Recent content by IffykidMn

Spending other people's money is fun. :biggrin: 590 13.2lbs $440 620 13.9lbs $740 462 13.2lbs $1300 I wonder if there is another 1% gain($750) to be had running a 462? :thinking:

Value would partially depend on intent of new saw New saw just for the sake of a new saw, what is he running now. Up production or cut the same amount in less time, ROI Depth of pockets. Hypothetical ROI numbers $400 saw vs $800 saw. 600 cords a year with a 1% gain in production would be 6...

Bought my first 044 Arctic back when and only used the heated grips a few times, fast forward 35+ years and with poorer circulation and a long in the tooth 044 I bought a 572XPG last year and now considering trying to find an Arctic 500i.:eek:

Think I would be standing there waiting for the doors to open tomorrow morning.

Perhaps BBR had a hand in its design so people would not swap out new sprockets and run short bars. :stick: The two new 500i that I did was to put 8 pin sprockets to run 20-24" bars.

Did not use a carb screwdriver but did use a narrow screwdriver that fit the width of the clip slot and pried it off no fuss not sure if it was luck worked 2 in a row :eek: if I get a 3rd my outcome may be different.🤔

Curious if anyone has tried modifying a set of pliers in a similar fashion to those for roller chain master link pliers with one jaw shorter than the other? I just received 2 new rim sprockets yesterday for the 500i and 500i R and this thread happened to pop up coincidence for pending swearing...

Private party. Had it been dealer I would have bought as many as possible.

Similar I just picked up brand new R model for $1100 but it only had 20" bar and chain. :thumbup:

Sounds like it was not worth a quarter either.

Yes I only tried the starter handle once or twice :BangHead: and thought what was their thinking! before resorting back to my trusty scrench.

And sometimes works out better than expected if you hold your cards close which is also a part of haggling FB mkt $1500 brand new 500iR asked bottom line price hoping they might come back $25-50 less, they came back at $1100 if I picked it up right away nearly broke my neck getting out the door...

I hate the Echo caps almost as bad as flippy caps, two hands just to pull the starter rope out to use the handle. :oops: My scrench has 3 options on it make a cap that uses one of the 3 options.

I have found this to be the case as well on the half a dozen or so Echo and Husqvarna saws that I have ordered from Bruce. I find the choices for Stihl chainsaws lacking, am I looking in the wrong section at H&L when wanting to purchase a Stihl?

But you are missing the upside of flippy caps no need for a scrench. :meparto: Perhaps someone could design a scrench with built in chip/paint brush for cleaning chips and crude out of the flippy caps. ;)