Re: Need some chain saw help.

Posted by Hugh MacKay on February 11, 2007 at 02:55:16 from (216.208.58.129):

In Reply to: Re: Need some chain saw help. posted by farmallhal on February 10, 2007 at 18:10:19:

Hal: Back in the day when we used Farmall 300 logging in the bush, got a bit behind on hauling, thus hired a guy to come with a forestry skidder, on a Sat. His idea was a bit different from mine, as he planned to come for first load only then I'd become the operator.

This machine was a Timberjack 230 with Detroit diesel engine. With the owner watching my first entry into bush, I was going gentle, roughly half throttle. The skidder went over a bump, my foot temporarily came off foot throttle, that old Detroit gave cough, fired up going backwards. I imediately hit the throttle, it blew the top of the oil bath breather and sprayed most of the oil in there all over machine and myself. I shut the damn thing down. We filled breather with oil put breather back together. He then advised me the only way to use a Detroit was full throttle, and if one wanted to go slow, it was gear shift only, there is no slower speed he advised.

Well, I used that machine all day. Vowed I'd never buy a Detroit deisel for any use. At the end of the day the owner came back, I advised him Detroit might well be an efficient diesel, however if mankind were meant to tolerate them he would have been born with ear muffs, or without ears and hearing.

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