doobin
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Any grease will do.
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I love Airstreams. I'm also getting along very nicely with Arbotec Scafells. Either are worth the money over the WoodWalkers, although they are a very good boot also and I had four pairs of them.
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I was using my MS 250 today, just for fencing. With a 12" 1.1mm bar it's incredibly quick. It's become my go-to saw for odd jobs, fencing, carrying on a machine, replacing the MS181. I couldn't go back to every cut taking over twice as long yet the same weight of saw. Once it dies, it will be replaced straight away with an MS241. What an awesome power to weight ratio!
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Any saw of that power will struggle with a 16" bar. It's happiest with a 1.1mm (thinner than the standard 1.3mm kerf) 12" long bar. What size bar do you think you will need to run? Remember that the odd large piece of timber you may encounter can be cut from both sides.
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I'd go with a 181 rather than a 170. A bit more power and much more robust. The oil pumps on the 170s are particularly weak.
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Rear springs keep it looking from being overloaded, but won't give it any more legal payload. Plus your front springs only ever take the weight of the crew and engine...
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From the sound of the first post, the contracting tree company expected the OP to operate under conditions of unnecessary risk. No rescue climber, cars in the way etc. Why take those risks? I reiterate my point- a company that thinks like that would be the first to try to pass the buck to the OP when it all went tits up due to the aforementioned risks- which COULD have been mitigated. I'm a can do man, but I need the right tools or I walk. Never done me any harm.
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This. It's all very well saying you managed this time. What about next? It'll be your reputation on the line if it goes wrong. It won't be 'A. Tree Company ballsed that job up, dropped a branch on a car'. It'll be 'that idiot climber didn't know what he was doing'.
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There may be a little bit more power to be had (if you cover the nozzle the revs rise so the airflow is indeed providing resistance and therefore defining the top end of the revs), but on a blower what's the point? It won't help you get the job done faster, if you're thinking you need more airflow then it's time to pick the rake up for a couple of minutes and clear the pile
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Very true. The modern grain-based diet is poison.
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Proper job guy, those sound like pukka meals.
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Back coffee is the way it's meant to be drunk, get yourself some proper stuff You can't have cereal at all, dry or not
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Can you remember the make, James?
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When milling you're asking the saw to work much harder and keeping the chain in contact with full width timber for a lot longer than when using a saw to crosscut. From a mechanical point of view, it's a lack of lubrication due to this extra work causing the heat and associated stretch. Therefore surely a cheap additional oiler should be the first point of call?
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You stick em in at 45 degrees. If you put them in vertical they only bend over to 45 degrees otherwise, what with the top of the ground being softer than the lower down. So long as you get get them to start to bite, a good lever bar will get them on and out. Never a bad idea to use two if you are unsure whether one will hold.
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Your earth auger won't put a ground anchor in, scratch that idea off immediately. Been there, got the T-shirt. These guys make some OK stuff- Ground Anchors | Security, Garden, DIY and Commercial Anchoring - Military If you want to go bigger than you'll need a hydraulic auger to install and extract.
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Report it to the police.
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^ Semi auto just means you don't need to dip the clutch. Like an auto box but you select the gear when you want it. The reverse thing might still be an issue but you can usually adjust them slightly.
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An update. Whilst I am very happy with the mulching and collecting ability, the Kohler engine is giving problems. 2 months old and the recoil start has snapped. The spring slipped the housing and after a three day wait and then finally repair by the shop the spring slipped again first pull. The governor is all over the place. Finally, the deadman cable has snapped this morning. Not impressed for an £800 mower that has been used two days a week for only two months. I'm even less impressed by the dealer's attitude to rectifying the problems. Especially after buying three FS70s, a polesaw, an FS490 and £500 of boots and trousers from them. I've been starting the bloody thing with a bit of string wrapped round the flywheel for two weeks now.
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Those guys are brilliant to deal with. However, as I buy Makita I've only dealt with them once, and that was six years ago
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It's not a diet, it's a way of life. Well done to all, it's good to hear all the success stories!
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You can probably buy the drill 'bare' (ie. no batteries and charger) for about £70.
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Makes a pleasant change to six TM blokes watching an idiot take three times as long as necessary to strim round a single road sign. All on your taxpayer's money.
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Exactly, it's not rocket science. 4 lines, half the stress per line.
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Gun safety and chainsaw safety are two very different things. There's a good reason he got a bollocking- anyone could have bumped into him and set the weapon off. If I remember rightly it was slung over his shoulder. He could have turned around and caught the trigger on a stick. It's you that is a danger to yourself with a chainsaw, a hot weapon on a base full of your mates is entirely different. Chalk and cheese.
