Sure is quiet in here....do I need to start a fight?

[Jimmy in NC]

Talked to Robin last night , no way could I get him to understand how to operate a flippy cap and convince him that my pffffpopple is different than his pffftpopple because I get heat outta mine .
Stubborn silly clamdigger ........

Floppy caps suck. I have a saw with them and I still hate them. I do understand that you line up the notch and the thing on the cap...still suck.

 

[dancan]

Hmmmm , flip , twist , remove, reinstall, twist , flip .
Must be sumthin that Southeners have a hard time with ??? You guys remembering the "Lefty Loosie ,Righty Thighty" thing during the twist part of the sequence ???? Only have Velcro for shoe laces growing up ?????

 

[dancan]

Didn't THall put up an intructional video on how to operate a flippy cap a while back ?

 

[farrell]

Mornin kids!

 

[pioneerguy600]

What`s all that white stuff all over our nice bare ground , looks pretty on the trees with the sunlight glinting off it with hues of pink,blue n yellow.

 

[pioneerguy600]

I love flippy caps, they is jus so easy to operate even with gloves on.

 

[pioneerguy600]

Down the road I go,..BBL.

 

[tbone75]

I love flippy caps, they is jus so easy to operate even with gloves on.

Didn't know they made gloves to fit you ? LOL

 

[Jimmy in NC]

Ah ha...I guess with gloves they would be good. Didn't think of that one Jerry. I just follow the simple is better thing....no moving parts with a regular cap.


Here is another thing. I watch all different people use the MS250 at work with flippy caps. People from uneducated to masters degree. They all struggle the first few times..some longer than others. It just isn't as intuitive as the standard screw cap. Now I've not seen a flippy that looks like it was chewed by a rabid beaver (pliers taking oily normal caps off) but I have seen the pivot break. I dunno....not a fan....but understand.

 

[Cantdog]

It was 8' under ground in a piece of 12" PVC pipe sealed up. LOL

So.......56-58 degrees...'merican.....is to warm for thirty yrs......

Ah ha...I guess with gloves they would be good. Didn't think of that one Jerry. I just follow the simple is better thing....no moving parts with a regular cap.


Here is another thing. I watch all different people use the MS250 at work with flippy caps. People from uneducated to masters degree. They all struggle the first few times..some longer than others. It just isn't as intuitive as the standard screw cap. Now I've not seen a flippy that looks like it was chewed by a rabid beaver (pliers taking oily normal caps off) but I have seen the pivot break. I dunno....not a fan....but understand.

PAGE II!!!!!!!!
I'm with you Jimmy.......you probably didn't see this.....I posted it a while ago......an in depth study on "Flippy Caps" revealed how complicated OR simple fuel cap on a saw could be.........this was a non-biased study conducted by a non-prophetable entity I might add.....

 

[tbone75]

Simple is almost always better ! I can operate flippy caps , but why do at that to something so simple and easy to use ? I can take any fuel and oil cap off I have tried with gloves on ? Sometimes I do over tighten them , try not to ! LOL I do see a lot of people over tighten a screw in cap , but ya got a scrench if ya have ta ! LOL Stihl instruction booklets say to tighten a screw in cap with the scrench ? Think that was in a 021 booklet ?

 

[cheeves]

Simple is almost always better ! I can operate flippy caps , but why do at that to something so simple and easy to use ? I can take any fuel and oil cap off I have tried with gloves on ? Sometimes I do over tighten them , try not to ! LOL I do see a lot of people over tighten a screw in cap , but ya got a scrench if ya have ta ! LOL Stihl instruction booklets say to tighten a screw in cap with the scrench ? Think that was in a 021 booklet ?

The other day grabbed my 310 to cut up a pile of oak. Put on my bench out here to fill with gas and oil! It was cold and had my gloves on. You know I struggled with that "Flippy" gas cap for about ten minutes!! Never ever had so much trouble trying to take a gas cap off a chainsaw! Ridiculous!!
Will never buy a saw with these caps again!! One of the reasons I don't take the saw out in the woods to cut loads! That and the fact sometimes it's a slow starter. Runs good though after the fact. With a MM I might add!

 

[pioneerguy600]

Didn't know they made gloves to fit you ? LOL

I find a pair every now n then that are wide enough to wedge on but they are rare. I got one nice pair of XXL-EEE ones this summer with the CAT in label on them, $28. a pair but only one pair out of the 26 pairs in the store would go all the way on.

 

[pioneerguy600]

Don`t get what the problem with flippy caps is. Got my first brand new flippy cap saw when I bought my MS440. I had a new 044 I got around 1990 and ran the hell out of it, still have it and it runs great. I really liked the new flippy cap saw so much I kept right on buying them, never had a seconds worth of trouble with them yet.

 

[pioneerguy600]

The other day grabbed my 310 to cut up a pile of oak. Put on my bench out here to fill with gas and oil! It was cold and had my gloves on. You know I struggled with that "Flippy" gas cap for about ten minutes!! Never ever had so much trouble trying to take a gas cap off a chainsaw! Ridiculous!!
Will never buy a saw with these caps again!! One of the reasons I don't take the saw out in the woods to cut loads! That and the fact sometimes it's a slow starter. Runs good though after the fact. With a MM I might add!

 

[dancan]

Geez Robin , you one of them guys that hasta tinker with everything they get ?
I've never hadta take one of them screw caps apart let alone a flippy cap .
Sharp lookin box that they're on there .

 

[dancan]

Canadian News article , Bacon recipe in the video .

http://www.cbc.ca/newsblogs/yourcom...boys-do-epic-meal-time-canadians-rejoice.html

Sorry John

 

[Cantdog]

Geez Robin , you one of them guys that hasta tinker with everything they get ?
I've never hadta take one of them screw caps apart let alone a flippy cap .
Sharp lookin box that they're on there .

LOL!! No.... I didn't take that flippy cap apart.....did it all by itself.....was recalled by Stihl anyway so I got a new and improved one FREE for my K130...(that one hasn't failed and is still together)

I did take the Jonsereds cap apart if you could call it that.....just removed the gasket.....and to count the pieces for the non-biased study....

The flippy cap contained 12 pieces...pic show 8...but there were 4 pieces that didn't fall apart.....not bad 4 out of 12 stayed together......

SCORE!!!!!! the final score....12 to 2....."Flippy Cap" WINS!!!!




Thanks Dan those are cool boxes...I have 2 and they have two levels divided into compartments of different sizes.....

 

[tbone75]

Don`t get what the problem with flippy caps is. Got my first brand new flippy cap saw when I bought my MS440. I had a new 044 I got around 1990 and ran the hell out of it, still have it and it runs great. I really liked the new flippy cap saw so much I kept right on buying them, never had a seconds worth of trouble with them yet.

I have had several of them leak , even put new O -ring on them didn't help ?

 

[dancan]

I think that flippy cap fell apart after someone got told to turn the radio off because that music is barbaric ......