new saw any tips for run in

[Dwayne Ferguson]

Just purchased my first brand new saw all my other saws are second hand and the operator's manual has nothing on running it in .
Any tip's would be grate.

 

[keith c raymond]

See break in fundamentals by Elmore further in . Good luck!

 

[Justin Garrison]

There is many opinions for saw break in. What I did was run it at idle for about 5 mins a couple times lettting it cool of in between to get a little strength built up and the put a hard load but not too hard, no excessive rpms, to seat the rings. I did a plunge cut in some oak. take it easy for about the first 5 tanks. Just my 2 cents!

 

[Justin Garrison]

I just read a thred about the virginia beach Stihl factory tour, And it said saws are run and tested on load before shipping out. So it has been somewhat broken in, not a virgin.
I would feel safer running it a little before putting load on it. My new Stihl Ms 180c, the tank smelled of gas so I knew it had been run. If I put gas in it and wanted to take it back it would be unnacceptable.

 

[sedanman]

Justin, The tank on your new Stihl should have had some gas in it as well as some bar oil in the oil tank. The saw should have been assembled and run at the dealer and you should have been given a demonstration of its features. And Stihl WILL take your saw back if you were truely displeased, even if you'd used it.

 

[Dwayne Ferguson]

thanks

End up heat setting it and bucking a big old pine with a 24" on it.
Now its got about 25 tanks through it and its feeling really strong and getting stronger stronger
also put a new 20" windsor bar on it.

 

[njforestfire]

Good looking saw you have and good luck. Just wait til you're ready to do the muffler mod and pick up a bit more umf!

 

[rb_in_va]

Dwayne,
You put 25 tanks through it in 3 days? Thas alotta cuttin!

 

[Justin Garrison]

Sedanman, the tank had no gas or oil in it when I got it I didin't buy it myself I got it as a present. It had gas in it at some point, but never oil. They did not run it for my dad, they told him if I did not like it and had not run it I could take it back.

 

[sedanman]

Justin, We will sometimes send a saw out in the box if it is to be a present as well. We tell the customer that the recipient is welcome to a free set up and demonstration of their new saw once they unwrap it.

 

[WRW]

Justin, We will sometimes send a saw out in the box if it is to be a present as well. We tell the customer that the recipient is welcome to a free set up and demonstration of their new saw once they unwrap it.

That was my experience with a retirement gift. I was told to take it to the dealer for setup, and they would mail in the warranty card.

 

[Justin Garrison]

Yeah that is what they said. I just did it myself. They said they would show me how to put the bar on. I be pretty scared if there was people running around with chainsaws that didn't know how to put a bar on!

 

[sedanman]

It's a liability issue. Stihl and the dealer are legally less liable for the buyer injuring themselves if the buyer is given a demostration of basic functions and safety issues. We have a pretty good idea who really 'NEEDS' the talk and who doesn't. You'd be surprised at how little some people know. The concept of flipping the bar doesn't sink in to most people until I equate it with rotating their tire.

 

[Justin Garrison]

Every one has to start out somewhere hopefully they will catch on and stay safe!

 

[Dwayne Ferguson]

Dwayne,
You put 25 tanks through it in 3 days? Thas alotta cuttin!

I'm a logger here in new Zealand I'm on the landing my self and two other cutters limb and cut up about 230 steams in a 9 hour day so yeah its getting a work out i was using my 395xp but what a killer on the back at the end of the day the 372 is like a toy with the 20" on it