RobRainford

Im gonna treat myself to a shiny pair of boots at the APF. Which ones? Im choosing between the airstreams, zermatts or protector pros. Im after some reviews on them, as i have a pair of blue ridge, which hurt my feet after doing half a days walking. Im sure my toes are about to leave me.

I agree, it makes you love your work more when your loved one wants to help too! My mrs, works in dorothy perkins, hates it there, but offers to come and help me on little jobs. and she does it for free! Mind, they never are free! Im always buying her something!

i made the mistake of filling a trailer up with chip, big agri trailer, was chipping on a gravel driveway, putting small logs through, big chips coming out, some bouncing out. Still need to go back and get the rest of the bits i didnt want to pick up after 12 hours on site. should have put a tarp down. bar stewards.

that purdy lass in the stihl catalogue makes me want the x fits more. Matching sets for me and the mrs!

i use a 1.3m bungee, its just right for me, im at a massive height of 5'8''. use the centre rear to clip the end on, then a petzl caritool either side for clipping the rign on either side you are working on, or one on the back if you want it balanced bungee ones are fun for when the groundy has hold of the saw and you are low to the ground, as you release the end one, firing the crab towards them.

i opened up the muffler on my dads old 039, i read a lot on other sites, before i did anything, the muffler exit holes shoudlnt be more than 80% of the exhaust port onthe piston, any more isnt good, I think im about there. Used a dremel with a drill bit and a grinding bit. Making circles bigger and bigger till i felt they were right, make sure you clean up any rough edges and make sure you make it clean inside. Also opened my 260 up slightly, not done it enough to make a difference, sounded slightly different but now its almost no change. I painted the mufflers with black woodstove (high heat) paint after modding, looks nice. After they were rubbed down well with a wire brush and dremel brush to give them a good surface for paint to stick to. the 039 sounds like a scouser on a crosser, razzes its nuts off and sounds cool, lot louder though. It used to run a 16" bar ok, ive put an 18 on it and it runs that well, tested it on some big oak pieces cutting full length, worked well.

yet more inspiring stuff david. Indeed. im sat here in awe. The old pear story was truly striking. Some good karma coming your way, if you believe in it. we took down an old beech, probably looking to be 100 years, merip at the base, some daldinia on some limbs, looking back on the situation, it could have been managed well. Instead it was taken down because of targets, main road, substation, bus stop, residential all within 15m of the tree. Was a lovely old fellow. Lots of pictures were taken of the takedown, some good finds, i look back on them now and i get so much more out of the situation. Back on track, mind, in the bottom of the stem is carved T. Jones 8 October 1957 i was the first to notice it as it sat in our shed seasoning. Needless to say, for some reason, i feel a connection to this tree, as the wood sat there in the shed, i would walk over to it and just have a look over it, stand on the wood lying there, i enjoy the smell of the wood. I put it down to my first big step, more of a shove, into the big arb world, it was a bit of a make or break situation, some hard times, lots of new experiences, but i stuck it out, came out of it wanting to carry on with this stuff. As i was processing some of the other pieces, i found various pieces of metal, not nails, as this tree was in liverpool, im suspecting it to be shrapnel from the war, yet to retrieve the two largest pieces found so far though. Would love to finish cutting and find more.

i wanna try a pair on, wouldnt want to get them nicked at that price!

in big open canopies i use both ends of my rope, works a treat on large branchwalks, no fighting that swing. usually just a main line with a side strop, vt on the side, need to shorten it actually, and im going between a VT or knut and a blakes for my climbing, i think im gonna settle on the vt or knut, although the blakes is reliable, the other two are easier.

i heard his dads called Myxed!

wow, if i ever win the lottery, thats on my list, aswell as a lot of other shiny stuff

i use 8mm OP on my ropes, i have all 13mm lines so all hitches work the same on each, i struggled to get a VT to self tend but i would rather have the extra wrap and grabability than the ease of use. i bought 2 e2e slings, for abou £28 each they aret cheap, handy because of the eyes, but now i would rather tie two fishermans, bought 5m for less than 20£ and ice got more than 4 cords out of it with room for a couple more. armor pruss s nice and soft, works well as a vt on the 16 strands.

put a sign out saying free logs theyl be gone overnight!

youll all be seeing whos machine extends more than the others soon!

i never used to be a huge fan of bugs, but now after taking ivy and conifers and ivy covered conifers down and having the natural world crawling all over me, im not massively bothered anymore! had one of those ones with really long legs and a tiny body crawling on my face once, went to brush it off, had my visor down. took me a few swipes to realise what was happening! the big spiders that you find in the bath or under the toilet seat still creep me out a little though! i wouldnt like to find one of these blighters though! [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOXvdfcct8g]YouTube - Camel Spider LIVE[/ame]

that explains the walk then if they will let me. ill be sleeping onthe front seat of the truck, with a pillow and a sleeping bag ill be reet for the neet! Will be locking the doors so no hairy rum drinkers 'sneak' in! oh and im not a taker!

It's got some new tyres on now. Not sure which ones. As it will be mainly on turf a 50/50 tyre is usually chosen. It's just a clear coat I think. It was about £210 if I recall correctly. Worth it IMO. Keeps the value and keeps away the scratches!

It's making the mirrors jealous! Will post some more pics when it's built up for work. Replacing what my hilux was. As a sprayer. Will look good with a red boom!

It is. Very nice to drive. It's very shiny This is a picture of the bonnet reflection!

This fine specimen was collected from Carlisle this afternoon. 140bhp 110 hi cap Coated in a ceramic gloss which is scratch resistant and never needs waxing. Will always stay this shiny!

I agree Steve they are some cracking photos. If I can get a full size photo of them. I can work with them and make something quite cool! The last one has a lot of blur. But I can give it a go.

drew, i can work with a couple of those, can you send me the full picture for numbers 1, 4 6 and 8. Got a good idea as i could merge a couple together!

I tend to use one file for 2-3 sharpens of a chain. After that it doesn't have the same edge and takes longer to file! The stihl hand file kits are good for a quick sharpen at lunchtime or at the end of the day. The bar mounted sharpeners are good as they keep all the angles the same. Grinders I tend to limit to when a chain is battered.

Do you laugh more if you can relate more to his lyrics? Hehe

I think the floor is wickes! If it's a Nike saw. In this case. DONT do it.