Pete Mctree
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Just buy new filters- I change mine on all saws without max flow kits every year or so. Small investment for an expensive bit of kit
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The older stihl air filters were poor. I replaced mine with aftermarket max flow set ups. Really expensive now, but they are a good investment, especially for high use saws
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Anyone tried the downrigger?
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My typos are too - I need glasses 🤓🤣
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Friction at the rigging point is an old and tested process. It started with wraps around the tree at the rigging point, use of stubs etc. i have reluctantly used a potty in the tree, both as a rigging point and with a tail hold to prevent swing. Neither were easy or ideal. the safebloc or simple wraps are the way to go imho and what we use for compromised structures or limited numbers of staff.
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Smooth cutting and a good operator on the crane 👍🏻
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I went away from stoc board to proper mats. Worth the investment imho and so much better on a slope as they are textured. I have about 20 which is a serious roadway for narrow machines
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Subbie Groundie/ Trainee Climber (N.Yorks/East Riding)
Pete Mctree replied to Aaron9323's topic in Employment
Where are you based Aaron? -
I will have been climbing and falling for 30 in May and I am having to adapt. At 53 I have changed my goals and expectations of myself, but I still need to be fit enough to grind another week out. i use more contractor climbers, mechanise when I can and exercise three times a week if I am not too beat up. Changing what I expect of myself is the hardest bit
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You use a feather file to sharpen handsaws. if the saw blade is impulse hardened you can’t do it, as the teeth are tempered as part of the finishing process - check before you try otherwise you will kill your file with zero results
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Jensen and TP machines are getting some good reviews- not many bad chippers about these days and a lot is down to budget and preference
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Anyone else hoarding 2 stroke chainsaws? 😳
Pete Mctree replied to TurtleWoods72's topic in Chainsaws
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Chalara fraxinea - Generic thread
Pete Mctree replied to David Humphries's topic in Tree health care
Larger trees are seeming to retain better vigour and react positively to pruning, but only in the early stages. at best I am buying a relatively short reprieve for any ash I am working on and am very wary of customers feeling like they have wasted money retaining them for only a couple or so years -
Check that the fuel tank is not full of crap as the poor starting may be due to settlement- Dirty fuel filter may be an indicator
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@Mark_Skyland did you manage to sort the issue out?
