tommer9
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Those things are a PITA i reckon, and i have yet to see one used with REALLY good results. The best thing for the 88 in the alaskan mill is either free hand, bare file to tickle it up during the day, and after a day put it in the vice in the workshop to get it perfect again, or try one of those in my experience flippin awful 12volt chain sharpeners. The stihl file holder thing actually has a marking for 10 degree filing angle for you to follow, and TBH its no harsder than any other chain, you just need to have a different mindset , as you tend to find youy hand disobeying your brain and creeping back to that 30ish degree angle....
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Take it to bits steve, it wiull be in a different world to just fitting new bits. I only say this because i have just done one, with the help of a genuinely, diagnosed, OCD guy. The difference was amazing to the jobs i have done in the past just adding new bits...and it looked like a brand new one, not just a refurb..
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I spied that in you r pics Reg, and wondered what you had up there, but never got a chance to ask last night. Another masterclass in treework. Thanks.
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What he said.....
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Try brandon hire Jon Lad. They will generally price match stihl, and the service isnt bad. What Rupe said earlier about keeping the price up is actually the real reason behind it.
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I have read that and cannot se anythng that would apply to a landy.....Those bearded freaks who write those magazines are probably getting blinded by the disco lights as usual...The changes apply to HGV, which means anything OVER 3.5 tonne GVW.
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Climbed a small sycamore that needed removing last week for another arbtalker. It took about 3 hours i think plus a couple to clear up viddy. The customer paid in the region of 300 for the job......some door knockers had quoted 1k to remove the crown..... I think the argument about people going to door knockers just for the price is flawed.
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The man from milemarker would say that......everyone else in the world considers them to be crushingly slow.....
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I cut myself a beauty on a bowsaw when i was about 12, and still have a really gnarly scar down my finger to this day....i think that a silky would have been far worse though.
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Alder is a great firewood, very hot and clean burning.
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Stunning scenery, and i agree with Hamadryad about the sawdust pic...Tops!
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Not yet. Took the head to get tested at cornwall engine company today and they gave it the all clear and skimmed it, so we are awaiting a new head gasket to get a really good comparison tomorrow, as it has pretty much got to be the head gasket if the head is ok.
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I take it that this is in a fairly prestigeous property not your average council estate....This was carved from a 10' long 30" diameter piece of chestnut from a stunner i removed and milled from a Nat. Trust property called Carwinion near Falmouth, by a local sculptor.. I think something rising out of the aviary could look awesome.
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Or get a chainsaw carver to turn it into something really awesome.....There are several excellent carvers on this forum.
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Norse legend has it that Yggdrasil was/ is a giant ash that shelters and links all the 'universe'. Its name translates as 'The terible one's horse', and has various other names too...Ask Yggdrasil, Hoddmimir's Wood, Laerad and Odin's Horse. More can be found here Yggdrasil It is one of my favourite timbers, and from the tree that got me into saw milling I have a stunning olive ash worktop in the kitchen, made from a single slab:thumbup:
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You taken 'xander up there yet steve?
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If there is an aviary around the base of the tree (did i understand that right?) then surely the stump is to be left- if the tree is removed- at the height of the avaiary roof? If that is the case then i could see a place for scaffolding , but purely as a platform/ protective cover, in which case that could be treated as 'ground level' and the tree rigged down to that height. I could see scaffolding as becoming either inadequate or cumbersome TBH.
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That little saddle tank is beautiful. Look forward to seeing yours now! Josh- GREAT avatar!!
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Like it mate. Clear and concise.
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I have heard this at my local dealer who is an oregon stockist, but stihl make no mention. I have never bothered, and TBH dont notice a reduction in peformance to any degree.
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Thats the sasw christened then!! Bad luck joe....
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That sounds so like 'NO'kia n-series....my n95 was exactly like that, n958gb better (only 1 replacement) and n96 1 replacement too...Ill not be getting n97 then lol.
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My usual groundy has been on 80 since he started, but that was by negotiation with him, and he works very hard and never complains, and learns fast, but i consider it is a VERY good wage for him. I sometimes use another guy who has cs30/32 and some experience who is chuffed with 50 a day. Sometimes i get another guy in to climb, and he is top notch and only wants 120 a day. I think that you are pretty much spot on mate. I wouldnt even consider a college student above 50 a day max.
