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Dean Lofthouse

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  1. Dean Lofthouse
    Hahaha, You sound like me David, I waited outside every shop while our lass and my daughter went in, I couldn't stand it
  2. Dean Lofthouse
    No thats wrong again. It's easier to think of it as weight. so If the original dry log weighs 1000 grams The you add 32% moisture that makes the log 1320g But that doesn't mean 68% is the log, because 68% of 1320 is 897g whereas 68% of the dry log is 680g I can't even think straight now, someone sort it out
  3. Dean Lofthouse
    I used to have some which I took the lining out for really hot days, so they look like chainsaw trousers but weren't
  4. Dean Lofthouse
    Oh, dont be bashful David, post a pic so we can slate it
  5. Dean Lofthouse
    Thats the boxwood theory blown Boxwood is lighter Ian, almost yellow and small tight grain
  6. Dean Lofthouse
    I beg to differ Al. Exhaust coke / soot up to some degree, they cannot do anything but, it's just how fast they do it. You have tuned saws so you are seriously telling me that you have never cut into an exhaust that hasn't had deposits of carbon ????? I've been a mechanic for 30 years Al and I've never come across one
  7. Dean Lofthouse
    Shrekkie, I've been watching the weather round your end and you've had a really rough ride the last month or so Bet your lot haven't been wearing their skirts very often
  8. Dean Lofthouse
    Not boxwood is it?
  9. Dean Lofthouse
    ooohh Marc....! I would call them tricks of the trade mate not dodgy tricks
  10. Dean Lofthouse
    Castor oil does run "wetter" ie you will see the exhaust pipe wet. So it probably does carbon up more than Stihl synthetic. I use it because Castor has always been associated with high performance racing two strokes and is still used now. I also love the smell although I can't smell it now but I often get comments on how nice my saws smell and it's partly nostalga from the days of watching speedway. It is quite expensive as well so price isn't a factor
  11. Dean Lofthouse
    I've done it quite a few times now
  12. Dean Lofthouse
    You are the lucky one then !!!!!!!!!!!! They do carbon up on the inside even if they dont have spark arresters, if the dont have spark arresters they will have an outlet smaller then the inlet to cause back pressure. They will carbon up eventually, thats a fact. All two strokes do. Not so common now with modern synthetics but I dont use synthetic two stroke, I use castor oil Before synthetic oils I can remember plugging up motorcycle exhausts and filling them with a bicarb mixture to disolve the carbon residues Its only a tip Huck, you dont have to do it if you dont want to..!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  13. Dean Lofthouse
    It happens on ALL saws this was just an example . edit: !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ??????????????????????????????????????????????
  14. Dean Lofthouse
    I run a little MS170 as a chipper saw, just lately it's been gradually losing power ( the bit of power they do have) . One thing to check apart from the normal air filter clogging is exhaust clogging. Many saws have spark arrester screens or small apertures behind the deflector plate which, over time clog with carbon. As you can see in the photos, mine was very clogged which was choking the exhaust gas flow. You can wire brush it out but the best way if you have access to it is to heat the carbon with Oxy/acetylene which turns it to dry dust and can be brushed off Before and after photos and now it runs like a new saw.
  15. Dean Lofthouse
    This one is a monster veteran Stevie, she is full of cavities from old branch loss tears, I expressed my concerns last year saying it wouldn't be long before a large failure. I was climbing this tree last year when I looked in a cavity and a squirrel flew at me and jumped ontop of my head then up the tree, babbed myself
  16. Dean Lofthouse
    and lots of them too
  17. Dean Lofthouse
    I love "Windows Paint"
  18. Dean Lofthouse
    This one today
  19. Dean Lofthouse
    Love the new reg Stevie
  20. Dean Lofthouse
    They do have some funny words these scottish people
  21. Dean Lofthouse
    I'm sure the motorists wouldn't have minded waiting for 20 minutes while you fell it across the road and clear up, I've heard they are very accomodating and patient in Scotland, specailly round the gorbels area Whats a Burn BTW
  22. Dean Lofthouse
    You just need slightly bigger gahooners Stevie. I doubt you'd have damaged granite edgings or cobbles
  23. Dean Lofthouse
    Looks like it was pishing it down Stevie.. Should have just felled it dude and knocked £100 off the bill
  24. Dean Lofthouse
    It had have been quicker with a saw bench He'll be deaf after the second bundle
  25. Dean Lofthouse
    Could have been a 7.5 tonner Hyperthetical guys

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