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Since when did areas that had crime get special police patrols?

Well I’ve seen a few images kicking around and yeah I’d say they have probably handled a few tools in their time, I wonder if he got them off checkatrade or a recommendation from lord Ali

The solenoid might be goosed . The A 540 is a good m/c IMHO . Used one a great deal . Sometimes the rollers get stuck up with brassh and clagger stuck under the right hand roller spigot . Put a big log in and push the stop bar before it goes through . Then the top roller will be up and you can dig the crud out with a screw driver or similar . This may not be your problem , as I said it might be a solenoid problem .

Did you ask them to fix a Honda motor or fix a wallenstein? Any decent mower, chainsaw outlet should be able to sort that? Is the oil level correct? If you can’t get it fixed I’ll buy it off you as is and part ex a splitting axe ?

Why Holme Lacy? Is that where you trained?

First time I have ever been asked if I have one, and do quite a few job on highway with traffic management involved. Council are asking the question on 28 say notice on tree, Are they just being you know what. Is there a way round it people have found.

As best as possible .. I will get a feeler gauge next time I’m in town. Just used an old logging tape cut twice and doubled up as a gauge… I didn’t think it would be that out though.

It's definitely a close race between Biden and SP, ask either a question and you get a lot of nonsensical rambling without an actual definitive opinion or answer. Ask him what ice-cream flavour he likes it's probably three pages of waffle, then says vanilla or I prefer gelato.

It’s me selling the truck btw. 07724 400 505

Now I think about it, petrol pole saws are always a ballache to start. You have to lay it out, make sure the saw head isn’t touching the ground etc. A battery one is much more usable.

Indeed it is. In my lifetime, and I will be 66 in a few days, we have only had 2, 1976 and 1995. So another would be more than welcome. Cheers

I have an egg pecker. It’s one of five of them. Hen six is currently sitting on four eggs in a DHL box serving as a broody coop. But back to the five. How do I catch the perpetrator, short of CCTV or finding egg on its face? Video for general interest and pleasure. IMG_5483.MOV

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Morning All. Have a good one.

My 660 brake handle used to snag on the exhaust as well, when it was brand new. It actually melted it slightly. This actually seemed to help, and the issue resolved itself. It’s been fine now for more than 15 years!

Hi everyone ,so thinking about selling my mill even though I dont want to ,my health isnt the best fractured my spine before christmas so lifting big slabs is out ,lost our yard and everything is in storage ,I love sawmilling but at almost 60yrs old setting up another yard ,I would need lifting kit like a forklift ,yards are so expensive around us so yeah as much as I dont want to sell it I think its prob the best idea if I can sell most of the Mahagony and Utile I have it would give me enough cash to buy a nice classic Bus or Truck to convert and do some travelling , so Whats it worth its next to brand new hasnt got 20hrs on the clock and I have 6/8 ripper 37's they do have some surface rust but are still brand new looking on line a new HM130 Max static is £4,198 so what do you guys think less than 20hrs on the clock and bands got to be £3750 ,as always looking forward to seeing what you think. Cheers. Gobby Punk

true, you have to crush them up, ideally shred them, to get the output. a huge pile of pallets doesn't make a huge pile of crushed up bits though!

It’s a cyclical thing, every few years there’s a glut of certain moths/ caterpillars. In this case, identify the plant and you have your caterpillar. If it’s spindleberry, could be ermine moth.

All the time, yes. I have the 18v which gets used for hedges and reductions, and the 36v which gets used for brushing out on dismantles before switching to petrol for chogging down. Not as fast cutting as a 2511 but that isn't the only important parameter. Light, quiet, start on a button, no vibes or hot exhaust so you can put it down on your leg or in the hedge without it falling out. Likewise the Husky battery topper cuts faster but is a whole lot bigger and heavier. The Echo topper is light and powerful, but a lot more expensive and some have reported issues with batteries. The 18v needs switching to 1/4pitch, I have an 8 inch bar on mine.

I think you've got two issues - the cracks let exhaust out where it's not supposed to go, that's heating bits that are not supposed to be as hot. I'm not sure that will immediately cause a seizure but it's not helping - now that it's cracked, the cracks are quite likely to keep growing until the whole thing falls off. Result you're out in the woods with no exhaust, major pain in the neck I think you have to bite the bullet and replace. Is this one of the 462s you had for sale? I was going to say your saws are looking a bit orange and white nowadays.

The grey plug colour is where the piston has overheated and the aluminium has vaporised and spattered on to the plug. This is the stage after being white (overheated). The piston has partially melted although the saw has continued to run. I would say that the melted aluminium has probably worked its way down to the main bearings. Typically this can cause the saws bottom end to make a "hollow" rumbling sound, I had the same on my 357. What do you need to do the job - experience or/and a decent dollop of engineering skills. The main difficulty is how you do the actual splitting of the cases - I did do a tutorial on a 660 some time ago on my "whats on your bench" thread. I have pics of what I used - a BIG G clamp, a splitter - donated by ADW (Many thanks) and a homemade splitter - two pieces of angle iron. Don't use a big hammer on it, a positive is that this machine is BIG and is therefore easier to get splitters in. Once you have all the bearings and crank in, the crank will feel tight so bash each crank end with a copper mallet to take any stress out and the crank will become much smoother to turn - like silk.

So in the end I got a sew coil and flywheel off a dolmar stone saw. I did have to make a spacer because the flywheel was rubbing on the pull start spool. But I do have spark now.