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PETZL's "huit" fig.8 has a square top which is supposed to avoid the hitch inverting. They're also nice and small which is convenient for setting up 2 anchors close together.

Tell you what spud the best "liquid" solution I've found is Stihl's varioclean. I just pick the big lumps off (normally on the front of the saw just under the muffler) then spray down with Vario. Leave for a bit then thoroughly rinse off with water (I use an air parts washer) and blow dry with compressed air. A short warm-up and a few cuts in some clean wood dries it right off and leaves a little dust under the sprocket cover to soak up any oil.

I do like it when a saw does bed in. Some machines achieve power gradually but for others like my new little MS151T it seems like they suddenly boost up! Is there any reason for this?!

Mechanical Sympathy - spot on term! I'm stealing that! ?

I think the origin of this thread was the dealer taking a brand new, stone cold machine and revving it full bore - your angle is coming from a highly knowledgeable, experienced technician so I appreciate your comments. I think it's important to get across the point that you've got to treat a 2-stroke machine with a deal of care. My old boss used to leave new saws bumbling away for ages outside the workshop - I always wondered if that was a waste of time!

I think on the latest calibration version but it doesn't actually reach full revs - it sort of bumbles about till it's running right and steps down again ?

There's no reason to ever rev out a chainsaw really! Start the cut sensibly then add power when it needs it. I think YouTube has a lot to answer for when it comes to people's perception of how to handle chainsaws!

That's a bummer. I will say that's why I like the dealer setting up / PDI'ing the saw so I know I'm taking away a working machine with the correct attachments on it. Funny how things differ from one dealer to the next. The guys I usually use are happy to only rev the machine to 1/2 throttle to check the engine and oil pump are operational. They even use motomix if you ask! Or they'll hand over the machine on the box and let you get on with it. Another place local to me is adamant that they cannot sell a unit only, in the box, without a bar/chain fitted - I think that's a bit of shady up-selling though!

"That Green Mix" is most likely to be MotoMix - probably the best fuel you could put in the machine. It has a shelf life of years so would do no harm however long if was in the tank at the dealer. In the factory, machines are connected directly to a fuel line for testing rather than filling the tank. This way they can be shipped dry. Good practice running the saw up gently. Most manuals say not to run the saw "full throttle off load" for the first three tanks. I enterpret this to mean go ahead and use the saw sensibly, just don't rev it's tits off like some chavvy twat! ??

Is this shop an authorised servicing dealer? I have recently had issues with a saw and my (authorised) dealer was directed by Stihl UK. they were told to offer to replace the faulty part and any other issues that the technician found no quibbles. If I wasn't satisfied with that, supply another machine. As it happened, having the the saw repaired was quicker. Another machine would have needed to be ordered.

Recently gotten hold of a BR800 blower for my work and I'm delighted with it! Just wondered if anyone else has noticed on dry days that it seems to built up a lot of static meaning loads of dust sticks to the casing and fan housing (in some quite interesting patterns!). Also is there a chance of shock or discharge from this build up? None of this concerns me - I'm just interested to hear other people's thoughts on this machine and it's particular querks!

1: Sit down and draw up a specific set of terms and conditions which you can add to your correspondence with your contractors. Make sure you contact your contractor in writing (emails do count!) With your terms and conditions clearly included and they respond/accept in writing. 2: If you believe you have been underpaid, contact the client, in writing stating what you are owed and why. 3: USE THE SMALL CLAIMS COURT! people like us are why it exists! I was given this advice by a lady from trading standards and the police who were pulling commercial vehicles over to tell them this a couple of years ago on the way out of Colchester. The emphasis was on doing our business in writing!

Partial vindication for having to use 2 rope systems. That said, if that can happen to one rope going to base then it could happen to both. Choose your climbing systems wisely!

Biolubricant should be topped up to the brim to eliminate oxygen in the tank which would cause it to decay and turn to resin.

Another approach is to actually try not to winterise it at all. Find a little job to do with your machines once every couple of weeks to keep things moving through. The added bonus is that you continue your usuall habits of checking and monitoring the machine for problems. Really, no machine likes being idle.