wood4heat
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Will I buy a piece of homeowner grade equipment from Stihl! A few years ago I bought an ms211 for some cleanup around my house. That POS was nothing but trouble from day one! Ditched it for a used 024 which has been a great saw!
I was up cutting firewood with my uncle a couple years ago. He had just bought an MS290. Ran fine half the day until the choke/run switch popped out of position and was interfering with the throttle. We snapped it back in place but it refused to stay. We wound up finishing the day with just my 361.
Last year I picked up an hs45 trimmer. After fighting the F'ing thing for half an hour I got it running and did quite a bit of work with it. Went through another battle getting it started a few weeks ago and it ran but would die as soon as it built enough rpm to get the blade moving. I thought it was just too low on fuel and the pickup was sucking air. Today I filled it to the top and after messing with it for another half hour I got the same BS! Launched that cheap POS half way across the yard.
Is homeowner Stihl code for single use?
I was up cutting firewood with my uncle a couple years ago. He had just bought an MS290. Ran fine half the day until the choke/run switch popped out of position and was interfering with the throttle. We snapped it back in place but it refused to stay. We wound up finishing the day with just my 361.
Last year I picked up an hs45 trimmer. After fighting the F'ing thing for half an hour I got it running and did quite a bit of work with it. Went through another battle getting it started a few weeks ago and it ran but would die as soon as it built enough rpm to get the blade moving. I thought it was just too low on fuel and the pickup was sucking air. Today I filled it to the top and after messing with it for another half hour I got the same BS! Launched that cheap POS half way across the yard.
Is homeowner Stihl code for single use?