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I switched over a while back,& everything runs fine on it,old & new. A couple of my smaller saws wanted a bit of carb adjustment but thats it,& I run 10+ saws. A few lads that contract to me from time to time fill up on my aspen,even though they dont use it exclusively themselves,& no reports of problems from them either.(mainly top handle 200 & 201). I run echo husky & stihl,and a four stroke honda blower hover mower & strimmer on the relevent aspen.

Yes,Spike aka Arbogrunt is a top notch climber.

Sure a crab would be ok,I like a maillon as if its being left set up,you can pinch the maillon up tight on the screwgate & make it semi-permanent. Just my opinion here,must make one myself soon.

Thats what I was thinking down the lines of. If its a normal micro pulley,could you use a mailon to conect the pulley to the fishermans,as rope to pulley might not be desirable,those cheeks on the pulley are not designed for rope attachment,if that is how this is set up.

For me the 346xp & ms 460,do like the ms200 r/h too.

How have you attached the pulley to the prussic? I cant quite make it out from the picture, & a stopper knot would be a good feature,looks neat.

I cant see.... That being true:biggrin:

I would think its too much trouble with the cost of parts,& as said a good 200 rear handle is a desired saw.

Done too.

Thats a lovely find,you must be over the moon with it,I have a few old flints from over the years,but that is a one off find with more history than we understand,by the looks of it a status thing too.

That's looking a lot better mate.

Anaphylactic shock is a very nasty thing to have happen,we should all be aware of the symptoms in our trade,and of any known alergies of our work mates. I personaly have suffered from it twice,both times the euro wasp,& it knocked me off my feet in minutes,confusion,swelling of face etc,rash on arms & legs,dificult breathing & fierce chest pains from sternum to epiglotis. both times required a stay in hospital.

Advice above sounds good,get a decent subby in for your booked work,& look to any good 'study from home' courses to get your teeth into. Wishing you a speedy & full recovery.

Sad news indeed,look after yourself in this bad time.

The pics dont do it justice,it realy is a lot of damage,with everything intact each side,the vicar could not believe his eyes when the air cleared enough to see what had occured,the description of the groaning noise was a bit hair raising!

By all acounts from the vicar and other people in the path of the trail of destruction,there was a tornado,the vicar told me he saw it curve round over nearby fields,then was enveloped in a 'white out' of hail,could not see beyond the front of his car,(he had just parked in the church yard),and all he could hear was a load continuos groaning sound,which lasted for a minute or two,(very frightening)! I talked to a local farmer who was also hit by it & the destruction to his yard is substancial. This wind caused a strip of damage less than 100 yards wide with the larger debris left in a line with smaller bits on each side,a barn roof cleared a load of overhead lines & landed some 200 yards further on. amongst other damage,a garden shed was picked up and dropped intact some yards away,facing the oposite direction. I have priced up the graveyard clearance,& got a few pics,but its not easy to show the extent of what happened on camera. Click on the link if you want to see some of the images. 2012 jan-tree - a set on Flickr

Pricing up a few,theres a strip about a mile long & a hundred yards wide that has damage on a level or worse than the 'oct 87' storms,lot of big softwoods smashed up,& buildings heavily damaged,either side of the strip things are left untouched. Most peculiar,I was on the tail end of it at the time,& it was like a wall of hailstones & rain,vision down to tens of yards,only lasted for a minute or so. Will see if I can get some pics today given time.

Jeez,if you have to resort to a power tool to trim your mutts nails...trad loggers response is good,clippers desinged for the job are good with regular use & knowledge of your dog's nails if they are black,if not get him to the pooch parlour.

They look realy good,I will be having a couple of them.

Great news Stephen! Shame though,no multiple-nurse lunge pics!

Leave tiddles alone then! He's obviously too much cat for you to handle:001_tongue: Wishing you a speedy recovery Stephen:001_smile:

Looks like he's been out lamping with that on the roof!

You stand your guns mate.....I'll have the free chocky,but dont tell Spike...

Whilst I understand your sentiment Huck,I believe an inexperienced climber,on 'hitting a wall',could well do with building confidence in himself & his kit in a relaxed way,with the intention of overcoming the challenge,is that such bad advice?

I had an Oleo mac top handle way back in the late 80s or early 90s,was a good little saw until it took a heavy drop onto concrete.