One word. . . WOW what a great little saw this is and it cuts as good as my old husquavana, I think the husky will most likely be going to a new home now as it's just to big and heavy for light camp use, and on the first impressions of this 10" saw I will be ordering the 62cc version of this one with 16 and 24" bars and chains for my heavy work, only one gripp so far and that's the provided petrol and oil mixer bottle. . . its junk with a bad fitting lid that leaks when you shake it to mix the fuel, I will go into that further in the review and show a good fuel mixing and storage set up that I've been using for years, here's some pics of a quick test for now. (The wood that was cut wet cherry and a dry 4" fence post)
For the first use I soaked the chain and bar in oil before fitting, I put some oil down the bore (through spark plug hole) and pulled the starter a good few times (without fuel in the tank) to oil up the bearings and rings and soften any possible rust inside the engine, (if this was a used saw I would go took the cylinder head off for a quick inspection) I also made the first fuel mix oil rich (10/1) once started I let the saw idle for 5 mins with the brake engaged (the brake works fine) then run on and of light throttle for 5 minutes before any cutting to break in the chain and bar and to cheack the chain oil feed was working (it works fine) I can only imagine what this saw will be capable of with Oregon pro chain
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The chain needs adjusting after breaking in, this is standard on all chainsaws
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