As I mentioned, I hadn't had a chance to check the basics. I just tossed it on the shelf, and had a little breathing room in the truck's saw compartment.
My problem is that the carb doesn't like filling up with sawdust when the filter is improperly replaced. The dealer said they are cheap enough that Stihl stopped making rebuild kits, and just put in a new carb, as its more cost effective than labor. I wasn't going to find time to fix it.
The trick is NOT to gently pry the snap-in-place tabs on the side of the air filter. You should gently hold the side of the filter and rotate it toward the pistol grip. It is made to release this way.
I like lightweight. My shoulder likes lightweight.
Its cheap, as I said. My 261 was almost twice as much. I got a lot more out of my 261 (same weight, 33% more hp, and built way better to last way longer). No free lunch.
Having a 250 for the groundie keeps my 261 sharp for me.
If the groundie somehow damages the saw, its pretty easily a parts saw at that price, I figure. Make it a teach-able moment about what went wrong, right, and could be different, and be happy it happened with a cheap saw.
By the time they go from groundie to groundman, they pretty much get to use any of my saws.
