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Hi Monkeyboy. I sort of solved this prob yrs ago - not quite HSE approved. I used an old pair of A- trousers and cut down the back of each leg from the waist band, sewed up the cut seam to stop fraying, then sewed on x3 - 2" wide webbing with matching buckles on each leg, plus reversed the belt. They come off like the trousers on the 'full Monty', to give an idea (with a pair of cotton trousers underneath). They are brill for 'quick jobs' as they go on in a miniute, but at there best when it's hot as I put them on and off between saw work. I will try and get Iain to put up a picture later.
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Some start laying in September when the birds have finished nesting or in truth the 'twitcher police' can't drop you in it - ends March when the 'twitcher police' are out again. Also the sap needs to be down a bit or the bark may come away from the stem to be laid. normal laying is about 2-3 inch dia but I have layed 6inch dia - gets a bit heavy to control. Often I needed to cut low to get the bottom of the hedge low - not always possible. Best to chat it over with a hedgelayer:thumbup1:
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OK now please try this experiment - lay on your back and piss it the air = basic science:thumbup: Best way to stay cool is start early - finish early. Dessy camo net over truck cab - really works. Stand in the shade as much as possible to prevent absorbing too much heat. Wear a dessy shirt, or a long armed down hill cycle shirt + wet neck band. 4 ltr or more fluid is alloy bottles - I used to work on deepsea oil tankers in the tropics a company estimate was we sweated 2 gallons per day.
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Update on accident. He was felling a Norway spruce, it hungup and kicked back - not sure if it was a hinge fail or came off the stump afterwards, but the tree kicked back and trapped his leg, then the tree twisted almost severing his leg. He was working alone but had his mobile phone in his pickup, so laid there trapped with a crushed leg, until a dog walker happened to be walking by. The dog walker used his dog lead above the wound to stop the lose of blood, until the air ambulance arrived. He has had major surgery twice and is expected to stay in hospital for at least 6 weeks. Only from what I know crush injuries can be dangerous as broken tissue can enter the blood system causing clotting in other areas, also his leg may be at risk from infection and it's not known until much later if it will be possible us have full use again. Hope he does make a good recovery - even after years, it's always possible to have an accident. It will make me think more in future.
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Maybe it's a bit like boots - different companies have different fits. All I can suggest is going to an arb show/large supplier and try out different makes. More companies are making saw trousers from stretch outer material, so something should fit, although most will be making mens fit: - not that means tall and slim with big shoulders, as most are a bit shorter and wider than they were when they started tree work (me for one)
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Many thanks, thats why I posted so it may help prevent 'the next one' it may be a while before I find out exactly what happened, I assume he was not working alone. For anybody who enjoys an outdoor life the thought of a crushed leg is one of horror. When I was an apprentice in a large factory, the stories of accidents did help make us all the more aware. I remember say 20 yrs ago seeing a glass filled with flowers placed by the family of a lad killed on his first day working on a motorway, so I taught my son as much as I could about site safety as he grew up but not knowing what he would do in the future. As it turned out he's a climber so all the culture of safety helped, but even for me I accept it still risky working with trees.
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Sorry, how my bad spelling changed what happened, as far as I know the tree kicked back, almost severed his lower leg. He's in for more surgery tomorrow and expected to stay in for 6-weeks. Hopefully, I will find out more in the next few days, he lives in a rural part of Shropshire near Telford.
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Don't have full detail, but my son's girlfriends Dad who works and lives in Shropshire, had an accident a few days ago. From what we have heard he was working on a hangup with a chainsaw and the truck kicked back, trapping him against another tree, one leg was crushed and he's had major surgery in hospital. Any more detail and I will update. I haven't met him but from the parties my son has been with him he knew how to enjoy himself, hope he gets better soon.
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Used them to rebuild my 266XP a while ago, good company:thumbup1: Found if the saw is not listed, (the 266XP wasn't listed but most parts from a 61 were the same but needed a parts list to cross ref) you can cross ref from a parts manual or enter the pt number and it's normally listed.
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I don't think it's a MS.375 (as used by Clint Eastwood or a choc lolly), normally used for the MS460 variants, some can have twin port exhasts etc but not sure if that's standard as the output power is shown as the same. From a topic a while ago on twin ports I fitted one to my 460, retuned the carb and lets say it feels more powerful. For the best answer Megatron is your man.
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most drums have a couple of say 8mm tapped holes in, put some grease in and wind in a couple of bolts - not too tight and used the mallet technique - bang & tighten plus an electric heat gun. often I have found they are rusted onto the half shaft flange. used a smear of copperslip on re assy (that's if they come off). It's really 90% skill with 10% of controlled violence - but this reverses after you hit your thumb.
