Chris Sheppard
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I never thought to keep count but I can quite beleive it. Never understood why though as the clutch and springs are the same as the 346 ones - which don't seem to suffer the problem anything like the 353
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I don't climb, but when we're on arb jobs if it starts to rain a bit then we'll usually keep going unless it starts to properly lash it down in which case we'll usualy sit it out a bit and see what happens. Same out in the woods. Though sometimes it's the ground conditions rather than the actual weather that stops that. If it looks like it's going to be a proper wet day from the start we generally don't bother/do something else. Getting fed up of the rain though, it's been rough most of this week but at least have got excuse today as waiting in for a delivery that was meant to arrive on Tuesday.
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I've not used the other two, but have had a 2004 model (from memory) from new and it was my main small felling saw for 4 or 5 years, then it got a 2/3 year rest before getting brought back out of retirement until earlier this year when it got replaced by a 550. I still have it and it got brought out for one of the other guys to use a few weeks ago and still does what it needs to when required. Shares loads of bits with the 346 and handles the same just makes a bit less top end but has a good mid&bottom end. Only thing it used to do was go through clutch springs reasonably quickly and I know of at least two other people who found the same. Rane mine mainly with a 13" but it handled a 15" OK
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10 week Tree Surgery Commercial Course
Chris Sheppard replied to Kedi100's topic in Training & education
Rather than specifically tree surgery, if you want to get out in the countryside, why not look more into Forestry. Rural work rather than in town working in peoples bak gardens, usually more chance of decent saw time, and (round us anyway) there's more of that sort of work about than arb. Plus, it'll get you into a good mindset for working too - generally a good woodsman can become a good groundie, but not as often the other way round. -
Ideas for uses for chain oil containers 25l.
Chris Sheppard replied to Andy Collins's topic in General chat
Daft thing is its cheaper (or was last time we priced it up) per litre for us to buy it in the 20L drums. -
Google YRM metals and they sell the channel in strips so you an replace it yourself. Not done it myself but doesn't look too bad a job to do.
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Ideas for uses for chain oil containers 25l.
Chris Sheppard replied to Andy Collins's topic in General chat
Cut in half lengthways, they make good oil catch trays for draining sumps. If you make them a bit taller then you can pour the waste oil into a smaller container through the existing pouring hole (rather than just out of the cut corners) so it's less messy. Have used them in the past with each end sawn off to make filling rubble sacks/log nets/charcoal bags easier. The old Oregon ones were quite rigid so with one side cut off don't make bad boxes to slide under the bench and the handles mean you can still slide them out loaded. EDIT: forgot the obvious one of decanting cherry into for refueliing tractor on site -
Perfect excuse for an old timberjack skidder
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I like the simplicity of it but think it would need something like a big 360 (so slewing on a turntable) with a grapple to pull the wood through rather than a conventional loader with slewpots.
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that's a good description I find that most of the time it's when pushing up a hairy softwood (gnarly sruce probably worst) and you'll catch a branch you can't see. Shorter bars generally tend to be less prone to kicking too. Never used one of those triobrake huskies but had hold of one and didn't like it.
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My experiences af the Farmi's were always pretty good. Found them nice to use and very quick in comparison to similar spec machines due to the fact the ram is feeding the rest of the log into place while it's splitting the sawn bit and you don't have to take the ram right out every time - only with the last piece off each stem. That probably doesn't make a whole lot of sense written down but if you watch a vid it will. They take bendy stuff well too.
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Put woodcracker into google and that should get you a bit of a start - different companies market them as slightly different things but they all seem to be a similar sort of thing. The other one to look at would be a lasco cone type on a digger boom or similar.
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I think they've been working on that one thoug hwith the new 5 series saws. Not only do they still rev like a husky, but they don't seem to drop off in the cut.
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All I can think is that the quality of saws varies hugely across the production runs as the later 346's I've experienced felt like I could fold them in half and the back handles were soft enough to flex if you gave them a good squeeze. the older ones with darker plastics certainly felt a bit more robust. I don't mean to come across totally negative on the 346's - I'd say that out of the previous 50cc pro saws it would have been the best, but it just didn't excite me enough to warrant replacing it's predecessor. My experience so far of the 5 series saws has been all good and IMO think they feel more like the older 2 series saws in both build and handling. It'd be interesting to see whether those who've had problems with the 5 series saws have been predominantly arb use or predominantly forest use as I think there may be a trend develop.
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Looking very Airwolf now :001_smile:
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After a 346, a 550 will feel like a breath of fresh air - it's not that I really dislike the 346 or anything, it's just felt so dated for so long and I couldn't bear to actually buy one as it was no real imporvement over my old 353 (except a tiny bit more top end and less mid)
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Which isn't a huge difference to going and buying a brand new one from the dealer with it's full warranty. If I wanted a 346 I'd pay the extra £100 or so and go to the dealer. Plus, it's a 346 - it's one saw I've used enough not to bother owning one
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Tweaked it a bit for you I've never used a 362 so can't really comment, but would be very surprised it was a patch on the performance of the 560. The 560 really does feel more like a 70cc saw in a little body. Depends what you mean as general use though.
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His buy it now is fairly optimistic, especially if its a private sale with no dealer backup.
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Can't really comment on boots from a climbing perspective, but given the choice of either wearing saw trousers and non saw protection boots or saw boots and jeans, then I'd go ith boots and jeans everytime. I don't for a minute think that either boots or kegs would stop a saw on when your on one but I think out in the woods I'd be more likely to hit my foot than my leg. I do think good saw boots are too expensive, but then I feel that any decent saw kegs are too expensive in relation to the quality of them too. As for a waste of money - no, I don't think so. I generally wear Haix tibet forests and they are proper comfy, and at £160 ish are similar money to a pair of decent walking boots. Could I spend all day wearing a pair of low ankle work boots out in the woods - not a chance.
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Think unless you go for one of the smaller table tyoe verticals (like the Balfor A11 or the 10T Thor) then you'll be somewhere just above knee height, which isn't as bad as you may think. What you'll find more of a pain is trying to balance a big disc on a small table, but you can usually break it in half, drop one half while you split the rest an then just pick the other half up to split next - a timber pick is a great help when splitting discs on a vertical. I used to have the old style 20T thor and really liked it, and work quite a bit with the newer 18T super magic thor and like that too. The big balfor verticals were alwys quite popular and fast too. If cost's not hugely important then the big Posch ones are really really nice.
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Marketing coppice type products
Chris Sheppard replied to Chris Sheppard's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
Know what you mean - looking forward to a wander round for the first time in a while -
I couldn't watch more than about 30 seconds, made me flinch every time
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Hi David, I've not made it to the firewood fair for a couple of years (maybe three) when I was still working for Alpinetractors, but thought it was a nice, friendly atmosphere and that it seemed to attract a good range of people from those in the industry to people just having a day out. Don't know if it's changed much since then but definitely felt it was an event I'd have come back to if it had been a bit closer to home. Shame the FC round us don't do anything similar.
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Been in front of the computer most of today so lit ours this morning. It's really starting to feel Autumnal here.
