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Split tail? Pete, are you talking about rigging or personal life support?

Typically the rope should be the weakest link. It is the most obvious and visible link, and you should know the safe working load of your ropes without having to think about it. Everything else should be as strong or stronger than the rope.

Sambo, I was going to attempt to answer your question in detail, but this link does a much better job of it. This is perhaps one of the best written explanations of carb tuning I've ever seen. http://www.madsens1.com/saw%20carb%20tune.htm

Steve, I adjusted my saws by ear for years and never burned one up. However, I did buy a tach recently because my newest Husky 346 has a rev limiter and it's difficult for me to set it at the optimum rpm by ear. I used it to check most of my other saws and all were within about 500 rpm of their optimum setting. The 200T is rather easy to set by ear.

And running a saw for weeks on end with it way out of adjustment, or standing there for 15 minutes revving the saw hoping it will all of a sudden start running right will also burn up a saw. Just learn how to set the carb correctly and when it's not right, FIX IT. It's not going to fix itself.

Because they don't understand carbs or know how to adjust it themselves. I'm constantly amazed at just how many people run chainsaws for a living and have no clue how to adjust or maintain them.

If it's in Bermuda, then those shingles are designed to withstand hurricane forces. They are probably quite tough. Although I agree with you on most of the crap roof tiles used in the US. If you can't walk on a roof, then you got ripped off and/or used the wrong product.

I've been around this industry all my life and interacted with many different companies and owner/operators. The subject of chipper knives has come up once or twice and of those with an opinion on Zenith knives, about half think they are ok and the other half think they are junk. I guess it all depends on your expectations and whether or not you ever got a defective knife from them.

high scale, If it doesn't grab, shorten the cord. Going by memory, I think I was making the 10mm cord about 24" eye to eye. Cut lengths are about 42".

Hey Ed! Thank you, I'm glad I could contribute a little something that might hopefully help somebody. Nice place you have here. Don't mind me, I promise not to interrupt.

When I first tried a VT hitch, I was told that I should make the hitch cord as short as possible without binding. Since you're not pushing the hitch ahead of you with your free hand, but instead you're pulling the slack rope through the hitch, it makes sense to keep the hitch as compact and with as little slop as possible. Within 6 months I found the 'perfect hitch' for myself and have stuck with it for over 5 years now. Every time I try a different variation, I end up going back to this. It just plain works. The cord is a double braid polyester.