I pulled the epa stops on 2 saws and trimmed the tabs off 2 saws last week alone. Common after muffler modding to get full carb adjustments.
Yeah, I figured. I'll do that next time I'm in the shop. Never looked at how the stops are implemented on this saw, but I'm assuming it's a simple tab on the screw head, that I can snip or file off.
I do believe I'm in tune, but right up against the rich stop, in getting there.
Hey, what do you think on that muffler gasket? The Straight Shot plates from Egan didn't come with any gasket, but the old gasket came off with the old muffler cover.
I suspect that without a gasket, there could be a small leak that heats up and eventually burns thru the metal on the stock back-shell. But maybe the the Straight Shot flows so easy, that there's not enough pressure to even worry about leaking, without a gasket.
Stihl makes some very good saws, I think they are second best, Husky being a smidge above over all in my opinion.
The opinion I hear over and over from our local tree pros and saw shop, are that they trade back and forth, model by model and year by year. Neither is better, on all models and years.
But if trying to paint an entire brand line-up with a single brush, it seems many will say that the pro saws from Husky have the slight edge on power to weight ratio, and the pro saws from Stihl have a big edge on durability in the hands of a crew.
One local tree service owner I got to know pretty well awhile back, said he always preferred Husky for himself, but found it too expensive to keep them in good repair for his crews (he has three crews on the road everyday). So he switched to Stihl for his business, and their yearly repair bills went way down, but he still keeps Husky's in his personal collection.
