18 stoner

As above really, but must mention its max RPM, not max torque:thumbup1: Cheers, Pete.

He would fill it anyway!:lol:

Looking good Nige. Well practical anyhow. Had to show Louise, and she just said it looks like a big pram:lol:

Words of wisdom Dave, thanks. As for me, 43 in January but doing more climbing now than I have ever done. Big, fat, ageing and ugly, yes, but I would say I am more efficient now than I was say 5 years ago. Although being involved in tree works for over 20 years, I was a late starter climbing(at 34). The only regret I have is not climbing earlier but thats the way it is. Only time I ever wondered why I was doing this job, is when a customer hacked me off enough. Never as a result of the work.

The easy tension is the "c" bit of 260c. Usually on semi pro, not real common on a pro saw like this. Would have cost more new, and they are slightly heavier than the standard.

If thats a good runner as you say, it was a bargain! Nice one.

The saw will be well capable with 18" on it so dont worry about that. Seems to me if you got a 13 on it you would have lots of choice of small bars but none over 16". Go for it fella, its the ideal bar for that saw.

Cheers for the PM Dave, I get you now:wink:

In your situation, I would say you already have a choice of saw for cutting the bars. Either the 346 or 260 will be fine for that. Personally I would go for larger bar for the 357, then its there for larger stuff too.

Would you like to elaborate more mate? Are you saying logs turned out heavier than you thought, or something else?

As for logs left, Ive sold about 75% of seasoned stock now. I expect to get through it by new year but i do have some 2 year ash cord stacked up

What was the "snag" Dave?

Cheers for that Tom, nearly bought some for the 935i the other week. They were after market at £50 ea so nice saving for genuine ones at £45 less the 10% Will get some bought on monday. Take it you got some for yours:sneaky2:

I think probably the worst thing you can do to a new motor is to full throttle it with no load. Im all for full throttle with full load though. Another little thing at any time of an engines life, is to let it idle before switch off. Lets the motor cool as its supposed to, as if the motor is off, it can actually get hotter immediately after its stopped Edit; took me ages to write my stuff, hence TCD posted it before me! So, as he said!

Had loads of new saws, never had any engine problems and never run one in yet! "Run it like you stole it" is a good rule of thumb.

I see it as a good place to sell on tired or broken saws. Its amazing how much they bring, sometimes as much as a good runner, obviously being honest about condition is a must. One thing i have noticed, is a saw from a pro user and possibly had massive hours on it can bring good money, whereas, bigger pro saws that have been bought by home owners "for one tree" etc, seem to be the bargains. The risk with them is "homeowner treatment" but these saws are the ones with virtually no hours on them. As long as they have no reported "engine proplems" they are the ones I would go for.

Would have always said a good pair of ex army german parra boots as my first choice. They were without doubt the comfyest boots I ever wore(had several pairs over the last 25 years). That was until i got my tirol fighters. I now wear them all the time, if the wife didnt complain about scuffing her legs with them, I'd wear them to bed. Dont think it matters they are saw boots, they are luxury for your feet when walking!

Many thanks Tony, this is all new ground for me! I dare say the client will want to take it further, the only thing i notice from what you have said above, is that a couple of months have now passed (beyond the 28 days) so may make it slightly harder. Many thanks again for straight forward info. Pete.

How come they are so different between logs and planks Rob? Is it just that they are accurate enough for firewood (to within a couple of %) but need to be more accurate for planks?

As Jim says, basic stuff but IMO if you never use the three knot system in your workplace you ought to practice it from time to time so you dont forget it totally. Similar to rescue practice, many never do it but you should, as one day you may need it in an emergency.

Many thanks for that Tony, much appreciated. As it happens I have had many issues with this particular council when it comes to applications. I deal with them on approximately 10% of the protected work I do, all the rest is with one more council, where i never have any problems. To date, every application I have put in with this council has been either refused, returned, requested more information, extra photos, etc, etc. As for part two of the thread, I wonder if you wish to comment also Tony? I realise its not in your area and without seeing all associated details its hard to tell, but this particular application was put in due to subsidence to a garage and wall within 1.2m of the tree. The tree is in the rear garden of the property, and out of site from any public area. In my opinion, low amenity value. The damage to the building has been caused in the last year and some works have been carried out to repair it. The builder supplied a report saying in his opinion it was as a result of the tree, and with my own comments and opinion supplied his report with the notification. There are no other trees within 20meters of the garage, and the garage is in excess of 40 years old. The reasons I got from the client last night as for issuing the TPO, was someone from the "planning department" with no arb qualifications said there was no way the tree could have caused the damage:confused1: So if you dont mind Tony, what is the correct proceedure from here to lodge an appeal, and do you think its worth trying to take it further? P.S, the tree has had a 6 month "temporary TPO" put in place.

Ditto:thumbup: Just remember to take it out of your pocket before putting your jacket in the washer. They dont read moisture THAT high:sneaky2: Good post:thumbup1:

Many thanks for your reply Tony, I was hoping you would be along at some point. As it happens the tree has not been felled, hence why i put "scenario":thumbup1: However, it almost was. The client has been away for some time and left the project to me before he went away. Hence why I was acting as his "agent". Purely by chance I rang the client yesterday to see if he was back home, and would be around today when we intended to take the tree down. He was, and informed me he had just found the TPO notice in his stack of mail. I appreciate your feedback very much Tony so please dont take personal offence from this, but the above quote is out of order! I do realise the reasons for checking first, hence why I went through, what I thought was the correct proceedure. I checked protection status, gave notification of intended works for Cons. area works, to which I have a reply clearly stating, and i quote; "If by the 16.09.2010 you do not hear from us, you may carry out the works within two years of the date I received your letter". I then heard no more. I feel I did everything within my knowledge and capability to proceed correctly, but if it weren't for the slight chance of me finding out about the TPO, I could have been fined. Rediculous!

Scenario; Notification of intended works put in to fell S. Birch. Contractor fills in app as "agent" for client. Acknowledgement is issued to both parties with proceed date. Following proceed date tree is felled by contractor, with no communication from T.O. or client prior to works. Contractor later finds out tree had been TPO'd but only informed client, not contractor. How do we stand now?

So what happened then? They offer to replace, perhaps refund, or tell you to get them serviced? What did they say?