How do you run your saws

[Ironworker]

How do you guys run your saws, do you take it easy and baby them, letting them warm up and try not to let them get too hot or do you run'em like they're rented.

 

[mdavlee]

I warm them up and run them til I'm done. I don't baby any of them.

 

[Windthrown]

I warm them up for a minute or two. I typically run them WOT and flat out. I run long bars and I dog them in and lever the crap out of them.

My saws last long time!
No drippy saws!

 

[Al Smith]

--like I stole them ---

 

[Deets066]

A little warm up and WFO, babying them hurts more than helps if ya ask me

 

[rattler]

Warm it up then wide open.

 

[skidooguy]

Warm up then WFO till done. They were built to be ran wide open as far as I'm concerned.

 

[Canadian farm boy]

I warm them up for a minute or two.(while I put on my ppe) Couple piss revs and then put um in the wood wide open. Don't stop till I hear the saw starting to get low on fuel or till I put the chain in the dirt

 

[Guido Salvage]

Typically with both hands, right side up with the bar perpendicular to the ground.

 

[Wolverine]

I give 'em a few piss revs, kinda like this (go right to :39):

Then it's WFO.

 

[junkman]

Muh new tach said 15590 today ,how high can you go before all the piss comes out ?

 

[panteliss]

How do you guys run your saws, do you take it easy and baby them, letting them warm up and try not to let them get too hot or do you run'em like they're rented.

I dont run my saws i have them just for pictures

 

[Deets066]

Muh new tach said 15590 today ,how high can you go before all the piss comes out ?

Piss coming out is fine
Piston coming out is bad

 

[Redfin]

Just like the scooter, when the jug feels warm its go time.

 

[mdavlee]

Muh new tach said 15590 today ,how high can you go before all the piss comes out ?

Highest I ever read on my tach was a 346 at 16.7k or real close to that. I tuned my 46 to 14.9k the other day and cut a few cookies.

 

[TJ the Chainsaw Mechanic]

Start them and rev them a couple times. Then let them idle for about 10 seconds and off to WOT land they go. lol Reving them while cold won't hurt a thing as you adding my lubrication...it's when you HOLD them at WOT with no load that can be a problem.

 

[michaelmj11]

Start them and rev them a couple times. Then let them idle for about 10 seconds and off to WOT land they go. lol Reving them while cold won't hurt a thing as you adding my lubrication...it's when you HOLD them at WOT with no load that can be a problem.

i saw this guys who was an arborist (or claimed to be one) warm the saw up by holding it WOT without a load....

so when others say "warm it up" what are they meaning? I assume they don't put it under the hood of their Prius to share it's engine's heat...

 

[Deets066]

Start them and rev them a couple times. Then let them idle for about 10 seconds and off to WOT land they go. lol Reving them while cold won't hurt a thing as you adding my lubrication...it's when you HOLD them at WOT with no load that can be a problem.

A two stroke can be cold seized, mostly in cold weather. But if you fire up a saw that has been sittin at 10 degrees and drop it in a big log the piston can heat up and expand slightly faster than the jug causing a cold seize

 

[michaelmj11]

A two stroke can be cold seized, mostly in cold weather. But if you fire up a saw that has been sittin at 10 degrees and drop it in a big log the piston can heat up and expand slightly faster than the jug causing a cold seize

so the WOT from the get-go, is fine in warmer temperatures? cause me=in Mississippi, what you talking about 10 degrees??

 

[Magic_Man]

Start them and rev them a couple times. Then let them idle for about 10 seconds and off to WOT land they go. lol Reving them while cold won't hurt a thing as you adding my lubrication...it's when you HOLD them at WOT with no load that can be a problem.

Have you never heard of cold seizing or cold scoring ?