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Chainsaw related pet peeve‘s
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LonestarStihl
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I guess both really
I must confess to having done something similar once when I had the oiler fail on a pole saw. But I dipped the chain only, and in good bar oil.
If I would have had a ketchup type squeeze bottle . . . .
Philbert
Ryan'smilling
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Oh boohoo. Caps is caps, and I've never had an issue with any caps except for these guy's heads getting stripped by other people right after they used a 1/2inch impact to seat them. So could someone please tell me what is so horrible about Stihls flippy caps?
Uh, they suck. Husky flippy caps work great. Stihl floppy caps work great too, until one day they don't and they dump bar oil all over your chaps and boots. Also, they suck when you need to replace one and it's more expensive because it's over engineered. Also, they can become out of sync top to bottom, which is just really a silly problem for a fuel cap. My 261 manual has about a full page devoted just to the caps. A full page. For the cap.
LonestarStihl
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Had the oil cap do that to me last week on my ms192t. I swear I had it engaged correctly but I guess not. Got to the back of my property after a hike through some brush and I guess a limb flipped my cap off or something. It didn’t go back again
Sold a 394 a while back equipped to run 404 chain, bar and sprocket, and the owner- the owner came back a couple of days later and says does this look right to you, he took it to a dealer to get a new chain on it and for some reason the replaced the bar tip with a 3/8's, I sent him back to the shop to get it corrected.
Trail Blazer
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Watching my buddy try to tear the starter cord out of his saw and mine each time he attempted to start them was gnawing at me, I don't know why he thinks he needs to pull it to a painfully jarring stop each time, but he always seems to do it.
Also watching his bar smoking in the cut was painful for me too. I took the time to explain why his bar was blued and mine was not, then showed him how to clean his saw and keep the oiler hole and groove in the bar clean, and actually check and see if the bar and chain are getting oil. Needless to say, he will never be loaned one of my saws(not that I ever loan them out anyways, but he is on the "Hard no" list, lol).
Also watching his bar smoking in the cut was painful for me too. I took the time to explain why his bar was blued and mine was not, then showed him how to clean his saw and keep the oiler hole and groove in the bar clean, and actually check and see if the bar and chain are getting oil. Needless to say, he will never be loaned one of my saws(not that I ever loan them out anyways, but he is on the "Hard no" list, lol).
Gypo Logger
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1) when I’m selling a saw as PHO and people get upset and think it’s stupid to sell a Chainsaw without a bar and chain. They don’t understand the point.
Selling a chainsaw with no B&C is just plain redonculous!
It’s like trying to sell truck with no T&R. (Tires & Rims). Like get your own monster mudders
I can’t believe some people!
Selling a chainsaw with no B&C is just plain redonculous!
It’s like trying to sell truck with no T&R. (Tires & Rims). Like get your own monster mudders
I can’t believe some people!
buttercup
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I had that "oiling the chain manually" while milling with my hustled 038 before I realized the oil pump was a construction made by someone who appreciates profit more that mechanics, I learned how to make that oil pump work and deliver exactly what I wanted though.
Non adjustable - full pup.
Non adjustable - full pup.
SOS Ridgerider
Ernie McCracken
You must have meant “full pupp”.
Dull files are a pet peeve.
Along with, 'grinders ruin your chain'.
(Yeah they can if you don't use them right, but that is more of the operator than the tool).
Philbert
Along with, 'grinders ruin your chain'.
(Yeah they can if you don't use them right, but that is more of the operator than the tool).
Philbert
Stihl dealers not carrying a progressive depth gauge aaaand telling me they don't work grrr the nonsense "knowledge" in general from "saw shops" is a big 1 for me.
They man in there said "you should be counting your strokes and then ours work great"
They man in there said "you should be counting your strokes and then ours work great"
Your dealer needs to order some STIHL FG4 sharpening guides:
Or, the FL1 - FL5 (might not be available through USA dealers):
https://www.stihl.com/sharpening-saw-chain.aspx
Philbert
More: maybe one of our EU members can comment?
***EDIT NOTE: Started a separate thread on these: https://www.arboristsite.com/commun...ressive-depth-gauge-tool.336757/#post-7052862 ***
Tools for MS-cutting attachment maintenance: File gauge
For manual reworking of the depth gauge made from hardened steel with special coating. Two settings for hard and soft wood. Using the hook, both the groove in the bar and the bar's oil hole can be cleaned.
File gauge .404" 00008934010
File gauge 3/8" 00008934009
File gauge .325" 00008934008
File gauge 3/8"P 00008934007
File gauge 1/4"P 00008934006
https://www.stihl.com/STIHL-power-t...ent-maintenance/267816-63674/File-gauges.aspx
Philbert
***EDIT NOTE: Started a separate thread on these: https://www.arboristsite.com/commun...ressive-depth-gauge-tool.336757/#post-7052862 ***
Tools for MS-cutting attachment maintenance: File gauge
For manual reworking of the depth gauge made from hardened steel with special coating. Two settings for hard and soft wood. Using the hook, both the groove in the bar and the bar's oil hole can be cleaned.
File gauge .404" 00008934010
File gauge 3/8" 00008934009
File gauge .325" 00008934008
File gauge 3/8"P 00008934007
File gauge 1/4"P 00008934006
https://www.stihl.com/STIHL-power-t...ent-maintenance/267816-63674/File-gauges.aspx
Philbert
Well bugger me. Good job Philbert
Passing 10 cords of wood on the ground to look for the biggest tree in the woods to cut to justify the $1500 saw and 42” bar and chain you just bought.
Making up definitions of 'a cord' (or 'chord', or 'kord', . . .) of firewood that do not add up to 128 cubic feet.
E.g. 'firewood cord', 'logger's cord', 'face cord', 'fireplace cord', 'rick', 'bundle', . . .
I don't care how they sell the wood (by the pound, truckload, stacked or not, etc.), just don't call it 'a cord' if it does not add up.
Philbert
E.g. 'firewood cord', 'logger's cord', 'face cord', 'fireplace cord', 'rick', 'bundle', . . .
I don't care how they sell the wood (by the pound, truckload, stacked or not, etc.), just don't call it 'a cord' if it does not add up.
Philbert
