8150 Steve
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I recently bought 10 acres in SW Colorado at 10,000ft elevation and have a ton of trees to clear before we starting building a cabin. Most of the trees are 6-20" so I picked up a Stihl 261cm 16" and a 500i with a 25" bar. Both start and run great at 7,000 ft but struggled this weekend which was my first time using them at 10k. The 261cm started right up but would not re-start after running through a first tank of gas.
The 500i took me an hour to get started then ran great but would not start at all on day 2. I pulled the plug and cleared the combustion chamber half a dozen times. It would sound closer to starting after clearing it but never dig get it to fire up today. Got home to 7k tonight and both fired up within 3 pulls.
Any thoughts on either saw at 10k or do I need to look for something different?
The 500i took me an hour to get started then ran great but would not start at all on day 2. I pulled the plug and cleared the combustion chamber half a dozen times. It would sound closer to starting after clearing it but never dig get it to fire up today. Got home to 7k tonight and both fired up within 3 pulls.
Any thoughts on either saw at 10k or do I need to look for something different?