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I don't do tree surgery work, but when I had to upgrade my PL to £5m to work on Forestry Commission land coppicing, they were the best by far and would recommend them based on my limited experience.
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it's not really an age thing, more comparable to hours or milage. if you use a saw once a year to cut logs and look after it, it will probably last years and years! If you're using it commercially, it probably won't still be going in 20 years unless you spend a lot of money on it.
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as far as I know, the actual saw is the same (rear handled 192), just with carving bar chain and sprocket.
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I'd agree with going as big as you can, I used one of the Stihl handheld blowers once and was pretty disappointed! I picked up a Komatsu Zenoah backpack on ebay equivalent to the BR600 for £150, worth every penny IMO.
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another vote for the Husky 365, lovely saw
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what sort of size is it (diameter)? if it's a reasonable size I would be interested...
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Any of the small homeowner class saws - MS170 or MS171, Husky 236 (I think that's the right model), or I use an Efco MT3500. Personally I'd advise against the Stihl from personal experience, but other people will sing their praises... one thing the Stihl does have going for it is a narrower chain gauge than any of the others as standard, and possibly easier to fit a carving bar at a later date as Stihl manufacture these themselves, and the sprockets etc to go with it. Any of these will be nice and cheap for a first saw, and they all have slightly tapered bars as standard, go for a 14" bar. Not as good for detail as a carving bar, but will let you get sufficient detail while at the same time giving you 14" of usable length for blocking out the bigger bits. If you decide to get a bigger saw for blocking, you can fit the smaller saw with a carving bar at this point.
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not a lot - considering the equivalent Husky model new is £150-200ish, I wouldn't pay above £80 unless it was absolutely pristine!
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I'd stick with the 346xp, what size bar do you have? Might be worth getting a 13" if that's not what you have already, will make a world of difference in itself if you currently have an 18"
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I don't think that because it is a 2002 model that is particularly suspicious by itself, it wouldn't surprise me if a saw like this spends a few years sitting on a shelf at the shop as there isn't much demand for them.
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[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Yn8dxCa4Mw]Led Zeppelin - Gallows Pole - YouTube[/ame] this is the version I meant by Led Zep, will have to look up the Leadbetter one!
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to answer your request for hanging trees, there are several songs which reference a gallows tree - for example the one below, which is one of many versions of the same song. Possibly the most famous version of this is Gallows Pole by Led Zepplin, although they didn't include the tree reference... [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oSRMfe7XQQ&feature=related]Bellowhead: "Prickle-Eye Bush" - YouTube[/ame] I have been told that there are some hymns which refer to the cross as the "tree", if that is of interest as well?
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but I ain't jacked my lumber baby, since my chain saw you... [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A52p9jc-gOo]Jackyl - The Lumberjack - YouTube[/ame]
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personally I don't like the smaller Stihls, the chain oiler is pants, chains seem to stretch and they take a long while to warm up from cold... can't comment on the Husky, never used any of their homeowner saws. Personally I have been won over by the Efco MT3500, cracking little saw of the same sort of size as the ones you mentioned. If you have a local dealer, that would be the one I would go for.
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I'm fairly certain a Daihatsu Fourtrak can tow 3.5 tonnes... it's not a pickup though
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Hi all, Does anyone know where I can get parts for a Komatsu Zenoah EB7000 backpack blower, specifically a throttle cable with the clips at either end to attach it to the trigger and the engine ends please? I am struggling to find anywhere to get parts, and at the moment it's rigged up with an old lawnmower throttle, held in the other hand to the blower tube cheers, Joe
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for a 20" bar I would go with a Husky 365, lovely saw for cutting firewood up IMO
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Not trying to take business from you Steve, but... Welcome to Getting British Business Online Getting British Business Online, free! I found it very easy to do, gives you a .co.uk name and all.
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I don't wear chainsaw gloves, in the summer I rarely wear gloves except when strimming. In the winter, there are warmer, more hard wearing, thorn resistant and more generally comfortable gloves to be had! As far as I'm concerned, having cold, wet, slippy, scratched hands which are cut resistant is far more of a hazard than having nice warm dry gloves where you can work comfortably, but which won't stop a saw.
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Ranger Matt, I believe all 110s have the same payload regardless of whether they're station wagon, hard top or normal pickup. The exception being HCPUs which are higher. Land Rover Specifications This page would indicate 1131kg as max payload (110 hard top), I'm assuming the box below that where it says pickup really means HCPU. of course, I could be wrong!
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I'm quite a way from you (gloucester) and won't be able to supply the amount you need for a couple ofmonths as busy with other work, but if you're still desperate in december and willing to travel give us a shout and I'll see what I can do
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since april I've had General Grabber AT/2 tyres on my 110, haven't got anywhere near stuck yet and still get 30-35mpg and reasonable comfort on road. Will be finding out how they deal with snow in a couple of months or so...
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what's wrong with another landy? I wouldn't be without mine... but if I was going to look at a reasonably new pickup, I'd probably consider Isuzu above anything else.
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mine shows it as being on at 10.35pm, a little more social time
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Brushcutter and Spraying operatives Devon/Somerset border
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