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  1. spuddog0507
    Dont own a petrol crosscut saw but i have owned this old girl for about 15yrs , it probably wont pass any HSE inspection, but is solidly built, reliable, economicial and it does its job very well, will cut 12" with ease and i cant make it use a gallon of diesel in a day, Engine on the bench is a Petter 10hp twin cylinder that starts first swing every time, according to engine number and Petter,s records the engine was made in April 1953 and still doing a days work, they certainly dont make em like that any more,,
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    What do you call the right money per tonne ?
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    Might be for sale after christmas ? but might be a bit big for a small digger how big is the digger ?
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    Dont think i could afford to run my saws on aspen at £18 a gallon, it would cost me above a £100 a week in fuel for a saw on a busy week,, It dont cast me that to run a 3,2ltr shogun, since the E10 came out i have only bought the super unleaded fuel like Shell V power, had no issues what so ever but i have noticed one or 2 little differences, 1) the saws seem to run a bit sweeter than they did when i ran them on just standard unleaded, 2) We seem to get a bit more run time out of a tank of V power as compared to the older standard unleaded, OK it may only be a couple of minuets extra run time per tank but over the day/week/month it adds up slowly but surely, Ok the fuel is a little dearer to start with, but working it all back it does save a few quid in the long run,,,
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    You meen the pump is running directly of the crankshaft which your fan belt pully is fitted to, was it lifting fine before with plenty of lifting power ? then suddenly went to nothing ? first thing first is there oil in the resaviour ? when was the filter last changed ? is the pump shaft still rotating when engine running ? if all above all OK , get in there with a spanner or 2 Your not going to repair it with out doing something, get pump off and connector check connector, check pump shaft is rotating but not to freely, there should be some resistance,, personally i dont think a new connector and pump would break the bank for that, whitehouse products would be well worth a call for new pump,
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    Well i totally agree with this, i have someone who comes now n then and will do a days work in exchange for a 5x3 trailer load of logs, he aint got either the cash or the space at home to do it, so he comes to my yard on a sat with his butty box n flask and just plods away for the day, and another lad who comes with us just for the experience of being there working on a timber extraction site and he works with a local domestic tree surgeon, he wont take cash or beers off me he just says he should be paying me, this young lad just wants the experience on a saw which he aint getting at work,
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    Andy not every thing in life is all about money, some of us really do enjoy what we do and i am one of them even now i still enjoy a few days on the saw, extracting timber with my little Kubota or cutting and splitting firewood in the building, i would think some people who have been doing the job 40plus years would be fed up with it but i still really enjoy it,,
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    Yes there is a fair amount that keeps coming to the surface, if we get a few dry summers and then really wet winters it seems to appear, I been on a shoot today that is just on the edge of what we call the moss land, very peaty soil, this is where the bog oak rises up to the surface, the last field I was on today is just stating to flood up and if it keeps raining there will be about 2000 acres under water till march/April and today its been very hard walking today it's only just started to flood up, photo below is just a example i reckon in next 5/6 wk that fence will probably go under water, the said field has not been worked for 45 yrs as we know but next spring/summer it's due to be reseeded and leaveled up, could be interesting ??
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    There is a lot that keeps appearing on the Fylde and down around Southport has done for many many years and will do so for many more to come,,
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    Its not that long since some organisations would not accept Lantra certificates, the FC was one but i now believe they do, one company we sub contract to would not accept Lantra and i think they still dont but i am not 100% sure on that one, Our local council who we do a bit of work for now n then didnt accept lantra but now they do, i think the only Lantra course i have done was for a sit a stride ATV (Quad Bike) please correct me if i am wrong i am sure it was a lantra course and i got a lantra certificate and a NPTC certificate for the same course ??
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    Depending on how hungry you are to make it as a climber, if you don,t mind doing sat and sun and putting a bit of effort in on your own behalf, find yourself a farmer/land owner with some woodland and explain your self clearly at what you want to do, explain that you just want to climb the trees and you wont damage any so NO spikes, i have put young lads from Myerscough collage on to landowners for this very purpose and it seems to of worked fine, if you find some where take some one with you DONT go alone, pick yourself a tree and climb it a few times and may be get your mate to time you i am sure you will get faster as you cant beat hands on experiance for getting up to speed, i hope this is of help and good luck,,
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    From what i have herd 2 & 6 for you 8 till 5, I am still on 2 bob a day 😂😂
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    I just cant see how you would expect to get a straight answer on this subject, its a bit like going round every one in the pub on a Friday night and asking them how much they get paid, some would be daft enough to tell you, but most would just tell you f, ,k off, every one thinks different and every business runs different so as others have said work your costs out + a profit + a bit more incase you have a cock up, so really there is no answer to your question and the only person who can answer your question is yourself ,,,
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    Stubby just put a bit of Cassy R in to any fuel, you dont need much about 2 tea spoon full per gallon, and as you know it smells fantastic, bit like going to a vintage bike sprint or a race meeting, i have put it in all sorts from 50cc Fizzy,s to 750 triumphs 😂
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    2 here had a hard wet day today, only 3 of use picking up today and l probably picked 50 60 birds today out of a bag of 223
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    Hi and welcome, most lads i work with in a forestry enviroment run a 261 along side either a 462 or a 500i, i run a 261 with a 461, the 261 is a very well balanced saw and very manoverable when snedding out, its lively and has plenty of power, mine wont get as much hammer as some do and its been faultless,,,
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    yes your right only need cross cutting ticket and no felling ticket needed, it don,t say anything about the size of tree you deal with on this course ? ,Some things in life i just cant see the cense in and this is one of them, i can only see this going one way and thats the wrong way !!
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    Single windblown ticket still available new code of 003937 and interwoven stems and part blown trees is now 003935,
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    It used to be 2 tickets but you could do both together or do the singular windblown ticket, 1 site we work on the local council and EA used do singular windblown or emergancy tree work tickets, so in the money grabbing world we live in today you have to do 2 seperate tickets now ??
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    If your doing what you say, you want to be looking for £150 plus a day, But i would start a bit higher At £200 a day as its a starting point for negotiations, this would give you a bit more scope to may be get a bit more than £150, you can all ways come down a bit on your price but you can never go up once a price has been mentioned, another bit of advise i would give you is look at doing CS34/35 singular windblown and multiple windblown tickets, and dont let any one tell you that you have to do these seperatly as you dont you only need to pay once ,,
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    Think these will be the last pair of saw boots i buy as well but you never know, my go to every day boots are a pair of meindl Dovre (not the high ones) i give em a dose of Hoggs boot care dubbin about 3 times a year and they are doing well bought back in 2013 for £230 so they are looking like a very cheap pair of boots in the ling run,,,
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    thats not a very good advert ? , once had a pair of the Stihl basic £99 boots and they did me 7 yrs, got a pair of Meindl wood walkers at moment and seem to be ok but not as comfy as the stihl ones i had,,
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    Been loads of adds like that on FB this last couple of years, and given the people who have stoves fitted this last year and want a saw but dont have a clue what they are looking at, many will of sent money and recieved FA, one that caught my eye one night was a new 261 for £149,99 advertised in Bradistan ?? Karcher power washers and Dewalt battery tools has been another one, all scams but a very easy way to make money,
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    Very Nice ,, it turns in a lot less space than mine ,,
  25. spuddog0507
    i had Stacy Dooley sleeps over on last night and she was on the Hebradies with a bloke who was a activist sure he was speaking at that Kensington protest, he looked a bit like Henry Cole but with white hair and spoke like right a h but we are all entitled to our own opinion and beliefes

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