the 'todays job' thread

[bigtreedon]

2 hours ago, Darrin Turnbull said:

Ever since Reg left Blighty, you’re my favourite craftsman.

what cut did you use for dropping the big limb at the start.

stay healthy 

Thats very kind words ! It was i humbolt with a lazer sharp 500i 28inch bar 👌

[Peter 1955]

Sorry, no piccies, but this wasn't a planned event. Storm damage. A whacking great tree fell down across the road about half a mile from me, stopping the dearly beloved and I from going shopping. Cue turning round, and throwing some kit in the van, and going off to help the neighbours deal with the damage. 

I expected a fairly quick job, but it ended up taking a couple of hours, we only had pallet forks on the teleporter, and I had left the ideal strap for the job out of the van. The more I cut, the more the scale of the job became apparent, luckily nobody was hurt by the falling tree, and no significant damage occurred. ( Metal gate, postbox, and Blue Bin ). 

Neighbour's weaponry was an MS 250, they were mightily impressed by a 400 with a 20" bar on, especially as the stem was nearer 30" in places. Road is now open again, so all good. 

[AHPP]

31 minutes ago, Peter 1955 said:

400 with a 20" bar

 

.325 or 3/8?

[Peter 1955]

10 minutes ago, AHPP said:

 

.325 or 3/8?

Fairly sure it's the standard 3/8. Its little sister, the amazing 261 is running on 3/8, as is my MSA 300. I know there's a trend to fit smaller gauge chains, usually on the smaller saws.  

[AHPP]

I for some reason had it in my head that the 400 came on 325 as standard. I appear to be wrong. Good. .325 is annoying. Always grated that my 261 was on it. Glad to see you're living life on your terms.

[AHPP]

How long have you had the 300 and how do you like it?

[Peter 1955]

8 minutes ago, AHPP said:

How long have you had the 300 and how do you like it?

Six months. I was advised on here not to buy it, and I can fully understand why. However, I got two spare batteries free under the BOGOF scheme, which means that with five, the run time can be reasonable. 

The saw? Numbest piece of kit I have ever picked up. I can understand why one chap said he had one sitting near the chipper, and nobody ever used it! It does however have two saving graces. When using it in the yard at home for firewood, I'm often on my own, and I now don't have a cable to trip over. Secondly, it has in my very humble opinion, comparable power to a petrol. It is serving my purposes well, but I'm not sure I'd recommend it to anyone. The funniest part of the handbook is where it recommends using the lowest power setting for light pruning. I'd pick up either a bow saw or my 36v Makita before I attempted to prune anything with the 300.                            

11 minutes ago, AHPP said:

I for some reason had it in my head that the 400 came on 325 as standard. I appear to be wrong. Good. .325 is annoying. Always grated that my 261 was on it. Glad to see you're living life on your terms.

Now here we may disagree. I love .325 on my 261, and think it turns the saw into an absolute animal. Others may disagree. 

[AHPP]

15 minutes ago, Peter 1955 said:

I was advised on here not to buy it

 

Probably in part by me. How are you getting on with the switching?

[tree-fancier123]

10 hours ago, Mark Bolam said:

Mate just sent me a pic of his willow we repollarded back to bare bones on June 11th.

 

 

doing well, considering its been so dry

[Peter 1955]

1 hour ago, AHPP said:

 

Probably in part by me. How are you getting on with the switching?

And you may well have been right. 😉 I'm coping. It may have helped that I came to it from a Makita battery saw, which instilled a Pavlovian reaction every time I picked it up, ie press the button to wake it up. My son is unimpressed with the system too. 

There was a cunning plan behind the MSA300 purchase, and if a couple of ducks had been in the right row a while back I'd have had a  short hedgetrimmer on the AP system now, instead of petrol. The next step in the cunning plan was the KMA200 Kombi, and the switching on that is excellent. The machine itself is marvellous, love it to bits.