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Probably more than you put the job in for ... it’s a racket ! You

I had an older 266 which was ok apart from the effort required to start it.. the final one we owned was a complete dog and was never right from the start had at least two pots on it... either way it like many saws I have used in the past I am glad they have been replaced, apart from nostalgia they have nothing that makes them appealing to use for a days cutting now.

Quality as always ,How many branches will you prep up for the speed line reg before you start cutting looks like you had the whole tree slung ! and how many battery’s will a tree that size use on the husky ? Cheers

Aye I think the foam has dissolved and jammed up the cable as I could never get that to work. Cheers Andrew ! I think I may order a new assembly as well as fly wheel, then I know the whole lot is good.

Never done one and believe it’s similar to the old 61 266 set ups ,any way it a very different set up to what I’m used too, looks like the crank case oil seal is part of the oil pump? Are they easy to fit or are special tools needed, would you fit the oil pump then press the seal in ? Also there is some sort of sealant used which I have no idea what it is around the oil pump. Lastly there is this which looks like some thing has gone wrong as it bears no resemblance to what it should be in the parts diagram! What should it be ?

True that , I would not use one professionally cutting, can’t stand them to be honest but last time I used one I would of been when I was 16-17 and probably not man enough to use it! Heavy , old school vibes and hard to start... stick in my mind oh and temperamental in the heat.. when I got my hands on a 262 I never wanted to pick up another 266 !

One of mine has a rattle it’s the exit hole has come off the exhaust and fallen back in, you can’t get it out as it’s the same size as the outlet and the baffles won’t let it go back the other way. So just living with it.

I would like to feel it on 1/4 pitch, both of us using it thought it would feel better, to be honest we only used it on a laurel hedge and thought it was not a bad chain for pruning.

Got one off Stevan from Hexham on demo with the standard bar though , thought it seemed a lot quicker than on the 1/4 pitch in your vid though bill ... definitely quicker than the 160 although battery life is down on the stihl obviously the saw was a lot lighter, I think one of the best features is the saw switches off after a few seconds and is easy to switch back on unlike the stihl160 ,which is live until you put the chain brake on... which I don’t use on any saw really so lots of potential for a nasty situation there.

I would buy the pretzel though ...

Off the back of ripping off Kevin Bingham who I don’t know but have a load of respect for after making my life easier and revolutionising climbing across the board with the wrench,he has obviously put a lot of time in to be ripped off ..petzl won’t see another penny of my money on any of there products.

Yeah , all of mine have had at least one nose sprocket replacement.. I don’t think the LW bars are that light either, to me they feel noticeably more cumbersome when I had two 560’s one with an Oregon pro lite and one with the sugi you could notice that by the afternoon. They are strong bars though , just the nose sprockets are maybe to hard in my opinion and prone to shatter.

You would fell them back in to the rack or hang them up and just winch them butt first to the machine as in the video ?

Good bags I have the old one and it’s still got intact after three years of being over loaded ... can’t say that for many kit bags I’ve had over the years.

Can’t imagine they have changed the clutch drum ...

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On another note I I’m pretty jealous of your 80t days and nice big timber , managed about 4t yesterday but half the job was burning every thing so the land owner had a nice view whilst fishing so good thing that we are not getting paid by the tonne.

Aye but they are ! Biomass RHIs have a lot to answer for , we would be knacked souring the 300 tonne of soft wood we need for our log business if we could not cut it our selfs, as we where buying it from the FC direct who turned around and said there is no more and That standing sitka is fetching £60 so good luck finding any. To be honest I would like to stop firewood production and get a decent mill as the only timber we are getting is stuff like like this Douglas off sites no one else will touch as it’s wind blow off steep terrain and that will never have heavy machines in again after they completely destroyed the ground and rides the land owner is refusing to allow anything heavy back in. From our point of view it’s pretty bad as unless it’s bone dry because the top crust has been broken up anything you put in disappears and the little riko 330 will only lift the small stuff you end up winching every thing. Not every land owner wants harvesters and Valmet 890’s churning it in to a bottomless mess that benefits no one.

That’s quiet a claim with that set up! What is the trailer or the valtra 10t ? No offence but I would have to see weight tickets to believe it.

Yes but climbing and ground helmets have different impact ratings... designed for different tasks , I’m not 100% on the protos though.

There is two different specs of protos though ,forestry and Arb.

Kox won’t trade with pounds ..... and we are still supposed to be in Europe but it’s like a lot of the other European climbing and saw shops they won’t trade with us..not really an advantage being in is it.

Looks like asking for trouble !

Ian I have had Chipper’s stolen and reported to tracker company’s within an hour ,they where never found again.. maybe the police and there unwillingness to visit a certain gipsy site without helicopters , armed response and full on riot squad had something to do with it.

Ha ha the look on his face is priceless!