Earthquake (14") 38cc Consumer Gas Chain Saw

Just got this yesterday at national chain store with an Oregon bar and chain set, so this review is from a new owner. I've used both power and electric chain saws before over many years. This little guy is feisty, and though it suffers some niggly starting issues, it usually comes alive without excessively fatiguing attempts. If it's hot, just pull it and it starts quickly, if it's warm it struggles some, and may require a quick choke or bulb push or both, then back to 'run' position on choke...to start again.

Assembly was o.k. ........the design of the "Scrwench" (supplied tool) as they call it is good for working with the bar hold down nuts but not good at all for working with the adjusting screw....get a medium #2 Philips screwdriver for that.

The power output is not high, but the saw will work even if buried in wood if you don't push it or expect too much, you just need to keep the revs up, that's where it has the most power. Slacking off on the revs by pushing it into the wood too hard will result in nearly stalling the motor, certainly disengaging the clutch.

I was a bit disappointed by the absence of a window to see the barchain oiler level, but the manual says that a full tank of oil will outlast a full tank of gasoil mixture however I ran out of bar oil prior to running out of gas in my very first tank of fuel. So a sight window would be good. It's a pain to have to check the oil level by unscrewing the fill cap when a mere glance would suffice.

For the money it's a decent saw, all in all I'd say with a feisty high-revving engine, and with fair cutting ability. I think the new safety chains don't cut as well as the old chains they have far less cutting teeth on them.

Just got this yesterday at national chain store with an Oregon bar and chain set, so this review is from a new owner. I've used both power and electric chain saws before over many years. This little guy is feisty, and though it suffers some niggly starting issues, it usually comes alive without excessively fatiguing attempts. If it's hot, just pull it and it starts quickly, if it's warm it struggles some, and may require a quick choke or bulb push or both, then back to 'run' position on choke...to start again.

Assembly was o.k. ........the design of the "Scrwench"... more