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an old thread where David Humphries investigates gano on Holm Oak - he suspected applanatum, but wanted to rule out the potentially more damaging adspersum (10 y old thread and at the time microscopy was needed to differentiate the two species)

I admit I used to run them a bit longer than that as I only had spur sprockets on less used , bigger saws. Even Stubby's floating rims will show the telltale mark the drive link makes as they wear, unlike spur drum the rims tend to explode if you run them too long.

Has anyone had any issues with the mark 3? Mine sh!t it self last week blowing the plug out its housing stripping the threads

What i will be cutting on regular basis are 6-12mm hedge branches, some 15mm. Larger ones i individualy cut with battery secateurs or loppers. Now i can get light and small hedge trimmer to do hedge trimming on smaller stuff and do the rest one by one. The other way is to buy serious hedge trimmer and have less work to do indivisually. The more serious hedge teimmer is, the more wweght is to carry around. And than i have to decide on budget too. I can not see, if throwing more money at equipment now will bring marginal or big enough benefit. This is where i don't have enough experience to foresee. But when the hedge is done it will really looks nice ).

Ganoderma aplanatum I think. Some holm oaks I looked at for SWT had it and were still going after 10 years in a station car park, I'll have to call in and see how they are. They were reduced a bit just in case.

Having used both the Pro Comms. I only bought the Pfanners as 2 other lads already had them. Range is bloody garbage..

It is very much like powdered chocolate yes.

When there is a big bunch of them hacking around Goodwood circuit its deafening ! 😃 ( I live close to it ) Its coming up to that time again . September the something .

Yes . A floating rim as we call it . I did not want to say just rim as the op clearly was not familiar with the terms used in the trade . Spur , rim etc etc .

some ganoderma have spores like powdered chocolate

Did not know that. Every day a school day it seems.

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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