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use the camera option to photograph them holding a board stating "I have read and understand the risk assessment".

yes, but it doesn't explain why. Why does it HAVE to be .325?

Valid points. But the 254 was using a chain designed for saws from 50 -something CC to oVer 90cc. Its right at the lower limit for that design of chain. As I see it, If 'they' can design a 3/8" pitch chain for a 35cc saw, and a 3/8" pitch chain for a saws between 55cc to 90cc, why not a 3/8" pitch chain (made of all specially designed components) for, say, a 49cc saw. What is so world shatteringly special about 39cc to 55cc?

Ah yes. but is not the true origional version. You will notice its 3 lines 3 lines 5 lines. It should be 3 lines 3 lines 3 lines 3 lines The theory is that back in the eary 1700's the poem was hyjacked by Ye Olde Ash And Hardwood Marketing board My translation from old latin runes, discovered in St Enidock church is as follows.. Beechwood fires are bright and clear if the logs are kept a year. Chestnuts only good they say if for long tis laid away. Make a fire of Elder tree Death within your house will be. Birch and Fir logs burn too fast blaze up bright and do not last. It is by the Irish said, Hawthorn makes the sweetest bread. Elm wood burns like churchyard mould. E'en the flames are cold. Poplar gives a bitter smoke, fills your eyes and makes you choke. Apple wood will scent your room Pear wood smells like flowers in bloom. Oaken logs if dry and old, keep away the winter cold. But Ash wood wet or Ash wood dry a King shall warm his slippers by. Unless the king has access to proper seasoned wood, in which case any old species will do. there, better than the da vinci code.

Nah, In our case it would be more likely to be 'the lad' doing the posting (something like "Look what these dopey old saddo's have been upto now - part 1")

Yes, But.. A .325" pitch chain has, per metre of chain moved, more cutters cutting than a 3/8" because the .325 is closer together, so for an identical profile, the 3/8" chain would be less work for the engine.

hmmmmmmmm. But, little tiny ms200s use 3/8", and so do mighty ms660s (although the gauge is different) So why bother with .325" (which is a silly pitch). It can only be down to tradition.

Nothing wrong with experimenting, and making stuff up. We always used to put our mind to inventing new cuts when we found ourselves with loads of woodland trees to fell, not too many targets to worry about, and a nice bit of 'slow up boys, we've overcharged on this one' time. It's not as easy as you think to come up with something new.. Gob cut here, little bit of boring there, fancy back cut thingy and........ another saw stuck. We did probably come up with a few new techniques for freeing hopelessly trapped saws though.....

course, all free wood is good wood in my book (and I season it by having the heater on full blast as I drive it home).

Where I zz dragged up vrom, tes zed to be viddy bad luck to vell a olly. (Where I was raised, it is considered to be very bad luck to fell a holly). I have come across farmers, and even old utility boys who refuse to touch them. I, on the other hand, consider it worse luck if you fell a blackthorn.

as above....... :-) BUT What on earth is going on with that wheelbarrow?

£150, but say you will throw in a free Spear & Jackson chainsaw so he looks the part when he's playing around in his lumberjack shirt. (The shirt is more desirable than the saw).

RE: Carabiner mug.... Exert from their website... Possibly the coolest camping and trekking mug around, the Carabiner Camping Mug is compact and virtually indestructible - we like it so much we haven't waited to go camping to use it, it just looks so chic. It holds 8oz of your favourite bevy, and keeps it warm thanks to its insulating double-walled construction, and attached to its side is a tough carabiner handle allowing you to clip it onto your belt or bag when you're on the move. It's handy, tough, lightweight and attractive, what more could you possibly want from a mug? Dunno, S'pose something that doesn't tip scalding coffee down my trousers when I clip it to my belt??

WHAT:confused1: You want parts in stock AND fantastic value, Hmmmmmmm. That might be more tricky . Maybe you just don't ask him right (Though, to be honest, every time I have gone to his shop for one thing (like a box of 7/32 files), I have come out with something different (like a countax garden tractor ) )

Ha Ha, Not sure on the name of the driver (I used the crane back in 2001 at the tail end of the foot-and-mouth outbrake). He was an old boy of few words if i remember. We used it to dismantle a monster dead douglas fir on the edge of the of the A386, half way between Bideford and Great Torrington. Happy days:thumbup1:

What this means Marty... [to be said in a Doc Brown in Back to the Future voice] ...is that bankers know about as much about our profession, as I know about getting fantastic bonuses. (I bet they laugh harder at us)

I guess step 1 would be to tip out any old fuel remaining, and put in fresh.

Tavistock chainsaws used to carry good stocks... Tavistock Chainsaws - Home Page Give them a ring on 01822 618070 .

(pppppppssssst. I don't think it's snails)

You could paint it orange ......... ...... but you would then just be turning it back into a Dolmar .

Fantastic saws (with one major flaw....... .......they are blue). For some reason, most cutters think a proper saw can't be blue.

Not in my opinion no. A properly managed street tree pollard will be pruned back all the way to its 'cleanched fist knuckle' every few years. The appearance of the tree will be much the same from one decade to the next, as pollarding is not exactly artistic. In many species, if you do a reduction, so the tree is the size you want it, then in a few years later, you wish to reduce it back to that size, you will have limited good pruning points. Solution - reduce it a little more, or a little less than last time...... but what happens for the next cycle, and the one after that, etc, etc. At some point, its going to be loppin-and-toppin time (and I don't think thats in BS3998 any more). Pollards..... love 'em. You know where you are with a proper regular pollard.

Not quite as easy as that. Holly is evergreen (hardwood). Larch is deciduous (softwood). I agree with you though on balsa as being a [very soft] hardwood. As for softwoods bearing cones, I think this is closer (cone bearing tree = conifers). Hardwood / Softwood, Conifer / Broadleaf? ah, the confusion. Alder is a Broadleaf Hardwood that is deciduous. Now then Yew, which ever is that???

1) He was snowed off. 2) It has a fair bit of compression. 3) Its always nice to experiment. Be sure to tell us if it works (or, more interestingly, if it doesn't)

With some equipment, like, for instance, MEWP's the situation is not too bad. You have choices such as NPTC, Lantra, IPAF, IIIITSARRR (or whatever they are called). I wonder why NPTC have got the monopoly on nationally accreddited training when it comes to chainsaws. It is very annoying, especially when you consider that certain types of chainsaw (and here, I particularly mean top-handled saws) there is NO NPTC assessment. How can you prove adequate training there (which amazingly you are supposedly required before you can purchase a 'topper')? You couldn't make it up.