MattyF
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I'd hang on for a bit Husqvarna do read this forum so you may get a response.. The telephone contact is frustrating but at least it's not like the Stihl contact line which is patronising as well as frustrating... Also if you have damage to the cylinder I would be inclined to take that up with aspen as that should not be happening either.
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What's wrong with auto tune ? Total and absolute cutting power and torque at all times and conditions ? I've never had a 540 60 or 50 auto tune give me grief if any thing they have preserved a saw from detonation when there has been carb faults , the simple fact is some saw doctors can't cope with the few wires sticking out the side of a carb would say more about there ability than the saw when essentially it's the same principles as a normal 2 stroke I could be wrong here but I was told the cm series of stihls have the same auto tune version as the husky 576?
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There's always the wind mill.... Almost works perfectly every time ahem ..
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Try and point with your hands were you want it to go on release is another thing to remember. I find I'm more accurate and can get higher with a cradle throw, although it does look if your trying to hard
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Look for some poplars they are usually riddled with hornet moth holes around the base and showing signs of decay and die back Hertfordshire way.
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It's more about the swing put in the bag that gives it momentum and not the throw... Just kind of watch and keep your eye on the target try not to aim and just visualise your bag hitting it and you should,I find the more I try and take aim the more I miss! There's always the big shot or APTA launcher if your shoulders are really bad though.. They do require some good aiming.
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Those little dmm carabiners are some thing I wash I'd brought a long time ago.
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They should be left to rot in prison they were all career criminals who made a living inflicting misery on others I find no humour in that at all
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Agree with the biggest crooks are in politics but it really annoys me when people give these scum some kind of respect .. People like the Krays yeah real nice people looked after there own ...killed them as well ,sold them drugs ,extorted money , put them in prostitution and robbed them... Sure I missed a few there as well.
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Should of got there hands cut off , just thieving scum got no time for thieves.
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TM feels like an old pair of slippers to me , on my second one now, I don't think until until owning one I've had a harness as comfy... Previously I was on the tree flex , tree Austria 2 , butterfly , comet and Willian's they all became like old friends eventually but gave me complaints to much pressure here or there. I did like the stein vega I've briefly tried though with no complaints.
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Split maple worth keeping?
MattyF replied to bergesonnursery's question in Homeowners Tree Advice Forum
Decay may not be too bad, originally the tree looked as bad if not worse as the OPs picture, I think because the trees are young and vigour-is high the wounds compartmentalise really well but It is still is no substitute for proper formative pruning at a young age but it should give the tree a chance if a management plan is put in place to keep or replant and remove once it's replacement has established. -
Split maple worth keeping?
MattyF replied to bergesonnursery's question in Homeowners Tree Advice Forum
Ha ha ,I always thought that as well Steve , that's why I took the photos and sent them to some of the contractors who might deal with it and told one of them to address that the tree does need pruning as every one else probably has no idea there is 2 rods holding that union together. The tree was supposed to of had a replacement planted that winter and felled around now but the council never did plant another , my guess is it will still fail again in the not far future the crowns getting big now.. Surprisingly usually Chestnut and metal don't react well , but it's completely callused over. No other bracing Jake, at the time it didn't need it... ironically it's one of the only aesculus in the area not to of been ravaged by bleeding canker. -
Split maple worth keeping?
MattyF replied to bergesonnursery's question in Homeowners Tree Advice Forum
You could rod brace it ,did this about 12 years ago to this that was in a similar state It's about due a tip thin now.
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I don't like the idea much either but have never got it caught just found it the least restrictive , you don't even know it's there. The fluidity thing comes though but don't know if I will be as fluid as the VT and rope guide as we are older than when we got on that like .. Just a lot less knackered at the end of the day. Big swings ,There is another thing that is a lot easier on a single rope , I recon the future SRT climbers will be doing mad things , work climb records at comps will be smashed and some crazy videos !
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Not used the mechanical advantage systems mate , thought they just looked a faff to set up , like to keep the system as simple as possible , I've found in big open crowns the tail of the rope just pulls through any slack if I clip on the neck tether up for coming in and if there is not the weight in the rope it's still easy to pull the slack though you just move faster as your not pulling in double the rope.
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Same as Joe,It's all about setting the system so it self tends or making it easy to self tend using the harness or as I found the neck tether to get the most out the system. Coming in off a 2 .1 system is pretty different but I actually find the single line easier now once you get used to it.
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Spikes with a pantin work a treat though! I had to mod the kiwi climber before I could get on with it , it kicked out worse than the new pantins
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First time I tried a take down SRT it put me off for a couple of years from using the rope wrench again ! , tbh mate the best climbs I recon to get used to and sus out the system are big dead woods , you suddenly get to realise the ease of access and limb walking redirect after doing a few , I if you have spent your whole tree work career on a Ddrt system you have to pretty much re learn climbing to a degree which I guess when your production climbing you just don't have the time to do... It didn't just click like climbing on a VT did it was more a gradual thing where you realise one day doing a reduction, fell or dead wood ddrt it was actually easier SRT... That's how it worked for myself any way.
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I was just looking at those pumps , I naively thought if I just kept on pumping with the foot pump it would feed the chamber with a decent pressure! Looks like the answer. Tom talks about using a 12g gas cartridge Ben, that sounds interesting, but can find nothing further on the net about using cartridges to fire the APTA
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What are folks using to power up there launchers and what PSI with what weights? I have only played with it but my findings are.....a double cylinder powered foot pump will only achieve around 90psi a compressor will easily achieve around 160psi and that seems ok for the high shots required.. So there has to be a better way of achieving more air pressure? A constant 150-170 would be good.
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My 576 became gutless after a filter clean on a job, would not run right at all... I changed the fuel filter which made a little difference but was under warrantee ,The dealer told me they reset the auto tune and that was all it needed and has ran fine since , it's a lovely saw but that knocked my confidence in it and out of the 6 saws I have with auto tune it's the only one to have played up.
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Nicely done,made me miss having access to a truck mounted cherry picker.
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I saw some deep orange and reds under the green Hume but could not work out if it was Otterburn burning ! sounds like lots of big guns going off tonight.
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Thanks for the offer J , I doubt I would get that stick back on the trailer it has already gone through the bottom and the drive to Edinburgh would be a night mare it was bad enough on the country back roads ! If I can get some more over size stuff that's too big for my lumber mate I may try and organise a wagon up to you, I have some over sized burr lime and straight oak that's too good for fire wood that I would like to do but I'm not sure my mill is up to doing large hard woods.
