tools to repair my truck and snogo, don't lend them out ever.

Just got my loaner saw back from friend who said his son said it wasnt running right..brought back n soon as i saw the chain n saw covered i dust i knew it was a goner..bar oil resevoir was bone dry..7 yrs ive ran piss outta that $100 china saw off amazon w no issue..til now..just finished machine work on $10 cylinder n made pop up on the domed piston n bout ready to slap it back together..