It's interesting how we love a Manufactuors product, STIHL, Husky,
Dolmar, et al. , but care not a whit for their instuctions.
It would be very interesting to have a STIHL engineer reply to this thread.
Early heat cycles, per STIHL, are very important for the engine AND chain.
Hey, but what do they know??
They just designed & made the stupid thing!
If running the snot out of it from minute one is OK for some A/S members,
surely that supercedes all that STIHL could say.
....I would suspect that "run the snot out of them" means just that...buried in wood. That's how I do it also.
i've always just started the dang thing and went and cut the crap out of stuff... Brand new saws right off the shelf... Never gave it any thought...
Never had a breakdown or a "break in" related problem
...just go cut wood!
Gary
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