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Can anyone let me know what they reccomend with these newer trucks as it’s a bit of a minefield and am looking at purchasing one very soon.

Nicely done Rich. Did the owner think his tree was going to get better? I hope twat tax was applied.

I may have told this story before... A guy I know had an old motorhome, think it was his first time going away in it, he was heading up north somewhere. He stopped at the garage and filled it right up, think it was a petrol engine in this thing. He keeps heading north, fuel gauge is showing empty, thinks it must be faulty gauge/sender. The bloody thing runs out of fuel and cuts out on him going across the Dornoch Bridge!! https://maps.app.goo.gl/RY5kY1VWNWtx2tTa8 So he thinks wow this thing has terrible mpg, he's not long filled it up. He decides to thumb a lift to a garage. Gets 5L of petrol and thumbs his way back. Takes him all day, he looks pretty dodgy stood at the side of the road thumb out, jerry can in the other hand. Finally he gets back to the van and pours in the petrol. Just as the last drop goes in, he spots a sticker next to the filler cap saying "water". He had been filling the camper water tank up with petrol!! In the end he phones up a family member to give him a lift to get more petrol!

Coppiceing some over size hazel in a garden last one had some back leaners so rather than turn truck around snatch block setup. You do what you have to when no one to pull on rope,

Whaaat? I sincerely hope you are jesting! Why, my 038 in the shed will still fire up and do a day's work, and it's nearly 40 years old, I think. Surely a Pro saw will outlast a Farm saw? 😉 Mind you, even if it only does a couple more years, it might outlast me! 😂😂 OK, whimsy over, it's big money, but a 261 is small enough to handle, and big enough to pull an 18" bar if needed.

Also known as Holm Oak I forgot to add .

More power but also more weight. If you are only cutting small stuff, 35cc is ideal. also will it last 5 times as long? i have owned both. The 161 lasted 5 years, im not sure my 261 will last 25 years.

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the 261 may be 5 times the price, but is more than twice the power of the 162. It's not like they both do the same job

Okay, thanks. I'll give it a go.

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More simple steps please. I've plucked them, skinned them but if this is simpler and quicker I'll have a go. I've a brace hanging, first in over five years. I shall check the meat for steel shot with a pin pointer.

I find the professional versus consumer saw debate is a tricky one. If just looking at price when new say a Stihl MS162 is £160 versus a Stihl MS261 at £850 (professional saw). You could buy 5 of them for the same price. If you are not good at maintenance, replacing parts and/or wreak a consumer saw, there is a lot less to cry about.

Aye that’s probs what we did .. was 5 + years ago so can’t remember what we did … I know it was dark when we left though !

In theory you wouldn't need them to spiral, just stagger them from top to bottom unevenly...no ones going to know they're not spiralled

Have you checked and set the valve clearances, and if so, did you do it on the correct stroke?

Will accept logs and woodchip by prior arrangement

Good shout, I was thinking an oak and the bark looks like ilex, I cannot remember the heart though.

To be fair I did a big wellie maybe 75ft , still about half that size with and for a member on here a few years back it was an utter ball ache getting it in to a spiral.

i'll give it a miss then. Nothing drives me mad than proprietary equipment that you can't work on. New cars and dealer only stuff but also I lived in a house for a while where the previous owners burglar alarm company refused to give me the admin code and tried to put me on an annual contract just for changing batteries and vacuuming dust out of the sensors. I won in the end, the previous owner was under contract not me.

Thanks stubby

Looks like Evergreen Oak Sometimes refered to as Holly Oak . Querqus Ilex . Good fire wood . Burns a bit like coal .

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It is a lame effort in that respect, just straight lining it. They could've made an effort to spiral the lights around at least, especially as they had a mewp. I did it for a neighbour a few years ago. I was just climbing, no mewp, but still managed to wrap the lights around. It looked much better. A right ball ache mind; trying to get out to the the tips to untangle long snaggy light strings from the velcro.