timmysaint
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- Ontario
Hi Guys,
So I wonder if anyone can help here. Two years ago, I purchased a new MS 261. One day, my groundman at the time was using the saw for bucking some Red Pine, and I could hear him running the saw while it was being pinched - not using proper wedges - and it was making that kind of 'low, grumbling'. It's one of those things - I don't want to hold their hands and TELL them how to use the saw, and I was climbing at the time, but I probably should have rapped down and shown him.
Anyway, the saw stopped working properly.
It sort of began working sporadically - starting, running for a bit, then stalling. Sometimes not starting back up, sometimes working fine for a few minutes. I thought it might be the microchip, brought the saw to 3 SHOPS !!! and, despite paying for the cost of the saw in 'repairs' that didn't actually fix the problem, I retired the dang thing.
Fast forward- two years later. Now, I've got a great, hard working groundman and great, all-around guy. HOWEVER, last week, he was running my replacement MS 261, and I heard that low grindin' sound, and he was taking out a stump at the end of a long, hot day and didn't use wedges and...
Yeah. Shoulda said something.
Saw broke. Same symptoms. So, has anyone had this problem? Is there a fix? Did the clutch assembly overheat, and so the saw wont run properly because of the something there????
I'm bringing an OLD MS290 back into service because I got big bills to cover yet ( leaking tractor, credit card/line of credit winter lifeline...etc). Before I go buying another small limbing saw for the ground guys to use, should I just stick with something heavier, like the 290 (or it's today equivalent) for the guys with less saw experience?? Also, don't want to seem like a jerk by not letting them run good saws, but it gets spendy!!!
Thanks.
So I wonder if anyone can help here. Two years ago, I purchased a new MS 261. One day, my groundman at the time was using the saw for bucking some Red Pine, and I could hear him running the saw while it was being pinched - not using proper wedges - and it was making that kind of 'low, grumbling'. It's one of those things - I don't want to hold their hands and TELL them how to use the saw, and I was climbing at the time, but I probably should have rapped down and shown him.
Anyway, the saw stopped working properly.
It sort of began working sporadically - starting, running for a bit, then stalling. Sometimes not starting back up, sometimes working fine for a few minutes. I thought it might be the microchip, brought the saw to 3 SHOPS !!! and, despite paying for the cost of the saw in 'repairs' that didn't actually fix the problem, I retired the dang thing.
Fast forward- two years later. Now, I've got a great, hard working groundman and great, all-around guy. HOWEVER, last week, he was running my replacement MS 261, and I heard that low grindin' sound, and he was taking out a stump at the end of a long, hot day and didn't use wedges and...
Yeah. Shoulda said something.
Saw broke. Same symptoms. So, has anyone had this problem? Is there a fix? Did the clutch assembly overheat, and so the saw wont run properly because of the something there????
I'm bringing an OLD MS290 back into service because I got big bills to cover yet ( leaking tractor, credit card/line of credit winter lifeline...etc). Before I go buying another small limbing saw for the ground guys to use, should I just stick with something heavier, like the 290 (or it's today equivalent) for the guys with less saw experience?? Also, don't want to seem like a jerk by not letting them run good saws, but it gets spendy!!!
Thanks.
