Earl Thigpen
Well-known member
Just bought my second Stihl saw last week to be used in the cleanup of Ike. I saw the man take the saw off the rack, put fuel and bar oil in the tank, pull the cord once in choke and next in the partial choke position and the saw started and ran fine. Even idled sitting on the floor. So far I've ran about 20 tanks of gas through it and it starts and runs perfect every time.
Then I got my 20 YO Stihl out and filled the tank, put oil in the tank for the bar, pulled once on choke and one more time to start and it worked great! With performance like that I'm not real sure why I bought the new one.
I witnessed Craftsman, Poulan, Husk' and a few other brands at work this past week and I can say the Stihl's will run circles around all the others.
I did see something I've never seen before. We had a discussion a few months ago about the chain coming off during use. I said I've never had that happen to me as long as the chain was tight. Well, the new Stihl threw the chain and it was tight. So my apologizes for doubting those who said that it happens.
Hope everyone along the Texas/Louisiana coast are doing OK.
Then I got my 20 YO Stihl out and filled the tank, put oil in the tank for the bar, pulled once on choke and one more time to start and it worked great! With performance like that I'm not real sure why I bought the new one.
I witnessed Craftsman, Poulan, Husk' and a few other brands at work this past week and I can say the Stihl's will run circles around all the others.
I did see something I've never seen before. We had a discussion a few months ago about the chain coming off during use. I said I've never had that happen to me as long as the chain was tight. Well, the new Stihl threw the chain and it was tight. So my apologizes for doubting those who said that it happens.
Hope everyone along the Texas/Louisiana coast are doing OK.