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I have had issues for a couple of years with them. I am a natural areas contractor who uses 10 ms-261 saws for around 3 months out of they year. I do all the service my self and I replace needle cage bearings and rim sprocket bearings all the time. Some of it is operator error from they guys...

I have a Stihl 240 brush cutter that is doing the same thing. Sounds like a pinging noise in low idle. Will I damage my brush cutter if I keep running it the way it is? Should this seek immediate attention? Can I fix it myself?

211 is leaking... My boss circled an area on the gas/oil tank reservoir, but I can not even see hair line fracture. I broke it down took, wiped everything down, and ran it. I have it propped up right now to see if it will start leaking again. If and when it does leak, it looks like it is...

Since we are on the subject of which saws to buy.. I too have a question. I have a job site that has some pretty big cottonwood trees I need to take down. They are roughly 36-50" at DBH. The company I work for only buys Stihl products. Right now we run only Stihl 261's considering we do not...

I use the Stihl cm 261. I sharpen all chains myself and repair them if I can. Taking chains in to get sharpened is a waste of time in my eyes. A 261 is plenty of saw to take down up to atleast 22" DBH. Bigger trees are possible with an experienced feller. Learn the skill of sharpening your...

In my line of work in Ecological Restoration, we also use Stihl 250's and the 240 R's. We do a lot of brush cutting of 0.5 - 2 inch diameter shrubs and trees. I was also looking at some other options, I like the power of the weight to power ratio of the 240 and 250 but was thinking about...

I do a lot of prescribed fire in IL every spring and fall. Does anybody know of a good site to buy wildfire fighting tools besides Ben Meadows, or Forestry Suppliers ?? I am looking for fire rakes, pulaskis, fire flappers...etc