Once you get them started they cut nice. They don't have that distinctive "burp" so you can miss it and flood them while trying to start it. The one I got has the big bore kit on it but my Makita is the same way. Once you get used to it you know better but if you are also running Stihl's or...
The grind mode on the new helmet is a nice feature. I was fabricating all and it was nice to just hit the switch and not have to keep flipping it up or taking it off entirely. Now I just need to get a cheater lens for it and a headlamp.
I stopped and got a new welding helmet with grind mode that way I can just leave it on when grinding. Full face protection when grinding and less flipping the helmet up and down all day.
Had a cutoff wheel hit something it wasn't supposed to and showered my face with steel sparks. Had my safety glasses on but 3 pieces still managed to find my eye. Eye doctor removed them all but I will be bloodshot and weepy eyed in my left eye for a few days. Just a reminder that you just can't...
Wet ramps, and turf tires, truck on side angle. I was heading up and got about waist high when it started sliding off ramps. Luckily it got caught on the undercarriage of the Dingo and did not come all the way off. I will admit there was a WHOLE LOT of stupid on my end.
I do so far. I do switch back to the bars and sometimes add the chains if I will be in soft or sloppy dirt all day. But for grass or street the treads work better. In the snow it becomes debatable depending on the depth and mixture.