I get that. I sent a bunch of semi down to Georgia with a saw yesterday, told him to use it on dirty wood. If I cut a lot of nasty wood off a pile, I'd run 404 semi, it last long time.
Rather buy x-cut for the price, and it's way smoother out of the box.
yes, every year and I usually check the chimney twice a year. Although since I went to the insulated stainless chimney I doubt that it's nessisary to inspect it twice a year. Since it's my only heat source for the house I try to keep it in good repair.
Have you tried the chain yet ? in clean wood IMO it’s faster than X - cut , X - cut was the fastest in .325 till I tried 23RS Pro , the cutter profile not like regular RS , The C83 is the fastest outta the box 3/8 pitch, Then if all else fails, bring the big stuff, LolI usually use the rs amateur.
I prefer the x-cut myself, fastest and smoothest out of the box I've ran, and holds an edge just as well as RS after being filed.
I always clean and inspect from the inside of mine and obviously clean the chimney every year. I've never pulled the shrouds to check for cracks though.
No, the biggest saw I have right now is 85cc, no reason to run 404. A while ago I did buy a new 24x063 stihl lightweight bar, I still haven't ran it, it will be happening soon though. I normally run all 050, except on a couple real small saws that are set up for 043 picco/ lp.
Yea , I wanta see those square grinders setup in that sweet barn , 👍 She cut eh , .404
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. Man, it's getting pretty tight in there, maybe I'll need to build an addition 
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It's revealed issues a few times over the years, so it's good practice to pull them every now and then. This issue is the first alarming issue, since it had the potential to send smoke into the rest of the house, and possibly act like a forced draft. So I'm glad I caught it. I do have the screw holes about wallered out. May think about putting riv nuts in and going to machine screws vs sheet metal screws.
Would that be a lean to attached to the lean to?Man, it's getting pretty tight in there, maybe I'll need to build an addition
It just cracks me up that you refer to part of the main structure as a lean to. 
Yea , I have like 3 newly ported saws need some time on them ,that’s the problem not enough time , isn’t it always the issue 🤔That things ripping!
I just brought the stand of one out there last week
I still need to get a couple more coats of paint(husky paint lol) on the one wall, and finish the wood/trim around the electric panel, and lights, then the 2' carpet squares get installed in there. I have to get the chicken run finished, making repairs from the tree damage this spring, then I'll probably get the paint done. once it's finished I'll also be setting up the round grinders and the raker grinder, and hopefully add a spinner breaker like yours to the mix and a roll of x-cut c-85
Here’s a hint… terrible image as I didn’t figure out how to get the focus on the window to work until it disappeared.
My gf (who is a DNP) has reminded me several times now that I turned 45 this fall I need to get in for one of those. Can’t say I’m excited lol
I think the Tilly , would be the way to go.
I'm not really familiar with the carb on these saws but is there a check valve/ball of some sort that might be leaking? Can you get a mirror/borescope in there to see where the gas is coming from?
