New Stihl Power Pruners

Merle Nelson

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Stihl changed to squarish front tubes and a few other things a while back.

I'm going to order a bunch of the old style front tubes and drive shafts to keep my older models going.

Just a heads up.
 
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Yes, I like the 4 stroke using mix gas.

Butch it may not bend quite as easy but, when it does I suspect it will be once and done.

I do stuff risking the pole/shaft at times and 99 or 199 times it turns out okay. On the older round ones when it doesn't I put it between a crotch and slightly bend it back until I get the straightest, keep on running, configuration. The end five foot tube and inner shaft I'm running now on my smaller HT has been bent about 3 times and is continuing to work okay - albeit with more noise. About 6 months of added service so far.
 
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