MattyF

Not sure what to be doing with this ash ... it’s stacked n stickered for now but I’ve never seen ash with grain like it! Well not on boards !

That looks spot on ... solves the problem the eple hook and captain have of being limited to small anchors ... found the captains throat so small it was virtually useless as a climbing aid for traversing , the epple much better and one of my favourite bits of kit is still limited unless you can get lucky and snare the rope from the other side and choke.

Found the same as rich... also I’ve never had a rope milk as bad .

I have owned a couple of 346’s one from new and one was a cheap back up off spud....they will wear out like any saw.. for light work they are ok but lack something the 550 doesn’t.. I would go as far as saying the 346 was one of the most over rated saws produced ,didn’t like mine and sold them both feeling they where under powered and got burnt out quick and that a 357 or 560 was the better choice...the 260 was far worse I could not take that saw seriously for hard work, I remember being on site and I had two 260’s dead by the end of the job and having to ring up elm sticks with a 200t, the 261 seems to be better but the only 50cc saw I’ve ever felt was perfect was a 550... depending on your build and age though I would take a 562 if you can manage one and miss out the 50cc saws altogether.

If your really stuck I’ve ordered there stuff from tree stuff when they have had sales and discounts on.. you have to pay a little duty but it usually arrives in 4 or so days.

Send it to spud!

When I was in my early twenty’s and bored of tree work , we used to do a lot of council work in old people’s homes , one old fella who was always out side digging over flower beds or cutting hedges , just doing his own thing away from the other old folk sitting in the tv room,I would always have a chat with , he seemed very stable and not hysterical when dealing with trees ...he had briefly mentioned some thing about the desert rats and North Africa... any ways a few months later I was back on the site clearing some ivy blown tree and I stop to have are usual chat about trees and stuff and I tell him about an interview with the tank corps as I’m thinking about joining .... he looks at me , starts crying and tells me not to do it nothing for him will ever get rid of the memories of seeing young men, his friends in Bren carriers being cut to pieces by machine guns in El Alamein pass or blown to to bits in hedge rows.. i realises then why this guy was always out side by himself and keeping himself busy as he was being constantly haunted ..it did start quite a morbid obsession for me to find out more about what the dude had seen but put me off joining the military.

No mate , seemed well tedious! ... they are good apart from the top corner when I had to mill some fresh ones and there’s some gaps now but will put a carpet in that room and sheep’s wool in the gaps!

Douglas floor I put in earlier the year.

Good point, working with trees has saved a good friends life and put him back to some normality...

Pretty valid point! I never liked it on the rope wrench , would not tend slack and was hard to pull through... wish I’d tried it on its own after seeing that test.

560 out performs the 357 by quite a bit and you will be a rack ahead at the end of the day.

You making the frame over the cab yet to order ?? You could have a good rainy day side line! I’m sure you have enough to do already though ! Picker does look good though!

I think grey git on here tows a big bandit with his... aye they are alright but they are limited to 50mph any way and it’s easy to forget they have 6 gears as they top out quick. I think they weigh over 3 tonne with the picker on so it’s probably a good thing they are limited.

So you can now get smashed in the eye with a metal magnet pinging off the elastic .. I think you have as much chance of hanging off your t shirt collar than a neck tether from using one constantly for 3 years now..

I recon it will finish it ... doesn’t look like it will come out on leaf next year as it is !

Get the 14m version if your considering one ... any thing less it would struggle to be useful. They can half job time or used badly can add time on.. if your doing a lot of trees in public spaces and next to roads or estates Feild’s I would consider one unless of you do mostly domestic Arb in towns they would be hopeless.

Fleet business insurance is the way forward ... not a lot for 3- 4 trucks and definitely brings the premium down than individual vehicles.

Don’t think it was down to the hinge as there wasn’t one ! Looks like he cut right through it

Distils come with Velcro type sheaths, dunno if they can be brought as an extra though.

Aye but it’s pretty standard and all saw shops should have them in stock and for pennies for a new rim , it’s basic maintenance, you don’t have to buy a new clutch drum to replace a sprocket.

Enjoyed watching your work ...Nice climbing and cutting.

Rim =sprocket ...it is the sprocket??? Commonly known as a rim sprocket.

Why would you have to modify either they are working saws ? I get having them muffler modded and a woods port but that’s as much as I want on a working saw.

1lb and oz is a lot of weight , I would take a 550 over a 560 if the task allows, why not if you can work faster and stay fresher... if I use my 576 felling I will pick up the 560 as soon as I can to delimb a tree.. just makes no sense to me to carry more weight than what’s needed on a job. 70 cc saws are thirsty and fatiguing they are not really some thing I enjoy using but that’s changed since getting a 462.. I know folk who have had the 572 for a while and they still would rather pick up there 560’s.