I hit the fallen tree this morning. Cut, split as needed, load. Was, rinse, repeat as necessary. 1st load 2 courses deep. Some of the carnage I noodled ~half way through the big pieces and let the x27 finish it off. 2nd load. I knew there'd be 3 loads so I didn't load as much as the 1st. 3rd and final load. Even though this wood is well seasoned, it still needs some rack time once split. The final haul. I began the effort with my gifted 350. With a newly sharpened chain, it ate right through the log, and noodled just as well. That is, until I shut the 350 off. It wouldn't restart . It was probably pizzed that I woke it up after several weeks of sleep. So I fired up my 435 and it too ate it up, cutting and noodling. I tried the 350 once more, and it fired right up. I cut a d noodled the final 10 rounds with it. What a nice saw for this effort. It's nice to have inventory once again, where I have empty racks to refill.
Nice haul! Oak sure does like to hold on to it's moisture. I wanted to get the MM out when I was splitting but forgot. What ever you did at restart, try something different next time. Most times after my saws have been running, they'll fire back up on fast idle. No choke necessary, and if I do it'll flood out, needing the break you described.
I just let the 350 sit maybe 30 mins. I pulled the rope a few times. No start. I then choked it. No start. Pulled the trigger. No start. Let it sit, it fired right up. In no way did it slow me down. Saw redundancy is the way to go! I'll give the fast idle a try the next time. That works for my other husky 's.
