Chris Sheppard
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In my experience, anyone using any powered equipment is usually from whichever organisation is supervising the volunteers and are very strict about it.
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How long do you think it would take to do? I'm not a gardener either (or a tree surgeon for that matter) but that's the sort of job that would slot in nicely after tea over the summer after a days felling or sat on the forwarder.
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Generally though, won't the volunteers just be doing menial stuff with limited amount of tools? Can't say it bothers me any.
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I can see where TCD's coming from too. Though not intentionally, we sell most of our roadside stuff out of area, and if I still sold logs I'd be fairly reluctant to sell it onto my own doorstep. On the whole round us, the further afield it goes, the more people are prepared to pay at roadside (odd I know, but it's more to do with lower prices locally)
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Cheers, Ta. £180 would go a long way towards a second small echo too. Shame our local Stihl dealer wouldn't entertain a demo saw. It will be interesting to see how the 543 feels though as it should be a good chunk lighter than the 550, and the 550 is fairly slender. I think for the sort of work a tiny saw is going to lend itself to, the 550 is far too agressive - it's fantastic for thinning but for a bit of formative pruning it's like trying to crack a nut with a sledgehammer 242 or 42 doing a good job but hardly any lighter than the 550.
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It's felt really quite cold at times here today, and the sky greyed up enogh to look like it could snow.
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Given the higher RRP of the stihl, is it that much better than the echo? Wish Husky ould hurry up with the 543xp
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Dunno, but it looks like it'd be a useful little thing.
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From the way it was worded, the bit of aerial work by the road sounded like it made up a small percentage of the total work. If he's got enough overheads to need £25/£30 per hour day in day out then he's not going to be thinking about doing a bit of man and saw work is he?
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I doubt you get much woodland work then Sounds like mostly man and saw stuff.
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Yep, get used to either poking out of parking spaces or driving up onto the kerbs to get all the way in I went the other way - 130 to 90 and the 90 felt like a gocart in comparison. Looks a nice truck
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Yep, Bilke - Think M large are still importers. Similar sort of thing to the Klapi Tuiko and Superpilke (or something similar named)
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I've not caught it on TV for the last couple of weeks, did start watching episode 4 on 4od but it's since vanished and it's not listing last sunday's (if there was one?). Anyone else managed to get it to work on 4od or is it just me?
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Looks like it could be good - maybe not all woody related but some of them looked to be.
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That's the place I found online I think. Did they say what the upgrade was/is?
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That picture shows a totally different saw though doesn't it? The one Ty's looking at is the bigger version of the 270es (so like a back handled top handle)
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Sorry, I misunderstood - thought you were wanting everything on the list before you started
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Think it's something to do with the band brake - have seen a few with the bungee on so am intrigued too. Cutting Edge uk have them and there was somone else in the UK I found on google but can't remember who off top of my head. Last time I priced one the were about £850 inc vat for the winch, adaptors and cable. @BigBolt - what mods have you done to the 362's oil pump so it doesn't go pop? I'd be looking to shove my 372 on it but might still want to fell with it from time to time too. Asked cutting edge at the APF and they were unsure what was the best approach. Also, how do people get on with mounting the saw indirect (so with an outboard clutch?)
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I admire your enthusiasm and wish you the best of luck but fear your may be trying to create a business by doing nothing more than throwing money at it. If you've no experience of the actual work side of it in a working situation, then I'd suggest doing that before anything else - how you may imagine it in your head is not necessarily how it will be in real life. Also, no amount of qualifications will make up for experience, so start small. Like Ed said, CS30 and 31 is a good start.
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Depends what he'll be using it for, but Husky's current 50cc pro saw is the 550xp. BTW, you do know you've opened that can of worms again, don't you
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It's a whole lot too far for me to come but I'd be keen to hear your findings as I'm currently torn between the lewis and the honda capstan ones. Give it some stick and let me know if it takes it
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Yes, I can see what you mean - perhaps not the best wording. I was getting more towards that someone caught speeding is less likely to have a criminal conviction from it, whereas other illegal things could be more likely to end up with a criminal conviction.
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Dropped by the local Echo dealer today in the hope of getting a good lokk at one, but they didn't have one in stock unfortunately. The new version is the 2800es (or something similar) and they're offering it at £240 all in which didn't seem too bad. Queried bar lengths, comes with 12" as standard but he ran the part numbers for the 10" and 8" and they are showing as available, but the best bit is an 8" bar is nearly £80 (and that is just the bar - no chain!). Still quite fancy one though
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I think these would be the striped vented, the panels are made up of webbing with venty stuff in between.
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Agreed. We recently aquired some bags which measured 150x90x90 - I make that 1.215 cubic metres. We filled one up and compared it to some bags which we know to hold 0.8 cubic metres. The big bag held at least the same as two of the 0.8 bags.
