MattyF
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Second link plays, wow very dead! Good work 👍🏻
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Greetings Alex , was looking forward to watching your video but it won't play? !
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I'm no expert , spuds the man he rebuilt one of my 560's and ported it and it's got stronger compression than ever with just a new bottom end piston and rings.. compression is now so strong it destroys a starter recoil unit every 6 months!
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Met plenty with trapped nerves ,kidney damage and plenty of other ailments in this industry due from freezing damp and cold . See plenty of people spend more on there going shoes .. I'd rather spend on function and looking after myself which is 8 hours a day 5-6 days a week than an evening out. Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk
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Never done anything with my c n c either rich ,I'm still pretty confident in it keeping me dry.
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Pistons cheap ... lil red barn of eBay if meteor are still not doing one .. forget it if it needs a pot though.
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I have no problem spending £150 on a jacket. Live and working on the pennines it is always raining so whilst I admit I rotate between two jackets one for spruce and pine and one for normal tree work I think spending £150 every year or two for some thing you virtually live in is no biggie.. the cut and climb is tough and won't get torn to shreds in minutes, keeps you dry and isn't to sweaty in most conditions and I've tried every jacket going from the Harkie ,sips, pfanner ,stein ,cheap cycle jackets that get torn to shreds in minutes... the new sipps is good , plenty of reviews of that as well.
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Cheers Darrin , just meant I had to down load tap a talk ... which I don't like. Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk
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Is the latest 3.9.27? I deleted and re down loaded and it still has the same problem.
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What old mill says is spot on , I find my cut and climb still far more waterproof than the pfanner Ventura jacket it replaced and is still comfortably water tight a year in .. I hope it stays that way looking at the forecast !
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I'm buying a reel !
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Seriously though can any one send me a link to a £6 chain?
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Your six pound chain you could sharpen in 2 mins ......
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10 mins to sharpen a 36" chain over 30+ pounds for a new one ? So over 1 chains life say you get 15 sharpens that's £450 .... can't see your point, sorry.
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I thought guys in there 70's where experts at filling off the rakers and widening the gullet and it was just the yoof of today who thought it was ok to wonder around with blunt saws cutting badly.
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Price of those hydraulic winches on eBay you could buy your self a decent PTO forestry winch for 1.5-3k
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Depends where your located and what your doing so if your climbing 80ft + trees to say dead wood lots spending 20 -30 mins trying to get a line in a tree is wasting time. I can throw pretty spot on till about 70ft then I start going off. Spent 40 mins trying to get a 50 m rope in a tree a few months back and with both ends on the ground it was still only giving me access to two thirds its height... being eaten by midges at the same time didn't help.
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One of tree stuffs APTA launchers is your best bet and far more accurate dean. Got one of the 22 dog launchers it's ok you need to put atleast 12oz of lead in it to calm it down from ricochet and make it retrievable... the only time it's seen any real use is the kids playing war with it at Christmas though.
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I do like a Nuffield, they chip on the road as well ! One of my old internationals great little tractors for winching and skidding, like all old tractors easy to steer on two wheels on the brakes when skidding big lumps out.
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If your running a 460 on a 25" you need a 395 or 661 next , I would forget about the 390 as it will never feel strong enough on the ground and on paper the 460 is stronger than the 576 , the only reason I pick up my 576 is the anti vibe is noticeably better to the 460 which imo has the worse anti vibes of any modern pro saw maybe except to the ms 150!
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For some reason I though the metal was /seemed softer than on the main dog legs ? Any way it's all replaced.
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Yeah mate don't wanna jinx it though 👍🏻the crank will probably snap next week! She's getting old. In hindsight I replaced the clutch last year as I've never seen one as worn right down to the metal ! Is this because of the big bar 3/8 combo? Not that I'm complaining as it's done every big tree I've felled / ringed up for the last 12 years and a lot of milling.
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The only thing that beats a bad meme are those tragic I am an arborist t shirts or those Wolf printed bomber jackets that the bloke from the fair wears... Mark do your worse mate I know you have some of the finest arborist t shirt designs stored on your phone !
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I've been running a 395's on a 36" bars for years on 3/8 never felt under powered or lacking torque and still quicker in the cut than the 120cc saws.
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The protos reminded me of one of those forestry helmets From the 80's where the ear muffs continually fell off offered poor hearing protection overall whilst being sweaty and heavy... but maybe the protos is worse with its quintuple price. Sorry lads but my experience of this lid is it's like the emperors new clothes, every one raves about it as it has a stupid price tag but the reality is it's crap.
