18 stoner
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Fuel filter?
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Sorry its taken a while, i just got back from havin a 20oz sirloin:001_smile: Ok, what i have tried explaining is how i see a comparison between the extra force needed compared to the benifit of mechanical advantage, by moving the fulcrum backwards. Yes, there is a major point about setting a wide gob so as to get a nice wide hinge. Fair do. But, moving the fulcrum back increases the force needed(at the back of the felling cut) by more than the gain achieved by the small amout it gets the fulcrum nearer the center of gravity. And as Andy says, moving the hinge backwards means you get more movement in the top of the tree for the same height achieved at the back of the felling cut, but it needs much more force(power to lever) as the distance from fulcrum is less. And yes, i also agree a tag line is one of the better ideas
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I have read some stuff on here but using a bench grinder to sharpen chain takes the biscuit! Another piece of advice Mr Testpicket; try using an angle grinder, or better still, a file, but i guess some training may be needed for the latter by the sounds of it.
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What do you use the bench grinder on, the chain or the bar?
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No Dave, i dont see it that way. Say, if felling a back leaner of 4 feet wide at the felling cut you set a gob 1/2 way into the stem instead of say 1/4 of the way in, you will have increased the leverage required by 1/3. However, the mechanical advantage will have been increased by 1 foot, when the center of gravity could be several feet behind the hinge. Therefore, hardly making any difference in mechanical advantage.
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Just had a thought about the pictures of you and me trying to carry each other home after a night on the beer:lol:
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What are you trying to imply Andy:confused1:
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Its a deal Andy:thumbup: I must warn you though, the last person to buy me half a barrel of beer ended up carrying me home:lol:
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Just realised, i think i derailed a bit:001_huh:
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I know, but its given me a lot of fun for the last few weeks:lol:
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Knew i could get you to bite one day Johnny:001_tt2:
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Ah, ok. Must be a Harrogate thing then?
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Thought you had been away. Not seen you on here for a while. I was missing having someone to wind up:001_tt2:
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You been away Johnny? Been rubbing your bar?
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Are you saying you take the bar off everytime you sharpen the chain?
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18 stoner replied to FirePit Man's topic in Firewood forum
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Was there a prize for giving the old yak advice? All that extra production from the lads must have made you feel a little generous Andy?
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As per written quote maybe? If they then want the timber, it can easily be for sale:sneaky2:
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No worries, i get you now:thumbup1: Just as a word of advise, when you are filing the burrs off the edge of the bar, try and put the file near the burrs, as somehow you have managed to file off all the paint in the middle of the bar but miss some adjacent to the edge:001_tt2:
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Oops, just realised, for anyone not from cumbria, or even the north (that includes you Andy), Old Yak is Oak and it hasnt got 4 legs:blushing:
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Gotta be Old Yak Andy. Nice and well seasoned, will burn long with little smoke but will leave that unmistakable flavour on whatever toastie:thumbup:
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If i dare, i would say it looks like its been hammered for a 5 month old bar! Its either been too hot or had a LOT of work. I have husky (oregon) bars several years old, with what i class as "the odd day here and there" use, and they ALL still have plenty of paint on them! Doesnt ring true to me that this is a nicely maintained, carefully used bar. Have you tried asking the dealer if he would swap it on warranty as its not very old and not had much use?
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Too right Roger. I could be missing something here, but can anyone else see why they didnt clear fell that first tree? Seems a little strange that they would introduce various risks, such as being in a bucket and pushing with the digger, also with very lttle leverage. The way i see it, it would have been much better to put a line in the tree high up with the MEWP, use the digger to pull the line from, and fell at the base? Perhaps theres less room than it looks, but seems very strange to fell such a tree at that dangerous height?
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Looks like that beast could go cheap! If its as he says with "no leaks at all", it will be even rarer! They really were like a cullinder! His refernce to "only 7 ever made" must be to do with it being a forwarder as there were many 1250's around 25-30 years ago, but not sure if it would have a crane fitted as new?
