skyhuck
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I'm not sure you can be cheap and good,well not for long any way
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you were pretty close, my favorite is the 066 with 25" bar cuts for fun.
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ms200t,036,044,066,ms880
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I think stihl for hard wood,lower revs more torc,huskys for soft wood ,only own stihl,have had huskys in the past,not over impressed
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fair comment,but i like buying new kit, get a new harness and rope every APF so biannually,and if i did not have to spend on inspections i could change gear even more often if there was a need
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for inspection of my climbing gear i pay £60 once a year and £80 for climbing and riggings once a year so annually its £140
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I had a discussion with the HSE at the APF and if they inspect you and can find no fault in your gear theres nothing they can do,I'm talking about self employed climbers here not employees or even subys as there you have a duty of care to both,same goes for climbing groundie, if its your firm and your job and your climbing they won't prosecute you if you have no rescue guy or so they told me,i do get my gear loler certificated,for the sake of my insurance etc,but do sometimes think the money would be better spent on new kit,id like to see figures on accidents caused by defective gear before loler came in?.
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thanks for that Steve,i thought it would be loose, but wanted to be sure,this is a top site very informative and funny, many thanks Dave
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you mite have something there
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it hold the throttle part way on to aid starting
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almost never wear gloves,occasionally ,if doing loads of thorn, welders gauntlet's,and my wife always says i have lovely soft hands
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me to its like wearing you your slippers to work! not that i have any slippers,just a pipe and rocking chair!
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Steve, when you say per cube do you mean a loose cube or do you mean stacked solid cube,i was going to start using those bulk builders bags with the logs just thrown in loose which i believe would equate about 0.6 of a cube if you stacked it.I've never done much fire wood as i never seem to have time but my yard is getting overwhelmed so i need to start getting shut, regards Dave.
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Marc,just a thought could you put the carb of you're older saw on you're newer one then you would benefit from more compression of the less worn pot and piston,you could keep the rest of the old saw for spares,with reference to tax normally on gear like saws they right down for tax over 4 years,but i think if you change annually it is more like a consumable and can be written of for tax in the one year, i not 100% but think so, regards Dave
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I agree with that, i do the same, but it depends on how much work your saw has done,if you've had you're moneys worth you could just be throwing cash at a well worn saw,also if you change it yearly i think its better for tax,not sure, as thats my accountants job,but i think he said something of the sort
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I was lucky i live on a estate and 14 years ago when i was just getting going the were still a lot of dead elm's on estate land so i asked if i could have them for fire wood,i'd go out at the weekend and dismantle them,i'd cut them to fire size up the tree.Used to tell the wife if I'm not back by what ever time give the farmer a ring and get him to have a look to see if i was OK,not such a good idea now i look back,but i was always back before i said, so alls well that ends well
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the carbs on the new Ms200s are very poor i find,they altered them to improve emmions, i think, the last two i bought i got a new old model carb fitted under warranty as with the new carb they ran lumpy and kept staling.You may have a problem if it out of warranty,but if you buy a new carb I'd go for the old model,its still available,this is only my own experience others my think differently,hope you get sorted, there's nothing more annoying than being up a tree in the pouring with rain with wind blowing you just get in position to make a cut and your saw stales,another tip on 200's is the pull start they only put one Pawl in the ratchet you put in a second, the hole is there, my dealer does it for me before i collect my new one,he says it because I'm a rough bugger but you don't want to believe that!
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"sprinkle some talc on and look for the damp patch"
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my dealer is a top bloke, he does make plenty of money, but offers a real service, if i land with a bust saw he'll fix while i wait and the stock he carries is incredible,years ago i remember his insurance was £125 A WEEK!
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Official "Yank'" Picture Thread
skyhuck replied to GASoline71's topic in International Arborist Forum
Blimey!!!!! Bet you don't get many none payers! -
Just when you think you're at the top of your game...
skyhuck replied to Steve Bullman's topic in Video forum
Graeme awesome vid,I'd love you to pull up on my worksite for a cupper,don't think we'ed get much work done, I would imagine the tales you could tell would be far more interesting than any job. Once asked a HSE guy ,who came on our site,if he'd done a risk assessment for his drive to our site, he was'nt amused,then a young mum with a toddler and pram were walking past on the pavement and an arctic lorry passed them a 30+ so i said wright a risk assessment for that he had no anwers we are minority with little power and very few votes so we get victimised Cheers Dave. -
top job! theres a few matches in that bugger!
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14" for me plenty of power i find,change 200 every 12 months though, as they soon start to loose some grunt
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the inspection is for wear and damage so new gear does not need inspecting
