Guys...I agree 100% with what you all said. One technical problem...

I can't call job#1 to see if I am even in the running...as you have all suggested. Bossman is gone on vacation.

I wish I could. He said they wouldn't be making a decision until he got back.

 

Then go for my option "B"... the wrost thing that can happen then is that they don't want to do the trial approach and you still have the same options you have now... nothing lost. If Owner #2 says "good idea", then you at least get to be busy and earn a few pennies while still waiting for #1.

I can just about guarantee that if you present it as a good option for him to have a trial he can back out of after 4 weeks, he'll see some of your creativity, initiative, problem-solving skills, negotiating skills, etc.... all the kinds of things he wants in an Office Manager... and you can even tell him that if he can't see it himself and impress him even further.

 

Good Afternoon everyone.

Lisa I'm not going to add to the job thing. It is a tough decision. Everyone else has really come up with a lot of food for thought.

 

Hey, Jim. How's it goin with you?

 

Thanks guys. I'm not sure what I'd do without you sometimes.

 

Youd make more cartoons and send them to Randy!

 

Hi Jim, how you doing today?

 

HAHA...yeah. He thought that cartoon was hilarious BTW.

 

POS SAW!

Not even 10 hours on a new MS290 and now it won't start.

I got it out. Put it on full choke. Pulled twice and it coughed over. Put it on half choke and got it running. I pulled the throttle to take it all the way off choke. I got 2 compressions out of it where it was idling VERY rough and it died. I went to restart it and it wouldn't start AT ALL.

I tried every position it had on the master control lever. I tried pulling the spark plug to see if it was flooded. Nope.

No it's not out of fuel. The can I filled it out of has premium fuel and full syn. mix oil. And I filled it with bar oil.

I filled it before I started.

I took it all the way off choke and pulled on it until my arm was going numb. Stupid saw....

Maybe I'll have to try a Husky for the next saw because so far all of our new small STIHLs have been problematic.

The 460s run like champs and our old 210 is an animal. But all of the new small saws don't run worth a dang. If they run at all...

 

You said you often work road construction. What would you like to be doing?

remind you of someone else?

 

Typical Stihl for ya

If its that new, then take er back and shove it up someones @ss Pete!
Could just be something that got in the carb, it happens. Might need a little fooling with the settings too.

 

Pete is the saw firing?

 

Don't think I'm not thinking about doing just that.

The first time I ran the saw it was a bit cold blooded. It wanted plenty of warm-up time before it would actually rev. It did something similar last time. I started it and was carrying it to the woods, but it was idling very rough. I figured it was cold and would warm up. It died and I was able to restart it.

This time it died almost instantly and I can't get it fixed.

You'd think that a 400$ saw would WORK for more than a couple hours.

It's so new I haven't even sharpened the chain yet and it still pulls big chips.

I'd think the motor would outlast the first sharpening of the chain...

If it doesn't start up tomorrow afternoon it's going to visit the STIHL dealership over the weekend.

It won't go up their **** if they treat me right. If they try to tell me it's my fault it's going up their ****.

Ray: It turns over, but it only sputtered once since I got it going the first time. And it was a very weak sputter. Like I said after a few dozen pulls I took out the spark plug. I turned the saw upside down and let it sit that way for 5 minutes to let any fuel drain out in case it was flooded. I put the plug back in and tried starting it. Nothing whatsoever.

If the 460s are flooded they can be buggers like this, but if I pull the plug and turn them upside down so they can drain out I can put the plug back in and let it sit for another 15 minutes or half hour they'll start no issues.

 

NOPE! Not at all...

That's what I was gonna say!! Shoulda bought a Troy-Built...

 

But who builds Troy-Bilt? Probly Mac or one of the cheeper saw companies