MattyF

I’ve alway though that when this really gets to a head and needs to dealt with there will be fatalities, you can’t go putting arbs who have zero experience of hand felling in the woods or roadside as even healthy it’s one of the most unpredictable timbers to hand fall, out of all the species it will be the one that will catch you out. Die back or not if you know how it can potentially behave it can be dealt with a lot safer with less surprises and even then it can still throw a few.

I think with spikes the best thing to do is stick to what you know… I could change brands frequently when younger , I’ve had kliens , bashlins in the past and much easier to adapt to change but having been on distils for about 20 years now i tried some the other day it was like watching a new born deer trying to walk for the first time.

I only found them a problem with rope twist and a VT on double ropes rich , on a Rope wrench SRT it seems absolutely fine, actually a joy to use.

Own both … in all honesty they are both absolute shite… at this point my puma 130 needs a new chassis and the DPF on the transit is just embarrassing.. my old 2005 transit is the only vehicle I’ve owned that’s ever made me a profit and paid for itself over and over the new transit is just a money pit and I regret the day I ever saw it.

Yeah you’re right Alex , I was going to say something yesterday.. it’s as good as a Hobbs and lighter ,great for pre tensioning and you can lift limbs up and over stuff but not at Grcs speed.. I can’t fault it but it’s not a Hobbs.

I feel a lot safer rigging out half dead stuff with the safe bloc.. to me that’s its major plus point , if your rigging off a block to bollard that’s a lot of extra force being applied to the top anchor.. I’ve used ropes down to 10mm in it but I think 16 is the sweet spot for friction wise. Matthew Fathers (@matty_arb) • Instagram photos and videos WWW.INSTAGRAM.COM 112 likes, 8 comments - matty_arb on September 27, 2018: "Why I love the #safebloc old lime pollard that had dropped a primary stem on a house and log shed the... There’s another clip on 10mm if you go past the first bit of video.. on the first top I have to join the ground type to add a bit of friction as I didn’t think he was stopping it for the barn roof! Matthew Fathers (@matty_arb) • Instagram video WWW.INSTAGRAM.COM 118 likes, 5 comments - matty_arb on April 4, 2018: "Dutchman’s to pop a top and safe bloc bucket action.".

I thought it was pretty good to be fair , did what it was supposed too every time I use it. I would take it over the dmm any day, until this came out any way.

I stand corrected, I tried to get another one last year and could not find them anywhere!

I think they are kind of irrelevant now mate as you can’t buy them , I got mine from Germany sold by freworker years back I think around 2014 when I was doing a lot of deadwooding of big trees for nation parks and trust… Basically it’s a hook with elastic that has a wooden ball that you can slot in the other side so the hook doesn’t get caught when not being used. these are only photos I can find on the phone.

Mick I think rishti called the last general election early as they all knew reform if they got there candidates together would get a lot more seats , maybe even come close to winning.. the damage was bad enough with out them having candidates , I think every one has had enough of this two party bollox except the woke of course.. that could be bollox but I don’t think it’s far off when you look at the poll that was on here.

Put a link up 😂

I won’t argue with that , the captain was a waste of time , I climbed on it for about a month before giving it away and going back to my old epple hook… this looks better than both.

I dunno.. that’s what I thought , maybe sucking in too much fresh air ??

I found on the first saw it really upset the auto tune … yesterday, Monday I taped the hole with roof repair tape and it seemed to settle it , ran really well tbh considering I hadn’t started either saw for 6 months! Going to try Liquid Metal on the newer one.

I think replacing the crank case is totally last resort mate.. I was just wondering if husky Know there is a fault or weak spot in the mk 2 . not one not of the first gen 550’s I’ve ever seen have broken here so the must have redesigned them to make them lighter @adw ? I know of one other person this has happened too on the mk2.

No they will still buy land ,get ****************ing huge grants to plant trees on it so it is tax free or solar ,off set carbon or what ever the latest scam is. Either way it won’t go to food production.

Any one else had this problem with mk 2 crank cases breaking around the back ? one of the saws was months old when it broke the other was just over 6 months and retired as the auto tune could not handle the change and ran like a bag of nails. I put them both too the back of the shed as I didn’t have time to address , now I’m on first thinning I need some 50cc saws that work!

Problem is the tiny majority of farmers are the ones who should be feeding you , they will have to sell the land or go bankrupt when it’s passed down … who buys the land ? People with more money who won’t farm it. Amy one would think it’s part of the great DAVOS plan which keir has sworn his allegiance too….

Aye … do I have to pay for you to divulge 😂 I have an older 6400 that’s getting sluggish and blocking filters quick.

In the tank Paul ?

It’s simple enough Dan , just put the bars on top of each other and make sure they line up from the back and mark the bar from the original echo mount holes on to the stihl. To be fair Mark if I was organised enough I would buy them in bulk off you or rob with the correct number of drivelinks ..but I usually have a load then realise I have none left and the local mower shop or agri dealer off the shelf saves the day for an extortionate price instead.

They are equally at home In our uk trees for transfers , like if your working in groups of any size broadleaves or pines or big wide open well spread crowns with big upright limbs. get your throw and clip in a foot ascender and it’s a quick and easy no hassle way of getting where you need to be.

Out of the 5-6 2511’s I’ve owned I’ve taken off the bar and replaced with a 10” stihl straight out the box , there is no point in even messing around with a carving bar for tree work. The other thing is drill out two holes so you can pick up stihl 10” chains straight off the shelf off any dealer. certainly never had the problems described by th OP sounds like the wrong pitch chain.

If I ever wear out my epple hook I’d buy it, the gape on the captain isn’t big enough for a lot of branches , especially if your doing a transfer across at right angles I want a bigger anchor than 4” ! only thing I may not be keen on is the soft link connection for rolling it off branches .. I would have to try it to see if it warrants concern though.

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