doobin
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What do we reckon the price of seasoned cord will be in January? I have about three arctics worth, and I'm fed up with it.
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Where the rear seats were I'd recommend quality filing cabinets that can be locked during transit. Keep all your gear organised.
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True that. Yesterday was brilliant, we worked all day in the yard with the log burner roaring. Rewired the yard properly, put in a compressor circuit, a 32a machine circuit, a kitchen circuit, and put the whole lot on separate breakers rather than one 40amp and one line of 6mm as before A productive day. Tomorrow is due to be awful so we're cashing in outside today and will finish sorting the yard tomorrow.
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For a learning curve, you might as well start with upping the (undergeared in my opinion) sprocket on the bar and chain combo you already have. A lot cheaper to start with
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The easiest thing would be to replicate it in your own words. If you're solely worried about loosing your access to it, then simply download a backup copy to your hard disc. It's also highly unlikely it would go missing, we're not talking about illegal cracks, warez and serialz here.... We should help each other out in public, or there's no point in a forum for discussion. There was another member on here once who was full of self aggrandising shite. 'PM me for this, PM me for that. Amazing document of timber values or some such, PM me'. Then he'd fill the thread with 'PM sent' so everyone could see what an awesome guy he was It's just childish. A forum is for sharing
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The purpose of a forum is to share information. Post it here. I'd keep the head for spares. I have three in bits and two that keep limping along
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Filters cleaned, not replaced?
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If you'll pass up an 044 in good nick for £100 just to go on holiday instead, then you're probably not in the best position to negotiate on a swap... I'll give you a Maculloch Double Eagle 50 for both of them. Them bars look proper abused.
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Sure the cutting gear and clutch is OK? I'd flog it on eBay for £100 and get a new MS181. 017 is a horrible little saw.
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If the digger didn't run it was more than 'a bit'
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Petrol in a diesel engine will do far more damage than diesel in a petrol engine. It will ruin the injectors, pre-ignite under compression and then trash the rest of the engine.
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Glad it's working for you, but root veg and sweetcord are not Paleo.
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Get some two stroke oil mixed in with fresh diesel. Petrol wrecks injector pumps, make sure there's plenty of lube for your pump to try to limit the damage.
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Damn computers, give me a pen and duplicate book!!
doobin replied to markieg31's topic in General chat
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If you use an 18" bar then a 9t .325 sprocket is only a couple of quid and should make a big difference.
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What sprocket are you currently running? If you're not on a 9-pin in .325 then a saw of that size is bound to feel slow
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Any chain will be blunt in five minutes with volunteers. I find 1.1mm chain is very quick to sharpen, and quite forgiving of poor sharpening technique.
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Just the sprocket. If it's a spur sprocket then the sprocket is also the clutch drum. Why are you upping the kerf and dropping the bar length?
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They are all plastic. I've snapped one in half before.
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The oregon 1.1mm has bumper tie links. This is the type that I threw two unused chains away for as it was no good.
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You're worse than the Daily Mail for quoting out of context I said 'all you need for grass and light brambles Plenty of times I've extolled the virtues of thicker lines and more of them for heavier bramble type things, or blades for thicker stuff. But thick twin line is a waste of time on light stuff in my view.
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In 1.1mm gauge Oregon chain is rubbish. All the cutters snap off. Stihl is the way forward, it's strong enough to run on an MS250 with no issues.
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Offer of a strim-off still stands my friend. Lavant Church is looking a bit crappy, it could be our good deed for the month? Anyone up for a competition meet? Like a ploughing match but for sad muppets like me? I'm all about the right tools for the job. You change the bar on your saw according to what you're cutting, why should strimming be any different?
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Apparently it's a sealed head. Been meaning to pull mine apart to stick some more in. Stupid design.
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Do you mean the size of a car calipers? Loads of machinery has disc brakes and therefore calipers 'like a car'. They will not need particularly strong brakes as Merlos are hydrostatic drive, so 90% of braking is done via hydraulic retardation.
