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  1. doobin
    Poor maintenance will kill any truck. I'm a Jap fan but Landys aren't all bad. I just wouldn't be seen dead in one Seriously, we all know the stereotype. H-reg Defender that cost 8k complete with winch, extra spotlights and a 'Sniff My Diff' sticker, always being fixed, the idiot driving it wears a check shirt and LeCheameus, yet drives a tractor for £8/hour
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    It needs the tank filter on to weight it down and absorb the fuel- otherwise it will float and you'll just be sucking in air as you pull it over.
  3. doobin
    Why would that cause hooked cutters? You'll get w*nker arm if you don't alternate! :lol: The best tip I can give anyone looking to improve their sharpening is to do it under a strong light. An anglepoise lamp with a daylight bulb positioned over the vice is the best way. It's amazing how much detail you can see under a strong light, and that will help you correct small errors and perfect your technique. Oh, and a blunt file is like a blunt chain. So don't be tight, bin it and get a fresh one.
  4. doobin
    You measure flour in a pint jug, simples. Volume isn't just for liquids- I mean, we sell logs by it, don't we?
  5. doobin
    Anyone seen the Meindl Timbercats for sale in the UK yet? Gusharts were promising them but they never materialised to me knowledge. They look like a cool boot, Airstreams with retractable studs.
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    If its putting dust instead of even small chips out the back it's not sharp, not even close. How the hell can you pass that? They'd take so long to make a felling cut that it'd run out of fuel, then you'd have to fail them!
  7. doobin
    Seriously? Well, you know what they say. Those who can, do. Those who can't..teach
  8. doobin
    I've seen plenty of saws produce dust...I wouldn't class them as sharp! I would have thought a 1.5mm difference between left and right teeth would produce a curved cut.
  9. doobin
    That's fair comment, but light on the right foot all the time can lead to the coked up engine that injector cleaner will alleviate. Always best to give a diesel a good thrashing once a week or so, just for a minute once she's up to temperature.
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    £14.99 for a tanks worth of injector cleaner?? Roll up, roll up, get your genuine snake oil right here folks! If you want to add anything, John Deer fuel conditioner is well thought of in the plant game and very, very economical. £14.99 would do you about 1000 litres.
  11. doobin
    FFS, just connect it to a cheapy battery charger. Not rocket science.
  12. doobin
    17 months is a good run. If you waxed them they might have done a bit longer... Soles do tend to go first though. £180 a year to be proper comfy on your feet all day is well worth it.
  13. doobin
    Probably ex hire with a new dipper. Or even just ex hire- the more distinctive a machine is the less attractive to scum.
  14. doobin
    Do you guys not find that they tend to wobble all over the place? I have a shag load of fencing coming up, I need to get something better than the manual adjust tractor one. Wainy, where are you based?
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    Any good???!!!

    doobin replied to Acg128's topic in General chat

    Fine for sitting and running the splitter. They have a 1000rpm PTO so would be very economical. They're not making much money at the moment. You might get it for the maiden bid.
  16. doobin
    Cheers mate. Had an eBay search out for one of these but this didn't have 'harness' in the title!
  17. doobin
    If you buy a new head you won't regret it. You can get a better engine unit after your first few hedges, and add a pole chainsaw, bed tiller, lawn edger etc later. You can use bike handle machine to cut a hedge if you fold them 90 degrees. Not sure if yours will have this clamp- we used to do it on footpath clearance so we had a bike handle strimmer that could clear grass and then cut the hedge. The Stihl system has the most attachments to my knowledge. Lots of money to be made maintaining gardens on a price per month- investment in a decent combi system was a major step forward for me when starting out.
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    Was that covered under warranty??
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    To be fair that's half the country he's covering, there should be a fair few places to stop
  20. doobin
    Years ago I drove a Combo van around for weeks with mole grips clamped in place of the gearstick. You had to remember which way to twist them and whether to pull or push. Reverse was almost impossible to get. On the plus side it was the best immobiliser ever. I always say, it's only a bodge it if doesn't work. The old Combo was definitely a bodge. Other things I've 'bodged' are still the same three years on- it becomes a 'design improvement'
  21. doobin
    They look like two of a pair. You may have dodged a bullet in that the 'good' one was also in the same nick underneath.
  22. doobin
    I had a go on a loop handle Husky the other day and found it most agreeable, very good anti vibe. Stuck with Stihl due to all the (expensive) attachments I have. Can't complain about the FS-70 but the Husky was very nice. Not me that has to use em anyway
  23. doobin
    Loop handle and throttle assembly to suit can be had off ebay second hand fairly cheap. Or you could just flog it on eBay for about £150 and buy a brand new FS-70 for £260.
  24. doobin
    It will work brilliantly. That's by far your best bet, so long as the FS-55 is the loop handle model? Just be aware that the shaft in the FS-55 is flexible, and so if you keep sticking the head into thick woody growth it might break. Never managed it myself and they're cheap to replace.
  25. doobin
    Wait until you get to London then pop into FR Jones.

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