imagineero
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We run an all Stihl crew, but to put a cat among the pidgins I decided to throw a rebuilt 346xp in there. There was a mixed reaction while we were getting setup this morning, the boys passed it around... It got picked up and put down about a hundred times, next to the 026. Some liked it, some didn't. The usual comments got made about air filtration and one of the guys pointed out that he didn't like the chain adjuster. Overall it got a pretty favorable response, and everyone agreed the handling was nice.
Well, that should have been that, guys grabbed whatever saws they needed and headed off but this is when things started to go a bit pear shaped. The guys all headed straight off to get cutting, but the guy who took the 346 never quite got there. He took a few steps in the same direction as the other guys, but he started veering off to the right, like he'd had a few too many beers. I thought he was going to take a piss or something, but after he wandered off about 5', he stopped and looked around. He grinned a bit, at his own silliness for wandering off. He turned to the left and started walking again, but this time veered much further off to the right. He turned back to look at me, this time with a worried look on his face. Something was clearly wrong. A couple of the other boys turned back wondering what was going on. He turned left again, and started off at a quicker pace, but this time walked around in a complete circle, like a dozer with a track missing. Now he was really panicked. The whole crew was staring. Even the house owners dog looked worried. He turned left, and this time, ran. Full speed. All he did was go round and round in circles.
We never did work out what was the cause of it all. I remembered saw troll mentioning something about the importance of balance. I thought I'd put a post up to see if we can get some advice. We left him at the job site, and we're going back tomorrow to see if we can sort him out. What should we do?
Shaun
Well, that should have been that, guys grabbed whatever saws they needed and headed off but this is when things started to go a bit pear shaped. The guys all headed straight off to get cutting, but the guy who took the 346 never quite got there. He took a few steps in the same direction as the other guys, but he started veering off to the right, like he'd had a few too many beers. I thought he was going to take a piss or something, but after he wandered off about 5', he stopped and looked around. He grinned a bit, at his own silliness for wandering off. He turned to the left and started walking again, but this time veered much further off to the right. He turned back to look at me, this time with a worried look on his face. Something was clearly wrong. A couple of the other boys turned back wondering what was going on. He turned left again, and started off at a quicker pace, but this time walked around in a complete circle, like a dozer with a track missing. Now he was really panicked. The whole crew was staring. Even the house owners dog looked worried. He turned left, and this time, ran. Full speed. All he did was go round and round in circles.
We never did work out what was the cause of it all. I remembered saw troll mentioning something about the importance of balance. I thought I'd put a post up to see if we can get some advice. We left him at the job site, and we're going back tomorrow to see if we can sort him out. What should we do?
Shaun
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