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Does dirty engine oil actually preserve timber? I wonder if this is folklore or true. Like it will waterproof for a while, but beyond that, is it really any better than clean oil?

Is there a hydraulic oil filter that needs changing? Or is that what you meant?

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Absolute condescending drivel. An expert on post industrial social and economic decline of the North East now as well.

What you don't think the tree is hooked up to high speed internet?

Another vote for Einhell. I have one and two x 3 and 4Ah batteries as I can be cutting with one pair and charging the other. Seems to cut well as long as you aren't forcing it otherwise it can stop suddenly, but you can hear when it is labouring and ease off.

On drive or lawn to the side of it, will have a tarpaulin for this

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I’ll be eating omelettes until the chickens stop laying. Bacon, onion, mushrooms and cheese in this one.

I have one of these as i have various other tools and batteries. Stops the neighbours from complaining and i can do cutting in late evenings. Einhell 36v its pretty good to be fair with the 5 amp batteries fitted.

Petrol will get you a much better saw for the money. Your probably looking at a budget brand or chinese import for that price. Perhaps something like this may be good value. I have no idea what its like for power, tho somone did recommend their climbing tophandle. Einhell is another cheaper brand that seems to be acceptable. Hawksmoor 36V (2 x 18V) 40cm Brushless Cordless Chainsaw 2 x 4.0Ah | Toolstation WWW.TOOLSTATION.COM • 40cm Oregon bar and chain• Blade cutting length: 36cm• Brushless motor• Oil tank capacity:260ml• Chainsaw Oil Required (code 36322)• Automatic...

That question very much depends on what you are doing with it. A previous electric suggests to me that your a home owner that wants it for firewood duty. £200 might buy a bare tool but expect to pay a lot more for the battery and charger system. Whereas if your a professional climber, you will first need to quadruple the budget. As an example, I just bought into the Makita XGT system. Three batteries cost me £500. Split shaft power unit, hedger , polesaw and extension, plus short hedger, totals everything at £1430. I'm tempted by the climbing saw for £300 but it looks under powered. Their rear handle has a lot more power and has good reviews but I'm not convinced.

We had shed with livestock absolutely dripping in the good stuff for decades and the wood lasted post www2 until about 5 years ago and had a bloody great bonfire. Telegraph poles even sweat in the summer, if it was a garden with kids I might be a bit more concerned. Even cuprinated timber is pretty terrible now.

I've had a small pot of that stuff and agree its not as good. My advice is to avoid anything with derivations of the real name - 'creacote' 'creoseal' etc. I just checked and the label has come off the barrel I have so can't help you, but I'm sure it was something like "original 100% coal tar creosote" - professional farm use only and lots of health warnings. In my view as long as you won't come into contact with the wood, you want something toxic. If it harms humans it will harm bacteria and fungus! Its the same with lead paint for exterior use - that stuff lasted for 70 years between coats. You are lucky to get 5 years out of modern paint.

I am a groundworkers doing foundations for small builders and land clearance jobs I also do stump grinding. I have never used a chipper so don't know their limitations. When I do clearance jobs there is usually a large amount of brambles, rough timber and small brash which I presume is not suitable for a chipper. Shredders don't seem very common so my question is would I be better off buying a tracked chipper or something like a bugnot/Eliet shredder? Most of my jobs aren't massive and have tight access but looking to provide my services to othera which might be bigger.

Hi I bought a second hand Etesia Hydro 124d which works well apart from the hydraulic oil flow light comes on at higher revs, I havd changed the hydraulic oil and air filters with no effect, any thoughts would be greatly appreciated Thanks Brian

I don't have a time machine to get me back to the 80's 🤷‍♂️

Apologies if this has been asked before (I couldn’t find it when searching forum). As a newbie to this I’m looking to upgrade from a corded to cordless electric chainsaw. 16” bar, or longer, would be good. I’ll be using this at home largely to process logs for my stove. I hoped to not spend more than £200. what would people suggest I look out for - either new or preowned. thanks again.

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And it's gar barge.

I still see some 100% coal tar creasote for sale online.

I come across this problem quite frequently on second hand saws and all over the place - bar nuts, saw dogs, vibration mounts etc. I blame the bell ends who use impact drivers to scrunch in the screws - its fine to undo screws with an impact driver and maybe get the screw started on the way back in, but its best to tighten the last bit by hand. Also as said, often you get two sizes of screw that are the same thread. Its easy to mix the long and short ones up.