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As title, anyone know of a universal fit stress control for chippers when the manufacturers highly priced version has packed in? This is something I heard of years ago but can't seem to find anything on the web now.
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Nah Jon, old wife's tale.
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Why not Jon, what happened? Why should the AA not tow a landy?
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Possibly cutting a large amount of holding wood from the hinge in a crucial place may have been regretful? .
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Simsimo, that's interesting as in the brochure both machines are ticked for use with h/trimmer.....
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Mmmm, you may have a point Shane. Racking my grey cells now, my dealer did ring the rep about this weeks ago when I was looking into this. From recollection, he said both the 265 and 300 were designed to take a trimmer head and listed in the brochures as such. However, he advised it would be best to avoid using the 300 extended due to the extra power and chance of damaging the extendable shaft. This was only his opinion and nothing is mentioned in any documents. It's worth commenting here too, the stihl was never "designed" to take a trimmer head. One will fit though, and many do put them on, but there are lots of reports of damaged shafts as a result. I guess what I'm saying is, if you intend trimming with the 300, use it with caution if extended. It will probably be fine, but if in heavy going it will run the risk of damage, yet this may still stand up to it better than the stihl, although that may have its downside due to its extra power.
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Tim, a nice clean hinge, but out of curiosity why did you cut the feathers off one side? Never really understood why people cut off the most important part of the hinge?
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Looking on the ball there mate!
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No worries, we've only had it out on a couple of jobs so far, will sure update when it's had a reasonable time for us to have put it through its paces.
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I guess you've not heard about the "bad" 357s then? OP, the 550 is easily adequate, the 560 would be mental!
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Mark, I'll be happy to buy from you, I wasn't asking for part numbers to shop elsewhere. I'd be much happier buying off the net these days anyhow, purely due to ease and less hassle travelling to collect from a local dealer. I simply don't have the time these days. I'd happily ask you to put some asside for my saws if you can, but only as a pair for each saw. Am I right thinking both my current huskies will want both larger caps then? 372 & 560 that is.
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I think things have changed in the last few years. It may of even been a marketing ploy of IH dealerships saying they'd only run on hytran, but my Dad runs a 885 on a flail cutter without it. Think its a run of the mill hydraulic at a fraction of the IH price. The proof is in the pudding too, its just clocked 20,000 hours last week, he bought it with less than 2k on it and in that time its had one hyd pump. Not bad for all those hours, regular servicing has given service that's meant the engine has never even been stripped. If you want to know more about the hydraulic oil issue I can ask him what he uses if you like?
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Hi Mark, can you just clarify how many different sizes there are? Just looking at caps for 372xp and 560xp at the moment. Is there part numbers available?
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Sure did mate. Should of updated this when I had my purchase! A few things combined made me go for the echo 300. The husky was the most expensive at about £640, yet had the same power as the echo. The stihl was about 20 quid less than the husky so was a better comparison money to power to the echo that was a mere(in comparison) £500. Although an angled gearbox is not available for the echo like the stihl, there is an option to add an extra 1 meter extension and a hedge cutter head that can be used with the shaft extended. The only one that can be. So, I felt with even price aside, the echo was a better choice out of the three. When handling all three machines, the build quality swung it for definite. The echo standards are something the "leading" names should take notice of, and given that my two echo hedge trimmers are 2008 machines with a good amount of use and no troubles, I've got plenty of faith in the long term reliability of this machine too.
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I was trying to say it looked crap but wanted to break it to you gently:blushing: Seriously, I dare say someone will have it but it may be best to do something to show it better. Perhaps sort and stack it in heaps of similar size stuff(bars from rings, from knarly) and clear the sawdust. Perhaps get shot of the stuff with 'shrooms growing on it too!
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Looks like we've been duped Ian. No free wood then:lol:
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Yep, had one on demo and can echo what others have said. Only thing no one else has mentioned is power. Although there's a stack more than I expected from a battery saw, we found giving it anything more than a 4" cross cut, it was painfully slow. To sum it up, I'd say it has its uses, but at this point I'd stick it in the pruning saw bracket. For sure though, battery power is going to be the future and this is a very serious piece of kit from husky. I'm sure the future will hold better battery technology giving more power and run time, and even less weight and possibly cost. For us at the moment though, I'd say I can't justify the cost compared to other petrol pruning saws.
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Not meaning to sound funny, but I'm not sure your pictures is doing much for your "sale". It does look a bit rough! I know around here, most folk would be happy so see the back of a heap like that if someone would take it away for free:blushing:
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Have you thought of "old" stuff? I mean the likes of old fordsons, fergies and internationals? Plenty of them around at reasonable money.
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Never realised it was first generation one you were asking about, I missed that bit! So how old is it? As above it must be at the end, or over its service life. Have you looked into fitting mallions?
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I'm posting here as I see no one else has stepped up to help. I'm possibly not you best option as I'm not based "in" Hull, but I work around the area. I don't "need" the chip but you could tip at my site if it's not too far out for you. I'd be interested in the sicky, but possibly not the chestnut. Might sound real picky, but if you have few other options you could drop me a line. If you want, I can give you postcodes of my sites to see if it helps you out. PM me if needed.
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Now, THAT was very useful! Many thanks for taking the time and sharing.
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Many thanks john for posting, very valid point. I would love it if we can now all move forward and stop with the bickering, the picking fault, and the general mightier than thou clever comments that put others down that has become very uncomfortable reading of late. We are all on the whole, a genuine, friendly and helpful lot, so please can we behave as we would with our face to face friends and family. After all, for many of us, that's what this place is about.
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Ok, this is a subject I was thinking of starting a thread on! So, I think it could be done on here without too much derail, as it's about getting a good running 60, or (70cc) saw for the money,,,,, do you have pics or further info as to what needs cutting out of the 365?
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Eddy, Tom is talking about a none auto tune though. There's two saws being discussed here and I got confused too! Lol!
