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    cold starting 555 issue!

    Well Thank you ALL again what I have done over the last week that works is prime, 2 or 3 pulls on choke then off choke on high idle, pull then it starts right up with no decomp !
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    cold starting 555 issue!

    Thank you all for the ideas and info I will give it a try !
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    cold starting 555 issue!

    Had my new 555 for three months love it but it is very hard to start when cold or even off for a few hours. I am running the husky canned gas now as I am not running the saw much as firewood is all done , when it does start it runs good as long as I keep it hot it will start right back up even...
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    Best gloves for cutting, splitting, stacking.

    I have had good luck with X-grip from frogrip they are level 3 cut resistant yet thin and breathable and the grip last awhile I get them for $2 a pair from work I was just shocked to see them for $75 a dozen online ! I will try a pair of atlas to compare.
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    wood chip boiler?

    The paper mill i work at just got a big wood chip boiler up and running it runs off ground up pallets(mostly dry hardwood) that are too damaged to repair/reuse and at the moment there are enough pallet companys around that keep up supply.And a guy that was ahead of the curve spent big and got a...
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    first time you started using a chainsaw what was it?

    451e I was 14 or 15 when i needed more trails to ride my atv on so out came dads jonsered 451E still running today 15 years later and the trails are still open ! !
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    jap red maple and blue spruce

    not thinking of grafting just cutting down spruce and planting something else in it place like a fruit tree but i am wondering how it would grow with the old spruce roots there?
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    jap red maple and blue spruce

    hi and thanks in advance i have a two trees i am concerned about first a sm jap red maple that all the leaves dried up and fell off in the spring within two weeks of the leaves opening up i thought it died almost cut it down when i noticed it budding again and now it has leaves again what...
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    Spark Plug?

    20-80 My vote for ngk or ac delco or bosch is based on 20% champaion failer on my farthers truck back in the early 80's i was too young to remember details but he still wont use them eithier and the other 80% that champion can stick it is that i worked for a machine shop that specalized in...
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    Spark Plug?

    NGK all the way
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    New Member, New Saw

    hey Mayhem100 Welcome first off and congrats on a great buy ! whats the dealer name you got that 359 from i just bought a 460 and not happy with it was looking at a 359! i am in central mass west of quabbin.
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    Husqvarna 460 Rancher go then no go

    well well i finally got the saw back(4/9/11) and so far it seems ok they replaced gas lines and a new carb i asked when i picked it up whats next if it isnt right and while we didnt talk money they said bring it back and "we'll get you into a stihl" not sure how i feel about that yet
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    Husqvarna carb adjustment tools

    My 460 My 460 bought new 3/2011 has screw driver adjusted jets and yes its a pain i like my 440 has the splined screws. how do you adjust the limiters on the L&H on the new saws with them my 460 has them and my dealer told me when it wouldnt run right the he adjusted the limiter on the H jet...
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    Husqvarna 460 Rancher go then no go

    any central Mass delears repair like i said the dealer/repair place has been great so far but anybody know of good dealer/repair in central mass just in case
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    Husqvarna 460 Rancher go then no go

    ok yeah i run 40:1 as well i tought it was mabe that so i mixed a batch of 50:1 like the manual says but it ran the same----- like i said this is strick two i have had good luck with husky stuff my other saw is and leaf blower and trimmer and hedge trimmer all husky all no problems { (knock on...
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    Husqvarna 460 Rancher go then no go

    hey subhunter so your dealer never got it right what did they do? to the saw before they gave your money back?
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    Husqvarna 460 Rancher go then no go

    4/4/11 Thanks for the info- already thinking of what saw to get if this one never gets right (we are on strick two) - stihl 311 or 391 or in husky 346xp or a 359 but the 359's at this dealer all have the green gas caps that i have read so much neg stuff about and about the stihl's i am not...
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    Husqvarna 460 Rancher go then no go

    Hi, I just bought a new 460 from a local dealer this is only my second saw so still learning alot use it to cut firewood. So i read the manual see that it says more or less to take it easy for the first 10 hours or so , so i cut alot of small stuff until i figured i had 10 to 15 hours on the saw...
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