Chris Sheppard
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Perhaps, but ringing up a 30 odd inch stem with a 24" bar is going to take a whole lot of time longer than it would with a big saw with a long enough bar. There's getting away with something if you have to and there's having the right saw for the job
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Reckon you'l be fine, just don't expect to swing it round like you can your 346. A guy I work with isn't much heavier that you I reckon and he can handle the 3120 with 42" bar fine. As much as I prefer Huskies, the Stihl MS660 really does handle like a much smaller saw in comparison the the 395 - I'd at least get a look at one before going for a 395. Th other one is the husky 390 - I've not used one but did have hold of one and it felt less numb compared to a 395. The one thing that felt a bit odd was the back handle is quite chunky but I'm sure you get used to it. Not tried the 576 but I'd be surprised if it would easily pull a 30" bar as a 395/660 both know if they are full bar in something hard with a 30" on.
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I've always owned Husky (or Jonsered) but have tried a few of the stihls (024, 026/260, 440, 441, 066/660 and 880) and on the whole I prefer the Husky saws over the equivalnt sized stihl; the exception being the 066, which I do get on well with. 088 or 3120 I'm not really fussed but don't use either with much regularity. Out in the woods, I like the way the Huskies handle and I like the way the power is delivered, much more responsive and almost agressive. On arb jobs I'd be less fussy but generally the saws on site are usually mostly Huskies, whosever they are. I have been looking at the tiny echo, the stihl ms150 and also the 90cc makita/dolmar so I'm not tunnel visioned enough to think there's nothing better. Thinking about it, before the 550 was launched I would have about taken anything to not have had to go ms 261 or 346xp It's not that they might be bad saws, I just wanted something better.
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Think husky might have beaten you there with the ECU
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You should be using your time more constructively and trying to fit a VNT and shiny exhaust to it
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Proper pro, using a jonsered Made it look effortless. Reckon we should maybe get an arbtalk logging competition sorted out at one of the shows so we can all make fools of ourselves
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I'm level 100, what do I win?
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Nah, that's current CS31 that is
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Could be worse, could have started the back cut
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Wow - that looks fantastic
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Am liking both of those
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I'm quite fancying one of these for at home after seeing it in another thread Powerhorse 13-Tonne Towed Horizontal Log Splitter 208cc It's more than likely chinese but it's not much more than one of the Handy ones and should be OK speed wise even if the ram's a bit slow.
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Dunno, reckon Landy would have got that far - difference would be I bet Ben's feet were still dry whereas landy footwells would be full We were following a BT van today and he hit a deepish bit going far too fast and fortunately for him managed to carry some momentum to get him a fair way through once it had died. He did get it going again before too long but there was a fair bit of steam in amongst the smoke and it didn't look very healthy for a bit.
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Even so, you're still simple Dave
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Great pics Looks like a really nice place to spend time
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Sorry, just winds me up - used to get it a fair bit round us when it was flooded, people ignoring road closed signs and often pushing water into peoples houses just to save a detour. But, it's still a closed road - would you drive through a red traffic light?
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Chances are they were sick of people ignoring the Road closed signs, driving through the water and the waves then pushing the water over their door thresholds. Just because you're able to drve through it, doesn't make it right. They don't close roads for no reason And looks like you were trying to do the same again in the photo
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Man fells neighbour's TPO tree for a better view
Chris Sheppard replied to Quickthorn's topic in General chat
Does no one else think the stump is worthy of the Rate my Hinge thread? -
Heavy rain here today again - meant to be in for the day again too
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No, but might have a tidy 357 available shortly.
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Rained off today but got to do a bit of riding about - will try and get some photos when get back. They are all still on the stem but on liftable chunks about 18" - 2ft long
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Cheers Originally was going to do A2 restricted and try and squeeze it in before the changes but now am doing DAS there's less rush to try and get Mod 2 done while the weather's pants - but want to try ad do it fairly soon. Looking for either a decent XR250R or the plaggy tank DR350 so will prob end up keeping the mighty DR 125 for a bit until I find it's replacement.
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I'd suggest looking at saws in the pro range then
