MattyF

Don’t think I’ll get out from them , they just wanted to shut me up pete! Bill I am sure I have the SRT foot loops some where for them and will try and dig them out for you ,glad they are working for you... I think if your used to any hi topped saw boots they would work great , nice and light but I would personally not go back to high tops . I do have a pair of fell hunters I brought for forestry barely used for that reason.. if jo wants them and wants to do a swap if he has any of his old mill legs hanging about.

I always thought they where very susceptible to honey fungus and phytophthora .. over my career spread out I’ve done and quoted a few and it hasn’t been an over night thing.

I could be wrong here joe but the grey Andrews with the foot clip in foot ascender attachment possibly is still low cut at the rear.

Yeah I would say that’s it ,thin and flexible.... You just need to get those leather straps on your geckos though... I think they are not to bad if you get them up tight enough but mine would move about if not and come off the heel, would be interested to know what mark and rich are wearing spike wise on them.. I don’t think rich has ever had any bother with spikes on the Andrews though.

[emoji23] Red shoes no knickers is what they say mate .. those bright yellow rivets are pretty handy on the Pilates ,having spent the day in a dank dark larch plantation they kept reminding me not to put my saw bar in my feet.

Not enough in them on the soles , great chainsaw boot for general tree work almost like wearing scarpas but if I had a lot of straight upright spar work I could not wait to get them off... some days on spikes they didn’t bother me at all ,but I can think of many occasions I could not wait to kick them off... I think I bitched about that a lot going from pfanners to Andrews but over time got used to it.. and now I’ve gone back I noticed straight away how comfy the Pilates are on spikes.

To me mate as I’m pedantic like that ... I could not work out why they felt different as I’ve had three previous pairs and they gave me no bother at all from new, the last pair nearly crippled me after two days and I was back in my old ones just to walk!

Joe Andrews as spiking boots the Andrews are at the bottom for me ,I always looked for a reason not to wear spikes and the thought of spending a day on a pine spar with them on makes me wince ..they are great climbing boots don’t get me wrong probably the best I’ve worn until they slightly altered the design... I sold the last pair I brought after a week of using them ... just could not get on with them, I’m on my second week with the pfanner Pilates which at £180 quid and as soon as I put spikes on it made me remember what great spiking boots pfanner made , I could be in spikes all day and not know they are there, they also have the cut out tops , granted they feel a bit bulky in comparison to the Andrews but that soon goes. If you do get the Andrews the SRT loop needs lock tight on when you assemble it. Old Andrews , new Andrews and the Pilates to show you what I mean about the rear heal tops .. it’s a must for a climbing boot and what made the Andrews in the first place so good for climbing

Pfanner saw trousers have tick guards.

Changed my too sordins on the husky tech and have been fine since.

Am I imagining that I have seen Protos have made a peltor ear muff adaptor ? Can’t them online.

Swapping oils ?? Yeah no bother , just don’t expect a smooth transition if your switching to an alkylate fuel or back to pump fuel ...saying that if the saws not done much and is less than a few months old that would probably be fine too.

I had a guy knock on one of our lads doors in the evening saying he was our company and would he like the conifer at the side of his house topped ... “no your not coz I work there full time was his reply”.. guy made excuses and ran away! I can think of at least two or more occasions things like that happened.

A bit more durable material than gortex i recon .. have to treat them as Justin says but can get away with every other wash if it’s not too deep, I end up wearing them like a normal work jack and getting holes in them which is no good when it rains!

Klimba air is not .... the nanosheild would be if you only wore it solely when it rains , and treated it well I had the Ventura and it was good for about 6 months image the nano is just a cheaper version but same fabric.. good jacket but pricy.

I would seriously check over the rotar nose shafts for any wear too whilst at this point , wear will make the difference between 50hours and a rebuild or 600 and counting from experience.

What do they compare like price wise to a lasco ?

Never been to an Arb shop like it! Definitely worth a visit.

No wind yet , just started snowing ... that wasn’t predicted!

Even if you have sound fins , I forget the hours they recommend to change but they are worth changing as a pair to prevent what happened to yours from happening again... last bearing change I had the mechanic told me this was the cause for most of the premature bearing wear and big failures was people trying to keep the fans on with uneven wear until they fail completely. I’ve had 6-7 rebuilds on 5 different TW and entecs which over the 20 or more years I’ve been using them isn’t bad.. the last one by the guys at greenlay in cramlington was absolutely spot on , 18 year old chipper came back feeling new.

Yeah there is a few... not something I know much about but there are a few around up here anyway. Low impact and don’t blow hydraulic oil every where so good for sensitive sites.

Worked with bill Peirce and his friend jo yesterday dismantling this beech , sadly I missed out the horse moving out the timber for the mog, kindly he sent some pics of what I missed. Apparently they had an early finish too!

Would this fit the echo? https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F123284157274

Have worked with Dave a lot over the past 6 months and can vouch for him for being hard working, tell them a bit more about your self mate.. I would offer him full time work in a shot if I had if for him.