doobin
-
Posts
5,811 -
Joined
-
Last visited
-
Days Won
16
Content Type
Profiles
Forums
Classifieds
Tip Site Directory
Blogs
Articles
News
Arborist Reviews
Arbtalk Knot Guide
Gallery
Store
Calendar
Freelancers directory
Everything posted by doobin
-
Do as I do and get the grounds maintenance around the filling station
-
Snickers or Scruffs, gotta look good! I like the jeans with kneepad and cargo pockets.
-
Bosch are generally fine with bio, even SVO. It's Lucas pumps which disagree with it. I killed a Lucas pump with one tank of SVO once!
-
All this faffing around to save a penny a litre. If you use 100 litres a day, that's a hell of a lot of fuel. And you're still only saving a pound a day... Just fill up wherever's on the way. The deciding factor if there has to be one should be the quality of the breakfast butty available at the same time.
-
Eucalyptus withing 3 tpo boundaries
doobin replied to bootneck84's question in Homeowners Tree Advice Forum
Excellent first post! -
It's not a big strimmer.
-
4-mix is two stroke, but clumsy and overcomplicated with valves that constantly go wrong. Take the FS-94 engine off the shaft and put it on the FS 55 combi tool. Or just unbolt the FS94 head and put the head of your choice on, hedgecutter, polesaw, whatever. How hard is this ****? ANY INCH TUBE STIHL ENGINE WILL FIT AND RUN ANY INCH TUBE STIHL HEAD, BE IT HEDGECUTTER, BRUSHCUTTER, PICK TINES OR POLESAW.
-
Aye, but Stihl were a bit slow in telling people than non synthetic oil would cause carbon build up and problems You also forgot to mention the leaky carbs! The proof of the pudding is that all new Stihl machines are 2-mix (which is actually a Husky technology under license!!). Avoid the 4-mix, as soon as they've sold out of them the combi units will all be 2-mix.
-
Forget it, just bite the bullet and buy a PTO pump to match the splitter requirements. You'll only wear out the internal pump using it all day on a splitter anyway.
-
Thought you bought an FS-94? http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/general-chat/74045-stihl-fs-70-a.html#post1113980 Buy an FS-70 or an FS-94 for a reliable 2-mix engine. Case closed.
-
Amen. Paying a finders fee of 10% for a guaranteed job is a lot cheaper than advertising, quoting and dealing with time wasters. I do it all the time, and pass jobs to others in return for 10%. I actively enjoy paying the 10%- I know that if I keep my side of the bargain, work will just keep coming from the 'finder'.
-
Never knew there was a movie. It's an interesting read, and somewhat removed from The Tiger insomuch as it's told through the eyes of a Victorian big game hunter. Conservation was unheard of and the lions' true crime was disrupting industrial progress via their man-eating habits. The back of the book is an appendix for the sporting gentleman, detailing the recommended quantities of guns, ammunition and supplies required for a successful hunting trip, plus the number of natives to carry them all for massa
-
If you enjoyed that, you will probably also like The Man-Eaters of Tsavo. Out of copyright, available at Project Gutenberg.
-
Newbie stuck Bar and Chain 3/8 3.25 444 EWindsor
doobin replied to champagnecharly's topic in Chainsaws
What the heck is 3/8 Windsor? -
Meindl Woodwalker or Haix Trekker ???
doobin replied to TimberCutterDartmoor's topic in General chat
Doesn't really need to be said, but get Meindl. -
I hope you're charging them a one-off fee to sort the mess out then? If so then just stick the collector on, knuckle down and bill em what it takes!
-
If you want to do tough, thick hedges then the only one I'd recommend is Stihl. They take a hell of a lot of abuse. A small Stihl strimmer would cope with a hedgecutter end power wise(they don't need much at all), but really you need a solid shaft drive. If you were to upgrade, I would recommend the FS-94, it's 2 mix, cheap and solid shaft. Don't get an FS90, 100 or 130- these are 4-mix with all the associated problems.
-
The Stihl hedgecutter heads I have found to be tough. Sadly the long reach hedgecutter engines are still the awful 4-mix. I run mine on FS-70 engines. Do you happen to have a Stihl loop handle strimmer already? That would be the cheapest way to get a pole hedgecutter. I used an Echo polesaw/hedgecutter years ago when I used to work for someone, and really liked it.
-
I'd say they're ideal for use in a field. We use one all the time. For a telehandler with mancrate and brash grab, and two men with chainsaw and polesaw I'd say £60 per hour for agricultural type jobs. You might struggle to get this though.
-
PMM3 will cut faster than PM3 due to the thinner kerf. Just get the decent Stihl stuff as used on top handles, not the Oregon homeowner safety chain stuff. I use it on top handles, MS181s, pole saws and an MS250.
-
No good around trees and for mulching stuff up. OK if you have a nice big open area you want to cut hay from- but we have mowers to do that now!
-
But hardly relevant to the topic in discussion? We're talking about contractors tools, not eco friendly living. But if we're going to thread hijack, pigs will knock the spots (pun intended) off chickens and ducks for woodland clearance.
-
It is, we've been here a dozen times before...
-
He's best off going for a brand new MS181 for £210- otherwise the next post will be 'help my chainsaws broke and I have no money to fix it' He should get a new one with warranty. Top advice on the bar length- stick to 12", and in 1.1mm gauge if the shop will change it for free.
-
The offers on the table mate, but I want a go on your Husky! I'm sure they're both pretty much the same- half the Stihl is Husky technology anyway
