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The county is king in the woods, but even if you need it for only 10% of its use on the road, I'd rather have the 885 for all of it. They really are that bad on the road as Chris says.

Liking that😍

Mmmm, never done one to be honest. I know such as spud know of some reputable none OEM types, perhaps he maybe along soon, or PM him. Have a look on scary bay, might give you an idea on price, but I'd go with a manufacturer on recommendation unless you spill out for genuine😧

Must be twin wheel (3.5t). Prefer tipper but not essential. Budget of upto £5k. Must be mechanically sound. PMs initially please.

On the special, yes. Not the earlier version.

Lordy! Glad your'e all ok. As you say, could of been much, much worse.

As title, hard working and enthusiastic groundy needed to join a highly productive and professional tree team. Tickets aren't essential but basics would be a bonus, as would driving licence, trailer ticket, etc, etc. Pay must be on self employed basis. Initial contact via PM please, and leave me a basic description and a phone number or email.

It's unlikely it will need much alteration, mine was fine "as was", although I go by the "sound of it method", listening for the four strokeing crackle. If you prefer to do it correctly and by the book, you will need a tacho and reset the hi jet according to the manufacturers spec. Neither of which I have unfortunately, but perhaps someone else may have the max RPM for you, then you can either buy or beg a tacho. Even with these, I would say at most it will only need a slight bit out on the high jet, nothing major.

Looks like a bit of variety in rates, mostly to be expected I guess due to regional differences, as well as experience and amount of included kit etc. One thing I'd be really interested to know from the subbies that have given day rates here, how much (if at all) have you put up your rates in the last say 5 years?

Dare I ask, errrrmm £££? Don't answer if you don't want.

Lol! The old crowd trick sure works 99% of the time:thumbup:

Sounds like you either had a bad selection of employers, or you didn't put in, and they treat you like one of "those that want to have an easy day" I know of many employers who appreciate their staff who are on the books, decade after decade hitting bonuses and appreciation.

Was that really stuck? Looks like you didn't try using the crowd to get yourself out:blushing:

Very nice😍

Nice one, didn't realise piston was sticky. What ever you do with it it's worth looking after, one of the best 60cc saws ever out there IMO.

The difference in power from a 36 to a 38 is marginal. You would easily reach the higher power by muffler modding your standard 36. It will be much less money and massively less stressful!

Totally agree, If anything came into my house and showed aggression to a member of my family it would get the same treatment however many legs it had, so on this I agree with you. BUT, regardless of two or four legs, it would deserve to be shot IMO, so we may differ in opinion about it not solving anything.

The above is on my "pre xtorq" 372. Baffles are gutted out with new twin ports, slight larger than the original single. It's VERY loud though😜

Yeh, it worked on mine. The worst issue I could see possibly happening is getting dirt under the pot gasket, and if you pull the pot too far upwards for access you may pop off some fuel lines. Easy enough to put pipes back on, but I'd advise cleaning the saw thoroughly before dismantling. Mine was made easier here too as it's almost new, so had none of that built up oily crud.

There's no need to take the pot off. In fact, I guess I ought to add how little I stripped mine down for those who are scared by the thought of it being a big job. I took off the bar and clutch cover. Full top cover and starter assembly cover. Then pop off the stop cable and ht lead from the circulation cover and remove the cover itself. The baffle plate on the flywheel side is now removable. A little tight between the fins of the flywheel, for the lower two bolts, but possible. You could leave the flywheel side plate until the removal of the clutch side if you have trouble. Now, I took the two lower exhaust bracket bolts out, the ones into the saw body. Next remove the four studs holding the pot onto the body. The two at the front(nearest the can) can be left in situ, in fact I left my Allen key in the rubber locating grommet throughout, it being the last stud to be removed. The pot, carb, and can can now be lifted high enough to access the lower securing studs on the clutch side plate( or at least it was enough on mine!). I was lucky not needing to separate the can, carb, of any pipes or linkages, but a certain amount of this was due to particular tools used, as we are still talking of tight working area margins here. On removal of the plates, following modding, it's basically refit in reverse of the above. A little care is needed though for the sealing ring that fits in the plate. This is slightly fiddly due to the pot still being in situ, but I found it best to sit the seal in the plate with a film of grease to hold in place while the studs are put in. Also, make sure you locate the studs into their old threads as they can go in cross threaded, being the self locating/threading type. Hope this isn't too baffling after I said it was simple, and will be of help to someone.

Got mine done in the week and ran it in some big timber yesterday. Can say it's definitely a 372 now, the difference is very noticeable. Not sure it's got the poke of my "pre xtorq 372" but it has a can mod too. I'm also led to believe the xtorq is not as good anyhow, so I'm happy with the results. Moderate can mod next. 👍

If you've already got a compressor like me, I went down this route; http://www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/product/details/cat36b-air-die-grinder-set

As much as I'm in favour of dispatching vermin, the above is the illegal bit.

Yeh, turning an urban fox out in the wild is probably one of the cruelest things you could do. The irony is amazing give the name of the organisation.

Cheers bud. I'll see if I can get a flappy wheel for mine. Didn't realise they were available.