Sssshh. That happened to me the other day. Was cutting with the 029/39 on a big log, close to the end of the cut the brake handle bumps the log and engages. I thought chips had bound the chain, looked, nope not it. couldn't move chain, thought sprocket on bar tip had locked, loosened chain, nope not it, finally took bar and tried it, engine still stalls. I finally see brake band is tight on clutch. Reset handle and it turns...wow.... I'm claiming 12 hr nite shift made it happen...lollll
If feels good to share our blunders sometimes. I need somebody to laugh at me besides myself. I look crazier than usual, standing out there laughing bfor no apparent reason...lol
The weight of the world has been taken off my shoulders! We're only human after all! Very well put T.Jeff Veal
Does spending an hour looking for your bright red pipe wrench and not finding it and in the course of "looking everywhere" having the screen door pneumatic closing piston fall off and while fixing that drop a screw and while picking the screw up off the floor that rolled into the corner right underneath the not so bright red any more pipe wrench count ? How about needing the pipe wrench to remove a plug on the oil burner fuel tank so you can get some HHO fuel out for the tractor, standing there for dog knows how long siphoning 4 gallons out and upon filling the tank in the tractor realize you read the gauge wrong and the tank was full not empty ? Does that count ? Why does it take hours sometimes to do a five minute job ? Why ?
I did the same thing you did papadave. I waited till Chaz got home from work, showed him how I did it. He smiles, reaches down and turns the nob to on.
papadave is right. Sometimes it is the simple things. I remember one time cussing up a steak because motor would not start. Finally gave up when I could not figure out why. Tried again a couple days later but, of course, it had to happen that someone was here. He mentioned that I might try turning the gas on...
My neighbor was having some issues with not resetting the chainbreak after I borrowed his saw. I thought I broke it for a few. Question: can repeatedly trying to start the saw with the chain break engaged cause the cylinder to flood? Even after the chain break was disengaged, it took some work to get it started and then belched out some smoke. Just so that i’m on topic with my own misadventures, how do you think I learned about the chain break? Trial and plenty of error, I assure you.
Just got done mowing. I always use ear protection, and I left my headphones at my barn on my other property. Ok, I'll go in the house and find ear plugs. Had my prescription sunglasses on, had to take them off to find a pair of ear plugs on my dresser. Found them, started out the door, realized I couldn't see-where are those glasses? Looked in the bedroom, kitchen table, bathroom (didn't think I used it?)-they were in my pants pocket. Oh well!!
Just remembered another blunder.. So, getting ready to do some cutting, fill gas, fill bar oil. Set saw on front of quad while I put in my earplugs, what the?? Have bar oil all down my pants leg, look at quad, yep didn't put the cap back in. So I'm wearing half the bar oil, while the rest is running down the front of the quad.
Father in law and i were getting ready to cut some wood years ago. My good old Homlite fired right up, he's over there pulling, and pulling and pulling on the starter rope on his. Throws it down in total discuss and fires off a few pretty colorful words in the process. I ask, ''whats wrong'' so he goes off again, telling me what a blank , blank , blank no good saw his is. So, i look at it, flip the switch to start and away she goes. His reply, ''whats that''!! ha,ha,ha. i'm still laughing about it, and its been 30 yrs ago plus.
ive spent over ten minutes looking for sunglasses til i finally realized the were tilted up on my head!