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I suspect it has been evaporating in hot weather and gone unnoticed but first bit of cooler weather I blew half a cup to a cup of raw (liquid)gas out of the exhaust of a 26hp Vanguard engine when I tried to start it. It did start after that, ran awhile and now won't turn over. This engine has...

A shame! You were looking at this all wrong and now it's too late to take advantage of my advice. Next time you get such a chance explain that the worst mistake he can make is buying too small of a saw like yours. He needed at least a 661 and a yard of bar. That way when you need a bigger saw...

I have been using my Granberg for a year or two now. Learned the little tweaks to make it work better for me. I put the file in backwards and pull the slack out of everything to cut tighter into the corner of a tooth and added five degrees to get in the corner a little better too. I see a...

It is a little heavy for a 64cc saw, very light for a 79cc saw if you put the big top end on it. One thing, since it has the same stroke as the bigger saws it cuts "big" for 64cc's, pretty good torque. I like mine. I'd like the 28" bar. I think it will oil it adequately and it would save some...

A tree surgeon killed. Reading the article it would seem the limb was loaded under a lot of pressure. More likely an unseen limb behind the one he was cutting or a moment's mistake and kickback but can't be sure at this point. Not a lot of information...

Careful with the hit from behind theory. Quite a few caveats. One of the odder in my state is pull out onto a multi-lane highway and the people in any lane have three hundred yards to pull over, hit you in the rear, and it is your fault! Make an emergency stop in front of someone for the...

I woulda made it to middle school if I hadn't got hung up so long in the second grade! Hu

There is a little learning curve to everything of course, including the granbergs. I keep a black sharpie handy and color the top of the tooth so I know when I complete one side of the loop and I color the entire part I am sharpening on the first tooth. Partially because the new chain is ground...

In general, littering! I have lived and/or owned businesses on one highway or another pretty much all my life. Picking up trash behind trash annoys the hell out of me. I have picked up countless tons of other people's trash. Counting both sides I keep up about a half mile of highway now. I keep...

The granberg is small enough and tough enough to carry in the woods and I have done some tailgate sharpening with it. Some people even tote one walking in. A little bulky, might weigh a pound or two at most though. I usually have enough loops sharpened that I don't bring it out with me. Most of...

He listed three pages of pretty widely varied stuff in two hours time less than a day ago. Some saw and lawn stuff, but glassware and such too. Vehicle tires also, don't know what all. That doesn't mean that anything is bogus but it is always an indication to watch your step. Hu

There are brothers-in-law that are smart, hard working, honest, and good. Of course I believe in unicorns and santa too! Hu

Doc's wouldn't let me have a magneto by my side for six years. A fellow in Japan mentioned a big electric saw he had and I did some research. There are three phase saws it takes a big generator to pull, probably have more torque than any gas saw a man can tote and they run big bars on them. My...

Nice thoughts! No pecan pie would be a heartbreaker! I feel so bad for you I'm gonna eat an extra quarter pie in your honor today. Hu

Doesn't really matter, buying or selling you can get the shaft! I have owned auto salvages, body shops, and mechanic shops. Bought and sold tons of stuff including a little on e-bay. Seems unfair and probably is but you are probably best off to give a full refund and get the saw back. Repair if...

Yep, me too. I buy new chain loops by the gross. Probably thousands of loops of RSC in the woods around my house that have two to ten minutes use on them. Some of the trees have chains hanging on them like the plastic icicles on Christmas trees! Hu

I file my chains using a granberg. Mostly pretty pleased. However I have some large nine year old pecan that cured a few feet off the ground. Finally cut away the peconcrete part, thought it was gonna be all the way! Anybody sharpen a saw that will cut that stuff without throwing dust I'd like...

The elderly gentleman that taught me was way past retirement age in the early seventies and used books older than dirt back then. Pretty sure he might have invented files! :D While aluminum embeds in files worse than most things the training back then was to chalk filing anything. I have spent a...

I once owned one of those card thingies, bought it the same time I bought chalk when I wanted to be a Machinist back a hunnert years ago! Now I use a brush, sometimes an old toothbrush I clean tight spots on the saw with, sometimes a chip brush, sometimes an old paint brush, sometimes a wire...

Well I'll tell y'all, not one of us files properly! Back in 1973 more or less I went to a vo-tech and one of the first things taught in machine shop was how to file. I don't remember details but for starters a file never touched metal without chalk on it. Wonder how much file chalk is sold these...