>>1368668Murrican here but if they're anything like the yuppy city folk we have in places like Chicago or California I wouldn't be surprised if there were regulations that limited your "revs" to deal with noise pollution and emissions. Some people in cities are very sensitive with that kind of thing. And it sounds just like someone who's never worked with a saw to say "well you don't NEED all those revs, you can just do it with half throttle or better yet a handsaw :))))". I hate living in cities though so I'm definitely a little biased there.
Hell I've heard it's so bad in places like San Francisco you have to cut early in the morning lest someone chain themselves to your tree midcut in downtown. No idea how true it is, probably just a joke, but I've met people I could see doing it.
As for the whole premix discussion, as an American I have only ever seen premixed fuel as an "emergency" or backup option on serious crews. Obviously it's an option for home owners messing around with some little 12" saw in their backyard but even there most guys I knew mixed their own. I have worked with volunteer groups working alongside all the alphabet soup agencies and now work with the Forest Service directly. If you seriously said to one of those sawyers "hey we can only use premix" they'd probably think you were pulling their leg.
The main reason we keep it around is in our sawkit bags and engines in case a dolmar was lost, damaged or spilled, or if you found out the mix was bad or had sat too long only after it was too late. This is why we label all of our handmixed gas though and not checking before going on a job would be a good way to get your ass chewed out. Learning how to properly mix gas on your own is usually one of the first things we learn and it is far cheaper than buying premix as well.
