MattyF

I did try his mark before you mentioned it but so far I’ve received no acknowledgment from them at all about my and it appears now others complaints.

I did see this on face book and thought it was a joke .. I had to scroll back and read it properly, tragic news....thoughts out to his friends and family for the loss of a genuine nice guy, he recently reminded me of a job we organised through arb talk as a volunteer group to help an ex service man and wife , he was a great crack through out the day and pub and can only imagine any one who new him well will be devastated. RIP Alan.

Is English elm seed not sterile ? elm will only grow from suckers so genetically it’s all the same so unlikely to develop resistance? , unlike ash that will grow from seed so genetically is all different and why some are resistant to chalara and others not as there is much wider genes in the species.

The other niggle is the buckles don’t come undone easily if you need to get out of it quick ! , infact I really struggle to undo them... maybe there is some magic knack but if you have the IQ of a crayon like me and I imagine most other arbs it’s impossible to find.

Yes mate, replaced my old one with the new and not impressed with it loosening and virtually falling off after half an hour ! That will be my fourth and last , shame as it was a great harness that I didn’t feel could be bettered , until I tried the new one [emoji38]

Aye it’s shocking ... can’t believe they have put this garbage on and wrecked a once great harness , I would not buy or recommend another... really pissed off I wasted my money on one and the new style isn’t cheap!

It’s neither here or there I think In terms of performance... a few folk will run 3/8 as it’s easier if your others saws like 560’s are running 3/8 to buy just one reel of chain and use it for all the saws. It does make it a bit more aggressive and I’ve had running gear bars and clutch drums at the drive sprockets wear quickly or even shear off on 550’s..if your changing bars and chains you may be better off going back to 325 and putting a new 325 drive sprocket on any way for a couple of quid as it’s a wear part and will damage new Chains if it’s worn.. I do have a few spare new and very slightly worn 325 bars in the shed surplus if you want a bargain.

No debt ,rent wife or kids I would choose Canada , Norway , Sweden then new Zealand and then maybe most unpopulated place I could find in Scotland... In that order.

You just turn the screw clockwise , I think the limit is you can feel it step down on 1/4 turn.. that’s it as far as I’m aware , I don’t think you can push it down and there is another level of oil feeding, I thing that’s a bit miss leading but probably worth asking your stihl dealer.

Push ? You turn the screw [emoji1303] I like the 500 but this is off one ring on a stump cut They should of put on air injection!

Can’t tell the difference now !

Nothing to destroy your feet quicker for life than badly fitting boots! I won’t wear Meindles as I find them too narrow, I feel for the lads I’ve known that have endured them as they where supposed to be the best boots out there only to get bunyons and corns. I’ve worn pfanners for years and can’t fault there boots , Andrews you have to be careful with as I’m convinced as you get used to them and they change there design or sizing. Currently on fell hunters which seemed to have out lasted the last pair of arbortec boots I brought that only lasted a month but have done 6 months in them and have found there height great for ankle support after an injury.

I think on the original question has lock down failed , I’m still not sure, it will be interesting to see what real truths emerge, I think the death figures have been massively manipulated, knowing 3 people who have apparently died of it and there family and closest friends say it was total lies to have that on there death cert. Probably the worse thing about lock down though is that it has opened up new divisions in the poorest communities, it has targeted the weakest and most vulnerable , suicide has gone through the roof , I think from start to finish this has been badly handled and can’t believe there where no protocols for such an event happening in place that would of avoided it from happening in the first place or getting to the point it did. Maybe it leaves questions such as do we need to monitor who and what comes in and out of our borders with such track and trace and if you travel abroad should quarantine be enforced with self isolation on return ....lots of questions but I don’t think we could sustain another round with out wide civil unrest and possibly a collapse of society.

Are you running the right chain though?

Think it depends on where you are , we are short but I’ve been told by euroforest there is a big surplus as egger have not been taking timber and neither most mills but most of the private contractors carried on cutting if they where already set up on sites too.

Sounds like your running 3/8 0.058 for husky’s instead of 3/8 0.063. For stihls and bigger husky’s. I find worn out husky bars will handle the latter but if you run the other even on new stihl bars as I just found out on a 400cm after running out of chain and In desperation having to use the 0.058 it cut exactly as you described.

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Did think this was some sort of elm but can’t find any thing that matches... any ideas as a be never come across it before. In the picture that’s the overall tree structure I don’t think that would be true to what ever it is original form as it’s been topped to match a cypress hedge that was around it. Thanks , mat.

Para trooper flag, probably a very pissed off vet..

Mate it doesn’t happen in this country, well apart from Mark duggan and he kind of earned the right to be shot by carrying a gun in the first place. I really am just depressingly sick of the whole thing now , there is no oppression in this country and we are all in the same sinking boat in the minute, all this smashing stuff up is just giving the real racists an exact opportunity to prove a point and I’m ****************ing sick of reading these posts on social media from white middle class ****************wits who’s only interaction with any one of a lower class or different upbringing is picking up coke for there shitty dinner parties where they can boast about how woke they are with there white twat friends who all equally have never achieved any thing in there lives who have never experienced poverty or any hard ship.

What about trying Stuart browns , Toms father? From my experience it’s usually worth getting an expert to look on it as you might need a load of other bits....other wise your bearings will go again in 6months.

The lads we use can weigh grab fulls of timber and it will tell them how much it weighs at the end but not a whole load, can find this handy for weighing grades of timber if we are paying per tonne for different types of wood standing

I love them but they are still a temperamental saw, I would invest in a d shaped screw driver for low jet adjustment.

No ones seen the tree so can’t give a price imo , does kind of remind me of an ash I priced off a picture once and I vowed never to price of a picture again .. driving over Kew bridge I could see the only ash in the location of my sat Nav final destination was this monster thing towering over a 3 story house and my heart sank , it sank more when I realised there was a glass extension under it too. Never mind, rigged out what needed and smashed the rest in a day with two groundies and a cheeky stunt fell and a quality big saw lunge I still walked away with more money than I had made in months so it didn’t end all bad

Thankfully they wanted the arisings left for mulch.