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Mesterh

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  1. Its been like that for yonks, so have all my older ms200T's, they break I buy a new one because the saw is new, then they break again so I dont bother. Although there is a reason why I say ms200T and not 020 but thats for another thread. Coulda just been unlucky with the brake band since I hardly ever have to replace mine for some reason:sneaky2: In fact I have 2 new ones sitting around somewhere.
  2. As the chain brake handle is made of plasticine and lasts all of 30 seconds before snapping on the left hand side where it locates into the crankcase, does this make the saw unusable from a H&S point of view? The chain brake still works fine.
  3. Sounds like a well informed bloke:thumbup1: Second does indeed look like Inonotus hispidus which is bad news for the ash. Dunno what the first one is.
  4. I was looking at getting a stein helmet the other year, glad I stuck to the good old husky 'arborist' helmet:thumbup1: I'll just make sure I don't whack the side of my head with a branch like we did in the good old days before H&S
  5. There was a big in depth thread using this type of technique on here a while ago. I'm sure it was that Graham american guy.
  6. Although there are some great pieces of furniture/art made by you good fellows and felloweses are there any web sites knocking about that show how to make a few rustic bits and bobs?
  7. I know it happens a lot in other industries so I expect the same here. Make a loss on the day to day tree contact but make up for it on the extras, the grass cutting, the litter picking the footpath reinstating etc etc. Or just get some subbies in and do some bashing is the favorite way. I know that one from experience unfortunately!
  8. Err we just dont need people like that in society, puff of madness or not. Either commit them to a mental asylum and monitor or just do away with them. If it was a mad dog it would be put down, so many people coulda been killed or injured in those two motorway accidents.
  9. If were starting to talk about coal and oil I remember either watching a really interesting program or reading in something somewhere that they may think coal and oil its produced differently than how we thought it was. Hmmm reading that back it coulda been a fat bloke down the pub that told me.
  10. Looks like a sorbus to me an you can get some decent diameter ones. Failing that maybe a hornbeam.
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    Does the old exhaust have to be welded up for performance? I've seen on some if the yank sites that they just add another port or get an exhaust from a magnum and leave the old port open, I think. I did a bit of tinkering on the old 46 and 66 a while ago, hardly anything drastic since they didn't sound much louder, will have another go me thinks.
  12. Ok try this one. Just click on the free user bit. RapidShare: 1-CLICK Web hosting - Easy Filehosting
  13. hmm dunno why it did that, maybe I put wrong link in,sorry. Will have another look and get back to you.
  14. I can usual find most of the stihl manuals on PDF so just post in the chainsaw section what manuals your after and I'll see what I can do.
  15. Gotta agree there LAR!! How are these people still trading and not locked up for fraud:confused1: This scam has been going on for years and loads of people musta reported them! Funnily enough though, all these scheme/scams seem to be picking up pace again now, they had been very quite over the last 12-18 months ie I used to get loads of these calls but not recently.
  16. Now surely that deserves a little award in being the laziest and most pathetic why to try and scam someone. I hope you gave them a right ticking off and that they must try harder next time. Oh and just so I know its you I'm replying to can you send me your bank/credit card details and pin number so I can verify you please? Shows you though they must catch loads of people out with these calls.
  17. Measure the circumference at breast height, divide that by 3.14 to get the dbh.
  18. Download 088 workshop manual.pdf for free on uploading.com
  19. Yep I'll post a link when I've uploaded it.
  20. If the above hasnt got the info try this. Download 066 064 Workshop Manual.pdf for free on uploading.com
  21. You can also get plastic caps that will fit over the nut when youve cut them to size like suggested above (also a good tip about threading the nut of first, I do the same:thumbup1:) If they need to be really flush then you would need to use dome headed coach bolts but they can be a lot more hassle to fit plus they would but upside down and you would loose the benefits that Skyhuck mentioned earlier on.
  22. The thing that impresses most of my customers is how good a job we do with the rake and blower! They seem to miss the bit were we spent 3 days removing 10 ton of ivy ridden pop without smashing there green house, fences and lawn to bits. Although I'm not that impressive to look at and I doubt my climbing skills are that entertaining.
  23. What they have asked of me though is a MS for that job, they always insist on it. They want dates, site location and how you are going to tackle that job ie tree group a and b will be straight felled tree group c will be section felled due to close proximity of pedestrian area tree group d will be burnt at the stake because its full of ivy and I dont want to climb it etc etc. They always say to me not a generic one.
  24. Sounds like a nice bit of bed time reading that one. Ive never been asked for generic ones they always want a site specific MS. There are a few sites Ive been on where Ive had to supply 5 or 6 different MS for each and every job on the same site. Also dont forget Dean we probably do more MS than we really think, there have been plenty of times I've talked a customer through how we are going to do a job. I agree though it is all just a load of rubbish along with all paper work imo, although the lads putting fences up around a site, using excavators,dumper trucks erecting scaffolding, etc etc also need to provide MS's.
  25. Pedal bikes with pedals that is.

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