MuleyJ
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What some people overlook is that cat mufflers were out there long before EPA was an issue - some cat saws from the "old days" are the 026C, 044C and 242xp cat. Back then, the cat saws were rated at less power and more weight than the original version of the saw, as they should be!
I am a bit pissed that so many on here seem to think that only cat saws are EPA saws - as that is far from true. Most saws sold in NA since about 1998 have been EPA versions, cat or no cat - it is a question of the level of EPA rating, not about EPA or not! :censored:
Probably for recident environment desperados!
I believe that the EPA has been around since the 1970's which is longer than any of those saws have been, either way it is for the same cause. Regardless of who did what when and what their name was at the time, we still can thank the EPA for the cat mufflers we have now. If the EPA was not so concerned with reducing the carbon emissions of equipment that produces less than an infinitesimal fraction of a percent of the global emissions we would not have cat mufflers anymore, but we do. Then again we might not have strato saws either, but they are all to heavy and bulky and don't handle near as well as their conventional counterparts anyway right?