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MattyF

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  1. Just done mine last week , don't think it adds to comfort but as long as is does not fall apart any time soon I'm not bothered.
  2. Found a brand new unused sugoi blade on Friday behind the seat... Don't remember buying it so was a result.
  3. [ame] [/ame] Sort of thing I do !! I have started to take photos and write parts down and mount on strips of cardboard and it makes reassembly a breeze.
  4. I have a spare new crank if you need one.... Never had issues with the 560 bearings though , had crank stuffers fall apart and the crank cases leak.
  5. I've changed a couple of sets but never had any fail it was just a precaution thing whilst having the saw split. I see looking inside what you mean now. You can get a new short block from husky for £170 surely a more cost effective way of replacing bearings.
  6. Do you mean the seals?
  7. Crank bearings are all metal though ?
  8. You been cutting up watlers beech he picked up for nothing?
  9. 15" here
  10. Send to spud or buy a new saw are your options ... Sure it's not just blunt?
  11. Will the misses get mad if you put it in the dish washer to Clean it 😉 Looking good any way boss 👍
  12. Ha ha fair enough!! What was all that about yesterday then if at the start of this thread is true and that Cameron would not do a debate unless the greens were there but they are not considered a large enough party to be on the debate but ukip is.
  13. So who's your party of choice as your so keen to shoot down others ? I'd vote green we need a change massively and as far as I can see its looks like we are about to repeat Europe's last 80 years of history starting with the hate fuelled blame of the far right , I would rather vote for bez and his anti fracking party but he forgot to register his party though... http://www.vice.com/read/bez-forgot-to-register-his-anti-fracking-party-so-now-no-one-can-vote-for-him-306?source=vice_iphone_app Bez Forgot to Register His Anti-Fracking Party and Now No One Can Vote for Him
  14. Eggs you tell em how it is!!
  15. Sounds like it's coming along , glad you saved the cylinder ! Just put the short block back together with ancillaries and will try and post tomorrow mate. What's it going to take to get martin on his lathe ??
  16. £750 for a day's work is a winner! A lot of people who have set up are guys who have been lead climbers for big firms making £120-150 a day if after they have payed labour and fuel they have £500 a day for themselves and buisness and they are probably used to doing two trees that size in a day.
  17. MattyF

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    I wear type A's all year round , found C's got me in bad habits up trees cutting with over confidence and they are hot! Over the years They have come in to use on a few occasions ...one coming to mind was in the snow and wind chogging down a large oak, I had one eye closed as saw dust was whipping up under the visor then I cut through a slime flux so was getting drenched in a brown poo watery mess , suddenly I could feel snow hitting my leg so let up off the saw and realised I had cut through every layer and it had pulled the trousers up a foot pulling out the Kevlar strands in the trouser leg ...046 didn't even know it was there until I had let off the throttle then the Kevlar strands did there job.. They won't stop the torque of saws over 60cc I learnt from that!
  18. Sorry to hear this mate.
  19. Always preferred the single cabs and still run one. You just dont leave tools that are valuable In the back!
  20. Husqvarna is MSA and stihl is peltor so you need the MSA ones
  21. Ash seems quite happy throwing out vigorous epicormic if there's still surviving canopy.
  22. There is no way on earth it will ever compartmentalise on the collar ,ash and will be Inonutus fodder within 7 years and the tree structurally be more compromised, If a 6meter stub carries on living it will slow it down and give it atleast another 10 years and maybe more and I have even seen ash stop decay at barrier zones like this with storm damage and pollarding but never exposed through collar cutting. If it does die you have a more cleaner view of where the collar is any way.
  23. Thing is this goes right across the board with tree work in general. I was competing against fellas that boasted they had not paid tax in ten years used stolen chippers and saws to make there money and blagged every job whilst lying there way in to the position they are in today whilst under cutting other people like myself who pay tax have insurance and buy gear on credit and have qualifications in Arb .... Fair play to any one who feels the need to report them, I've never been a grass although the thought of revenge is sweet I believe in karma and I could never work out who was the bigger fool... Me for trying to stick to the rules of the system and getting crapped on or the players who take everything.

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