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Is this too much to ask a saw shop?
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Or if you drink too much on an empty stomach.
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Strange, I service saws 12 in #for a have to make $'s to live logging company, we have 3 full time fallers & 2 guys that can back up falling if needed, we used to use Stihl but tried Husky as we were getting at that time a better cash deal, the guys found they preferred them to Stihl & we have had slightly less down time with them, so from our company's viewpoint Husky's are not once a week jobbies, they if needed are run all day & 6 days a week 7 30am to 6 pm Just my two cents worth on the last 5 years of work
What Huskys you running?
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For trimming grass and weeds an fs90 is a great tool, for clearing brush not so much. Fs130 is a bit closer, but still well short of a clearing saw.
Op, swapping out fuel lines and the whole carb is not tough or time consuming in the field on a tailgate. On my string trimmers I replace fuel lines every other year since the e-10 kills them on the Redmax trimmers I prefer. These days carbs are cheap enough to keep a spare on hand if your working in the bush. What's a day of down time cost including a trip to get parts? New fuel lines and a carb swap take ten minutes or so. Don't let minor issues stop you dead and cost a day or more.
And that black plug should be telling you something. Grab a lil screwdriver and turn a screw. Plenty of vids here to show you how to tune a carb. With your time in the woods, you oughta know what sounds right and what doesn't. No excuse to run them pig rich till they quit.
Yeah, I hear you about not having time to become an expert on everything mechanical. But basic tuning and fuel system service is a necessity if your going to earn your living with these tools. Otherwise down time and road trips to dealers will eat too much of your bottom line.
Op, swapping out fuel lines and the whole carb is not tough or time consuming in the field on a tailgate. On my string trimmers I replace fuel lines every other year since the e-10 kills them on the Redmax trimmers I prefer. These days carbs are cheap enough to keep a spare on hand if your working in the bush. What's a day of down time cost including a trip to get parts? New fuel lines and a carb swap take ten minutes or so. Don't let minor issues stop you dead and cost a day or more.
And that black plug should be telling you something. Grab a lil screwdriver and turn a screw. Plenty of vids here to show you how to tune a carb. With your time in the woods, you oughta know what sounds right and what doesn't. No excuse to run them pig rich till they quit.
Yeah, I hear you about not having time to become an expert on everything mechanical. But basic tuning and fuel system service is a necessity if your going to earn your living with these tools. Otherwise down time and road trips to dealers will eat too much of your bottom line.
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This is what I understand what a brushcutter should be able to hold up to.
and this
and if you have a mulcher blade(like in the second video) mounted to one of your hobby trimmers, after hitting the ground/stone/etc. a few times to many(and it happens very fast) the gear head will be dead very soon. Even with the heavy duty brushcutters the pros replace about once a year the gearing head!
You are recomending repairs on the job site, while clearly he has NO interest in doing so! What a stupid recomendation is that? Wasteing time repairing equiment while your customer is waiting? The customer doesn't give a sh... load if you have defects he wants the job done, further if you buy really good equipement you will have easily paid for them in short order, because you can do more jobs in the same time it takes to repair some low cost junk...
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They break a lot?. drive mercedes also???????????
E10 will not be the root cause of the problems you have described. But it for sure sounds like you need a new shop! E10 is really only a problem in terms of storage. Your saws are run regularly, so that shouldn't be an issue.
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A lot less stupid than buying a $1200 trimmer and having to drive 120 mi. to a dealer and waiting 30 days, when you could swap out a part and be back to work in 10 minutes.
I just put my hedge trimmer head on the FS 110 and it cuts brush great.
Would you happen to have any Red Max coils for a trimmer around? Mine is acting up?
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No, I don't fool with Redmax, not many around here.
I like the Stihls better and , next one will be a FS90, the stoopid coil for the Redmax is way overpriced just like the carb.
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Well I am sure you will recomend a 180 for the saw, because he can take half a dozen and swap out pieces ...
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No, you just got excited because he tried to use $1,000 clearing saws..... And that warped your common sense.
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I have re built my own carbs replaced my own fuel lines and adjusted carbs on saws with limiters and I am just mostly cutting to make my own fire wood. I read this as macinical short in all areas, including operation. Cripe I still have a fine running husky from the 1970 when the worth less Stihl I bought would not do much more than cut kindling wood.
Also doesn't say much going back to the same dealer over and over again that won't do as told to do to the saw. If they don't do as requested once shame on them, a second time shame on me and a 3d time label me just plain to stupid to learn.
Al
Also doesn't say much going back to the same dealer over and over again that won't do as told to do to the saw. If they don't do as requested once shame on them, a second time shame on me and a 3d time label me just plain to stupid to learn.
Al
I got to tell you a Stihl 241C with a 16 in bar if you dont have one already is quite the nice saw. I highly recommend it. I been cutting about 40 years and own a tree service.
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Well, he just got excited about the clearing saw thing.
I was trying to give some decent suggestions to a guy with a crew that uses Husky 55 and 346's as their go to chainsaws,
that is tired of losing money on his thousand dollar trimmers{clearing saws......}
He would rather make more money, I would guess.
I was trying to give some decent suggestions to a guy with a crew that uses Husky 55 and 346's as their go to chainsaws,
that is tired of losing money on his thousand dollar trimmers{clearing saws......}
He would rather make more money, I would guess.
Go with the newer FS/KM94. I sold my KM110 and love my new KM94. It's a true 2-stroke.
