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Stihl crazy after all these years
As I write this, I am recovering from T-boning a guy Saturday in a pickup truck who didn't see me coming down the road. I hit him at about 50 mph; my Highlander is totalled, and I am quite lucky to have come through this relatively unhurt. They extracted me from the vehicle on a backboard after forcing the door open.
Problem is, I was coming home from cutting some wood and my MS261 T-boned a tool box in the back of my vehicle. The bar and chain are toast. Fortunately it stayed in the back of the vehicle, but I thought later I was sure glad I put the scabbard on it. A flying chainsaw could do some real damage in an accident. Might be a good idea to secure it with a bungee next time, although next time it might be sitting in the back of a pickup truck in a locked tool box.
I have not tried to start the saw since I am both stiff and sore and under the influence of Percocet. One of my friends picked up my things at the accident scene and brought them by today but I haven't really looked at it other than seeing the bar. I'm sleeping a lot.
I'd hate to find out the insurance adjuster only reimbursed me for a bar and chain, so I think I need to take the saw to a dealer and have it checked out, but what would you ask to have checked out? I'm thinking cracked crankcases, maybe put it through a vacuum check, see if it runs okay, leaks. I guess if I just tell them what happened, maybe they'd take it from there. Any thoughts?
Thanks, guys.
Problem is, I was coming home from cutting some wood and my MS261 T-boned a tool box in the back of my vehicle. The bar and chain are toast. Fortunately it stayed in the back of the vehicle, but I thought later I was sure glad I put the scabbard on it. A flying chainsaw could do some real damage in an accident. Might be a good idea to secure it with a bungee next time, although next time it might be sitting in the back of a pickup truck in a locked tool box.
I have not tried to start the saw since I am both stiff and sore and under the influence of Percocet. One of my friends picked up my things at the accident scene and brought them by today but I haven't really looked at it other than seeing the bar. I'm sleeping a lot.
I'd hate to find out the insurance adjuster only reimbursed me for a bar and chain, so I think I need to take the saw to a dealer and have it checked out, but what would you ask to have checked out? I'm thinking cracked crankcases, maybe put it through a vacuum check, see if it runs okay, leaks. I guess if I just tell them what happened, maybe they'd take it from there. Any thoughts?
Thanks, guys.