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If so, why?
I recently bought a new 5hp (or so) Honda lawn mower (yes, I know it's not a chainsaw, but it is a low cc - high rev engine) and it didn't need a break in period or low rev requirement for a bunch of break in hours, so why do chainsaws?
I read that one chainsaw I was interested in buying requires you not to (1) fully rev engine for the first 10 hours.
10 hours?
This sounds like a really out dated technology requirement. Of course, maybe I'm being unreasonable...?
(2) Given the difficulty (at least for me) in having to be that careful about the number of break in hours (ten), plus I've yet to see a chainsaw with an attached hour meter, this sounds sounds more than a little challenging.
So, how do I accomplish these two requirements?
Honestly, without the gentle touch for the revving break in period and the number of break in hours required, that is without using a stopwatch and a log, how the heck do you do this?
Can't mfgs. overcome these burdensome requirements or am I being unrealistic?
Or, as I suspect (don't know) technology in these 2 areas is way out of date.
Please, guys, educate me!
Thanks!
I recently bought a new 5hp (or so) Honda lawn mower (yes, I know it's not a chainsaw, but it is a low cc - high rev engine) and it didn't need a break in period or low rev requirement for a bunch of break in hours, so why do chainsaws?
I read that one chainsaw I was interested in buying requires you not to (1) fully rev engine for the first 10 hours.
10 hours?
This sounds like a really out dated technology requirement. Of course, maybe I'm being unreasonable...?
(2) Given the difficulty (at least for me) in having to be that careful about the number of break in hours (ten), plus I've yet to see a chainsaw with an attached hour meter, this sounds sounds more than a little challenging.
So, how do I accomplish these two requirements?
Honestly, without the gentle touch for the revving break in period and the number of break in hours required, that is without using a stopwatch and a log, how the heck do you do this?
Can't mfgs. overcome these burdensome requirements or am I being unrealistic?
Or, as I suspect (don't know) technology in these 2 areas is way out of date.
Please, guys, educate me!
Thanks!