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Just spoken to my nearest dealer and it is true. They said "it is to stop any Tom dick or harry purchasing professional equpt." They have also started a next day order in policy on parts not just twice a week as they used to. There are good dealers out there offering decent discount. He just gave me an excellent price on a 150t.

Can I put my two pence worth in? I find with coppicing where I do each Lott is different ref terrain, access etc... This effects the costings of each woodland and this is how I price my stacks. I take all the factors like time, fuel and extraction into consideration and then sell based on my figures. I have very good deals in place with the land owner which is either payment is the timber felled in return for coppicing service or we give them a percentage of the sale value. Ie one acre next to a good artic access track will cost less than extracting one acre three miles to an artic access. I always sell by vol not tonnage and make the hauler or customer aware of this, that way you can sell green or seasoned no fuss i find it works so long as the communication is good.

The convenience of online shopping especially with a smart phone means that your clutch or carb or chain or anything could fail up the top of a tree or wherever you are and you can either phone or access the Internet and order and pay for your part and it be at your home or site address the next day ready to crack on. This option may not suit everyone and people like to work old school, but if you have people who you employ then down time is expensive.

This is correct now, however it used to be a loosely enforced thing that you gave your neighbours the finished side to maintain the rails etc... I have been caught in boundary issues between neighbours before. Now I just tell them to check their deeds or come to an agreement with their neighbour. Some people can get all righteous about it so I tell them to grow up its only a fence.

Ahh ok fair point but it is still relevant ref their stance on face to face merchandise sales.

I supply a few pubs only and it pays for maintenance on the saws and some nice weekends away. The pubs chew through them. Big inglenook fireplaces equals big logs equals less cutting equals more profit.

How short sighted of woolworths er I mean stihl they seem to tinker too much both with their machines, take the 360 or 200t for example ( if it ain't broke) and it seems the boardroom has caught the same infection. Unlike a lot of folk on here I have two really good dealers near me so it won't be too much of am issue for me I hope. They will u turn or they will suffer like the aforementioned woolworths. The pros won't suffer as they will do what stihl can't seem to and move with the times,not against it. I'm gonna purchase some shares in huskey!

Stress is no longer in my vocabulary if I am late I am late if something doesn't get done it waits, I have learned to let go of stuff now and share my problems. As for alcohol big no go.

Miticides are not used

Andy what honey? I use Tasmanian only. It is the only place on the planet that has no varroa mite so Miticides are used on the hives I swear it is the best honey I have ever had. Buy it in sainsburys. How long have you had an iliostomy? Do you climb? These diseases are nasty and like you say come out of nowhere. I think my major trigger is stress. I have re evaluated my life and what I want from it, I really don't care for money, never have I am just grateful I survived hospital, like you it was a close call, the blood I lost was frightening.time with my wife and children are second to none so if any one wants logs on the weekend the can go to the garage! ;-)

Yes Geoff the head battle is the hardest one. I had six months in bed and the depression was horrendous, what was my doctors answer? Prozac ha another pill to pop on top of the 23 I was taking each day. I did not touch them and won the battle by forcing myself to re engage socially a tiny bit at a time over the course of three to four months. I can safely say I feel fantastic now, ( for the time being) as fit as a fiddle. I am going to attempt dragging myself up a lovely oak next week to see if I have got the strength back, at least it will be 11-1/2 st I'm hauling and not the 14 I was!

I was diagnosed last July and was in a flare from may until january. I lost 5 stones in 2-1/2 months and was hospitalised for three weeks, I narrowly avoided surgery. I have it in my colon my ilium (the bit that connects the small intestine and the large) and I had ulcerations on my nose and mouth. This nearly did me whilst in hospital and my gi can't believe how well I have responded to my treatment I have done the low res diet and am pretty much eating what I like now, with the exception of red meat, milk and some cheeses. I joined nacc for Crohn's and colitis which wa great but I see a naturopath who has helped immensely. My next step is to get off my meds as safely as poss and switch to cannabis as a maintenance med, believer I have had nothing to do for a year apart from research and drive my wife up the wall, but I starting to get side affects from the drugs and I would rather try the cannabis to see how it goes. Mmmmm I might have to be the worlds slowest whatever it is I'm gonna be when I get back to work!

Feel for you I have Crohn's disease but haven't found any triggers yet so I am quite literally shi**ing myself when I do. Read, read and read. Find a naturopath also. The gp's don't have a clue tbh.

Now this is up my street.i haven't worked since may last year as I was diagnosed with Crohn's disease, very long story but this has affected my life considerably I can only manage 15 hours a week at the mo. haven't hauled up a tree since jan 2012. I don't know how serious you chaps are on diet, mine used to be awful, caffeine and pies! But having nearly come a cropper my eyes are wide open. The best thing for the manual worker is to keep your body in an anabolic state, basically burn the food in your stomach as fuel, as your stomach tends to empty on two hours or so you should eat three times a day with healthy snacks in between, drink plenty of water, at least 2.5l a day (tea and coffee inc). My best advise is research blood type diet and tailor to your needs. A typical day for me is 1 fresh lemon in warm water,1 spoon honey in a bowl of mixed indigenous fruits with live sheep yog/ chilli scrambled eggs on toast. Vermicelli carbonara. Grilled fish or chicken with pulses or mixed veg potatoes are a not of trouble for me so rice or pasta for carbs. Snacks are fruit, avocado,mixed nuts,raw carrot, very dark chocolate, rice cakes with nut butters. Try and balance your meals so they always contain protein, carbs and roughage. Don't just get your protein from meat as it makes your blood and muscles acidic. Of you eat bread eat whole meal as this slows the absorption of proteins. Christ sorry to prattle on I could go forever on this. But having been through what I have I now feel fitter than ever and it is down to diet change off to climb next week, just a reccy but a climb none the less. Phew;-)

I thought you could use it for felling uphill? ;-/

Stihl on the Kent/Sussex boarder.Only because I have never had any major probs with them, and pretty comfortable maintaining them, if the saw gets the job done safely and reliably that's all that counts.

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Look at hitachi stuff you will be surprised

Yep I was coppicing winter 11/12 and it was ffffffffreezing didn't do any coppice this year due to illness but one I'm back in the saddle I shall be investing. Also looking into a ms 150t as where I coppice I usually have to lift the oaks on the headland so the combines can get under them. At 2.6kg it seems the way forward as I am a lot weaker than I was before getting ill. This is assuming I can handle climbing again.

When you buy your boots they will cost upwards of £100 so invest in a long handled shoe horn, I know it's not safety equpt. But it will stop the backs of your boots from perishing so quickly;-)

I love my 441 but it really is down to the individual. If it is comfortable and spins around with a nice sharp chain and gets the job done safely with minimal down time then it really is just a matter of opinion. Mmmmmmmm i must get the heated handle model thinking about it.

I had 50 l compressor. But 20-25l would be fine.

Nice one

I got a phone call from a stranger last night asking me to meet him in the woods so he could look at my penis........ Effing weirdo, he never showed up!

It depends on your work load, I used to contract on building sites putting up hoarding then all the fencing so I had miles to do every year. A good air rig with a coil nailer and genny is what I used with max 50 m of hose set in the middle of a 100m run. Stopped the site work sold my kit and now have the hitachi nr. Four years now.... Still kicking myself but I don't do anywhere near that volume of fencing now and the hitachi does what I need. Whatever you do don't bypass the safety on the nailer toile the job quicker ;-)