Farmertec chainsaws

[Brill]

Recently needed a big saw but waiting for the new 395 replacement to be released so tried one of these farmertec 660 clone saws as it was cheap so far so good has anyone tried one 

[Stubby]

39 minutes ago, Brill said:

Recently needed a big saw but waiting for the new 395 replacement to be released so tried one of these farmertec 660 clone saws as it was cheap so far so good has anyone tried one 

Some peps have . I think you will find opinion is divided .

[Moose McAlpine]

Is it right you have to run them at 25:1 oil ratio?

[Brill]

13 minutes ago, Moose McAlpine said:

Is it right you have to run them at 25:1 oil ratio?

Mabie in America where fuels a bit hit and miss I’ve been on 50.1 been fine just use stihls high end oil mix

[petercb]

25:1 first three tanks then 40:1


Farmertec chainsaw fans & builders on Facebook loads of info in that group

[spudulike]

These saws use very close tolerances, far closer than Stihl can maintain in manufacturing so they run hotter and need far more oil to keep them running correctly.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Stubby]

5 minutes ago, spudulike said:

These saws use very close tolerances, far closer than Stihl can maintain in manufacturing so they run hotter and need far more oil to keep them running correctly.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

That's a load of rowlocks Steve ?

[spudulike]

it is indeed!!

[dumper]

5 minutes ago, spudulike said:

it is indeed!!

But very funny

 

[topchippyles]

Run it at 25-1 as mentioned.Will smoke a bit but for a cheap saw will get the job done.