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yeah- my saws are tools, not a religion. and the only "new" epa approved saw that i care for at all is the husky 575. that's not because it's all orange but because of its wide power band and abundant torque.
regarding your practice of blue-printing your saws before they are deployed, it sounds like a good idea but there are a couple of things that would be hard to catch if you didn't have the hard experience of dealing with them, the muffler failures, the air filters that don't, and who would expect a flywheel-side crank seal to fail after a couple of hours. tt's like the saw was trying to find a new way to suck in more saw dust![/QUOTE