So I bought an MS440 off EBay. Let’s see if I can make a dollar

[@nateolmsted899]

Love the channel man, the 440 a second to nothing great saw

[@ryanbruner8928]

I once took a chance on a really filthy MS361 that was going to be a project for $150 shipped. I was fully planning on a rebuild project,so first thing I did was pull muffler and saw a beautiful piston,then checked compression and it was 150lbs...It had been marked "not working" 7 years prior,so what was the problem? The decompression valve was pushed in!

[@gwp1ohio]

Great video I just bought a 440 off marketplace.Not as good a condition as yours but i'm definitely using your video to go through some things

[@bradford216]

Once in a while you find that diamond in the rough. You should be able to come close if not double your money. Good job.

[@richardflagg3084]

Even the sun shines on a dogs ass every once and a while. I've had my share of duds. It's always a crap shoot, but I think I'll do ok with this one.

[@mrxlh]

What’s your take on splitting it an re powdering the cases? Straight flip makes more money than full rebuild and woods port?

[@richardflagg3084]

@@mrxlh Honestly people are paying silly money for pro saws in non-working condition. It almost makes more sense to sell a project saw in a box than doing a proper restoration. Look at some closed listings on ebay and there's not that much difference in $$ for a running saw than one that needs a rebuild and missing parts. I have no idea where this line of thinking comes from.

[@johnclarke6647]

You will like the 440. Mine is one of my favorite saws. I built it in 2019. Lugging around, I like my ms 360 but for pure power the 440 is hard to beat.

[@johnclarke6647]

Pull the starter off and clean up the flywheel side and then clean and lube the PTO side. I then replace the fuel line, filter and pressure test the tank and vent. It looks pretty good, about like what I see from EBay. My 025, which I bought recently, was in similar condition, albeit without the missing paint.

[@supersportimpalass]

I bought an early white plastic 020av i was going to steal the coil from for parts for $100. It was crazy dirty but after looking it over and cleaning it up all it needed was an impulse and fuel line I was amazed how nice condition it was. Filled it up with gas and oil and it runs perfect now i use it all the time. It usually starts first or second pull.

[@2019FiveLiter]

Nice find! That looks like one of the old pre epa muffler casings you put on there. I’m surprised you didn’t have to put seals in it!

[@richardflagg3084]

Aside from the paint loss, it seems to be pretty a pretty low hour unit.

[@mattfleming86]

Man i'd run that in a heartbeat. I kinda like the rat-rod stuff. For all the missing paint that thing is sound as hell.

[@troy3052]

Great find!!!

[@richardflagg3084]

Not typical in my experience. I say politely I may have been overdue. Kudos to the seller.

[@DIESELMAN8V92]

I’ve been burnt by people that knew what they were selling. A ms362 that the crank had blown a hole in between the oil tank inside the case, an ms460 “running” with bad bearings would not run. I rebuilt them I am also very avid about writing Honest Chainsaw Seller to keep thieves knowingly taking advantage of folks. Nice vid very good purchase😊

[@aaronpowell4885]

Great find👍🏻 that'll help wash the bitterness of past, unsavory sales away!

[@richardflagg3084]

It's always an adventure with any used saw. i definitely got luck this time.

[@lukereynolds9907]

Keep it man there a classic 👌

[@williambray4134]

I use to purchase saws on Fee Pay to refurbish, and sell for cost. I didn't refurbish the saws to make money on. I only expected to only break even. I got sick of people offering me way less than what I had in parts. One person attempted to get me to sell them a complete running saw for less than what I paid for the bar, and chain. I will happily buy a nice antique saw to work on for myself.

[@Mike_Mike_0]

Nice find, ebay can go either way. 👍👍👍

[@richardflagg3084]

You got that right!!

[@oakiewoodsman]

Good buy!

[@tedneitzel]

Scored on that one!

[@jerseyjoshua4818]

Great Job Rich!

[@richardflagg3084]

Better lucky than good.........

[@thef1sh17]

haha i was lookin at that hoping the tax return would show up in time

[@richevy5224]

Nice!

[@tomintexas817]

I'm 6 old stihls in all off ebay 009 009L 024av 08 051av 020av and a ms200t in all oem all new parts to port. All but the 200t run

[@902hand7]

Man, you got lucky - it's usually a crap shoot on Fleabay. Sweet saw and you'll def make a few bucks. 👍👍

[@richardflagg3084]

Been there for sure.

[@902hand7]

@@richardflagg3084 Hey Richard, congrats on getting this 440 sold at a decent price - I was watching it creep up there and actually thought it would go higher....

[@richardflagg3084]

@@902hand7 Needed to be in better cosmetic condition paint wise to get much more out of it. I'm pretty happy where it landed and I'll do a follow up on it in a couple of days. When the settlement comes from Ebay I'll share the net profit.

[@902hand7]

@@richardflagg3084 Yeah the follow-up vid will be interesting -- I've never sold anything on eBay but I've sure their share cuts deep...

[@richardflagg3084]

@@902hand7 It's shameful. Stay tuned.

[@retired-pipefitter]

Salt water? Maybe lifted the paint? Nice old saw.

[@mrxlh]

German over-engineered air filtration at it’s finest!!!

[@richardflagg3084]

These filters aren't that bad. If this one hadn't been beaten to death it would prolly be ok.

[@scottsmith8056]

Damn Richard got a good one!

[@mrxlh]

I’d say that’s the deal of the day Rich!!!

[@Aaron_A_Lynch]

I'd call that a win..🤙🏻😎

[@stn7172]

Piston wasnt scored from all that chips?

[@lukereynolds9907]

Richard my 440 is completely oem and has no decomp have you heard of that ?.

[@richardflagg3084]

Yup. All of the early 044's were non-decomp. I'm not sure if I've ever seen a 440 without a decomp. Must be an early one. Great runners.

[@lukereynolds9907]

@@richardflagg3084 il send you a pic mate what's your email it runs awesome 👌

[@garyc.8488]

Time to buy a few lottery tickets with that kinda luck. Gary

[@richardflagg3084]

🤣🤣🤣

[@jerseyjoshua4818]

SAAAAAAWWWWWHEET SAW

[@Lhostel]

Don’t care for barking dogs

[@landondewitt8509]

I have bought a couple Florida saws and it seems like they cut something that causes corrosion around the chain area, sometimes bad pitting in older saws. I thought maybe it was from salt water? Palm trees?