Not yet, but I haven’t been in a lot of brush and what not, so I haven’t had to run it at WOT without much load a whole lot. That looks like a weak spot on it. I’ve had problems with the 661 hood as you know, but I got plenty of time out of it before that happened.
That’s why I (and many others) have the little bottles of gas and oil on our belts to extend our range a bit. As you have mentioned, you’re not getting wood on the ground when you are fueling up, and you do that a lot with the 500.
I done thunked it, I did.
Back when I was still young, invincible, and dumb
Left a couple dollars behind with a stump that high.
Funny thing...those are what we call salt cedars here. Imported from Asia a long time ago by the railroad for wind breaks. Also called Athel Tree. Tamarix Aphylla. Sand in the bark, hard on chains. Smoky stinky burning. Though my friend whose place that was burned it in a tiny wood stove for years. Invasive species Considered trash wood. He wanted it “trimmed” to there...didn’t want death by limb, they had a near miss with a large limb and bedroom. Can’t kill them. Great shade trees. So anyway I recently talked to a mill out here and he’s interested in trying to mill and sell it. It’s pretty wood, and no one else is doing it. So I might be doing a lot of sharpening on my bigger saws.
