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Just done my first strip down on a Stihl MS181, pending a replacement piston due to light under oiling. Would never have bothered with an 017/018 MS170/180, as they are a pain in the ar**. However as the saw is only a year old and the customer told me to scrap it due to my quote for the repair, I thought I would spend a quiet afternoon seeing what it was like compared to the earlier models. Sure- very time consuming, but a LOT easier than the old models so very pleased and new piston will be fitted as soon as it arrives. Nearly new MS181 for £25.00! Can't go wrong.

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A "strimmer" is a brand name of Black and Decker- a bit like calling a vacuum cleaner a "Hoover". Presumably you are looking for something more than a cheap and cheerful electric thing from Black and Decker? An FS400 is called a clearing saw- used mainly with a metal blade and as the name suggests is used for clearing large overgrown areas. A curved shaft machine is reffered to as a grass trimmer. A lighter duty clearing saw with a straight shaft that is predominantly used with a nylon line head for heavy grass, but has the option to fit a metal blade for brambles, nettles etc is referred to as a brush cutter. What are you looking for?

Gardenkit is quite correct. These heads are only spun on hand tight so there is no locking pin hole necessary. It is just very tight and when these heads get very tight you actually either turn the engine over when you try and remove it (non clutched engine) or it simply spins the flexi shaft over and over (clutched system) Remove the alloy tube from the engine end and then you can clamp the square flexi drive in a vice- then simply undo the nut. ......or just bin the whole lot and get something decent.

If you can lay your hands on a late Kubota W-Series rotary then you will be doing yourself a favour. Brilliant machines.

hmmmm.... should never file on the downward stroke.

A few weeks ago I found a used condom and a pair of my wifes knickers in my truck...............strange really as my wifes never been in my truck with me.

They are the two main differences. The pro models also have cast alloy wheels for better durability, although I note all the models now have that feature. A PRO designated model will also be eligible for a 12 month warranty irrelevant of how much work it has done- whereas the domestic machines used in a PRO environment will only have 90 days, if any at all.

Couldn't agree more. 99% of premature failures I see on commercially used machines are through pilot error, abuse and poor maintenance, and I think some of the earlier comments on here reinforce that and then the operators blame the machine. The other category of failure is due to a pro user not having a realistic budget for a mower and buying a cheaper machine that is designated for the domestic market. You simply cannot buy a commercially designated machine for under £1000 now that is of any good. Often have tightwads coming in to buy a machine for three of four hundred quid that's designed to do 1 hours work a week for 20 odd weeks of the year in a back garden, but fail on a regular basis (the Briggs classic/quattro/sprint engine fitted to entry level machines has a working life of around 100-120 hours) For a pro that could easily be 3 or 4 weeks use, but for th average joe in his back garden that is 5 years or so. It's no wonder that the things falling to bits after a month or so in a pro users hands.

no lol too slippy to hold the wood with wet errrr....I think you ought to stop now- you're making thinks worse for yourself.

.....you wear a condom when you are with your chainsaw?? That's a bit perverted isn't it?

You mean one of these? McCulloch 310 320 330 CLUTCH COVER CHAIN BRAKE | eBay

That's not an assumption I can assure you.

Maybe some people just need to know then....or just like being nosey.

That's a bit of an assumption

I'm sure you are.

In your opinion maybe. I certainly don't need to know what persuasion my family, my customers and my friends are before I discuss anything with them.

Isn't it in the sites' and the sites' advertisers interests to create awarness to arborists who are currently unaware of its existance? Just adding WWW & CO.UK either side of the arbtalk on the rear wouldn't detract from the aesthetics of the design and IMO would look "cooler" as it would appear the wearer is privvy to the existance of a specialist website.

:thumbdown:Don't understand why the OP feels the need to ask the question in the first place- unless it was to create a reaction rather than any genuine interest. Bit sad IMO.

....hmmm I think it's the model in the pics that would swing it for him rather than the t-shirt.

Anyone who was an arborist- but not any tom dick or harry (the wider market) surely?

...why would someone in the wider market buy something with arbtalk written on it if they don't know what arbtalk is?

.....and it also helps prevent the adhesion of sap and resin etc so making it easier to keep clean and clear. As a rule of thumb, Stihl suggest that if you unscrew the grease plug and there's a "tail" of grease on the end of it when you withdraw it, then it doesn't need greasing.

Is the purpose to bring awareness of this site to people who are unaware of its existance? If so, then just an observation, but none of those designs really lend themselves to awareness of exactly what "arbtalk" is. Would it not be more effective to include the web address?

...why don't you use the one you have in the pic?