I had a stay running problem with my Stihl and talked to a Stihl dealer. He thought it was old gas and he was right as I changed the gas and it runs fine.
Lookin for a chain saw
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One of two things. EPA Restrictive exhaust, or it needs the fuel air mix screw adjusted.
Dustin,
Probably nit a saw problem actually. They (Husq) have a different starting sequence with the new restrictive CARB compliance issues.
Just follow the sticker on start up until you are used to it. We are so used to the old choke, fill fuel bulb and pull until start. Once warm, pull it to start.
Doesn't work that way anymore. Once warm you need to do the reduced steps but still do more than just pull the starting chord.
Probably nit a saw problem actually. They (Husq) have a different starting sequence with the new restrictive CARB compliance issues.
Just follow the sticker on start up until you are used to it. We are so used to the old choke, fill fuel bulb and pull until start. Once warm, pull it to start.
Doesn't work that way anymore. Once warm you need to do the reduced steps but still do more than just pull the starting chord.
But it is a weird sequence with the choke and primer bulb. Compared to old saws.
Took me a while to figure it out.
Great thread.....I'm in the market for a saw also but will prob wait till next spring. One question maybe someone can answer for me. I will be burning wood for the first time this fall. I've been splitting wood for the past couple weeks. All wood cut/split is stuff that's been dead 3 or more years but hung up off the ground.....cherry, elm, ash and some oak. After splitting I simply have tossed into a mega huge pile (not stacked). Do you think if I cover it with a tarp it will dry out enough to burn or does it need stacked and covered for the next 2 months to really dry out?
I'd stack and put something over it but not cover it so much where air can't flow thru it....
Use some old pallets or something similar too keep it up off of the ground if possible....
Use some old pallets or something similar too keep it up off of the ground if possible....
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Sun and air does the drying. Stack it and put a tarp on the top.
The cherry is ready to burn within 6 months if cut in the spring. So yours should be ready...
Pallets are great for it. I use concrete blocks made for decks and treated wood to stack on.
The cherry is ready to burn within 6 months if cut in the spring. So yours should be ready...
Pallets are great for it. I use concrete blocks made for decks and treated wood to stack on.
I built this in the spring. $14 in landscape timbers and some left over decking boards. Works great.
I would cover it. I've read somewhere that wet wood when burns uses alot of BTU's to dry the wood wetness that you lose the BTU's for heat.
Had a buddy pick up one of those domed type mini garages about the size of a single car garage and stake it down with 3' pipes.... We would fill that up over the year and with it closed up it would reach over 100 degrees and it cured that wood pretty darn quick.....
If it were left piled I agree. Wood dries from the ends. If it is stacked arborist recommend just covering the top to reduce puddling or snow sitting on it.
