Poulan 3400 Chainsaw User Manual


 
Beaird-Poulan has become a multi-
national company because of the
quality of its products. Poulan uses
only the finest materials and many
of the parts are made or tooled at
Poulan facilities
of lightweight magnesium chain saws.
Models 360, 400 and 450 were introduced
in the summer of 1965, and signaled a
turning point in Poulan’s history with a
trend toward the manufacture of light-
weight but durable chain saws.
In 1966, Beaird-Poulan acquired the
Wright Saw Division of Thomas Industries,
Inc. which expanded their market even fur-
ther. A year later, the expansion of the
Shreveport plant, which added another
9,000 square feet of manufacturing space,
allowed the transfer of the Wright Saws
production lines to the main plant.
Beaird-Poulan technological advance-
ments continued to lead the industry. By
1968, Beaird-Poulan was represented by 57
distributors in the United States and 94 dis-
tributors in Europe, Africa, the Pacific, the
Far East and Latin America. Poulan and
Wright saws were available from more
than 4,000 dealers .
In 10 years, Charles Beaird had brought
the company through 51 models of saw
development and opened the market of
most of the world to the Louisiana built
chain saw. The company still manufactur-
ers its original saw attachment, the bow
guide, but the sizes and weighs of the
saws had radically changed, as well as
streamlined and lightened to fit virtually
any demand. Among the innovations
which Poulan introduced during this era
were the “push-button” sharpening chain
saw, and the Super 68, designed to boost
production for the professional pulpwood
and saw logger. Also new on the model
list was the Poulan Super 33, which at
$129.95, was billed as “the world’s great-
est chain saw bargain.” The Super 33 was
perfect for farmers, sportsmen, homeown-
ers or anyone who had limited use for
chain saws.
In 1969, Thomas Lindley joined Beaird-