Stihl MS-180: Will it start in a vertical position?

Arborist Forum

Help Support Arborist Forum:

This site may earn a commission from merchant affiliate links, including eBay, Amazon, and others.

stihlalivekicking

ArboristSite Lurker
Joined
Sep 19, 2022
Messages
13
Reaction score
5
Location
New Zealand
This is kinda an academic interest question. Might it be possible to start a chainsaw that's mounted in a vertical position, ie with chainbar pointing upwards? Or, I guess, chainbar pointing downwards?
Obviously, there are safety issues with this orientation. As I said, theoretically, would the saw start in this position or is there some reason - fuel feed, etc, why it wouldn't work?
 
Should start in any position, however, bar pointing up would be take maybe a couple more pulls as a little fuel may try to run past choke plate.
 
Back
Top