Poulan Hunter
ArboristSite Member
I just got a 562xp from my uncle on a very good deal. It is a 2020 model and he has only started it twice. Once to make a couple cuts with it on a 4x4 just to run it I guess and the other to cut up a 4” elm limb that fell out of one of his trees. In other words I have pretty much a new 562. I have owned one in the past that was a good runner with a timing advance and a muffler mod by a well known member on here and while it revved and had good rpm it lacked a lot in torque. My questions are 1-does a 562 benefit from the muffler being opened up a little and 2-being pretty much new is there a procedure to tuning a new autotune saw? I obviously know you can’t adjust the carb but I have read that on a new 592 there is a procedure to to tune it when new. Just wondering if there is a procedure for a new 562 also. I plan on running a 40:1 mix in it if that matters.