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Bar and chains arrived promptly last week. 15" for 346xp, that had previously been running 13" old style oregon narrow kerf . Spent an afternoon smashing up windblown sitka and noticed no noticeable speed drop for the extra couple of inches of bar... that was with 'box sharp' chain replacing a chain in the sweet spot at about 60%worn... will report back once I've had a chance to wear in and properly sharpen the txl. Looking good so far. Thanks for the excellent deal and service Rob -
Tidy looking mk3 you have there. Olive drab and black sounds awful, gotta be blue or white for a mk3, maybe red if you're the sportier type☺ Roughtrax for parts, hpoc forum for any mechanical advice.. enjoy
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Looking to hire a large stump grinder. Dozen large trees, biggest about 7ft dbh. Who does national hire (located cornwall) of a big enough machine? We dont want to dick about, so looking at summit 70+hp or pto we can put on a big fendt. Many thanks
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Have been using it almost exclusively for the last 5yrs. 5gallon drums, no sediment, 10-36" bars no problem. Used it intermittently for 5 or so years before that in gallon cans, again no issues. Good stuff. Tried their bio oil once, didnt like it, piddly and grew strange things in it...
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My local garden machinery repair man baught a new dmax from a north cornwall isuzu dealer. 6 months or so of mechanical issues and aggressively poor customer service and he traded it for a 10 plate hilux... happy man since
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I have a couple of log customers that are happy to receive loads of green rings to split and season themselves. £35-50 per m3 depending on how far from base they are. 7m3 in an afternoon for one fella straight from the job. I have less than a dozen log customers, these are my favorites
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It looks like a nice little thing to fill the role of a retired ms200. ...but I do have a serious cat allergy
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Cat muffler on the 390esx anyone?
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what condition is your drive sprocket in? worn sprocket will rapidly wear a chain to match... failing that incorrect chain tension, or lubrication issue will cause rapid wear
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I'd say your friend owes you a chain at least.. bar nuts dont just ping off in the blink of an eye. 18" bar and semi chisel chain should do you perfectly for general firewood/farm duties btw
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Very strange for the bar and chain to fall off a saw... almost certainly major operator malfunction along the way... New in box husky saws come with a white plastic washer over one bar stud just to correctly gap the clutch cover with no bar mounted. If your saw somehow had the bar and chain installed with this washer still in place I can see the nuts and clutch cover vibrating off... unlikely to be done tho, it would have looked well wonky before hand
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Drive sprockets are pitch specific so chain gauge makes no odds. 395 bar combo wise, buy whichever gauge bar you want and buy chain to match, no problem
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A snugged up gallows knot, or variation thereof
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The little twitch at the beginning is the feed rollers nipping the rope... its once the rope wraps around the flywheel/drum that the speed winching occurs.
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tirfor cable has a specific lay to the wires to resist flattening out with the grip action. dont know what cable the copies use...
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I like picking apart big windblown messes, things shattering, tree sized limbs whipping around when you release them. Proper job high impact problem solving...
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Never on a sticker, always a very permanent part of the machine that you wouldnt likely replace (crankcase). Not sure about plastic fantastic saws.. if memory serves, on blowers strimmers etc there is usually a little rectangular hole in the plastic engine covers so you can see the serial number.
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The machine serial no. is usually stamped on a roughly inch long flat section of the crankcase. On pro saws this is often located between inner dog and muffler. The number is also inside the crankcase
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Tis what they were designed to do.. the flat carriers like the honda powerbarrow have a better center of gravity than the hydraulic tip type, and can be persuaded up a step or three. They're very capable machines, carry 200 kg plus, much lower ground pressure than a micro chipper and (bar the dismantle machine and carry through house jobs) will get more places with less hassle than a micro chipper.
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Cheaper alternative that leaves you with a more versatile machine than a mini chipper... Keep the chippit... buy a tracked barrow... mount chipper... fin.
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You don't realy need sat nav on crete. It's not that big, there aren't that many roads, they tend to be well signposted and surfaces were renewed fairly recently (on borrowed funds, before the financial crisis). Plus you'll need eyes and mind firmly on the road to avoid taxis, coaches, quads and scooters, on the blind hairpins with sheer drops.
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7 or 8yrs ago I got a set of wiha T handle tools in all the common stihl, husky and echo fixing sizes. Excellent quality and nice to use. Baught as a kit from baileysonline and (at the time) dirt cheap.
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Great, thanks. I strongly dislike cats on 2 strokes, but do like the look of the 420.
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Is there a non cat muffler available for the 420/421?
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Old diesels are the devil... We need to scrap them all and ship them to the 3rd world to be 'recycled' by children. Then we need to replace them with petrol electric hybrids, preferably sourced from all corners of the globe... and obviously replace them every 6 months as new technology becomes available. Consume, replace, discard... its the only way to save the planet
