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Looking for a hand cutter for an Ash Dieback firewood job near Cranleigh, Surrey Mostly felling oversize Ash and Hazel 16 tonne grapplesaw onsite doing the hard graft Immediate start About a months work give or take 8am to 4pm Self employed, own saw and tape Please PM with your rate www.grayshotttreeservices.com

Little gains Joe.. Still hoping that power laces make it to the market

If tying your laces is the toughest part of your day I recon you can live with that.

Wych Elm

In its defence, if you know what you are looking for it can help diagnose some issues, the fuel settings, especially the L setting gives a good idea of what the carb is doing, the settings run from 5 to 125 , so 5 is the electromagnet valve fully open, as rich as possible, so if we have a very low figure the engine is running very lean, possible air leak, blocked fuel filter etc.

@Rich Rule what’s your input?

Yeah exactly. They just don’t hold up to the rigours of climbing. Great for Groundies tho. And snowboarding 😂

Everyone‘s circumstance may be a bit different. For me gta26 is king of pruning saws. I could accept gta 40 only as addition to gta 26. small echo or makita would be beter use for me than gta40 on top of gta 26.

I couldn’t get a sensible answer to why you could not fit the new seal in the old bearing assuming the bearing was good, I have fitted many of these seals old and new into old and new bearings with no issue, I also remove the stupid plastic washer which in my opinion makes the situation worse, it is always the flywheel side seal that goes, there theory was it is very dry and dusty behind the flywheel, the resulting abrasion destroys the seal, the new bearing and seal are from a different supplier.

Agree with you - the advantage of the 40 over the 26 is mainly the inclusion of an oil tank. mine hasn’t seen much use yet - had it a few months but normally grab the 161t out of habit

Most of the snowboard boots with Boa systems have two dials. One on the front that does the top and one on the side that does the lower half. So you can get a really nice fit. Not seen any Arb versions with this, most likely because the bottom dial wouldn’t work with spikes/ascenders etc.

Good feedback. We sell a few boa system boots but not a lot so its good to hear how they are holding up in our industry. I always thought that it wouldn't hold up to much abuse for pro tree climbers. Maybe a tougher, thicker version should be available. I remember one of the reps saying that it has been in used for snowboarding boots for years and has proven to be reliable. Like that is the same as getting it snagged on stubs and rubbing against wood as opposed to having snow sprayed on it!

horses hit. the 26 is ideal for small pruning in place of silky. if you need the 40 youre better off with a mini echo. battery saws have their place, but its limited use for big take-downs basically for small pruning only

Just one on a short session the other day

I have boas on my standard steelies, and then scafells Prefer the feel of the laces, but boa is convenient.

I use my Hoover to Henry up in the workshop 🙂

I use my Henry to hoover up in the workshop

Yes They use mostly peaceful artillery shells.

10old pence when started 🙂

Strimmer strimmer hoover hoover strimmer 😁

I see Andrew Windsor - Mountain goat is going to relieve a 6 figure sum together with a big dollop of pocket money each month from the King , and they crime doesn't pay . Bloody disgusting .

Didn't God tell the lepers to do that ?

I tried a pair of pfanners with the boa closure. For me it just got tight at the top and not enough lower down! Didn't like it so sent them back.

We've also seen a drop in sales of battery chainsaws, both rear and top handle, battery hedge trimmers are still doing well though. As for blowers and strimmer's/brush cutters that's more or less non existent. Which from a workshop point of view is good otherwise once or should I say if battery saws takes over the workshop will die off. Once that happens you will see a big increase in the cost of battery machines.