Wiki: Acid

[Andrew Mawson]

Firstly you may have problems getting a Stihl dealer to sell you anything without a Chain Saw certificate. I have a Stihl 023 which I've had for years (14" bar) and have in the last year bought a couple of Stihl 038 Farmbosses on ebay (18" bar). I like to have a carry bag for the chain saws so everything stays together - a Stihl dealer refused to sell me a bag without a certificate!!! Incidentally I have legitimate grandfather rights to use one. Stihl saws are great - very reliable, spares easily available and relatively easy to fix if things go wrong. One of the 038s was a wreck, and I replaced the piston/ cylinder/oil pump , some anti vibration mounts and chain the catcher and now it's a fantastic machine.

AWEM

[Andy Dingley]

IMHE, you've got more trouble in buying one without getting the half- hour lecture about how Stihl won't let them sell on-line, so now they're losing that market to grey market resellers who don't care about it. Stihl haven't stopped on-line sales, but they've certainly alienated their dealers over this.

[Grimly Curmudgeon]

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember "Andrew Mawson" saying something like:

Fcking ridiculous carry-on, iyam. When did that come in?

[Andy Dingley]

No such requirement. There is (quite rightly) a restriction on top- handle chainsaws (really only to be used at height anyway) and you need to have a certificate of competence before buying one of those.

You may of course find a dealer that won't sell without a chit, but that's just up to them.

Personally I'd support a certificate requirement for chainsaw bars without a tip protector (anti kickback), including electrics.