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If you're destroying shafts (solid ones too if it's a KM-130) then you're doing something wrong? Do you mean the backpack unit? Because they are a flexi shaft and as such you obviously have to be careful with them. OP- just seen that you don't like the FS-55 trigger. This might fit the bill- 2mix, same power, same price as FS-70 and also a solid shaft: FS 94 RC-E - Comfortable 0.9kW brushcutter with loop handle, ErgoStart and ECOSPEED
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Solved: http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/general-chat/62516-heads-up-good-replacement-engine-stihl-polesaws-pole-hedgcutters-combi-units.html If you're passing near the Sussex/Surrey border somewhen feel free to drop in and try mine.
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The firm you work for are retards. Move on. Engine oil is no cheaper, and thinned with paraffin they are limiting further it's lubricating properties leading to far greater wear of cutting gear. Not to mention environmental/H+S issues. Idiots like your boss are the reason I went self employed- I knew I could do it better, and have proved as such
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You're not working it hard enough if you can keep count of the number of times you bump the feed! 4-way is much better as you say- each bit of cord is doing half the work it would in a 2-way. It reduces line wear considerably and more importantly, greatly reduces the line flex that can cause the line to snap at the spool inlet if retards don't keep it bumped out. How do you find the 3mm compared to the 2.8mm in the 4-way?
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Getting an old engine going again.
doobin replied to Tim Stobart Tree Surgery's topic in Maintenance help
Spray a solvent down the inlet as someone pulls it over. Contact cleaner works well. Keep spraying it and it may pull fuel though and start to run properly. -
2.4 round for grass. Any more is pointless drag, and a blunter cut. 2.7 or 3mm in a four way head is the best tool for the job for thicker stuff like docks and past that (heavy bramble) it's a blade job.
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Average day rate for tree surgery
doobin replied to SteveA's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
If the extra cost of Aspen for a chainsaw worries you on that day rate, then I suggest you analyse your other costs!! -
Do as I do and get the grounds maintenance around the filling station
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Snickers or Scruffs, gotta look good! I like the jeans with kneepad and cargo pockets.
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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!
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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'.
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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
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If you enjoyed that, you will probably also like The Man-Eaters of Tsavo. Out of copyright, available at Project Gutenberg.
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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!
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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.
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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.
