I own the biggest POS mower in all of Bell County.

[Darkpriest667]

I have an electric mower ;-)

 

[vmax]

Ghey

 

[Dawico]

I hate small engines that wont run or start

I hold the record in Shackleford County for distance throwing a chain saw.

I could probably beat your record but I live in town. I would end up picking it up out of the street or the neighbor's yard.

I can say that my personal best is 17 hits with a framing hammer on a chainsaw. Luckily I didn't have a sledge hammer handy.

I had to get it to the point that there was no sense pulling the rope anymore. It worked and I walked away smiling.

 

[Dawico]

Ghey

Agreed. I walked right by them when I was mower shopping.

 

[grasshopperglock]

Damn, y'all are hard on chainsaws...Lolololol.

 

[vmax]

Damn, y'all are hard on chainsaws...Lolololol.

I will not tolerate a weedwhacker, lawn mower or chain saw that wont start

That causes an anger to erupt from a dark place deep inside me.
The offending object must be punished to restore balance

 

[grasshopperglock]

Once upon a time. My older brother borrowed two chainsaws from his father in law. He went straight horizontal into a fairly large tree. It pinched it solid. Stuck for life kinda thing.

He takes the second chainsaw and decides to cut on the other side of the tree, to free the first chainsaw. (I'm standing off to the side, watching, pondering life).

The tree falls directly on chainsaw #1 and crushes it flat. You could see the connecting rod. Work stopped at that moment and my brother had a very long decompression. Good times.

Lolololol Lolololol Lolololol. Phuck a chainsaw...

 

[BRD@66]

.... Good times.

...

 

[deemus]

I could probably beat your record but I live in town. I would end up picking it up out of the street or the neighbor's yard.

I can say that my personal best is 17 hits with a framing hammer on a chainsaw. Luckily I didn't have a sledge hammer handy.

I had to get it to the point that there was no sense pulling the rope anymore. It worked and I walked away smiling.

Launched a blower last night. Drove straight to Lowes and bought the cheapest one they had. With a 1 year free replacement warranty. They will pay for that one.

 

[ed308]

Chainsaws are the worst for not starting. I have one that I use only a couple times a year. Gotta pull the manual out every time I try and start it.

 

[deemus]

Chainsaws are the worst for not starting. I have one that I use only a couple times a year. Gotta pull the manual out every time I try and start it.

I've learned that emptying the gas out when you are done goes a long way to making it start the next time. Gotta dump it and them run that gas out of it. It almost always starts when you do that. My Sthil needed a new bulb and gas line last fall, but other than that its been great.

Finally started up my super cheap Home Depot mower last night. It was dry. I filled it with gas, pumped the bulb 12 times, and it started on the first pull.

I think the gas I use keeps it clean. I run super unleaded, with a shot (literally a shot glass full) of 108 octane booster, and also some Sta-Bil in a 5 gallon can. On my fourth year with that cheap mower. I'm still shocked it runs like a banshee. But I've emptied the gas tank every year, and run the gas in the line out, and it seems to work really well.

 

[ed308]

My chainsaw is a Sthil as well. I can never remember how to set the knobs to prime it. PIA piece of equipment. But it runs every time. Draining the gas every year is the key.

 

[TexasRedneck]

Or finding a source of ethanol-free regular gas......my old Honda power washer is 14 years old - starts on the 2nd pull.

 

[vmax]

15 years ago I started buying Stihl and never regretted it
I have one Echo for climbing trimming it's good too
My weed whacker and blowers are all Echo and Stihl also

Nothing else will do

 

[vmax]

My chainsaw is a Sthil as well. I can never remember how to set the knobs to prime it. PIA piece of equipment. But it runs every time. Draining the gas every year is the key.

I have 4 Stihl chain saws I don't have to set any knobs
I just set the selector to cold start and it starts
They also start up great after they are already hot which is good

 

[Dawico]

Stihl makes great stuff. The weed wacker I had started and ran great no matter how long it sat. Worked perfectly until the primer bulb failed at about 10 years old.

If I need a gas powered chainsaw or weed wacker again it will be a Stihl.

The one I smashed with a hammer was not.

 

[TxStetson]

I have 4 Stihl chain saws I don't have to set any knobs
I just set the selector to cold start and it starts
They also start up great after they are already hot which is good

They can’t be very reliable if you gotta have 4 of them.

 

[avvidclif]

Naw, the short (14") one for in the tree work. 2 mediums (16-18")so a friend can help also. A big momma (48")for the large stuff....

 

[vmax]

They can’t be very reliable if you gotta have 4 of them.

Each has its job
MS 291 for the bigger jobs
And older 250 for smaller work
HT 56 -8ft pole saw for high reach and fence cleaning and the small Echo with 14 inch bar for climbing and one handed trimming
I use that one a lot, it stays in the back of my Polaris as the ranch

 

[Brains]

I have an Echo line trimmer, and yea nothing I have starts as easily every single time. It's good stuff.