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  1. carlos
    probably hasnt had that much through it although i have had it a while now. it does the job fine just not as snappy as the stihl.
  2. carlos
    to the OP are you planning on using a 16" bar on this echo tophandle saw?? i have an echo 360t that came with a 14" bar and it was very slow in the cut, i swapped it for a 12" bar and it is better but still a little slow. so imo a 16" bar would be a no go. we have the stihl 201tcms at work and we have found them to be reliable and have good cutting performance. i got the echo for my own jobs because it was cheap, but it does fall short of the stihls in performance imo. i paid €350 euro for my echo so bearing that in mind iam very happy with it. carl
  3. carlos
    seriously nice workmanship on that conversion, fair play, rare to see hard woods in that style on smaller conversions. seems a shame to sell it,
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    plumbers?

    carlos replied to carlos's topic in The Lounge

    thanks for the replies, having googled in i think you are right about the inside/ diameter thing, so they are pretty similar so i will chance the metric benders. i have never worked with copper pipe before but as im going to try and put in a basic central heating system i will have to use a bit of it. thanks again. carl
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    plumbers?

    carlos posted a topic in The Lounge

    i am trying to buy a set of copper pipe benders, in ireland the pipe sizes are imperial ie 1/2" and 3/4" and all of the pipe benders i have seen on the net (ireland included) are metric 15mm and 22mm. will these metric ones bend my imperial pipe? thanks carl
  6. carlos
    i find top handles need the least sharpening, ive certainly never sharpened them everyday. i do find peoples prefererence on chain tension varies.
  7. carlos
    try a different chain or bar, then at least you will then know where the problem lies. check its oiling too.
  8. carlos
    i made up my own one that is pretty much the same as the stein one and it works great for longer assents . you will have to get a foot loop too, and you could swap those karribiners for the really little DMM xsre ones, super compact.
  9. carlos
    id say any arb block would be fine, it wiil depend on what size rigging rope you are using, also the swing cheek pulleys are handy for redirects or smaller stuff. id get minimal gear until you start rigging then you will understand what you do and dont need ( none of its cheap, and despite what the adverts imply the colour really dosent matter! lol. plenty of good vids to learn from on the net.
  10. carlos
    seems odd that someone thought it was broken and that it wasnt. do zig zags fail to engage if they are not maintained ?? by which i assume they mean cleaned and moving ok. anyone else have this problem? just curious, i dont climb on one myself. carl
  11. carlos
    i guess that may explain the abundance of three year old machines for sale then!! do they suffer from niggling problems or is it major expensive repairs? thanks
  12. carlos
    my boss is thinking about a second hand forst 8" tracked chipper, my question " are they any good? seem to be a lot of people who dont rate the build quality etc. anyone really rate theirs? we have a jensen at the moment but they seem scarce second hand and a lot new. any thoughts?? thanks carl
  13. carlos
    congrats, enjoy
  14. carlos
    it looks a bit vunerable like that at the base of the tree.... but maybe you have a bit more control over where stuff lands than me! good to be thinking about rescue plans etc. do your clients notice stuff like that??
  15. carlos
    do you use them spliced up with a normal split tail, or do you use them spliced up in fancy configurations with double rings etc?? hope that makes sense! thanks carl.
  16. carlos
    must of been good if he didnt want to share it!!! once the performance is there i cant see why one would choose a petrol option.
  17. carlos
    your wearing jeans whilst doing a chainsaw training video !!???
  18. carlos
    im not sure just back cutting limbs is " next higher level techniques"!! sure i do it and it works on certain stuff, but i wouldnt recomend it to a learner as there are a lot of variables that are hard to explain. also cutting from a bucket truck and climbing are different in terms of proximeter of the piece being cut. every tree worker starts to deviate and experiment from what they were taught on courses. i learn something every day i go to work, so kind of hard to put all that into a short course. i think your a bit harsh and rude regarding the level of skill in trainers, !!! does your driving instructor need to be and ex world rally champion???? slagging others to promote oneself is always a dubious approach imo. still ive watched plenty of your vids and learnt and enjoyed them. carl
  19. carlos
    you can probably guarantee it will come back! but i guess thats not what they are after
  20. carlos
    same as above. nearly went with the kiwi climbers set up but a good deal on a second hand Ferrari came up so went with that
  21. carlos
    we had one completly melt once, fitted a new one and then it was fine, ours is usally too hot to touch during use, not much help really i guess just double check you have the correct spec replacment coil. carl
  22. carlos
    mine came with a 14inch bar and i found it a bit slow too, so i swapped it out for a 12" cheap enough bar and a full chisel chain, its much better although it doesnt rev up loads but doesnt die off to much either, i use the saw for my own jobs and at the price i paid for it i love it but i think it does fall a bit short of the work stihl 201tcms in terms of performance. i havent tried drilling or modding it. so id try a shorter bar first. carl
  23. carlos
    crown reducing a mature tree with secateures.... annually!!! cant really see that being to popular outside of japan. and they accused you of pruning just for the money?! i dont think much tree work actually benefits the trees health?? maybe iam wrong.
  24. carlos
    not really sure how a fell can be deemed better for the trees health than a careful reduction??? also tree are very good at recovering for harsh pruning either by humans or storms.... they want to grow!
  25. carlos
    the saw is long gone , went to a mechanic who reckoned he could fix it for less than the price of the new oem crank...he couldnt and still has it!!! we changed ground saws and life is normal again....what does a needle bearing look like, lol. none of this pocket full of needle bearings and hourly greasing nonsense that went with our 261. shame as nice saw otherwise.

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