Chris Sheppard

Cheers Instructor said I looked like I was trying to sit on a traily but someone had moved the bars Keeping quiet with test date but you'll all know if I pass

346 is a fairly high revving felling saw for getting small trees on the floor and whizzing up a tree buzzing off branches. It's not a saw I particularly like (nt that it is a bad saw) but it's also not a saw I'd pick up to cut a lot of firewood. The 550 that replaces it is fantastic little saw with plenty more go than a 346, but again not a saw I'd pick to cut lots of firewood with. 560 - similar to 550 but more go again. 365 will feel a bit heavier compared to your 55 but they aren't that numb. One estate I worked on we only got issued with 365's and they were to do everythin, even first thin/clean. You'd get used to it. I personally prefer the 372 as it's pretty much the same saw but much more agressive. Mine generally lives on a 15" bar with an 8 tooth rim and full chisel with the rakers well down. The 353 is a nice little saw, I had one that was my main felling saw for a few years (primarily in softwood but latterly more hardwood) and other than clutch springs it was generally trouble free. Not as powerful as the 346 but mine definitely made the power lower down the revs compared to the 346 of the time (mid 2000's sometime). If you're looking at 346/353 then the 357 or 359 is only a tiny bit bigger but a good dollop more midrange make them a bit more useable for ringing. Everyone's different, but I find ringing up fairly tedious so the faster I can get through it the better Only very limited experience of trio brake but didn't like it at all.

Looking good Passed theory a week or so ago and got Mod 1 booked. Wanted originally to go for A2 but don't think will get in in time before it all change if weather a bit bad. Had first lesson today and took 500 out to see how got on - actually didn't feel too bad considering 99% of my riding has been on trail/enduro/motocross bikes.

Used to do a fair bit for these and they do a lot of Wholesale. Christmas Trees You want to speak to Tim Tollis

They looke to have some cool recovery toys

365 - bit more grunt and fairly robust. Probably manage an 8 tooth rim with a 15" bar. 346 is a felling saw and won't thank you for ringing up all day. 353 isn't a bad saw either but like to eat clutch springs. 365 will eat more wood in a dday than the other two too. For firewooding I always prefer a bigger saw with a smaller bar and a fastish chain speed

Anyone recommending a 50cc saw for firewooding must have a lot more patience than me Husqvarna 365 - never going to set the world alight power wise but will pull a bigger bar than something like a stihl 261 or equivalent 50cc saw. Bit agricultural but last well and are pretty robust. Effectively they are a 372 that's detuned a bit. Other on (if they are sill available ) is a husky 359 - pretty much just a detuned 357xp. I've got the Jonsered version of the 359 (so a 2159) and it runs an 18" OK if you're not in a rush. For grin factor then something like a 560 but TBH it's probably a bit fierce/overkill for what you want.

About 4 or so years ago I took a break from working with trees full time (various reasons) and reasonably quickly felt a pining to get back out to it again. I can't put my finger on just one thing that I missed but as daft as it sounds one of them was the getting home knackered and aching and feeling like I'd done a days work. I was quite fortunate in that I still got to talk trees and tree based machinery and also got to play on some pretty cool kit, but it still wasn't enough for me. On Bonfire night this year I'd been back in tree work for 2 years and it was the best thing I ever did - within a few days I started to feel like me again Every time you think about giving up just remember how much worse it could be - you could be stuck in an office dreaming of being back in the woods

Speak to someone like EuroForest or Tilhill and whatever they offer roadside, add a chunk to it and that's what you should get if you sell direct.

You must not have seen proper Yorkshire Hawthorn then Some of the scrub clearing jobs we've been on there's no way no how you could get it out without a machine or through any sort of hand fed chipper economically. I'm still going with 360 with grab and a few fires. Fraction of the cost of a Mulcher.

360 with a grapple - one of the fixed ones will do, and rip them out, separating them up a bit as he goes and row them up a bit. Telehandler/tractor and loader and grab to load them up into fire heaps. Job done and home in time for tea

good to get some feedback but unfortunately I think it went clear over their heads

Sweet or Horse? Reckon if it's Horse you might struggle to get much interest as it's not even great firewood.

The odd thing is that it looks like the hole is there for it though Almost like on some of the older 346's ( I think) where there's a hole in the casting but no thread or decompressor.

Isn't it just

But surely if it was a genuine new one but had bits robbed off and replaced with non gen, it's not technically a brand new saw anymore is it?

Thankfully no one's got any photos, but I think I managed the biggest barbers chair I'd ever seen earlier in the year. Reckon it must have gone 30ft or so up . It was a skanky pop with a back lean and swept butt of around 90/100ft. We were winching it against the lean too and it really didn't like it. Had 5 others to do the same, next one went better but we resorted to ratchet straps. On the same job managed to strip a rare youngish Chestnut back to a pole with the end of one of the branches off one of the Pop on it's way down right in front of the landowner We knew it was going to be tight but...... To be fair, it was a pig of a drop zone (full of young trees) and he was given the choice of one day crash bash stunt felling and accept a bit of risk or best part of a week to dismantle/lower etc. Did redeem myself with the other 4 but it really rattled me for a while.

Yep, all sorted again here

On the Estate round us they'll have been cutting christmas trees for the last 3 weeks by now - crazy they somehow survive. Im trying not to think too much about Christmas yet, it seems ages away still. Though did dig out the fermenting bin today to get a batch of cider on ready for Christmas.

Husqvarna 365 66cc Logging saws Import of crankshaft box Petrol Chain Saw | eBay At a glance looks pretty normal but there's a few little bitts make me think it's a fake. Writing on bar, stickers, odd colours, some of the moulding. If it is a fake, it's a reasonably convincing one. Bit scary that.

most of the buttons on the page (except the ones at the top of the page) now are blank but have little white boxes with red crosses in them. They do still have writing on them though mostly.

Would a sack barrow help any?

Johny, you make me chuckle

Cleaning a saw Paintbrush with half the length of bristles cut off (so making it more stiffer bristled) works pretty well. Airline only really seems to work if it's soft/loose crud anyway IME. Dipping the brush in petrol can help shift stubborn bits too. Did try some spray on stuff once and that helped shift it - think it was designed for pushbikes. HAve to be careful though as it eats ali if leftt too long.

Haven't you realised Stevie, that extra 0.5 seconds they'll save is soo important to them - how rude of you to slow them down by turning off