gensetsteve
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Could anyone with a telehandler, front loader, or Hiab give me hand to lift a generator in the next few days could be evenings or Saturday. Its in Crawley west sussex. -
Our td5 disco van with 600kg in the boot does 30 mpg on a long run. Around town 25 . Had slicks bfg at and bfg mud terrains on ats knock it 3mpg mud terrains 5 mpg. If you think you might sit neck deep in mud buy a 200/300 tdi if you think you may want to do 200 miles in a day get a TD5
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I cant see as there is such a thing as seasoned cord wood. If you need to buy dry cord in July to pull a fast one thats different but its too late. You may aswell wait a few weeks and process green for next year it will be much easier to process. If you are trying to process straight out now it will be green even if its been in cord for years. If people have run out they will be trying to burn the stuff the same night.
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forgot to say try a brand new chain. Also we run on the 1000 pto with engine at 1100 rpm gives around 540 rpm using an adaptor. If you are on a 540 rpm pto the eng sounds too slow but check handbook .
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The most likely thing is you are sharpening by hand and the chain is sharper one side than the other or the teeth are bigger one side. The bar is trying to cut a banana shape but cos its fixed in one plain cant. I avoid this by putting in a bench grinder after 6 hand sharpens. Check the bar is fixed at exactly 90 deg to the timber.
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Ok thanks
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I was told and my experience backed up that 325 chain will stay sharp longer than the small pico 3/8 chain on the same saw I offered an opinion I was not paid for it. I do not need to justify or prove myself to you. I take it you now admit you were wrong about the saws.
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Depends sometimes we go days without needing to sharpen sometimes hrs if the cord is dirty. Advantage to chain is if you hit debris you are back in business in minutes and its only cost u £3
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Bit like forums
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Ms260 made 2008 weight 4.8 kg 3.5 hp ms 181 made 2012 weight 4.6 kg 2.0 hp Nearly twice the power for an extra 200g I was told a larger chain should stay sharper could be wrong could be right dont know dont care go and pick a fight elsewhere:thumbdown:
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If most of your customers are commercial and you supply logs to domestic market and you need alot of new toys it will work very well for you.
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I like our 181 for taking out 2" shoots along hedge rows when you may catch some wire of a flint. The chains are nice and cheap and quick to sharpen
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Can you make a new chart with lime being a 4 as I have quite a few tonnes
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That chart is not endorsed by anyone. It looks like something anyone of us could knock up in word if we had too much ash in stock and wait for a civil servant from an over staffed council office to cut and paste.
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Please no one copy in that chart again I dont have a 37 in screen I dont like oak oin my wood burner. I find lime, beech and ash equally good when fully seasoned cant comment on the rest never burnt it.
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I am thinking of buying a D4 commercial in May with about 10,000 miles on the clock unless someone talks me out of it:biggrin:
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I find it quite funny that we agree on absolutely nothing. Your view is completely the oposite to mine I guess thats the great thing about a forum. I hope we dont confuse the original poster. My view, I have a ms 181 and a 260 if I was cross cutting 6" cord I would not pick up the 181 . If I could not handle the weight of a 260 I would look for a different job. I spend alot of days cross cutting with an old ms390 putting 10-15 tanks through. A 460 is heavy by lunch time but an ms260 ? If you buy in cord alot of it will probably be 3" some 16" and the rest 6-10" so 25% will be too small to process efficiently 25% will be too big to go through processor. I would go with a good auto return vertical splitter and bigger saw unless you are going to do more than 250 tonnes a year.
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I have a 1998 hilux tipper which is nippy and comfortable yet still very well built. I have had alot of 4x4 and never really fell out with any of them. But being a HGV mechanic I tend to buy them well and know when to sell them on.
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Upgrading your saw will make a major difference I have a new ms181 and it stays in the shed unless we need to cut some thing like a root or may be metal in a branch. The ms 181 is very low powered even compared to a ms 260 which is about the same size and weight but has nearly twice the power, the 325 will stay sharp for longer aswell . firewood over 12" I tend to strike up the ms390.
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Alot of it is down to personal choice I like Disco, toyota Landcruiser, Hilux, Rodeo, even the Mazda if I had to, the only one definately would not want is the L200 But the last time I drove a new one was 53 plate I thought noisey, high reving, gutless, heavy on fuel, uncomfortable seats, dreadful gearbox, hard jolting rear suspension and servicing every 4500 miles. but like I say its personal choice. I have a disco for work but would not want one for pleasure. Ours has done 150,000 miles of hard work and very little trouble.
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I had a D1 van good truck in its day but engine sluggish and crude compared to td5. Did alot of towing spent my life replacing void bushes. The 53 plate disco van we have now much better on fuel and towing much more reliable vastly better on rot and nicer to drive. Cant find anything to replace it currently. Nice spring or air suspension and tows 3.5 tonne
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I have tried burning well seasoned lime with beech and there is no difference imo. If you start the fire with lime it has a very woody smell until the stove is hot. If putting it in a mixed load I would sort the bark to one side as its a bit thick and looks like trash. Otherwise I was very impressed.
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gensetsteve replied to gensetsteve's topic in Firewood forum
Sorry if I have overlooked something. Last message I had you had been on the wine and I had been on the vodka. Think the plan was to collect a van load in May. Will send you a pm. -
was 15/40 about 50% to white diesel and it was in high summer.
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Cheapo from lidls about six months ago £20. Has coped well with one processor and 6 chainsaws. I would think a silverline or machine mart would be similar. I dont use it all time tend to file unless teeth are uneven or hit a stone.
