Vid: Nick's Skeered to remove the Arrestor Screen!!!

[NeTree]

Thanks, Burnham; I was just thinking... odds of a tiny spark making it 40 or 50 feet to the ground hot enough to start a fire are slim enough I wouldn't even factor it in.

 

[Burnham]

Another risk factor...totally an administrative, bureaucratic one: if you are working on federal land, and in most jurisdictions, state land, and even some county or municipal lands...caught w/o the screen, fire or no, a fine is possible; a notice of non-compliance and resulting negative performance rating almost insured.

 

[flushcut]

BTW, I operate on the wrong side of FS policy by pulling those screens . Such is the life of a risk-taker .

Fear not B your secret is safe.

 

[Burnham]

Kind of you, my friend .

 

[sotc]

We work in insanely flammable areas also an my 200's run screenless. I keep them in the shop for what ever reason but for me, a 200t is a climbing saw, not likely to start a fire in the tree. Big saws get dual port muff covers but the screens stay intact

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Here Nick.. This is a little mod Sqwerl did for me... Just opening up the area where the exhaust runs through the muffler, it gained some power. Much better performance than my newer 200T.
200T No one Can fix.....

 

[Magnus]

Yup. But I'm curious... is there any evidence of this actually happening? Any cases to cite?

I set fire to a half rotten, dry pine once with just hot exoust fumes beating the trunk.

Sure it is possible if conditions are right.

 

[woodworkingboy]

Santa Ana winds during the fire season make conditions right.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Oh hell yeah they do! Like living in a blow dryer.

 

[stig]

Magnus, do saws come with a screen in Sweden?
They don't here.

 

[woodworkingboy]

Often no screens here either. A mountain fire is generally a couple acres at best, the summer coinciding with the rainy season, but there was one that got out of control not far away. Someone put some burning incense at a family grave site, as is common, but the wind blew it into some dry grass and it took off. Right above a town and difficult access.

 

[Magnus]

Magnus, do saws come with a screen in Sweden?
They don't here.

Not all, but some.