jamesd
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Do any of you bother to take the blades off? I've always just done it on the machine. Just opened the throttle and let go again until the blades are in the right position to get the grinder in there, then off i go!
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Just wandering what you guys use to sharpen up your hedge cutters? I use a small grinding disc on the angle grinder but was wandering if there was a better way to do it?
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On a side note i have a small asuka 19" mower but it seems VERY slow is there a way to speed it up?? (it is the 2 gear job)
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Just been looking at the kaaz mowers the Kaaz LM5360HXA-HST-PRO is almost identical to the Lawnflite and honda pros. Is there any difference between the 3????
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This is a great idea for a thread and will hopefully help me out on my choice of saw. Either going to get an 880 or 660 so will wait until some reviews on them come up! At the moment i'm milling with a 461 and using a 30" Alaskan (Wished i'd brought a bigger alaskan now i'm thinking of getting another saw ) I mill mostly oak and the 461 seems to cope ok if kept sharp (might buy a precision grinder soon as well), but does get slow on anything around the 20" mark.
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I had (still got it but don't use it anymore) a lawnflite Pro, but i had problems with the gearbox so brought a honda hrh536 to replace it. The problem i've found with the honda is its no where near as good as the lawnflite at collecting grass when its wet. They are pretty similar mowers and was wandered what the difference between the two is? Or if there is anything i could do to the honda to improve it collecting the grass when it is wet?
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Are they the tripod type ones?
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Where's the best place to get the haemmerlin barrows from?
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Ok thanks they look pretty sturdy!
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I cut down a fair sized Laburnum tree a couple of weeks back and have heard it is good for turning/carving. The butt is about 15" wide and i have a chunk about 1.5 - 2 foot long. Anyone got any ideas what i could do with the wood?
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Ok cheers, would be good to know what it runs like.
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I'm after a set of decent step ladders about 8 steps high anyone got any good recommendations of where to buy a set? The ones from bandq ets don't last..
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wow! thats pretty good going hope i get that sort of miles out of my 56plate transit. Whats your service regime for it? and do you take it to a ford dealership for its services or not bother? Cheers
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What bar do you run on it please?
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What do you think the 660 would pull like on a 36" bar when milling? I'm tempted to get the 660 over the 880 as for general use its a lot lighter than the 880 (although a fair bit less powerful than the 880) so it may mean it would get more use than if i brought the 880. .
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Haha, ok cheers, what size mill do you reckon i'll need then? I've only got a 30" one at the moment.
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Sorry to but in on this thread. But i have been looking in to getting a new big saw for a while now. And i can't decide whether to get a 660 or 880 (have another thread on it somewhere!) but i also do a bit of milling as well. Most of which is Oak so do you think it would be better to get the 880 over the 660? i would be thinking of having a 36" bar on the saw all the time.
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Also another quick question what bar/chain combo does the 880 and 660 have? are they inter-changeable?
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Ok thanks, thats the downside to the 660, when i couldn't mill as large timber as the 880 which would be nice to have the option. its either get the 880 which will be great for milling and could do anything, but would be heavy to use for general tree work. Or the 660 which will be nicer and lighter to use for tree work but i wouldn't have the option of milling anything over the 30" mark.
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Cheers for all the responses guys! Looks like i'm leaning towards the 660 then! Will it be happy on a 36" bar all the time then? including doing some milling with it as well?
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Thanks for all the replies guys! Do you think a 660 will be alright on a 3 foot bar for milling then? The saw will only really be used for ground work as i don't do many big trees. So do you think weight will still be a big issue?
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880 on a 36" bar is around the £1100 mark
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I've got a 461 that will happily run on a 25" bar although slower than the 660 obviously, so i'm really looking for a saw that will run on a 36" bar. The thing is if i get 660 is it a whole lot more different than the 461? its only an extra 1hp? I was thinking if i go to the 880 i will definately notice the difference and it can be left on a 36" all the time as i run a 20" and 25" on the 461 (which is the saw i use basically all the time)
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I've been looking into getting a big saw for a while now, something that will run a 36" bar and just wanted your opinions on whether you would get the 660 or 880? The 880 is about £200 more than the 660 but it gives me the option of running a 48" bar in the future and it will cut faster than the 660 on the 36". Where as the 660 will be a bit lighter and obviously £200 less. So which would you go for? or is there another option i havn't thought about?
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Cheers spud! Did you get my PM?
