Unfortunately, it sounds like those people who snare very close to humans are pretty much morons. Snaring is great to reduce the small furbearer population but nobody that I know would even consider putting snares where pets could get into them.
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I've had them go 300k.
Very easy to work on. Adequate power, extreme reliability, cheap to rebuild. I drove one from Phx to Homer and then all over Kodiak for a year. Still going strong.
I drove a 7.3 PS for 16 years. That was a great engine but needed a little more boost than the stock set up was. I replaced my turbo and ran mine at 22 psi. Really woke it up. The brakes on the 2000-2002 were woefully under sized. My only gripe
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Looking for a rim sprocket for a MS 170. Do AM rim sprockets fit other brands clutch drums? Or do I have to buy the same brand spare rim sprockets as the brand of clutch drum i go with?
Kings River? I heard it went over this morning.
Sierra_rider
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They should. Just a heads up, Stihl used at least a couple different spline diameters for rim sprockets.
Looking at his pics, however, required lots of drinking…
or eye bleach…
Stihl uses a slightly different size than everyone else. Or at least they did as of a couple years back.
Yea, the “ass-less” onesGet those Chaps out you Sombch Lol
Different diameters for different saw models? If I get one for a 170, it should fit?
Another question, I have a 6T 3/8 pitch spur sprocket on now. I want to go to a rim sprocket. I only see 7T 3/8 pitch rim sprockets. Will that work?
Sierra_rider
Piss revver
Yeah, smaller saws got smaller diameter splines on the clutch...so a 170 should work.
As far as rim sprockets, that 7t is for 3/8LP(picco) chain right? It should work as long as it's picco.
I forget what the spur sprocket size is on my 201t. If it's a 6T, that saw would do really well with a 7 pin.
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I didn't even know they made splined drums fir a 170 or fir micro chain fir that matter. Give Madsen's a call. They may have exactly what your look'n fir. If not, they could probably point you in the right direction.
Yes it's Pico chain. It came with a 0.043 B&C that I accidentally replaced with a 0.050 B&C. Well I need to also replace the B&C as well as sprocket on this saw. Any reason to go back to a 0.043 on that saw?
9:4 ratio…Stihl:Husky… would be 9:5 but that’s a really long story…I kid about it. I like Stihls. I have seen lots of nice saws from several other brands. If they get the job done that's all that matters. I Stihl plan on acting like Stihl snob cause I can.
Feel free to bash me and my Stihl saws if you can't take a joke or even if you can.
Sierra_rider
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If you get the narrow kerf .043 that has the narrower cutter, there's a little performance bump. The downside to the .043 chain is that it isn't as robust as the .050. I run .050 on my 201t...my 2511t runs .043 and it's really easy to damage that chain if you start cutting willy-nilly with it. I've had to replace loops of the .043 chain that still had plenty of cutter life left, but had damaged tie straps and drive links.
Sierra_rider
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I'm a bit jealous of the 242...if one had popped up for a good price(or a Stihl 241) I would've gone down that route instead of the 543 clone saw.
I ran a 242 like this one a lot back in the 90's, now I've got a couple ms241's....
I'm looking forward to some side by side comparison limbing some of these doggone cedars.
