Clever Idea

[rovers90]

Farmer friend was showing me a chainsaw he had just bought off ebay - brand new Husqvarna lookly likey but what was clever was the plug spanner was stored in the underside of the handle and you just popped the screwdriver end out, rotated it downwards and then slide out side wards. very clever and at least you would always have your spanner with you.

 

Stihl and Husqvarna need to catch up with that one!!!

[difflock]

(i) What exactly IS a Plug spanner?

(ii) And why would one require access to one during a days cutting?

 

 

just saying like.

[skyhuck]

(i) What exactly IS a Plug spanner?

(ii) And why would one require access to one during a days cutting?

 

 

just saying like.

 

The "Plug spanner" is also known as a "Combi spanner" and is used to tension the chain, unfasten over tight fuel caps and remove the clutch cover.

 

I would certainly not want to be far from one when using a saw.

[Ukulian]

(i) What exactly IS a Plug spanner?

(ii) And why would one require access to one during a days cutting?

 

 

just saying like.

 

(i) A plug spanner is a metal device formed in the shape of a 'T' where one leg of the 'T' can be used to remove the plug by rotating it. The second horizontal leg forms another sized socket and the vertical leg terminates in a screwdriver.

 

(ii) You may find the second socket/screwdriver combo useful during a days cutting to adjust the chain tension or even replace the chain having hit the barbed wire fence that was next to the tree 30 years before you got there. Also a handy object for throwing at sleepy groundies!

[shavey]

Husqvarna have started doing it in partnership with M Culloch on the CS-450 elite it,s the plug chain combi spanner it fits there nice and snug underneath the back handle perfect :thumbup:

[difflock]

OK:001_tt2:

I will re-phrase slightly;

Why would one require the "plug spanner" to be kept on the Saw.

Extra weight on the Saw!!.

Keep it with the fuel mix, file, tooth gauge thinngy, spare chain, vice for sharpening etc:thumbup:

In a cut down 5l plastic jar.

M

[Burgess]

I've got an old backpack blower that has tools on the bottom, but they vibrate out when you're using it and fall off the bottom and you're none the wise until you turn around and see them on the ground.

 

Does the design stop the spanner vibrating out?

[Breezeblock]

ours get stuck in between the two halts of the combi can

[peatff]

Mine's in my pocket. It's a scrench tool.

[Bearded Munch]

I think the Stihl backpack blowers had them attached underneath a few years ago.