Andy Collins

If you do find someone willing to lend you an 880, why not buy your own bar/chain for that saw if you only have occasional use. This is the most easily messed up part of the saw, whether blunted, or bent through misuse. If you then found you had enough workfor the 880 you'd "only" have to buy the engine unit in future.

Patience young Master. Tell us a bit about yourself, experience, training, qualifications, can you drive etc etc. Even though you're volunteering, sell yourself, make yourself stand out from the crowd, make someone like me want to help someone like you!!

Nowadays, 9ish til about 3ish, four days a week. used to do every hour possible, pure madness.

I am no expert either, but I have a sneaky suspicion Nature will cope far better than we can. Of course, some losses can be expected, just as we lose some in time of drought.

Every time there's a storm, this will happen., it's an ill wind that does none any good. Just keep focussed on the fact that at least you do things the right way.

I've been on windblown trees for an age it seems. Not one tree is the same to work on, not one hazard on the site is duplicated. The only danger I see from these videos posted on the Internet, is from those who do not know how to do the job, people grabbing a saw to clear a road, or get the tree off their property, so they google it on the net. There is no substitute for the correct training, but many have never had big windblowns to train on, til now. I would hope each and every member here Has more than a passing interest in the job, and would take some of the available videos on the net with a large pinch of salt, or at least apply common sense when dealing with such dangerous trees.

I've had my pair for just over two years, and they're holding up quite well. Ok, tbh I was off work long term for health issues, so basically they've only done about a years work. Very pleased with them.

Jo beau here! very well built and one man job to move it about. Tbh if it takes two men to move it, get a big chipper and pay the othr one to drag the stuff to it.

On the occasions I have coppiced alder here in East Anglia, it has recovered well. I can't comment for other areas.

^^^ I have the Vallorbe version too, made it much easier to dress a bar, and keep t square.

Wishing you both all the best, and your wife a speedy recovery. Keep us posted

And if they did exist, no one would ever find them

National security will mean we probably will never find out in our lifetime.

So there we were during the power cuts, passing the old peoples home, turns out their geny had run out of diesel. Couldn't buy any cos no pumps working at petrol station. "My mate said "I know, I've got some diesel down the yard. I'll go and get some to help out so they can at least boil a kettle for a cup of tea."

Some bastard shot him!

Funeral tomorrow.

Taking the law into your own hands is not what I'm saying. A fully legal warning of the risk of death carried out by professionals is one hell of a deterrent. Remember the Falklands war? Rumours that ears would be removed and saved as trophies scared the proverbial out of the Argies, to the point many surrendered without a fight. Criminals who capitalise on this kind of national disaster deserve no better. There are no excuses for this action, never have been. A message needs to be sent out to them that such behaviour will not be tolerated, not a slap on the wrist and a few hours community service. A curfew should be in place too, proper management of the situation.

Butterworths in the Traverse Bury st edmunds may be worth a try.

Don't think so, it was up a bit opposite side from the Market Gates sign. Can't remember what it's called sorry.

Steve is that organic shop still in Crowe st, Stowmarket? I think they'd have it if so.

I think we do need the government send out a powerful message re looting. But like everything else, they won't. Yes they'll go after the soft target, the mobile phone in the car user, now the smoker in the car. How much more time has to be wasted avoiding the real issues in this country?

Shooting looters may sound harsh, I'm not condoning the public taking the law into their own hands, but trained personnel with the weight of the the law behind them deterring these scum from taking advantage of a horrible situation. This has been a common practice in many countries including our own in very recent times, in times of war and national emergency, so why not? I'm sorry, but I see no real attempts by the legal system to stamp this out. The government of this country has made us all become victims, yet does nothing to protect us.

what's your address so I can come and try and turn you over knowing you won't try and stop me??

No 10, Downing Street, London. Do pop in

I think we all agree looting is wrong, stealing anything from anyone is. But we (including myself) must not incite others to take the law into their own hands. We have to rely on our fine Constabularies to uphold law and order, that is the only correct procedure.

I think a deployment of Marines with orders to shoot looters is perfectly in order. There is no need, no excuse for this callous act.

I'm thinking it's a lubricstion problem too. I acquired three tirfors some time back, one was dry seized. I soaked it in diesel for about a week, sloshed all the crud out, then poured loads of oil in and wiggled everything. It now works as well as any of the others.

Theres to many cow boys in this game and it it up or us the people that went to uni and college to get licences for the trade we love

 

 

How does college/Uni make a more legit tree surgeon? Personally, I worked my way through on the tools, as did/do many others. A con is a con whichever route he chooses to exploit his victims, and the clever conmen are educated to a high standard, even degree level. It's this education that "qualifies" them to con people to a higher standard.

Most, not all, but most woodlands have been "textbook" planted certainly in the last 100 years or so, is means that the trees are in rows, all you need to do is fell into the centre of the rows and brash will be clear of the stumps. Of course, common sense must prevail, there are going to be times that stumps are out of line etc.

Yes it works fine, did this many moons ago.