Remington Rodeo (18") 51cc Gas Chain Saw

This saw is a miserable piece of JUNK...if it stalls, it won't restart. I've been pulling on it for an hour, doing all what they tell you and it's still not running.

I gave about $200.00 for it, I would gladly take 10.00 for it, to cover the price of 2 chain files.

I bought my saw at manards. I brought the first one home. Started to cut small trees. It had no power. It threw the chain in a very few minutes. I tried to replace the chain seen that the blade was bent and it had the wrong chain on it. Took it back to the store they swapped me saws. I have used this one less than two and won't start. It over heats so fast. Would I buy another. All I can say is if you have a good sharp axe I will trade you. This saw is JUNK.

Used occasionally over a year or two. Never ran for extended periods. Not a problem at first. Run time continually reduced. With under 20 hours total run time, engine burned out and insufficient compression to start. Repair shop says common with remington. Twice purchase price to repair. Wouldn't buy another remington gas engine product. In fairness, their little electric pole saw has been very good for many years.

I'm 48, native Vermonter, and have cut firewood with a buddy for over 30 years. We've been through a lot of chainsaws over the years...some good, some so-so, and some not worth the sweat it'd take to chuck them into the woods...this saw is excellent. Heavy, powerful, but nicely balanced and she breezed through a 3+ foot diameter Rock Maple with little effort. Blocked the 40 foot tree into 18 inch blocks for splitting, and the saw ran strong, and never slowed through three tanks of gas. The only drawback was when one of the nuts that holds the face place over the bar worked loose...never noticed until I set the saw down and noticed it missing. Easily replaced, and was my fault for not pre-checking them before starting work.
A good, heavy, strong running saw...add to that the price, I'd recommend it with out reservation.

I'm 48, native Vermonter, and have cut firewood with a buddy for over 30 years. We've been through a lot of chainsaws over the years...some good, some so-so, and some not worth the sweat it'd take to chuck them into the woods...this saw is excellent. Heavy, powerful, but nicely balanced and she breezed through a 3+ foot diameter Rock Maple with little effort. Blocked the 40 foot tree into 18 inch blocks for splitting, and the saw ran strong, and never slowed through three tanks of gas. The... more

I am not for positive who manufactures this saw? But it is a powerhouse saw. Plus it is made of something as it isn't a lightweight pop metal saw.

I am very impressed with the power of this saw and the speed it cuts. Only negative is one of the bar nuts vibrated off the 1st time I used it.

I owned three chain saws before this one and all three lasted just one season each. They worked very hard to do the job, I was very unhappy, but with this Remington I think it is worth the price. Good power, good balance easy to handle. I like it.

I had a Remington Rodeo, with in the first 3 weeks the recoil broke, then it was just one year and days the cylinder rings soared. And the main reason is the filter is only a micro screen and allows dirt to get through. And they would not honor their 2 year warranty. I will never buy another Remington. I wrote Remington, and they said we aren't the manufacturer. You need to go there, but you can write MTD.

I usually by Stihl products. A saw to match this one would be over $500.00, so at less than half the price this was a good buy. I was surprised at the quality. It appears to be good quality. I have only used it twice. Both times it fired on the second or third pull. I had a stack of left over 8x8 logs from the log house that was 4 feet tall. I started in the middle and cut through all of them in 30 seconds. Has nice power. The storage case is a plus too.

I purchased this saw a week ago as I browsed a Menards for some other yards items. The price was attractive so I figured I would give it a try. I already had a 8-10" Pine down so I tried it out sectioning that little guy up. Started smooth, light, worked well enough. A few days later, I was trimming up some Pines and was going to take down a few little undesired trees, nothing more than 5 inches in diameter. I had to coax it to start, it would die out and idle rough, so adjusted the idle adjustment screw. It helped a little. When I went to take down some 5" shrubs in my field it kept bogging down when it should have cut right through. Well to top it off the chain came loose. I tried to tighten it back down, but the outer chain tensioning screw did not function, either way. It wouldn't tighten or loosen. So I took the cover off to see if something had gotten lodged or due to poor craftsmanship, had already broken. Nope. There was a pinhole adjustment screw on the inside as well. By this time I had spent more time working on this saw than I had using it, so I called the customer service line. Well even though the website says it is still business hours, it is not. So poor quality saw and customer service. Not worth the trouble and the headache for a cheap price tag. I hadn't even run one tank of gas through it yet. I learned my lesson and I will stick to Stihl.

I purchased this saw a week ago as I browsed a Menards for some other yards items. The price was attractive so I figured I would give it a try. I already had a 8-10" Pine down so I tried it out sectioning that little guy up. Started smooth, light, worked well enough. A few days later, I was trimming up some Pines and was going to take down a few little undesired trees, nothing more than 5 inches in diameter. I had to coax it to start, it would die out and idle rough, so adjusted the idle... more

Bought the Remington Rodeo 18 based on price & features. Saw performed well out of the box, but after a few hours of use the auto oiler stopped working. Took it to a local warranty repair center, where after a week they had not gotten to it (after telling me the parts were in and it would be fixed the next morning) but I needed it for a job and took it back without repair. Started right up, but burns up chains from use. Will try and get it serviced again shortly.

I ran the saw the first time and after a couple of cuts, the chain came off the sprocket....I tried myself to get the chain back on, without success...I finally figured out one of the links was slightly bent, and was binding the chain from moving..I filed the link down, and finally was able to get the chain moving....I have made a few cuts since then, and it is working fine.