Husqvarna 141 16in. Saw

I love my 141. It's a great little saw. I used it to clear 1/2 acre of trees, up to 60' white pine and douglas firs. It handled them without complaint. It's best strength is it's light weight. It's perfect for trimming branches and felling smaller trees. If I were going to do more heavy work with it, I would trade up, but I think she'll last me quite some time.

This saw does not put a sufficient amount of oil onto the chain or bar. Everytime I run the saw, the blade and chain are bone dry and very, very hot.

The reservoir is full of oil and the oil pump is working. However, 98% of the oil drips out onto the ground underneath the saw.

I believe this is a design flaw in the interface between the oil outlet and the bar.

If you examine the area between the bar and the oil outlet, you will see a small slit where the oil exits the saw. This slit is supposed to line up with the hole in the bar. If you put the bar on the saw, you will notice that there is only a very small area that is open between the slit and the hole in the bar.

I have noticed that the majority of the oil exits the saw, then leaks down out of the bottom of the slit and falls onto the ground. The oil never makes it to the hole in the bar, much less onto the chain.

All of the other saws that I use, put...Read more

I have had my Husqvarna 141 for a few years now and have cut hundreds of trees down from a few inches to over a couple of feet in diameter. Sure the saw works hard when cutting thru a 2 foot trunk but it did the job. The only trouble I have had with it was when the spark plug went bad, besides that it has started relatively easy everytime. The lightweight makes it manageable when climbing to take a tree down when it simply cannot be dropped due to obstacles. I have even used used it to cut railroad ties, however the chains burn up pretty quick. All in all it has held up pretty well given the abuse I put it thru. Time to go off and thin out a few more trees.