1st time for everything

wildwest there are some on ebay but they look model specific.

 

Ive never done it with gas but many times with the bar oil...usually on me!
I call it the six step process
1 open gas
2 fill gas
3 close gas
4 open oil
5 fill oil
6 close oil
99% of the time im 6 for 6 and well 5 for 6 aint bad...at least in baseball!

 

Welcome to the club!

 

Just left the oil cap off on my 461 on Sunday! Not sure why it didn’t get closed tight. Whole tank was on my chaps and the ground befor I realized it!

 

Could be those dang flippy caps. Sometimes mine dont seat well and leak. I replaced one on my 460 a couple years back.

 

I love my flippy caps. That is probably why he forgot to put the gas cap back in place.

 

Yep I am an old saw person too. I have a bunch and then I like to modify them. You can make some of those old saws get with the program pretty good.

 

That's my same process. Except I do oil first. Because if I forget the gas cap, that's nowhere near as bad as oil mess.

 

If i change it now ill end up brain farting, forgetting i changed the sequence, and putting oil in the gas tank!

 

It’s not because I forgot, but the oil cap on my 266 has come open several times. The stepson helper noticed it before I did the last time, glad he caught it. No idea how many bucking cuts I made like that. Apparently I have to get pretty serious when I tighten it

 

I did the exact same thing last year. As soon as I finished filling them up I realized what I was doing and just looked up at the sky in frustration with the universe.

 

Dear Husq, Stihl, Jonsered,
Please invent spring loaded gas caps that seal as soon as the gas/oil can is removed from the opening.

Most sincerely,
Your aging/absent-minded/distracted and in-a-hurry saw users.

 

So I have by no means mastered this....but a few years ago, I quit rushing. I leave an hour for a 45 minute commute....my attitude is far better, heart rate (if measured) is lower, people don't think bad things about me and my driving.

I've hauled tookis through projects, and can hustle when needed, but there is something much more satisfying in slowing down, enjoying the weather, fellowship if working with others, enjoying a cigar (backwoods in my case)...stacking, splitting by hand, running a sander, brush hogging 16 acres of fields.....

Most of the time, nearly as much work gets done, I enjoy it MUCH more, have prayed/thought about those around me....and I catch my regular and frequent mistakes and oversights before they get too far...
Sca

 

I learned most of my basics from my father who was lifetime Forest Circus, and the rest when I worked for them.

Refueling, sharpening, etc., are always a process and have to be treated as a process. Pick a procedure and stick with it always. Even if there are planes in the sky dropping retardant on you and flames licking your heels, it should be the same as hanging out with friends cutting up a deck in the woods, or by yourself.

Personally: I put the saw on it's side and open up both caps. Fuel first, oil second, then close both caps, and double check both caps even if I just watched my hands do it 5 seconds ago. Saw goes back to upright and I check the chain, adjusting as necessary. By the time that's all over, all the fuel and oil I spilled have drained off and I'm ready to go... The same every time, always. It doesn't matter what you do, just do it the same every time.

Not trying to preach, but the training that was beaten into my skull a long time ago really made it easier to not do the stupid stuff I would be prone to doing on a daily basis. I've done a lot of stupid stuff, just not with saws.

Also, as SCA said: slow down.

 

All these things you guys are talking about Are kinda common. Pouring bar oil in the gas tank of your saw is kinda the definition of the Norwegian word. Oufda !
I'de say most cutters do the ( forgot to put the oil or fuel cap on) at least once every 2 months.

 

You’re still young, you got time....

 

X2!