Stihl 015L

[CSalsman]

Hi. I am just a home-moaner, had 3 big trees dropped today, and cant afford the $500 extra to have it all hauled off. Im going to rent a 85hp brush chipper and make mulch out of the limbs, and have the # to a guy with a logging truck with a built in crane to take the logs away. There is a large lumber mfgr about 1/2 mile away from my house. (Thrift Bros)
For the limbing, I am going to use a Stihl 015L that probably hasnt been fired up in 20 years. I changed the plug, and swished some "SeaFoam" into the cylinder and turned it over a few times, and dumped it out. Then I blew everything clean with compressed air, and took apart the little Walbro carburetor, which looked great, and put it back together. Luckily the saw was stored without fuel.
I then fueled it up, and cranked it up. Sounds pretty good!
I didnt run it too long since it was getting dark and Im in a resedential area.

2 questions: What is the reccomended fuel/oil ratio (Im used some 50:1 mixture from my boat fuel tank to crank it up) Is there anything special I need to know about this little saw? What is the difference between the 015 and the 015L models?

Also, the guy I paid to drop the trees, he said that the wood is #1 grade (Or something like that), yellow pine. The trees were 40-50 years old, straight, and bug free. What kind of money will the guy get when he sells the trees to the Lumber Co? They are in the front yard on level ground, so loading them wont be terribly difficult with his rig. (In other words, should I just give them to him and count my blessings that the trees will be hauled off?)

There must be 50-100 logging trucks a day that pass within 2 blocks of my house on any given day, I'd bet..
The trees are about 30"-36" in diameter at the base.


Thanks.

Oops. Can this thread be moved to the Homeowner section?

 

[begleytree]

the 015L was a top handle, the 015av was not.

dump the fuel out of the saw and mix up a couple gallons of fresh 91+ octane gas with mix oil designed for air cooled engines. that twc3 stuff your outboard takes will mess your saw up. heat range of the oil is different from a hotter air cooled oil to a cooler water cooled one.
If i"m not mistaken, the 015 called for 40:1 mix ratio. if I'm wrong, someone will correct me.
markets vary for logs, so I can't help ya on price. heck, I can't even take in pine here. mill wont accept it. pulp only here.
-Ralph

edit: no move necessary. this needs to be in chainsaw. Homeowner is for questions about trees...

 

[CSalsman]

I just cranked it for about 10 secs to make sure the ignition was good. This saw belonged to my father in-law, who took good care of it. (Better than I took care of my Jonsered turbo 36(?) which I gave away today to one of the tree-guy's to use for parts)

This little Stihl is tiny in comparison, I just want to take good care of it, out of respect to my late father-in-law.

 

[begleytree]

imo, running it out of the wood for a spell isn't ging to hurt it. just remix before you get to the serious cutting.

good little saws, the 015L was the saw to have when I started learning to climb. or the 020, but those things....when they ran, they ran. when they didn't, well, long day.

you, if I were you, I'd keep that little saw going forever too. what are you running? usually see them wearing a 14", but my groundy has one wearing a 16" and it cuts good, and balances nice too.
-Ralph

 

[Lakeside53]

The mix for the 015 today is 50:1, BUT, you can't use your boat mix - that's for water cooled engines. Buy some real air cooled chainsaw mix oil like Echo or stihl, and use premium gas.