MattyF
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I have a 2014 560 and it’s been fine ... until throttle cable packed up yesterday and clutch shattered last week [emoji23]
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It went out the same time to rest of the world.. we didn’t get it until a year or so ago... it’s basically a 560 with different bar mount and slightly longer crank.
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Can only find it in 20litre containers .. will just keep 10 litres spare for next time, just cost a small fortune in other spares but worth keeping in tip top condition!
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Northumberland mate
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Looking at the price of that tellus oil.... farkin ell !
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Much appreciated rat man , I must be blind as I went over that document for ages before posting!
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Does any one know how many litres it holds and best viscosity ? Fancy doing a filter change tomorrow and can’t find anything on line!
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Use a separate line paddy, then it’s good to go any time and potentially it’s not as dangerous with debris mid line if your cutting from your traverse point.
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Still going strong that one gaz [emoji1303] Was worth the effort , you can buy RW pins and pulleys from tree kit ... carbon sheet Is pretty dear but easy to work with one you have traced a regular wrench pattern on it, still half the price of regular wrench although I would not want it main line as it would wear out pretty quick , you tend to be a bit more gently on a hook though traversing.
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Tried this from the local butcher , sausage meat and black pudding wrapped in bacon, Northumbrian haggis apparently. Was pretty good.
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Agree there josh , the big bar in forestry is bollox unless you like de railing your chain every 5 minutes....15” on a 560 is perfect control, speed snedding , difficult to derail, quicker to sharpen and there isn’t many tree you can’t fell with a letter box. Big bars on Arb saws when on twisty stems chogging down are great though... you look more manly , don’t have to move as much and it feels great holding a big long powerful tool whilst watching the scared little ground guys scuttering around struggling trying to move huge lumps of timber out the DZ before you drop the next lump on them... I did put an 18” with 9pin on a spud ported 395 when my 372 needed a rebuild , it was great fun until I realised I had done 5litres of fuel prepping some branches for the chipper.
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Could be worth a punt ,I’ve found I’ll burn out any cord other than armour prus very quickly ,so anything else seems falses economy in comparison.
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Eggs ,bacon ,sausage ,beans ,mushrooms,hash browns ,fried toast and tomatoes.. I prefer haggis though.
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Me too Andy [emoji38].. new bar and chain ....must be a gnarly wolf tree which should never of be chosen as a saw log full of tension and compression...
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Just another thought are your mill bolts on the height adjustment done up tight ?
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Thing that gets me is why are they not taxing or banning or these Chinese imports that are recommended to run on high ratio mixes and have no compliance’s ... they should be seized and crushed at the docks if other legit companies have to comply..
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Thing that gets me is why are they not taxing or banning or these Chinese imports that are recommended to run on high ratio mixes and have no compliance’s ... they should be seized and crushed at the docks if other legit companies have to comply..
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Ok .... I have never had an issue with tension when milling ash but larch on a band saw can be a pita if not saw log quality .... any photos of the log end to see the ring growth? would be interesting to see a photo of your chain cutters from a top view to.. unless as bill says there is an almighty knot and even then that will only slow the mill down the only other thing would be Stone or metal and that would destroy your chain.
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Interesting I’ve heard this many times but I hate it personally, if you keep teeth that uneven by the end of the chain you will be missing some.. it just keeps things simple as well if the teeth are the same then the same number of strokes for each raker is needed and you won’t have to measure and set them individually.
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Personally I never use wedges .. if you did it would be when your coming out of the cut. I try and always put down pressure on the mill handle and keep an eye on front and rear rails you can usually catch it and apply enough pressure if it starts to deviate.. I would be looking at the chain for damage , looks like it’s blunt on one side to see that amount of deviation. Chains are every thing milling , I even bench grind my milling chains with tons of oil to keep them from bluing and at a factory angle and to keep every cutter the same , even though I have sharpened chains since a kid and could do it twice as fast by hand if they are not 100% perfect you will get deviation milling.
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Forestry winch recommendations please
MattyF replied to Plodalong's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
Tajfun from kilworth or igland from Wilson’s would be my choices... or maybe an oelher winch from FMS if I had money for a quality European winch, people who own them swear by them.. for pulling power and value you can’t go wrong with a tajfun though. Would not touch a uniforest with a barge pole. -
Load on eBay at the minute.
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Think it’s English By the surrounding trees .... it was probably in the pond for ten or more years !! Can’t believe the little igland winch pulled it had to double up pulleys and snapped a cable but I think was worth it.
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Few hours this afternoon on this oak log we dragged out a pond last year ... sap wood is shot but the heart Wood was spot on.
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Can’t say I agree , auto tune husky’s with the exception of my first gen 576 have been spot on and very productive for me, I have brought a few echo climbing saws and I can honestly say I don’t miss manual carbs , these need retuning monthly... I forgot just how crap it is to have manual carbs on a climbing saw.
