Chris Sheppard
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Cool. Quite fancying one of the older TE 350 or TE 410 one day. Slowly tadging the older DR together - got three more weekends to get it something like as a few of us have entered the trail class at a local enduro for the start of March. It's not going to be pretty to start with as have had to rob some bits off the black one and make some other bits fit but it's taking shape and seems to run fairly well.
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Liking that What engine is it?
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My 372 chainbrake fitting looks like the one on the ebay ad though - and is definitely not a copy. Don't hte 372 qnd 365 share castings? At a glance that does look pretty convincing but just doesn't quite look right. The plastic of the top cover looks very brittle as well as the lettering, stickers, colour of plastic etc.
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Sounds like when we stopped off at Dalwhinnie on study tour with college - hardly anyone on the mini bus drunk whisky so I had theres. Can't remember a huge amount about the rest of the run up to Aviemore
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Malt neat - anything but would be sacrilege I might put a bit of ice in something blended or maybe a splash of lemonade if its a bit rough. I tend to come back to Jura and Bowmore. Quite like the Jura Superstition, it's peaty without being as heavy as the Lagavulin. The Bowmore Mariner is nice but don't see it that often. Currently on a bottle of Bowmore Small Batch Reserve - it's OK but not something I'll rush back to. Don't mind Cragganmore or Talisker either. Have got a bottle of 16 YO Jura Diurach's Own sat on the shelf for the day I pass the last bit of my bike test (It's taunting me from where it sits as that should have been a while ago if the weather was more favourable). Hoping that's going to be as nice as I'm expecting.
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Some advice on current birch prices roadside
Chris Sheppard replied to Tomatin Firewood's topic in Firewood forum
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I'd had a 3.2 Patrol previously and the old LC would have at it for breakfast They sound very trucklike I reckon, but soooooo silky smooth too.
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I had one like that, just slightly newer with the square headlights. Mine was rotting but mechanically was really good. Do really miss mine sometimes, especially the sound.
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They're really, really nice
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I find welding gloves are a bit too numb most of the time. I have a pair of the old Husky arbor chainsaw gloves where they have an extra layer of thick leather sewn onto the palms and if extends up the fingers. I picked them u by mistake a few years ago and found they work really well when thorn bashing, especially with another pair of thin gloves inside them too and less numb than welding gloves (still not great for sawing in though) Don't know if the current ones are the same, but from what I could gather the extra leather was supposed to be for when handling ropes - I reckon they'd be as crap for handling ropes as they are for cutting. If it wasn't for how good they are at keeping thorns out then they'd have been bin fodder years ago.
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I'd agree, but the Tr 70 will take the small diameter poles that are otherwise destined to be left on the floor and make them into a product very quickly - it's just the marketing of the product that's causing the problems I reckon really small stuff through a bilke would be like long, rough kindling and not be as fast as a branchlogger on the smaller stuff.
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standing hard wood how much to pay
Chris Sheppard replied to chainsaw surgeon's topic in Firewood forum
Tonnage on everything except decent mill grade hardwood, but that usually goes elsewhere if we get any -
standing hard wood how much to pay
Chris Sheppard replied to chainsaw surgeon's topic in Firewood forum
Have seen some pretty nasty stacks of firewood Even Euroforest/Tilhill etc stil work in tonnage round us - we're maybe just a bit resistant to change -
Can't remember if I asked before (sorry if I did) - do you put coppice poles through yours Phil or is it more joinery type wood?
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standing hard wood how much to pay
Chris Sheppard replied to chainsaw surgeon's topic in Firewood forum
Simples - the longer it sits the more it's going to cost - all decided in advance before it leaves. What a stack measures before it's loaded and once it's unloaded can be two totally different figures as it's going to more than likely be a different guy loading the wagon to who stacked it on the landing - least with weight ticket there's less arguing (not saying it's foolproof ) -
My DR was on a 110 as standard but someone had put an FMF header and backbox on off either a DRZ 125 or maybe a DR 200 (either way it's not quite a perfect fit) and so far I'd got to 117.5 and reckon it could still have gone a bit bigger without too much bother. Plug was about perfect colour wise so am pretty sure it didn't contibute to it's demise (I hope )
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standing hard wood how much to pay
Chris Sheppard replied to chainsaw surgeon's topic in Firewood forum
I don't like volume as it's too easy to manipulate to suit either party and can lead to disagreement, but as TCD says £20/cube standing seems a lot. Plus if it's there's much over 12-15" diameter then it's starting to get into oversize so the roadside cost goes down aswell as the standing price. If it's never been thinned previously then chances are you'll have a lot more non productive stuff to cut to make a way in too. -
Have you gone bigger on the main jet since putting the exhaust on? That should help too. Some cracking pics there Geoff
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Tidy XR I do feel your pain though - 4 stroke 125's are steady at best. Since mine went pop I've been busy on the contingency plan....
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standing hard wood how much to pay
Chris Sheppard replied to chainsaw surgeon's topic in Firewood forum
Too many variables but if it's good processor sized and fairly straight could be anything, getting on for up to £20/T standing if it's real nice. We've missed out on sites where we've been £15 and been a fair bit low - crackers it is. Unless you're lucky it won't be cheap. -
Finally got round to doing a bit of an experiment this week. We'd ran out f kindling and all I could find kicking about dry at home was the bag of branch loggings I'd had off Andy. Lit a firelighter, built up a bit of a pile of chunks, let it take and then loaded up the fire using the coal scuttle to see how well it lasted. Was mainly Hazel with a bit of Ash but I was surprised at how long the pile burns for before wanting topped up. A bit quicker than normal logs but not as fast as you'd think with it being small and it also throws a good amount of heat out. Feeding an open fire and handling it like coal seems to work quite well. Reckon loading a stove could be more of a pain though. Wonder how easy it would be to convince people it's worth a try?
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I don't remember reading anything in particular in the manual other than the bit about setting the autotune first time you use it, which means revving it fairly high right from the off. Seem to remember I just went a bit steady with it for the first day and then pretty much as normal after that.
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Would have agreed once upon a time but it's a shame the Haix boots don't seem as well made as they used to be.
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Am finding the Pfanner wax works well. Don't know what it would be like on normal leather but on the more suedey finish once you've put it on you gently heat it with a hair drier and you can see it melt and the boots absorb it. Welly wise, I've always hated chainsaw wellies but was recommended the Stihl ones - dubiously bought a pair and haven't worn my leather boots since early December and that's even been working on steep banks where wellies are normally awful.
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I wish it would go here - only got one day of work in last week. It's not so much what it's doing during the day, more the fact it's not really melting on the land. Apparently we're due a fair bit of rain later today so that might wash worst of it away.
