Inspect those chains

[pantheraba]

I'll take that as an "attaboy"!

 

[Burnham]

 

[Tree09]

I'm sure its overkill, but if I'm moving, the chain brake is on.

 

[squisher]

Overkill is better than cut. Safe practices make for safe work.

 

[Stumpshot]

Yes, they put those inconvenient things on the saws for a reason!

 

[SeanKroll]

I always check the throttle interlock.

Just noticed my 200t throttle interlock is not working.

On every Stihl rear-handle I've seen that the throttle interlock doesn't work, its easy to reset the spring. Maybe, I've seen a broken spring.

This top-handle, IDK. Never taken one apart.

 

[Burnham]

I have, and they are a gold plated bitch. But doable. Take pictures as you disassemble it.

 

[SeanKroll]

The beauty of good digital photography!

Would be a whole lotta polaroids.

 

[Burnham]

It's a complicated mess, but if you leave yourself good tracks, it's not so hard. Never ever take one apart and toss the parts in a bowl, then wander off for a couple of weeks before you come back to it...you will be pursuing a lost cause, at that point .