Chris Sheppard
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Yep, my 2163 and 2159 were both labelled up as Turbo.
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But what are the XP gubbins? No one seems to have a definite answer
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I must admit I don't use the chainbrake as much as I should if I were to work "by the book". I use it if I feel I need to, which is more often than not during an arb type job rather than in the woods. I'm not as old, but started out working along side guys who were of the older generation so picked up habits from them. So fr can only remember eer replacing two brake bands on saws of my own, and one for someone else.
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Just had the local free ad paper through the door, 5 log men in there now, with one even offering hardwood for £50/pickup load or softwood for £40 per pickup load. Even for a double cab pickup it seems awfully cheap.
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I was thinking similar
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I'd leave it in the garden with the lid off - should evaporate fairly sharpish. Either that or take it to tip or use on bonfire.
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What oil do you use to finish your wood?
Chris Sheppard replied to sasha.p's topic in Woodcraft Forum
We got hold of some good stuff when we fitted our worktops in the kitchen. It's food safe and meant to be about the best stuff available for it's water resistance, stain resistance and durability. Think it was called Top Oil, by Osmo. They do also do a base coat you can put on first to make it even more resilient - aimed at use for damp enviromnents like kitchens or bathrooms. I can't compare it to much else but it was a doddle to apply, dried well and seems to be holding up well so far. -
The technique known locally to us as "landscapering"
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Wot he said ^ There are a tiny few decent agents out there though - usually one's who've retired off the tools
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Damn my one finger typing
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I remember reading the thread but I can't remember wht it was called. Think CharlieH posted the FC document though.
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I don't think there will be that many people jump on the bandwagon compared to those that already are/were/have done becasue they are out of work. It's very rare round us if we're out on an arb job we'll ever hear another saw running unless it's someone cutting a few logs for themselves nearby.
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Burnt, Buried, lead away in sealed trucks - what I was getting at was that I doubted it will end up in circulation for firewood so that's going to up demand even more I'd guess. I'm too young to remember that But yep, I reckon.
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Surely any diseased ash will be burnt on site so as not to spread it?
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Bet it's a bit arse twitchy - even with legs some of the older trailers aren't great on bigger stuff tl there's a stick or two on board. Never used a steering drawbar as yet but really think our tiny Weimer could do with one.
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I've never used either, but, I'd envisage wheel motors wearing quicker as they are turning all the time the wheels are turning, whereas cages are only turning when they are dropped into position. One thing with cages though, is whether they would wear the tyres quicker where they press onto the middle of the tyre? Also, will they still grip the tyres OK when working hard once the tyres wear a bit? The big driven Farma ooks quite smart.
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bet the modern ones won't do that quite so convincingly though
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Been thinking a bit more on this one. From my random workings, in order to come to to the 8 from ordering two, there needs to have been some reference to cubed mentioned somewhere. Now correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't know anyone offering logs but the metre cubed, only by the metre cube (so 1x1x1). 1 cubic metre = 1x (1m x 1m x 1m) 1 metre cube = 1x (1m x 1m x 1m) 1 metre cubed = (1m x 1m x 1m) to the power of 3 I think it's all about the magic d
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Only ever seen them in pics but they did look proper sturdy. Weren't they heavy enough though that they didn't have legs on the loaders? Did very nearly go to look at one for sale with a Valmet before I bought the County.
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Can't help with the OP - other than that I'd be looking at the 372 for the extra go about it for the same weight, however following the rest of the conversation, I've often wondered if there's a definitive answer as to what makes the XP saws different to the others. Once upon a time (and not that long ago) the husky range was split up something like Domestic, Part time Pro and Super Pro. At the time the 353 was in the Super Pro range but wasn't an XP, and then shortly later the ranges got split as domestic, robust and XP and the 353 got moved down a class. Dunno where the 365 sat at the time but the 353 was a bit similar in that it shared many parts with the 346xp as the 365 does with the 372xp. Also, not forgetting the 359 and 357xp.
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I dunno, Jon, from what's been said on the thread it doesn't sound the most pro of jobs, especially from a garage that seemed to be charging plenty too. The alarm bells were ringing well before the wiring loom was stuck on the outside of the chassis
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Anybody seen this Arbortech TurboPlane
Chris Sheppard replied to Tintin's topic in Chainsaw Carving Forum
I like that -
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6x4 makes it not great too.
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Agreed. My current 90's coming up to 290,000 miles shortly. Other than a LC, can't see much jap stuff doing that sort of milage.
