happy john
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Spot on Dave.
Sounds like you need to ajust the chain oiler screw.Start it run at full rpm and point the tip of a bar at a log the oil should weep on acceleration and cover the log with a "very" light spray.Anything else is overoiling back the ajuster a few turns anticlockwise that should fix it.Rakers! Are they an LA basketball team??
Picked the Husky up on Thursday, been cuuting my brains out today. Thing just goes & goes. Been cutting thru stuff I didn't think I'd be able to, just let it eat its way through, take it easy.
Uses heaps of chain oil, gonna have to take at least 4 litrs of that when I go away. I'd say it uses 1 part fuel to 3 parts chain oil.
I've had Homelite, Dolmar and now Stihl. When my Stihl dies I'll be visiting the Husky shop. I don't want cheap, and I don't want unreliable.
I'm not saying my Stihl is any trouble at all, but I'm wanting a larger saw.
I'm not a lumberjack (so I guess I'm not really ok ... but that's a different song) so I won't be needing something like the MS880 - 42" bar? Oh no thanks. I need to cut firewood. Trees up to about half a metre across, maybe a little more, sectioned into lengths about 300-400mm for splitting. I'm thinking about half to 2/3 of that size - something like the MS660 would be enough.
My Stihl is doing okay but labours, and I know it won't last if I keep cutting like crazy (and burning through 2-3 sections like that a day in the fireplace). A Makita is worth looking at? I'd never have thunk it. I doubt I'll ever look at upgrading the motor in it, I'll buy it for what it is and use it until I kill it.
That's what I've done so far - and intend to continue, but would like them to last a little longer!
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