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Spoken like a true believer! Keep paying the Jobs Tax, my friend... :-) Nice kit Apple make, but the profit margin is better even than a certain kiln-dried log suppliers'! ;-)
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A fascinating spec... Things have moved on since I last looked at these, so I'm most grateful to you. Apologies for my earlier misleading bit on ethanol in super unleaded - times clearly change rapidly. Sulphur at 10ppm. Guess what? The EU maximum is 10ppm... So no extra effort put into removing that, then. Aromatics at 35%, and olefins at 18%. These are the octane enhancers. The aromatics include that nice benzene stuff, the olefins leave deposits in your engine. Both produce a disproportionate amount of pollutants - which we breathe in. Oxygen is another octane enhancer. The ethers in that list concern me: MTBE, ETBE, TAME and DIPE. MTBE is banned in most of the US, with the rest joining within the year. None of the others are much better for you. I really need to get cracking on a reliable supply of Aspen, I think...
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Ethanol is one of the options for boosting the octane rating, so yes, some fuels can contain more. And ethanol is bad for us as it's hydroscopic and drags water into the fuel while it's being stored. But at least it's not so bad in the unburnt portion of the exhaust as e.g. benzene. The various companies keep their exact additives mixes close to their hearts, so it's hard to say e.g. Supermarket X puts more ethanol in it's fuel than Oil Supermajor Y. But there is likely to be more ethanol in super unleadeds - it's the octane rating you're paying for, not higher quality. And some vendors may - as you rightly point out - display the ethanol percentage they use (which if it varies from the majority will be done during the flow blending).
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No worries, mate. Does anyone else out there use them and want to comment. They might be the answer to a current need if they're economical enough!
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They're scared to give it to you. The only ones who aren't - and I've not tried the stuff yet 'cos Eddie doesn't seem to be able to land a dealer within 30 miles of Evesham - are Aspen. Credit to them on that, but hardly surprising given their sales pitch. And forget all the BS about 'the composition of our petrol is a trade secret' rubbish from the big oil companies. It's not. They all use the same stuff from the same tanks at the same refinery, then flow-blend in their own particular cocktail of additives as they load the road tanker. There's a reason you see more and more unbranded white tankers around, too: companies can share unbranded ones, and they don't need to rinse the tanks out at changeover...
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I confess: since I changed over to bio chain oil I'm forever overfilling the darned thing. It just flows too fast out of the combi-can's stop-when-it's-full spout. I'm thinking of going back to mineral oil on environmental grounds...
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I've never used one. How do they compare to e.g. the caps on my 550XP - screw in with a flippy lid to make it easier to break/make the seal? Never had a problem with the Husky ones... ;-)
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Round here you can make that £50/ton. So £25/m3 for the OP. That leaves him £55/m3 to split between them.
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How many of those does it take to do a cubic metre, do you find? Wondering about using them to save handling, help the customers, make the seasoning easier, etc.
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Eddie, still wondering what you're going to do in the Evesham area? Nothing within about 30 miles of us...
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The man is correct. WD means "Water Displacement" and 40 means "40th attempt at getting the formula right". The stuff works for me.
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Actually there is lead in there, hence the name 'unleaded' rather than 'lead-free'. It comes from the feedstock in trace quantities. The rest of it is fractions from the crude, plus complex fractions from the cracking, etc. It's a horrendous cocktail, and don't even get me started on MTBE additives, etc. Worth noting, too, that premium unleaded is no better - in fact often the octane booster is ethanol. i.e. it can be even worse for your kit.
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Hey Eddie, any news yet on getting a dealer in the Evesham area? The Pershore one fell through, even though it's still listed on your web site.
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Good news, then. Thanks, Jonesie - appreciate the informed update.
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An interesting email just in on Stihl - apparently their online sales restriction has been challenged in the courts and hence their products are available online again. Anyone else hearing similar, or is this just a bit of guff?
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I use one all the time - no funds yet for any powered equipment. It's fine with one bag - but if it's beech or oak it's just about on my limit to push, and I'm no small bloke. The surface is important - mine is tarmac, and there are a few spots I have to avoid where the surface is breaking up. My bet is you'll manage one bag, but 2 will be a problem. But they're inexpensive items, so it'll prove immensely useful whatever!
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Try Jon Mendi-Plogs - he's always after big stuff down your way...
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Well, I don't think I've sharpened my X27 in 100 tons of hardwood and still counting. It doesn't appear to be suffering from it - it just slips through rings like, well, like, err,... best I don't finish this sentence ;-) So if you've got an oilstone around, great. Otherwise, just don't bother...
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My 576XPG and 550XPG were simply filled with fuel and oil and then put to work. No issues. Both love nothing more than cutting wood. I think there's a lot of guff spouted about setting AT saws. They're designed to set themselves. Just give them that chance!
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Correct. EN58J - more often known in wood-burning circles as '316' - is comprised of carbon, manganese, chromium, molybdenum, nickel, silicon, phosphorus, sulphur and approximately two thirds of good old iron. No zinc, aluminium or copper. Search online for it and you'll get the exact percentages by weight.
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Hmmmm.... interesting stuff, as I've developed asthma in the last 2 years and it's only getting worse. Anyone else getting that issue?
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I'm afraid that doesn't follow. Some stainless steels are indeed magnetic, but austenitic ones (which is most of them, by volume) are not. But they're still largely made of iron.
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Stainless has a high ferrous content - it's the alloying with chromium and vanadium that gives it the corrosion resistance. There are different grades - and I always advise people to pick the higher-grade of the two usually on offer for flues and components. But it's only corrosion resistance. Not immunity in the lower grades. Hence the issues folks are having.
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You too, Jon. Have a fab Xmas and New Year and we'll see you online in Jan :-)
