B_Turner
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I've been spending a bunch of time lately in a particular application that has me spending a couple hours at a session with a saw held in close to my chest.
This has reminded me about one aspect of the newer saws that I am starting to appreciate more - less fumes.
Mostly I have been using a 346 doing this work, and they are great to run. Very civilized and clean burning. (I also run a 339, and a bunch of small redmaxes).
Yesterday I spent a fair bit of time with a 7900 doing the same job (42 inch bar) and holy carp. I love those saws dearly, but having my face so close to the exhaust for so long had my eyes burning.
It made me really appreciate how clean my 346xp(s) burn, and look forward to that aspect even getting better in the newer strato saws.
I have high hopes for the Stihl 261, for example. And it will take all my stihl bars which will be nice as well....
Now if they can only get rid of the extra bulk on the new saws. The tech at Mdsns was telling me the trend is toward integrating the second air intake instead of having the near redundant second intake as is the most common strato setup now. Maybe that will allow the strato saws to be a bit narrower and lighter.
This has reminded me about one aspect of the newer saws that I am starting to appreciate more - less fumes.
Mostly I have been using a 346 doing this work, and they are great to run. Very civilized and clean burning. (I also run a 339, and a bunch of small redmaxes).
Yesterday I spent a fair bit of time with a 7900 doing the same job (42 inch bar) and holy carp. I love those saws dearly, but having my face so close to the exhaust for so long had my eyes burning.
It made me really appreciate how clean my 346xp(s) burn, and look forward to that aspect even getting better in the newer strato saws.
I have high hopes for the Stihl 261, for example. And it will take all my stihl bars which will be nice as well....
Now if they can only get rid of the extra bulk on the new saws. The tech at Mdsns was telling me the trend is toward integrating the second air intake instead of having the near redundant second intake as is the most common strato setup now. Maybe that will allow the strato saws to be a bit narrower and lighter.
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