Pete Mctree
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Lives & breathes at last. Been a fun project & the porting has made some real gains in performance. Frankensaw used 4 old 200t/020t's & about 15 man hours
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Nice work Matty. Some creative rigging
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H&S aside, the contractors were inconsiderate. I have often cut footpaths off for short term jobs, which did not merit full TM. However, it is easy enough to help & manage pedestrians with little effort & some vigilance. Common sense really
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I seldom reduce trees (not my favourite job either), but I did enjoy reducing this ash today. It was about 20m, so not massive. Sorry no before shot
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I need a new flywheel & petrol tank for the ms200t I am working on. I have the equivalent parts on old 020t spares saws & the question is, are they compatable?
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That how you do your hedge reductions then:001_tt2:
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Thanks for that. Might have to ask someone who knows:thumbup1: Was only going to increase Exhaust port opening, open up carb inlet size, but not at pot side. I had already measured up & seen that widening would be tricky. Not sure what I could do with the transfers, but the piston could definitely stand some tidying up.
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Finished it this afternoon- done the muffler too. Will split that & port it later this week. Will attack the pot with a dremel whilst it's off. Not in a measured Spud way - more crazed tree monkey style
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Getting there. Dremel-tastic:thumbup:
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Started cleaning this up
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Kind of interesting [ame] [/ame]
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I'd go for the 066 - a step up in power from the 064 & parts will be much easier to acquire as a lot are interchangeable with the ms660
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Glad I did not have to clean the pot!!!
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looking better
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Collected the donor saw for Spud to re-build my damaged, ported 200t. This clean enough for you to work with?
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I used to do inspections for a company & one year I failed at least half a dozen krabs. I was not impressed that he put them back into service with his lads & submitted them again for me to re-fail next time around. However, it is not an inspectors job to police what people do with there kit, only comment on thecondition etc I never throw away, damage or destroy anything without the owners consent, as I hear some do, as I do not own it.
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The wire acts like a spring, applying pressure to ensure that the cam grips all the time, not just under load. There is always a chance without it, that when loaded gently, the cam will not bite & slide along the line, which is not desirable to say the least. Especially with smaller diameter cordage/flip lines & larger cams. Hope that makes sense
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It is difficult to keep standards across the board perfectly equal I guess. But, for the record, most of the inspectors I know will not pass a rope grab, without the spring (wire) as it does not function correctly without it.
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Some good tips. I used to do a lot of burning & turning up with a dustbin full of paper & dry stuff really helps. I prefer a small hot fire. Big fires need a lot of attention & often die out in the middle.
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I'd not pay much attention to anyone who names himself after a megalomaniac Roman emperor Ben. As it has been said before - don't feed the trolls !!!
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Genuine emergencies are simple to deal with - down tools & get them home. How would you expect others to behave if it was you that had the emergency?
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MBS - minimum breaking strain as declared by the manufacturer SWL - safe working load. This is obtained by applying the relevant factor of safety (FOS) to the MBS FOS is dependant upon usage & materials - eg metal work has a FOS of 5, so if a porty has a MBS of 10kn, then it's SWL is going to be 2kn Clear as mud
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Great tip - I go to some extreme lengths to avoid winching downhill - a few pulls is ok, but otherwise it makes for a long day in the woods
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nice winch - love the remote on them, but that cable is still bloody heavy pulling it up the hill !!
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Absolute garbage. Sorry, but climbing in such hot conditions, whist wearing type C's would increase the risk of heat exhaustion to such a degree that the risk of a chainsaw cut would be secondary. A lot of people struggle here in the UK with them. The current AFAG allow the justification of type A even, if a risk assessment is carried out
