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    Come to think of it. My friends daughter found one of the rare rattlers in Indiana. They were camping in a state park in October. Stepped out of camper and it bit her on the foot. Ended up in ER. they assume it was a rattlesnake. Scary.

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  4. Posted · Edited by 87Iroc

    No big snakes I've ever seen up here. Got scared as a kid moving a cinder block and finding a snakes den of small garter snakes. Scared crap out of my brother and I. 

     

    Here's the biggest one I've ever seen in my life in the wild. Saw this black snake sunning itself on the wood pile a few years ago. It was 24-30" long. Probably 1 to 1 1/2" in diameter. Just layed there looking at me. 

     

    Earlier this year I saw a 18-24" one being carried off by the hawk that lives in our woods(there's actually 3 now)

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    Looks like their inventory of 450 parts has been cleaned out a bit. They've also split the 'gears for transmission' up. Sheesh. 6 bucks for the oil filter spring? Really? That's all shipping. Gotta be. That's more than RMATV wants for new I bet.

     

    Still can't believe they want 50 bucks a rim when you can buy new for 45.

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    5 hours ago, Turbo Twister said:

    Yeah, I don't like the lack of noise start up like a patrol saw, I actually thought there was a problem with it initially as it won't start up when the chain brake is on, not even a noise! It's a bit bulky on weight with a flexvolt battery but it lasted nearly an hour with cutting which to me, is impressive.

     

    18v here is the same as your 20v there, just named differently.

     

    The battery life is truly impressive I agree. The saw has its place and I would own one if I was looking for a small light duty saw.

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    13 hours ago, Turbo Twister said:

    I bought a new chainsaw! (Yes I know, its only an 18v battery saw) but in my defense, I have an MS661 for milling and a 201T for medium/small cutting.

     

    I haven't used it yet but I got it for construction site work as we can't use petrol chainsaws on site. Ideal for cutting 9x3's (3x9's for some of you guys!)

     

    I also got my winch installed with a second battery hooked direct to the bike battery, it fits perfectly in the toolbox at the back of the bike along with the solenoid and winch control.

     

    My brother has one of those(20V one...not sure what yours is). I have used it. Its plumb scary. No 'burble' of a 2 stroke to warn you of the danger. He leaves it laying in the bed of his UTV when he's out on his property to cut limbs/deadfall back to clear trails. I have used it to try to trim some vines. May still buy one for very small work. 

     

    Brother did say he got carried away one day and started cutting some larger log with it. I think he was cutting it to length to split it. Said it took forever and he said 'f-it' and went to the garage and got his monster Stihl....it gnawed through everything in the time it took the little dewalt to do one cut.

     

    So they are good, just gotta know their place.

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  14. Posted · Edited by 87Iroc

    Finally got the winch installed in my 450. Took about 4 weeks with 2 weeks of being off due to a nasty sinus infection(which mimic'd covid symptoms). Have 4 short M8 bolts that I'll be darned if I remember where I removed them from. lol. Maybe if the front fenders fall off I'll realize what I took off.

     

    Foreman is back together now and ready to rock.  Drilled out the one broken bolt on the front skidplate and put a new factory one in its place. Old one was beat to heck.

     

     

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    Thanks. I had assumed it was the chain....which would drip a TON of oil if it wasn't controlled. Inside the crankcase makes more sense. I wonder if the 450R has a factory oil spriter and he's modifying it for  better oiling.

     

    On the oil pump, you might be able to shim the spring to hold oil pressure up....but I'd have to pull out my Fluid Dynamics book and that sounds like work.

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    22 minutes ago, Fishfiles said:

    A machine that was only made two years and was most likely a very limited number run , wouldn't be a good machine to get into to , parts are going to be very rare and hard to come by , if at all , then with a pto on it , I would be a lot hard and more expensive to fix when it breaks , get a tractor if you want a pto 


    I agree Fish.  They are neat but feel they are museum pieces.  For that price you could get a tractor that could bush hog with a loader

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