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The UH006 is good, nice to use. The specs and the batteries are better than the Stihl 140r. The 18v tools are significantly down on power and capacity compared to Makita xgt 40v ones, even with the twin 18v is significantly down on the XGT so its worth upgrading to the newer system. Currently theres a free battery promotion with the outdoor tools, ends end of Sept. I'll have gained 5 of these promotion batteries, and possibly going to buy more tools before it ends. I have the blower, top handle, hedger and pruning chainsaw, split shaft - with hedger/trimmer/polesaw. I never seen any Stihl battery kit in the wild and their early battery kit was rubbish, so no one wants to risk the newer stuff. It does work well for very thick tops on large hedges whilst up a ladder, beech etc where your cutting 3 or 5 meter tops.

Yes once the drive link bottoms out and marks the bottom of a spur sprocket with that telltale bright spot it needs replacing. How many chains have been through it in the year? I would supect an over tight chain if not more than one.

Rim sprockets as we call them in the trade.

I didn't know a lot about these, so I looked it up and found this, every day is a school day. Norton – 500race.org 500RACE.ORG oh, and in case anyone is wondering, the fuel can issue didn't work as the plastic had become brittle and shattered while reassembling. there seems to be some differnce of info on whether the Stihl version will fit on the Husqvarna can, some say yes, some say no? can anyone confirm either way. I just noticed Joe has confirmed it fits, I'll look into getting one of those.

Stubby, thank you for the reply, much appreciated and if l had used my common l would have realised it was the drive.

Sorry I imagined the OP was clearing branches. But yes a strimmer and clearing saw is an option for ground work. The only issue I find with strimmer blades, is that eventually you biff a stone or metal and everything goes out of alignment and vibrates. I prefer a big engine and 4mm square string for brambles etc. Replacing string is cheaper than replacing parts. Also kombi tools tend to be sh*te and fail at the junction, dedicated tools are better.

Yeah, I had a Dinky one in british racing green, I used to oil the axles to make it go faster.

Thats not the clutch , its the drive sprocket . I have seen worse ! If its a " spur " sprocket then you will have to replace the clutch drum as it is attached to it . " floating " sprockets you can just replace separately .

Long time no post here everyone! I am looking for Martin Angeli (photo) who pledged on our Kickstarter for a Ropepod - but we have no details for him. Looks like he is in Cape Coral, Florida USA. If anyone has any ideas please let us know!! Thanks in advance - The Sawpod Team!!

The Cooper Norton .

Piggy backing on this thread. Found at the base of an evergreen oak, heavily (and repeatedly) pollarded, up close to a building. ime these oaks are very resistant to pruning and will hold up to hollowing out by whatever. So an ident on the fungi so i can make a décision on the tree, which won’t be a loss, would be great. TIA.

Thanks. The patio is just slabs laid on sand on top of soil so plenty of water should get through. It might have just outgrown the position as it’s been there for many years longer than we owned the house. We have been watering the flower beds adjacent as well.

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You fix it on site. The thing with these hydrostatic drive machines you cannot release the failsafe brakes if the engine is not running, unlike the old stuff when (after much effort) you could pull a quill out so it would freewheel. Tracks don't often break unless the rubber covering the internal reinforcing wires has exposed them to rust. They do often derail, then it's a case of jacking ub that side, slackening the track adjustment (often by forcing grease out of a tensioning ram) and levering the track back on. Easier said than done. When a 3 tonne tracked chipper shed one on a muddy hillside our fitter had me winch the thing up, mangled rubber track and all, to a flat area where it could be fixed.

Please excuse my ignorance but is this wear normal, chainsaw is a year old and had moderte use? Kind regards lan

1: You acquaint yourself with an engineer familiar with hydraulics and diesel engines, most agricultural engineers are capable enough. 2: afaik tracks rarely break, they will oftimes come off, so familiarise yourself with the refitting procedure.

This arose because the manx norton engine was used by formula 3 racing cars so the only way to get one was to buy the bike and sell the rest on.

So right that I'll only add that rowan are susceptible to fire blight (which has only been in England as long as I have) and stressed ones more likely to succumb.

My last British bike was a Royal Enfield Constelation 700 twin . I longed for the much more reliable Interceptor 750 but alas could not afford one .

The Atlas 650 -750 motor was indeed a good motor, but suffered from bad vibrations at higher revs, The Triumphs were a smoother running motor,but their single downtube frame was much inferior to Nortons featherbed, I never owed either, but I had a tuned Tiger 110 in a BSA frame that would beat many of them. great days.

If its anything like the backpack brushcutter its slow, massively underpowered for a fourstroke so generally shite

we are near the end of the growing season now, so you may not see any recovery till next year, but those slabs over much of the root plate, cimbined with this being a drought year have not helped it. Without disturbing the slabs, a few watering cans around the exposed side twice a week during dry periods may help it, or a hose if no ban. Ideally you dont have paving (unless porous) directly under the canopy

Hi, I am looking to go down the tracked route but I have a few concerns. For example. What happens if your machine breaks down on site? How do you get it moving again? What happens if one of the tracks breaks? Thanks

My local dealer tried to sell me a 4stroke Honda hedge cutter- can’t remember the model. Felt very heavy and cumbersome. Bought an Echo HCH185ES instead for less money and so far very happy with it 👍