Did Poulan have a presence in the Australian market in the 1970s?
Hello
MowerfreakThe answer is a most definite 'YES'!
Poulan sold here in the 1970s and beyond.
They were cleverly marketed to residential consumers.
Well, what that
really meant was that they were sold through big box stores and hardware chains, as their smallest model was the first true 'el cheapo' small [12" bar] petrol chain saw on the Oz market! Basically a chuckaway unit, with a 30 hours of service design life.
BTW, Echo then had a standard design life of 2000hrs, and it took them a lot of soul-searching before they would market a 1500-hour saw, just to address this market segment.
What that meant in practice was, by the time the chain wore out [even if expertly sharpened and maintained], it was time to bin the saw. A quality stellite nose bar, new Oregon chain, and clutch drum/sprocket would cost more than the price of a new saw!
I'll never forget the look on the face of the first customer who brought one of these saws in to our Cobram, Vic Echo dealership, at that point in its life, for a repair quote. Classic 'deer in the headlights' expression, as the Yanks put it.
