Chris Sheppard
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We had a ride down the the Dirt Bike Show at Stoneleigh yesterday. Was a good day out and got us all revved up again for getting out for a ride (and served to spur me on to getting my theory booked if I'm going to stand any chance of getting practical's done before January). A few pics including 2 of the actual bikes from Skyfall, a proper man's bike (old CR500),an old CCM open classer, a hand built custom retro enduro bike and one of Stefan Everts old CR 250's,
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Well, wild wood was rubbish so........
Chris Sheppard replied to normandylumberjack's topic in General chat
That'd be £3 per hoppus foot (cube) rather than £3 per cubic metre -
Well, wild wood was rubbish so........
Chris Sheppard replied to normandylumberjack's topic in General chat
This week's been the closest I've been to switching it off so far. It's not really painting a good picture of reality is it -
Scam scam scammity scam. The real ad was on there a few weeks ago.
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Cheers, might have to take you up on that before too long Nice one, no huge rush as I've not yet started the site I'm thinking it would come in for. Have only ever used wire before but always on bigger winches for skidding and never had any problems but from what everyone's saying, the dyneema is the way to go on the smaller ones. It'd be interesting to see how the dyneema fairs when dragging through the dirt though.
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Is it possible to order one without the wire and if so is there much saving?
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Our dealer reckons that once they've gone, they've gone so if you really feel the need for one grab one soon
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Pete, if the guy at Whitby won't travel to where you want, let me know as there's a guy at York we've used a couple of times for wood related stuff and he would probably come as far as you. Don't think he'd travel to Grimsby though.
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Wow, look how lovely and smooth the intake is, no sticky outy bits in there at all Liking the afterthought bits either side of the roller
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The 42 is a lovely little saw, and when running side by side a 242, it isn't as far behind as I expected them to be. You'd notice a definite increase in power going up to either the 346 or the 550, the 550 being even more poky than the 346 but feeling fairly similar to the 42 in handling. If it was me though, the difference in power wouldn't be massive so I'd be looking at omething a bit bigger maybe. Depends on sort of size stuff you'll be looking to cut and how often. FWIW, I usually run my 550 on a 13" but it will happily pull 15" in hardwood at a reasonable pace. If I needed bigger bar I'd be reaching for a bigger saw, but that's me.
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It says stihl on it
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The 353 isn't a bad saw. I bought one new in about 2004/5 and used it day in day out for a few years as my main thinning saw. It wasn't as revvy as a 346 but made the power lower down so was IMO better in the cut than the 346's of the time. Don't think there can be many new one's kicking about but if there are they should be pretty cheap. My dealer offered me one a bit back f0r £400 all in. Only real gripe I had was that they are heavy on clutch springs - know of at least two others that were the same. It hadn't been used properly for a while but I dug it out of retirement last year for a bit of thinning and it took it fine. Did replace it with the 550 though and the 550 felt leagues ahead power wise. 345/353 will feel positively awful though compared to the 550 - the newer saws feel much the same way to handle as the older 2 series saws from when there was a lot more production cutting going on.
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When you say all rounder - are you planning to be more forestry than arb (or vice versa?) or just one or the other etc etc?
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Agreed, as much as the 560 is a great saw to use, it's fairly agressive. I'd like to suggest the 346 - they're OK but I never liked it enough to buy one. If you were considering a 346, the the 550 is maybe a better bet, look at it as a halfway house between the 346 and 560. Depending on what sort of work you're doing, the none XP versions might even be worth a look - the 545 and 555 are from what I can gather just the same as the 550 and 560 but not quite so agressive.
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Tempting Too busy at mo to start any other projects - SWMBO's getting arsey cos the kitchen still isn't finished
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I'm not telling and haven't told you to try anything - what you do is up to you. I definitely wouldn't suggest putting a foot up to a sawhorse, that'd be well uncomfy Holding a limb on the floor using your foot, while definitely not a very good idea, has been known to work well. That was why I didn't ant to say owt - it works but isn't a very safe way of doing it.
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Cheers Do really fancy doing another one, have got a 130 double cab sized itch that needs scratching
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I was trying really hard not to say that but it does work fairly well.
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I would have said Husky 242xp but probably the 560xp I reckon.
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Did it all on my own apart from one afternoon when a mate dropped by and helped steady the jacks and body while I shoved the rolling chassis back under. Could have managed probably but was glad of the exra pair of hands. I took wings/ bonnet off, locked the doors shut and lifted the body off in a oner (was a 90 but don't see why a 110 couldn't be done the same) Reckon if I'd done it in one good go it would have been about 5 days start to finish, but as it was it was an odd couple of hours here and there over a few weeks.
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It's really not as much work as you think it will be before you start - if you're having engine out and swapping bulkhead, there's not a huge amount of big bits left. Did mine on the drive with nowt more complex than a pair of high lifts, a pair of bottle jacks, an engine crane once the body was off and a good stack of blocks of wood.
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That made me chuckle
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I found that spray on stone chip worked well over the galv for the rar crossmember- it sort of fades after a bit so doesn't look shiny new for long. Think a shiny black one on an lder truck attracts the wrong attnetion too. Wiring loom wise, I nearly got angry with mine but managed to feed a lenthg of ordinary garden hosepipe full length and then taped/tied the loom to it before pulling it back through. I'd spent hours messing round with string/rope/wire before trying the hosepipe.
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Reckon that's probably it then I made up a rack a bit like a wooden version of a buckingham log station, and have seen photos on here of others like it too - chuck a number of brnaches in and run the saw through them all together. Even then the top ones try to flick a bit but it's doable.
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I'm going to agree with rakers being too low or if not, then maybe you're going in too agressively initially and it's snatching, especially as it's a reasonably powerful saw in some small wood. Does it try and pick up/roll the piece of wood?
