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It wont just be if it goes wrong, if they find you using it under any circumstances they aren't going to be impressed.

I am using save edge on Oregon chain and they sharpen as well as any other file and keep their edge longer.

I have made a couple of simple drums over the years. Its a bit more complicated with PUWER and LOLER these days so Shhhhhhh

Put it on ebay and put the money towards a "proper" saw

Here is what I did, its a bit of a faff but it got results. Scrape off the worst of it and mix a bit of Hydrochloric Acid with wallpaper paste. Paint it in to the fins with a small brush, wait for it to fizz then rinse off DPQ with plenty of water, repeat as needed. It will bring the fins back to clean bare metal but don't get it anywhere it shouldn't be, wear gloves, eye protection and don't breathe the fumes in

First thing I see is Ivy surcharge. Allow extra time for fighting through that.

Put simply for production forestry they are too slow and that's all about the geometry Forestry cranes are "long arm", their geometry means they achieve maximum reach quickly, they do this at the sacrifice of load. They don't lift as much as a "Short arm crane but they do it at distance and the cycle time is quick which is ideal for the repetitive action of loading timber. Short arm cranes like the one in your link achieve distance by extending telescopic booms which is much slower, the are built much heavier and are able to lift more weight at distance

Not so much the war but the sacrifice that gave us our freedom

I have a pair of Eltens, size 44 ish. Loads left in en and yours for the asking

I have a paraffin bath in the workshop, blow them through with the air line and graphite. You could use a can of WD or similar instead of the paraffin bath.

If you lift yourself in to the hedge with the crane, that counts as a mewp:laugh1:

I bought some cougar blue when I was in NZ, I like it and I have told the wife I need some more and since it isn't available in the UK, we have to go back to get some:thumbup1:

My 390xp is ported and so powerful when I cut with it, it makes the planets rotation slow down:laugh1:

Put a sling and a biner on the branch and lower it on a bight of rope, once the branch in on the deck you can throw the open end of your line down and pull it all back through the biner Proper old school one man band

I never noticed it happening

I have spoken to the guy and unless someone put the valve on backwards you are correct.

What he said. The Bolle Silium is my weapon of choice, the arms are plain and don't interfere with the ear defenders (much) unlike some others. Yellow lenses are great for making a dull northern day look better

Well the man is entitled to his opinion but the facts just don't stack up that way. The engine and gearbox are a fixed load primarily on the front axle. The remainder of the load is men at about 100kg per unit or saws at a lot less per unit. The remainder of the cabin is weightless fresh air, its difficult to put more weight on the front axle. Back in the day I was tasked to check the axle loadings on the vehicles an LA tree gang was using. We couldn't get the 3500kg crew cab to overload on the front axle but the rear was only fit to carry the TM kit, couldn't even carry a small rayco grinder. The load bed is a lot further back than is would be on a single cab even with the longer wheelbase they often have. The load on the back is over and often beyond the centre of the back axle, that's fine for a light load but not very good for tree work. If I were looking to cause mischief I would have given someone the advice you got.

Had the pleasure once for a wood turner. He warned me it was "like iron lad" Its nothing like Lime but a professional saw sharpened and wielded by an experienced user bested it although it did take the edge of the saw quicker than most. The white bits are mineral deposits, the ballast flour that ends up in the grain of the sleeper is exactly the same principal but worse. As an aside what's the fascination making things with a timber that's so difficult to work? The old boy I cut it for regarded his chunk with reverence.

Ask yourself this, does the chain last moments when felling it? Nope, why? because its virgin timber. When its been sitting on top of ballast for a year or three, action of the train pressing down on the ballast causes dust which then finds its way into the surface of the timber by the action of wind and rain. You cant see it but its there and that's what takes the edge off the chain. If you cut used and virgin sleepers you will see the difference. Properly sharpened chains last plenty well in virgin timber no matter how hard.

Used sleepers have all manner of stones and micro crud embedded in the surface. Thats what kills the chain

Rear axle surely? The extra cabin space puts the load bed further back and thus the load directly over the rear axle. I once had to drive a LDV double cab linktip body with a read axle capacity of 500kg, the front axle still had most of its capacity.

Not that the Marlow is a bad rope but consider this. Its a nice rope to work with. I use the 12 and 16mm. Sirius 12mm Bull Rope | Clark Forest : Rigging Ropes Service and shipping second to none and waaaay better than some I have used.

If the owner wont act you need to write to them by recorded delivery include your pictures and concerns about the condition of the tree, reminding them of their duty of care to others. Once you have put them on notice they will find it difficult to use the "act of god" excuse. If they don't respond to that, another option is to speak to the council tree officer, they have the power but not the duty to intervene. The tree usually has to be an imminent danger but they might be willing to drop a line which ought to rattle a cage somewhere. PS don't call Mr Walnut back, that's an ash tree and he is a nut of some sort

Standard wash with whatever soap is in the house. I don't make a habit of it but I have tumble dried mine before now. I am not much of a white goods expert but the drier has a button for ambient air temperature and that's the one I use.