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  1. steved

    MS271 - Siphoning Fuel?

    So I left it set for a few days, and same thing although nowhere near as bad. I thought I might get lucky that it was a one time quirk. This time it was just flooded and wouldn't start, whereas before it was hydroloc'd. Called the local dealer and dropped it off last week, they just called an...
  2. steved

    MS271 - Siphoning Fuel?

    Thanks, I'll keep an eye on it...
  3. steved

    MS271 - Siphoning Fuel?

    Ok, but why have I never seen this before? I've had a 391 for nearly 15 years and never anything like this...and it's made similar trips, stored the same way. Isn't there a vent on the tank?
  4. steved

    MS271 - Siphoning Fuel?

    Here is a new one on my new saw... I bought a MS271 (new) about a month ago, I used it about five hours for that job. Put it in a saw box, put it in the truck, and hauled it 1,700 miles home. Got home, put it on the shelf in the garage. I'm fairly certain that I started it at least once...
  5. steved

    Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

    Well, I had to break down and pull this 271 out before I left...the sprocket on my Homelite decided to cough its bearing and split the nose. Figured finding a bar around Minot would be impossible and I didn't have the time to waste. I cut three days straight, it was almost all that invasive...
  6. steved

    Oiling issue with a Homelite 3514c - known problem?

    Wow, really forgot I owned this saw this long... Turned out the oiling issue was with the oil pump itself...the guy I bought it from fixed it. Still have this saw, after some recent work, it still cuts well.
  7. steved

    The Fire Pit Thread

    This was a COVID build...concrete patio slabs are between four and six inches thick, the 30 inch (1/2" thick steel casing) ring is set through the concrete (onto dirt below) and is about 15 inches tall overall. I think it took four pallets of concrete to pour (using a nearly 100 year old mixer).
  8. steved

    Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

    Today I bought an MS271 Farm Boss with an 18 inch bar and a couple chains. Been wanting that "smaller" Stihl saw for a while (my main saw has been an MS391)...had an excuse today. I'm in the field (work), brought my little Homelite 3518 (which should be a 35cc saw but is actually a 42cc)...
  9. steved

    Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

    Pulled about two triaxle's worth of wood, then pulled and hauled a few trailer loads home to get him started in the meantime. One maple we pulled yesterday was nearly 60 feet long...12 inches at the butt, six inches at the cutoff, and straight as an arrow. We had a few cherry nearly the same.
  10. steved

    Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

    More than we can ever pull before it rots... We have a triaxle load out now, and we weren't even in the good stuff. There are full logs the logger left...spent time to cut down, cut to length, and left.
  11. steved

    Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

    Pulling from my Grandfather's property... They did some timbering and forestry improvements (culled junk) last fall, we are just pulling the "tops". We hit maybe 2 of 34 acres.
  12. steved

    Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

    Some ash, on the new old truck...lots of ash available because of the emerald ash beetle.
  13. steved

    Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

    I can solve that... Sent from my SM-G950U using Tapatalk
  14. steved

    Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

    Reports around Philadelphia of gunshops selling out of stocked firearms. Sent from my SM-G950U using Tapatalk
  15. steved

    Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

    I'm one step closer to hauling firewood...this will hopefully keep the wife from throwing a stick through the back window. Just need to sand, prime, and paint... I've been focusing on my toy too much to worry about firewood...this light burning season kept my firewood reserves high. Sent from...
  16. steved

    Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

    I bought a coworker a bottle of that on Saturday because they were closing the liquor stores down in PA... Sent from my SM-G950U using Tapatalk
  17. steved

    Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

    Had my Silverado undercoated with the heavy-body Fluid Film within weeks of buying it new off the lot (it had never seen snow)...the only fluid film remaining is that in the doors. It washed off the first winter...for the expense, I couldn't justify doing it again. We also tried normal fluid...
  18. steved

    Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

    There was a guy that used it, but the volume would be the limiting factor...I usually end up using about four to five gallons to spray one fullsized truck. Sent from my SM-G950U using Tapatalk
  19. steved

    Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

    Problem I have is they have paved every road in this area! Sent from my SM-G950U using Tapatalk
  20. steved

    Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

    I had a guy in Maryland that did the big work on my Cummins Dodge...I got to be pretty good friends with him. He told me the first time I called to have the clutch done that he was hating the idea of wrenching on another "Pennsylvania rust bucket" because he would have to fight every bolt...
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