Factory Reconditioned Homelite ZR10560 16-Inch 38cc 2-Stroke Gas Powered Chain Saw With Tool-Less Chain Tensioning

This ZR10560 saw may work but don't plan on being able to keep it running without having your local service center handy. The machine I received only got about 1 1/2 hours on it and decided it didn't want to run except for idle. I called tech support and found out I had to take the saw to my nearest (90 miles away) service center to have the carb adjusted as the adjustment screws require a special tool.

This is my first chainsaw although I've used one occasionally in the past few years on my dad's farm and I've had two stroke engine blowers and weedeaters for many years. I moved to a heavily wooded lot two years ago and need to clean up around the house so I decided to get this saw as a learner saw with enough money left over to buy a wood chipper for the clean up.

Received my Homelite ZR10560 today from CPO Homelite. I paid $88 including shipping. It was shipped out of Athens, GA and came in two days. The box contained a slightly used chainsaw and a manual. The tool-less bar system was new to me and it took a while to get it together even reading the manual. There was no bar/chain oil so I had to use motor oil. Putting on the bar and adjusting the chain is tricky as just a little is too tight and just a little is not tight enough. The manual is pretty clear how to adjust it correctly and how to maintain the saw.

The gas cap was tricky to get on, too. I...Read more

I had purchased this Homelite chain saw for use if the need had presented itself. I live in a huricane ,storm area of the coast. This Homelite ZR10560 reconditioned) model would be just in case. After starting it once it was drained of fuel as per the manual and stored in a clean dry spot in the garage. When a storm did come and it was needed it started as before ,but when put to use it would sputter and shut down( it had all new fuel,stablized with good quality 2 stoke oil.)I brought it to the authorized service center and when the mechanic opened it up he found dust/ dirt in the carburator. How could this be it never cut any wood yet. A call to Homelite customer service very nice Rep) explaining the situation and since it was a carb problem there was nothing that could be done, regardless if it had never been used by me. It was a reconditioned unit so was it never reconditioned? How did it get sawdust in the carb? Or was it that the saw was not even worth the $110.00 I paid new...Read more