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Shipping a chain saw
Is it a Stihl?
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Those dealers are trained to get any new Stihl product running before releasing it. But I can suggest two possibilities.
Stihls are easy to disassemble without tools. Remove the bar, scrunch up the chain, and ship separately as cutter components along with the manual and whatever. (They last forever, so you might want to get an extra plug, bar, sprocket, and a few extra chains -- unless they're available Down Under.)
Run the motor until dry, remove the plug (so it's inoperable), wrap in plastic in case it's sniffed for volatiles, and label the same way. What doubles the space required is the wrap-around handle. I've not removed one but it shouldn't be hard.
Or explain to the dealer the consequences of his insistance on running it, and get him to replace it with a factory-dry one. Stihl makes cases that hold everything assembled.
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Too bad, but because of several instances of cargo-hold fires/explosions, including a fairly recent and lethal one in Florida, airlines ban any source of ignition, including volatile cumbustables. The query about it having been fueled was because at altitude, the vapour would infuse the hold.
Your Canadian contact could air-blow the tank, and get it picked up and shipped by FedEx as a never-fueled saw, or try the Post Office, but the cost (plus possible Aussi import duties) will wipe out your savings, and there will be considerable paperwork.
Besides, Stihl has a good warranty and even Stihls can fail in ititial use. Every new one sold is registered with head office by the dealer. If Stihl USA is a different corporate structure than Stihl Australia, you may be like a Canadian who buys a car in the US and can't get warranty claims paid by, say, GM Canada when it was GM USA that made the profit. On the other hand, VW honours claims regardless of where purchased vs. where claimed, so you might want to ask Stihl.
I don't know what model saw or what city it's in, but $350 (about $330 Canadian) is pretty good for a Stihl, so if you decide to have your friend sell it in Canada, I could advise further given the details. Or maybe somebody here might want it.
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It's some relief to hear that unfair pricing is worse there than here!
That's a marvellous little saw. You don't have to strain anything to start it because pulling the cord winds a spring, and when it's wound enough the spring spins the motor. Unless somebody makes you an offer you can't refuse, I'm sure that your relative, now knowing the situation, can get it shipped. Have him try a broker. Their fee is minor, and that's what they do.
With most other saws, you just keep pulling while fiddling with the controls and it eventually starts. With yours, follow directions exactly and it will start on the first or second spin. Otherwise it won't start.
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Have both caps taken off to let the smell dissipate.
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