Stihl 08S - Singing its praises.

[Nat]

To sum up, I bought a Stihl 08S AV Electronic (yayyy chain Brake!) a while back as a non runner for £35, beer money!

New fuel hose and fresh fuel made it go but badly.

New carb kit and it was a little better, still losing power when cutting.

 

Was subsequently given an 08S in bits, stuck that carb on and it ran a lot better.

 

Got to use it in anger last Sunday.

Ripping up some beech rings that were too heavy to lift

Still on .404 chain, I she's on a 20"

My GOD it went well! Was easily keeping up with mates brand new Husky 359 on an 18"

Then I hit a bit of metal in one of the rings.

And it kept cutting!

Ploughing through the masses of soil stuck to the rings that had been sat on the ground, still cutting like a new chain.

Everytime I set it down it idled on and on and on.

 

I've always coveted 08S'

Now I know why quite a lot of people still use them around here.

 

Thought this might differ from the usual tales of woe on this page!

[tree monkey]

no pictures???

[Nat]

Sure, found some pics.

 

She's been on ripping duty this week to make some big rings easier to handle and split.

Running like a good'un!

 

[WorcsWuss]

Hmm... I have one of those tucked away back at home..... might drag it out and see if it still goes.... be useful to have a big saw around and would certainly be cheaper than a 660...

[WoodED]

Hmm... I have one of those tucked away back at home..... might drag it out and see if it still goes.... be useful to have a big saw around and would certainly be cheaper than a 660...

 

arnt they only like 50 cc or sumit like that?

[WorcsWuss]

Very probably, but I remember we ran a pretty big bar on it...

[Graham]

55cc, heavy, top-handled monstrosity that was shunned by cutters but went into every hire shop in the country. Pretty sure that you could buy a range of attachments for it. Handy with a hedge trimming head:001_smile:

[swinny]

Always reminds me of a ts350 stone saw

[Graham]

Always reminds me of a ts350 stone saw

 

That's because it is one

[s.varty]

I used to have a stihl fs353av that had an 08s engine on it, later i put a ts350 engine on it . what a beast that was,ive never seen a more powerful strimmer.