Dangerous Fire Hazard, on Stringybark, unless it's actually
Raining..., and the Bark is Wet.

Approach with Extreme Caution...

Strongly consider retrofitting the Saws with modified Extra-Long Log-Dog Teeth, before trying to cut large Stringybark Logs or Trunks...; and ALWAYS have Water and/or a serious Fire Extinguisher READY TO HAND - when cutting Dry Stringybark whenever the Humidity is low, and the Air Temperature is high - especially during Fire Permit/Bushfire Danger Season, or when the Forest Floor is covered with plentiful fully-cured Fuel.

On a Days of a Total Fireban..., the unmodified MTM is probably too dangerous to be used, especially on Stringbark Logs.

Schroedinger's Chainsaw turns out to be something of a Curate's Egg - it's not all bad, in some places...(!).

I can't wait to ask my local NSW Rural Fire Service what they think about the phenomenon of the $130 Chinesium Chainsaw which sets the Wood on Fire by blowing it's Red-Hot Exhaust Gas onto & into the freshly created Cut.

All FOUR Models of the MTM Range (the 58SX..., the 62SX..., the 72SX, & the 82SX...) appear (in the illustrations in the Manual...) to ALL have the same setup featuring a very forward Exhaust Canister location and quite short Log-Dog Teeth ; with the Exhaust Gas pumping onto the Workpiece from 10mm range, and half the Gas being directed specifically into the Cut & onto whatever freshly exposed Bark is still attatched to the Log.

These things may be as cheap as they are..., here in Oz, only because they may perhaps have been already banned in some other places (?).

No bloody wonder the Product Safety Warnings, and the Liability Disclaimers are so very forcefully overbuilt...(!).

What a pity that NOWHERE within all that exemplary Legalese..., was there ANY Mention at all whatsoever of the Chainsaw having Bin-Designed & constructed to set fire to the Wood while cutting it.

Revenge for the Opium Wars, and the crushing of the Boxer Rebellion perhaps...; or maybe the ENTIRE "One Belt, One Road, One Way...!" Project is composed of such idiosyncratically dangerous Tools & Consumer Goods..., caused by sheer enthusiastic ignorance on the part of the Chinee Designers & Production-Engineers..., who can say, either way ?

I'm certainly getting my $130 worth of Fun out of it.....


So if you have an MTM Saw, in Oz, going into Spring & Summer, then let this be a Lesson to you ; and Be Bloody CAREFUL....

Such is Life...

Have a good one.

;-p

Ciao !