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The record for the 'longest wait' must go to my dad who dropped off the dynamo for his motor bike in the local auto electical shop as he went off with the 8th army in 1942. After fighting his way across North Africa and Italy, my Dad came home after 3.5 years, looking forward to riding his motor bike again dropped by the Auto electrician but the dynamo was still on the shelf not fixed. The mechanic replied' he had been busy'
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I use 'mister solutions' all parts listed for models going a fair way back, normally take a week for rare parts, due to being obtained direct from Stihl.
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I fitted rim sprockets to all my saws (both of them - joking) The advantage is you can fit larger dia sprockets so I fitted an 8T .325 to my MS 280 to give it a bit more 'wiz' and fitted an 8T 3/8 to my MS 460 (twin port exh) when using a 16" bar - that really 'wizzing' through, makes my MS390's performance like a 'push and go toy'. Overall I found them running smother.
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Carlton can be brought from 'Mister solutions' they are ok, I think they are made by a sub-company of Oregon. I have used them for lower load use on say MS260's and some 3/8 chain but found the high quality Oregon better for big jobs where they will run longer between sharpening.
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I have worked on oil tankers with no form of medical aid if it goes wrong (ship won't pull in to a port), plus on my own on construction site in central Brazil, where I claimed I was the chief engineer; that way they would fly me to a hospital - against basic treatment, a lot of accidents (skin hanging off the structures). Worked for the Sandinistas during the Contra war - no chance if that went wrong. You get to learn how to avoid risks and work safe, now with saws mostly on my own; I don't work if I see any risk (not my tree), or feel the job is beyond my skills, carry a phone. Most of the risk is trips etc, minor things have gone wrong but no accidents. I work on the basis, if I have any form of near miss, I work out a new procedure so it won't happen next time - hopefully. I actually find it more of a risk to have people giving me advise I don't need, loosing my focus and looking around for idiots walking into my space.
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Cheers JD:thumbup: note even the dog has a MS260 (Iain's 14th birthday pressy)
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Yep JD - thats why I showed him how to do it right first time. oh must tell you this one. I often looked out for axes at a car boot, so Iain did the same, came home with what he thought was a small fire axe, turned out to be a real battle axe head on a cheap shaft. So he asked his teacher if he could bring his battle axe to school, ' no prob' she replied, total horror when she saw it,' I thought he meant a toy battle axe' - he don't do toys I replied:thumbup1:
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I really was strick with procedures with Iain, plus he didn't mess about, so all went well. But to see the risk hit a pencil with even a blunt axe and see what happens - kids bones are just as weak, it really scared me at first but he never had even a small accident, more to his natural skill - plus luck:thumbup1:
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With a shed full of razor sharp axes etc I took the view I might as well teach my son when 5 yrs old or he will 'have a go ', so I went about it in a strick manner using techniques I learnt from the 'old axe boys' and all went well. I brought him a pair of Husky saw wellies size 6 is the smallest (still got them if somebody wants them) and he worked any for years with the axes getting bigger. By 11 yrs old I brought him a MS170 and all the PPE, with added 4x4 driving on a large estate - kept him focused for years. Now aged 20 when he took him CS38/9 and doing level 4, and is a good safe Arb worke:thumbup1:r
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Well I'm retiring from my inside day job soon at 63, been in the woods for years so took my CS32 and passed yesterday - looking forward to a non too quite retirement (just a few days per week)
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3M 4279
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Ok I'm 63 but not doing tooo badly, I did heavy engineering for years then medical equipment with woods as a hobby job for 15 yrs to stay fit and focused. My ambition is to retire and enjoy long walks, so I avoid anything that can prevent that happening. So when I had a hip prob I realized I was lifting on one side too often, so cut logs smaller and switched sides. Bit of a back prob but once started it's never cured just in remission.Besides that only minor probs - don't tan well. Oh had 'Leptospirous' weils from rats in 1985 nearly died for real, so the last 27 yrs has been a second life for me:thumbup1:
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From reading up on handwriting - don't have a waving baseline or verticals sloping both ways = dishonest:thumbup1: Mine is like a naughty boy doing lines, not that I do much wrong to practice.
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Thanks Brushcutter, I started on a 3ft dia oak bough with a ms460 with a 15" bar went well at first but went out a bit after a while, assume it was the chain, dropped 9 big old well dead conker trees for practice again it dropped off a bit, so I can see where it's going a bit out. Bit of a prob for me to get in enough practice. Just wondered if there were some 'old boy' tips as I have found them so useful in the past. Mind you these 80ft conkers were 'interesting', I set up a winch with 120ft of cable & slings as the tops were well dead - just as well, as they fell they broke in two and fell on the stump.
