Mesterh
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Yeah it will make me a poorer man. I'll give it a try one day, that or better still give up hedge trimming.
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A saw has to be fairly blunt to start smoking, plus you will definitely know its blunt if it's that bad! I would go for the pinched bar suggestion or a nose sprocket about to give up the ghost.
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What type of oil was it? My old 46 and 66 and have used a cheaper(than stihl and husky) oil since day one, which must be 15 years or so! Still on the original piston and pot with no probs whatsoever. Also been used on all the 020's and they get well and truly overheated and hammered daily. The oil is a good semi sytnthetic type though so its not like a cheap mineral oil that I presume causes most of the probs. Might try some of the low smoke stuff though as it does sound good, especially since hedge trimming season is well under way.
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3.5 tonners are totally useless on paper but great to run in the rel world. From what I can gather an OP licence isn't that much of a problem but getting people who can drive said vehicles is another. Something like the 6.5 ton crew cab iveco would be ideal for this job I reckon.
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Yep always think the same thing when people are asking for 'who sells the cheapest rope, harness, oil etc etc' Then in the next breathe say "Never back down on your prices, stick to your guns, dont offer discounts, we have to earn a living etc etc." All just devaluing the retail industry IMO. Although saying that insurance compaines are robbing barstewards!
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Excellent pics from both the OP link and Pedroski. There was a really good photoshop tutorial where you can get some really nice effects but you do need to start with the right pic. If I can find a link I will post it up.
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I think you need to try a real life test ie the saw flicking against and running across the boot not someone trying to cut it in half. I think its fairly safe to say that chainsaw protective boots offer more protection than say just a pair of leather steel toe cap work boots.
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Ill put any future binned ones to one side but they usually have a few snapped teeth by the time they are retired. In all honesty I probably leave it far too late to sharpen them ie they are well blunt but then hedge trimming is probably the least favourite part of my job so the hedge trimmers dont get that a good looking after. Especially since stihl redesigned there brilliant HS85's.
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Been stopped a few times but luckily all on the way to jobs not on the return. Some are idiots and some just your normal decent human being. One time an idiot was going to take me off the road due to an indicator not working on the chipper, his mate who was a normal human pointed out that the lights on my truck were working fine and clearly visible so I shoudnt be stopped waved me on. Sheer luck of the draw and nothing more.
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I think I would top myself sharpening hedge trimmer blades with a file! A quick buzz with an angle grinder (flap disc type) does the trick. A few sharpens then I bin the blades for new ones.
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Are you putting quotes together tonight?
Mesterh replied to button1803's topic in Business Management
Good God, mountains out of molehills or what! I also understand what you mean T&C, I have quite a few customers who have been well and truly conned in the past due to blag verbal quotes. Obviously not all verbal quotes are from the mouths of conmen(I give plenty of verbal quotes on straight forward jobs) but not many conmen give a written letter headed quote. Guys, just because you do something one way and it works for you doesnt mean that everyone else who doesnt do the same is a numpty. -
All very clever stuff but Im fairly sure the last thing I want is a rigging rope that is going to stretch then hit the targets im trying to avoid by rigging in the first place. A fairly static rope with a good climber and a good groundie every time. Otherwise if it has to get that technical just cut and chuck it.
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Are you putting quotes together tonight?
Mesterh replied to button1803's topic in Business Management
Surely though you will have already been thier preferred client in that situation. ie theres no way you priced up a job for a new commercial client on the verbal! If so your a way better man than me. -
Are you putting quotes together tonight?
Mesterh replied to button1803's topic in Business Management
That's one good reason but my favourite one is there is no way I would remember two weeks down the road what the spec was on the job. If they are going to use my written quote to get a lower price then they would use my verbal one too so to me it is just easier to provided written quotes. -
Sounds like very comfy and tough boots. Anyone tried the Waldlaufer, Ive noticed they are fairly cheap and seem to have a good spec.
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I was just about to post "Ooops you are probably looking at those figures blinking with a blank expression on your face, so, in old money it is 2.8 inches by 2 inches." So is yours an exceptionally big one then?
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7cm by 5cm.
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Ive found this on previous replaceable sprocket nosed bars ive bought. The bar would wear just before the nose, dunno if the nose is made of 'better' steel. Thing is though the bar would be well and truly worn and I have never had a stihl sprocket fail(apart from the odd 020 when the bar has been well and truly pinched to death) so I think the replacement ones are a total waste of money, big bar or not.
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It is very interesting stuff indeed especially when you think a 60cm can generate 10kn of force! Although im not convinced that dropping an 80kg weight is the equivalent to dropping a 80kg person. Surely the harness will absorb some shock so will the person compared to a block of steel.
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I would say just because petrol is getting through doesnt mean the carb is totally fooked. Well ok not totally but it may need a rebuild at the least if its been standing a long time.
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Had this prob with a 046(which started as an intermittent fault but got worse) and what it was was the diaphragm in the carb had blocked with crap and was forcing the inlet needle to lift off its seat a bit therefore flooding the engine.It was really bad though and fuel would pour out of the engine. It is the metering diaphragm which relies on outside air pressure to do something so has a little hole in the metal retainer that clogs up. I cant really explain which bit was causing the problem so I will look for a diagram and post it up.
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Right then so lets see what you have made with it then. This is the one I surgically removed with my boot quite a while back. I took it to a wood turner at a show yonks ago asking if he would turn it. He said it was beautiful as it was and refused. So it has lived in the drawer ever since.
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I would just buy the cheaper Stihl bar. The nose sprocket/bearing will probably outlast the rest of the bar IME. Does anyone ever bother to get a new nose on their bar?
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I suppose it would depend a lot on which saw needed repairing. I cracked the case on a 3120xp which iirc cost me the best part of £300-350! ( you can't just buy one half, they come as a matched pair!)
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As all the above but I would give it more than a quick swill depending on how much oil went in and how long it was in there. It can be very sticky stuff and sometimes the fuel can take a bit of time to break it down( this is my experience from swilling out the oil tank with fuel every now and then on the 020s).
