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And regardless, the point is moot now. bloody Milwaukee m18 polesaw just stopped working. Packed it up and waiting for courier- they’d better sort it without quibble, it’s hardly been used. then the bar bent on the m18 chainsaw. Putting it in the vice and it’s like cheese compared to a stihl or Oregon I have here- luckily a 181 bar mount is the right fitment. But regarding the polesaw- turns out that with a bit of insulating tape to shim the tube up and a sand down of the driveshaft by 0.2mm, you can fit a stihl engine onto a husky polesaw shaft! So now I have a Stihl engine that is older than the polesaw on it, which I have every confidence in the reliability of. Time to treat myself to a new combi engine.

Ok, here’s the best photos I can do of the bore. I can’t see any scratching, just slight vertical lines. what do the more learned minds think?

Those cnts have always been ‘America First’. Trump just exemplifies it.

I’ve never heard it called that before, but congratulations on finding a girl who is into ropes and knots….

I always thought that joke was about birch! works for both I guess.

Don’t really do loading trailers etc but it’s just incredible for grab work. You loose so much height on a normal machine with a grab and rotator. I wish someone would make a triple boom with a 2.7 tonner.

Ok you win! A beautiful machine! The Mecalac isn’t bad either…😂

Can’t beat an intermecato can you Steve?

Echo felling lines are very indistinct compared to stihl I find.

And I do like this Brian James tipper. Well designed.

I still think you can’t beat a GH1054 for moving a 2.7t digger around. On my second now and would have another currently. But Ifor’s flatbed/beavertail range is stuck in the dark ages. Not changed since the 90s! My new Nugent is far better built- well worth the £800 ish extra.

I just can’t see it either hence the post! Saw and blower are in the scrap, still have polesaw as shaft is good. One day when i have time I’ll pull it down and put some photos up. I run everything on e5. Until Esso changed a couple years back I was even able to run on e0. ****************ing green policies.

Another vote for the Milwaukee here.

I don’t have to patience to do that on every machine. My fs461 and fs490 are stored with normal mix in and never have an issue over ten years. im just at a loss as to why three Husky machines have failed like it.

Stored with all the rest of the machines inside an insulated workshop.