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  1. Chris Sheppard
    Anyone from anywhere near York still umming and ahhing about heading down? I'm still fancying the trip down but can't justify it on my own (can't decide which would be worse, the Jimny or the 90 )
  2. Chris Sheppard
    good and bad so far - good that it arrived in super quick time. Bad that once I'd unwrapped it all, the top fins were cracked as though it had been dropped - the box and all the packaging, even the heat wrapped cellophane were all in pristine condition so I can only guess it was like that from the factory Have let them know and am awaitign a response. Other than that, though, first impressiosn were OK, will want a bit of a clean up on the casting marks at the base of the transfer ports but other than that it looks OK. If it comes to it, I'd be happy to fit the damaged one as I'm sure it will run fine, but I'd rather wait and see what they say first.
  3. Chris Sheppard
    It's surprising how far into a wood you can tow an Ifor type trailer, but one problem with any road going traielr is that the brake cables are very vulnerable to catcing on brash etc. Theoretically land rover wheels would fit most braked stub axles as the stud patterns are the same, but the problem you would probably have would be clearing the trailer bed on a dropside/flatbed trailer.
  4. Chris Sheppard
    Buzzsurgeon has one and gets on well with it. I used it for the first time the other day and would agree that it seems quite a safe design, but at the cost of slower production through it being a more cumbersome operation than a tilting table type.
  5. Chris Sheppard
    Think the confusion here is that whilst the work Ty's going to be doing appears to be in a wood, it's not "conventional" forestry - how often have any of us had to shortwood to 1m and stack the brash neatly for chipping later? bet that would soon eat into your tree count for the day. plus, if the price he's worked out is per tree and 20 in a day will earn a good wage then all's good surely
  6. Chris Sheppard
    Did it go far?
  7. Chris Sheppard
    What tom said, and very brittle too. Doesn't seem to matter how softly they hit the floor, Grandis always seem to shatter
  8. Chris Sheppard
    We're in the very fortunate position that all of the H/W we're felling at the mo is nearly all sub 40cm (a lot sub 30cm) and it's nearly all nice straight stuff Shame I don't do firewood anymore
  9. Chris Sheppard
    really liked that
  10. Chris Sheppard
    I'd say it was reasonably good for thinnings - you're never going to become a rich man using a saw in the woods
  11. Chris Sheppard
    you're in decent sized trees though aren't you?
  12. Chris Sheppard
    Could you not put it to them that they are welcome to their timber and chips back but the bill will only go up as you've already taken into account the value of the timber, however small a value it may be.
  13. Chris Sheppard
    You know your addicted to Arbtalk when... ...your first sentence to work colleagues is "did you see that thread on there last night?" and they already know which one you mean But can fully identify with the sitting there at bedtime still dropping sawdust
  14. Chris Sheppard
    Hoping it all goes well too Done a good few 2 stroke bike engines i nthe past and this will be my third saw engine - it's just the diagnosing I struggle with a bit Hopefully have this together and getting run in fairly soon and then the pressures off to sort the 353 for a little longer.
  15. Chris Sheppard
    I agree, keep them coming
  16. Chris Sheppard
    Haven't really investigated that side of it yet - it was an idea I'd had since last using it and wasn't sure if I was off on a tangent or if it could have been a possibility - will have a dig about later this week.
  17. Chris Sheppard
    Bit of an update: richened it up a bit to allow a bit of safety margin and have been keeping an ear on it. it seems as though it only ever does it when the tank is around half empty, and nearly always at the same fuel level, and the revs it sits at are just the same as you get just before you run out of fuel (can you see where I'm heading) - haven't had a look yet but, would a pinhole in the fuel line give a similar effect if it was sucking air in above th efuel level? Need to do a bit of fettling at it this week anyway as the part of the front handle which applies the chainbrake has chewed up a bit and won't click the chainbrake on, so will get round to swapping the plastic clip for a metal one then too.
  18. Chris Sheppard
    Had another go at it last night and used the wet and dry too - can feel the scoring above the exhaust port and also below it, feels quite bad, and with a complete piston and cylinder kit coming in at less than £70 it's still going to be a cheap saw. Just ordered a piston and pot kit from ARB Ireland, they've confirmed it's closed port and that I can just shove a normal Decomp valve in too. it's 1mm bigger bore but other than setting the carb up, is a straight swap and apparently will give a bit more poke (but that's not important) Cheers for your help so far guys - hopefully it'll all be sorted for next week.
  19. Chris Sheppard
    No, no, no, no, no - This is what we have to contend with; I'm sure other's will agree That poem makes nonsense of reality. Ultimately, any wood if properly stored and seasoned will burn.
  20. Chris Sheppard
    Good way to tell in general - Suspension and mudguards = road legal with a lightboard fitted No suspension = yard tow. Not 100% bulletproof but a good starting point
  21. Chris Sheppard
    That made me smile
  22. Chris Sheppard
    I've got one of RAW components voltage sensing ones on the 90, primarily as a fridge circuit. Dead easy to fit and been on about a year/20,000 and behaved itself. Google them and it should come up
  23. Chris Sheppard
    I'd forgotten how mint my 372 is again until yesterday. Been using it with the 7 tooth and 20" bar on for the last few weeks but the 353 threw a bit of a wobbler so the 372 got it's 15" and 8 tooth back on. Was a bit overkill for the 5-8" diameter Birch but it didn't half make me smile at how fast it was cutting
  24. Chris Sheppard
    Unfortunately there's not an easy off the shelf answer. You need to work out how much oil ethe cylinder will hold when fully extended, how much the pipework will hold, and then make sure there is a good bit more than that available as the oil also acts as a bit of a heat sink. I don't know exact figures but I have it in my head from somewhere that 2.5 times what the system holds is a good rule of thumb - so if 10L will fill up the circuit, you want 25L available. You might get away with less but if you plan to use it all day then heat could become an issue.
  25. Chris Sheppard
    I really don't know what it would have been worth - I sold it to him for £5500 about 3-4 years ago and I did pretty well out of it Only things I coudl see he'd done was new tyres, modded the exhaust and got a Patu on it.

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