MikeTM150

You can't beat a good chicken pie!!!!

yep thats the more sensible proposition!!!

And i can assure you its worth every penny of ur hard earned cash, i brought a pile of **** and they recommended the 346xp on here so i brought one and its an assume tool, try ur hardest to buy new now because it'll be the best option in the end!!! Also i know it seems daft but offer to work free for a week to show them ur dedicated and willing, slightly different on a farm perhaps, but a had one chap do that with me for a tractor driving job, i thought why not, nothing to loose and if nothing else we can take the piss when he doesn't turn up on the second day. But he's still here just over 2yrs later and is one of my best drivers (i hope he doesn't read this!) and i even paid him for the free week when i realised he was good!!! try it!

can't somehow see that catching on with the true hardcore users of landrovers, i used to be a landrover fanatic then i realised they were loosing the plot now they've proven they have lost the plot!!! Not sure what were gonna be left with soon to use as a hardcore offroad workhorse........ who gives a tupence about looks when you want to use it as a serious workhorse???

Thats a good point well made!

i've got a similar tool to this from oregan, good tool if u've just taken chunks out of the chain with a nail or rock or someone says can u sharpen this and it looks like blind monkey with a nich inch grinder has been at it. But otherwise its quicker and i think you get a sharper tooth with a hand file. As with all gadgets they take time to setup in which time u can get a fair few teeth sharpened! Also it's quite hungry on chain metal, no matter how hard i've tried to just touch the tooth it seems to have taken quite a lot of metal away.

yep i can see ur point, its a good one, i guess as a farmer/contractor i don't get too hung up on the colour of diesel because out of the several times we've been stopped they've never checked the colour of the diesel. Funnily they do in the landrover though:sneaky2: so have never looked at how the price difference would impact on the job. All i know is its expensive on red so hate thought of white!

Intrigued by this comment as there's about a 63p/litre price differential now, and back in 1998 when i finished a levels there was a 60p/litre differential??? I think its only seems like u think because red diesel was mere pennies a litre rather than now its many tens of pennies??? Would u agree or am i talking u know whats?

I'm definately not volunteering to pull that cable up the hill:001_tt2:!!!!

I have to agree with you there, if its old or new it'll break down (trust me we have both!) and they never break down in the shed parked up!! Usually at a really busy time or a very inconvienient location!!!

i think the price may not be what u fancy, but i'm not sure i'd fancy dragging that cable up a wet slippery hill that not even that truck will climb up, u'd have a sweat on time u got up to the top! Nice truck by the way!!!!

i should really know that u only get what u pay for in this world 99% of the time!!!! Only trouble is nomatter how good the saw is, it doesn't stop the bloke behind it somehow manageing to fell a half rotten beech tree into the top of another tree...... thank the lord for hydraulic winches and landrovers!!!! Anyway many thanks to you all!

oh how i wish i had an estate like that!!!! and the local plod wouldn't need to worry about catching our harvest student on it doing 50k, i wouldn't currently trust him with a padded cell after manageing to get the old ford :lol:7810 stuck in a 12ft gate with a 20ft trailer........will try and post some pics when i work out how to get them off my phone!!!!

now u've a good point here, it makes me chuckle that our new holland T7040 has one of these little stickers on the window but it came out the factory with 50k fitted. I mean who's kidding who, u supply a tractor with 50k, which i've paid extra for, and that little sticker on the window removes u from legal responsibilty when i'm caught doing 50k down the road!

wow, husky 346 xp is such a step up on the 235 it just replaced!!! Thankyou so much to all of you who gave the advice required to ensure i ended up with a decent saw!!! Ps the 235 is on ebay if anyone wants to buy it!!!

Now if i knew anything about cars i'd have a clue what a Diablo was......google here we come! So where's the best place to get a 346xp near badminton (little bit east of bristol!)??? At last i can see the light at the end of the tunnel with this little blighter of a saw!!

Looks like i'll be ordering a a nice new 346xp then with some proper power!!!! Thanks for all ur help, i can't believe husky made such a pile of poooooooo!!!

now thats the kind of advice i like, should have come here first see and asked what to get!!! So the simple answer is get rid of this saw on ebay and buy a new one, are is the 346xp the same sort of weight (kg) as my 235???

bar's straight and groove's clean. I try to allow for power difference but i know where ur coming from. Cheers:001_smile:

Right, i'm in need of some help (surprise surprise!) I brought a husky 235 chainsaw with a 15" bar nigh on two years ago now. I brought it for the lighter work around the farm and cutting up firewood. The first time i used it i was v.unimpressed, but being a new saw i thought i'll give it a few tankfuls to loosen up. It became impossible to start and about as much power as a dead donkey, i fiddled with it and then gave in and took it back to dealer but couldn't find anything wrong and they said they tested and found to be fine. So i persevered for a bit longer on and off prefering to use the bigger husky 365 or my more recent aquisition a Sthil MS880 (i went to sthil cuz of the problems the little husky though i love the 365!) I then took it to a different dealer who looked at it, and said they cleaned and re-set the carb. I still find it useless, starting is better maybe 10 pulls to start hot or cold (bearing in mind the 880 is two maybe three any temp) and still struggles to drive its own chain and stalls pretty muchinstantly if u use more than light pressure on 3" timber. Now it has been suggested it might be the fact that i'm 6'6" tall, built like a brick **** house and used to using a MS880, and its just not man enough for me. But surely it should be able to drive its own chain around and cut kindling............... Any Suggestions greatly recieved!! PS U can also suggest a replacement for it thats gonna put a smile on my face!!

wow i'm impressed with the speed of all the replys, there a great help! I will look into this new chain, having looked at the alaskan mill i reckon i might be able to knock one up myself. Many Thanks for all your help! Mike

Hi Right i have a stihl MS880 with a 48" bar on it, i usually use it for getting big tree's down for firewood. But now due to me doing a restoration house project i want to cut some beams out for myself, i wondered if there was a better type chain (i'm running the same type of chain it came with not sure what type u call it!) more suited to ripping across grains or am i better to go down the bandsaw route? Bearing in mind cost is a big issue and once i've got these beams done i probably won't use it again to do this kinda job again. Also can anyone recommend a good chainsaw mill system that doesn't cost the earth? Many Thanks Mike