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I spill more fuel on myself with CARB compliant fuel can spout gizmos than I do by not getting the flippy caps locked down correctly.

Right on about Dolmar and compression. I have a new Stihl MS362 that I have put one gallon of fuel through. It's got 152# of compression. I just put a new piston ring in my 4-year old Dolmar 5105 and it's now at 190# - cold (no easy start and it will just about pull my fingers off trying to...

You should be able to get one from a DOLMAR dealer - part number 411 909 660. They are in stock in my distributor's warehouse.

I sure wish we had more rock elm around here. I only had that one trunk of it a few years ago, but it sure burns hot and long! But you're right about the stone axe/stone tree combo! Most sources I could find put it at about 30 million BTU per cord ... on par with Shagbark Hickory, my personal...

Sorry I didn't read the whole thread to realize there were actually two different products. :redface: Zogger: "You don't have a small engine shop now?" I work a full-time desk job during the day and opened up my shop three years ago. I love working with my hands and had a lifelong...

Wow that's an unbelievable price!! I was a Fiskars dealer when I had my small engine shop open. $19 is lower than my cost was. A small shop can't even compete on service for a line such as Fiskars, there is no service to sell on an axe. When you can buy it at the big box less than the...

They didn't use elm for barn beams in the good 'ol days for nothin'! The fibers are so interconnected, it was great for that. I've found that for hand splitting, it is best to cut your rounds, let it sit out in the weather for a year+, then you can split off slabs from all around the rounds...

I'm not so sure about that :msp_unsure: Have you seen the changes to the AS homepage? I've pasted a screenshot below:

I don't think you'll be disappointed. One thing I fogot to mention is the manliest of men have been seen carrying a 5105 through the timber. :biggrin:

You can't go wrong with the 5105. I've had mine for about two years now and I like it a lot. I heat our house with wood and we burn about 8-10 cords a year. I've cut everything from 48" Red Oaks to 20" Shagbark Hickory to 40" White Elm to 10" Red Elm. I used to cut firewood with two really...

I'm in desperate need of two repair (service) manuals ... Echo CS-520 Stihl 020AV (she's an oldie but a goodie!) Thanks loads!!

There's at least one new MS361 on a shelf in Southern Iowa Saw a brand new 361 at a dealer last week when I was in getting parts to rebuild my dad's 020AV.

Are you running skip chain on that 24"? I've got a 5105 and have been contemplating putting a 24 on it, but wasn't sure how well it would perform. I don't use a 24 that often, but I'd sure like to have it in the truck when I am in the timber and come across a really nice but huge chunk of...

Well, I changed my mind again. It's probably a good thing I waited on the 260! With the size of the stuff I have been getting from the tree guy in town (trunks anywhere from 36-48"), I figured I needed a bigger saw (MS460) not a smaller one and then I could use my 361 for the limbing. My...

Maybe he should get an MS250 to have as a backup for the 039? :popcorn:

MS361.

No kidding ... I definitely got a better deal than she did when we got married!!

olyman, Funny post!!! Got me laughing!! It's the joint checking account that trips me up every time. That and the fact that my employer doesn't pay me with cash :mad:

Thanks for the suggestion vibes. I'm going to do just that!! But sooner rather than later -- I want that 260 now!! And the wife says I need to sell the 250 before I can get the new one!

We have felt the impact financially from the city folks wanting to live on their yuppy acreages. Our property taxes went up 32% between 2004 and 2005. We only have 10.5 acres and are zoned agricultural. Then, in 2005 our property was put in some new category the county now calls "rural...