corylus

HE SPEAKS IN TONGUES Thank Allah/God/Pan (delete as you see fit) for the last paragraph. Cheers

Years ago I had either a very early MS660 or an 066 (but believe it was the former) which seized after about 5 hrs use. Due to a change in work patterns this use had occurred over 13 months (ie jobs that I got it for got shifted). I took it back to my dealer who sent offending bits off to Sthil. It came back as a mechanical failure (fuel mix ok etc etc) but parts were NOT replaced under warranty. The dealer though did fit and do all work for free as he could see it was still a new saw. Cant say I want to rush out and buy Stihl in a hurry again. Also had a Sthil brushcutter go.(10 hrs use, bearing in engine went, warranty job though this time) No probs with Husky, Echo, Dolmar etc etc MS660 is a cracking saw though, works brill on the Logosol too!

As I started this thread, mainly with the request for refs to 'hanging trees', I thought the below may amuse. Probably the most/least? relevant to the Arbtalk site (Any other songs mention 'Arboreality?) The yellow Roosevelt Avenue leaf overturned The ardor of arboreality is an adventure we have spurned, we've spurned A new leaf overturned It's a new leaf overturned [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWZJcxz_gGI&feature=related]Cowtown They might be giants - YouTube[/ame]

Thats exactly what I thought i'd ask the Grant Santa for. Will ring on monday to see if an application for our Estate (Upland @50% ha ha) is viable. Ta Big Bolt for info BTW

:blushing:Dunno actually. Was just trying to be grown up:awink:

:thumbup:Stops me looking at porn all night:thumbup:

I have some alder to cut back around a pond. There dont seem to be any signs of P. alni on the site but I know it is present fairly nearby. Any hints/tips to reduce the likelyhood of the pruned trees contracting the disease.

Wjhemn yiour fimngerrs asre sdio fgaty youi klererp jhiuttiung adfoinuinhg bnuitytonmsd ionm uyopur jketybnoasred. (when your fingers are so fat you keep hitting adjoining buttons on your keyboard)

what have I done:bawling::bawling: Hanging trees..................remember? CONCENTRATE

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKwgK0_RDmU]Blackmore's Night - Hanging Tree - Lyrics - YouTube[/ame] I have heard of hanging trees (NOT hung trees silly:001_tt2:) but cant remember reading much about them in old country books. I tend not to read fiction, but regularly read Jeffries and BB and their ilk and havent come across a mention of 'hanging trees' that I can recall. Anyone help? Anyone got more Arbsongs, leave The Ilex aquifolium and the Hedera helix out please. Obviously Songs from The Wood by Tull (as seen on an Arbtalk avatar)

:lol:A certain Hereford company will be quakin' in their boots:lol:

Have to agree that a 300 Tdi wins hands down for me over TD5. Its just I couldnt find a suitable 130 Tdi at the time. The 300 is cruder no doubt, but pulls like a train and it dont have a brain. What more could a simple creature of the hills want?

Find out whats already there, or likely to be there, as that MAY dictate you future management. I would imagine there is a lot more there than 'grass'. Have fun with it!

Cheers for all the replies. Went for a DYNACHIP. £250 for a new chip (£225 for a remap, mine was an early TD5 which cant be re-progged). The 40hp extra it gives makes a massive difference to the driveability, it weighs in at 3+ tonnes with 2 blokes, saws, pack-up, flasks etc etc. Feels much more like my 110 HiCap Tdi. Very happy AND he comes to you! A mate had his 90 done same time. He chucked me the keys later and I had a spin. Nearly S**t myself. Just not right that a Landy can go THAT fast.

Lazy and lucky it would seem from the above.

Yes I know, thats why I said sycs hold a large amount of biomass:001_tt2: Wanted some specifics.

One interesting thing on this and other 'fuelly' threads that I have noticed (i'm clever like that!) is some peoples reluctance to leave fuel in saws when they may not get used for a bit, and the overall feeling that unleaded goes off. When mixed for 2 stroke use is there a danger of the oil separating out over time in the tank (or can) or is it the petrol that may go off? Never thought about emptying saws etc, and never had any noticeble problems even though some 2 stroke machines can rest for 9 months! Am I lazy, lucky, or are you lot fretting o'er nowt? BTW have got some Aspen on order to try.

No access for anything bigger than a Tranny onto the driveway. Nice to see you are an equal opportunities employer!

John Seymour made a sensible comment regarding this along the lines of, it takes 10kg of wheat to produce 1kg of meat, so why not eat 1/2 kg of meat (ie less) and 5Kg of wheat. A step in the right direction mi thinks. Not that i'm anti-meat, just pees me off that we are over-run with bunnies and other wild 'food', which is hitching a (not so) free ride AND causing us big problems, and few want to eat it. Now wheres the recipe for Hunters pie?

Ahh SOAD................some of the most original and amazing ever:thumbup::thumbup:

Sorry to be picky:001_tt2: but you did edit for spelling! (Should be too many.............)

Slight deviation but.... Removed a wind blown birch which was resting gently on front of house. We had quoted for 2 1/2 days (complete removal) as we thought we would have to hand ball it all a fair distance. Old lady was happy for us to proceed. However by a bit of careful quad and timber trailer use managed to remove off site to the farm next door (mine) in one long day. Next day boss man went round to give her the bill and said as the job had gone so well (we still had all the brash to deal with etc but off site now) he would drop the price. She wouldnt hear any of it. Was very happy with the job. However..............a couple of days later dis-content had spread. Apparently according to a neighbour who had been gobbin off in the pub, the old lady's son was furious about her been ripped off, and the job anyway could have been done for £20 and the firewood by one of the chaps in the village. General badmouthing all round... On hearing this the lad I was subbing for (who was trying to get established in the area) went to see the old woman. She knew NOTHING of it. Said she hadnt seen her son! AND was very sorry on her neighbours behalf no less. So the lad goes and has it out with the gobsh**e, who apologises and promises to put the record straight. Dunno what the moral is here but the chap in question moved and has cancer. Sometimes wonder if there is a god. (BUT I still have a sneaky feeling he nicked my zubat!!!)

The OBN (see private Eye) to all concerned. Me too!!!

Wood is perfectly sustainable as fuel. BUT we are not sustainable as a species. Hope that clears up any confusion.

As I started to say but got stopped because I had dared to stray over my 10 minutes allowed for editing, even though I had made my decision to edit within the 10 minutes (please make this restriction clear, as I was past 3000 words in my edit which involved a culturally diverse critique on the merits of 'Stripped down Italian speedcore as a knee-jerk reaction to the pseudo- middle-class confines of 'the Frankfurt Jazz tip scene') Or (as any biscuit-heads have realised) I was about to launch into a lengthy polemic with you regarding the finest folk writer of our time, Nigel Blackwell together with his fine supporting cast known to us all as HALF MAN HALF BISCUIT AND BEFORE YOU START, dont judge on some faded memory of Trumpton Riots or Dukla Prague, but listen to more modern (current album 90 Bisodol (Crimond) out recently) stuff. Tunefull, ascerbic, witty and damned right educational. They have matured like a wine produced on the banks of the Garonne, layed down with love in a Cotswold cellar by some minor TV chef, then to be brought to the attention of the non-attentive masses on one wet saturday morning ITV 'cook' show watched by a mix of hungover 20 something sheet metal fabricators, children who are not allowed upstairs because their parents are having sex, parents with children, because they cant stop their children going upstairs, pensioners, and young men in chainsaw trousers who are off work but feel strangely naked without 7 layers of kevlar beyond their knees. Now what was this thread about??????????????