spuddog0507

Lodgepole makes quite good firewood once dried out, it gives a good heat out, we get a fair bit of it and the only problem with it is if left outside in the length it soon starts to rot but should be ok for a year or so,

The 400 is quite a decent saw, i had a day on one back in March and for the time i used it i thought very highly of it, light, well balanced, good throttle response and seemed to have plenty of power with it, the one i used had 20" bar and we was cutting some 24" + Sycamore with it and it seemed well up to the job,

I dont think so ? as i spent some time on Thursday with one of the main FC guys for that area and this disease was disgust and i am sure if it had been found in Cumbria he would of said so as the more people that know about it in a area the better the chances of it being found are ? Can you say when it was found in Cumbria ? as it could of been found on Friday ? The FC have been out looking for it in Wales but nothing found as yet, Something else thats come from the big Green house again ! when we have no trees left we might learn, ??

Hi i dont know how far north of the border you are ? but if you where in the bottom half of Scottland i could put you in touch with 1 or 2 people in the area that you could make enquires with regarding work, Saws, PPE, foot wear and other equipment is one of them situations that you get what you pay for and my take on that is buy the best you can at the time as it will pay in the long run for you, saws to start with i would be looking for a saw around the 45-50cc and my take on that is do a bit of reserch in to your local dealers, talk to other lads and get there opinions on what saw is best suited for your needs, for me every thing is Stihl and purchased from a local dealer, 3 reasons for that 1) support for my local dealer. 2) if i have a problem with a saw it generlly gets sorted out with in 24hrs, 3) i chose Stihl due to the spare parts back up in the UK unlike some other brands, i have always found the Stihl 260 and later the 261 to be ok, just sold a 260 that has stood idle for 2 + yrs and tipped the old fuel out of it and refueled it fired up 5th pull,, Boots i have always found Meindl wood walkers about the best but not sure if they are still available ? Pants dont bother with the cheap ones as they are a worth buying, unconfortable to wear and even worse when they get wet, I am sure some others will add to this list with advise on both work and equipment,,,

I can really see that or something like it being a very good venture at the moment and even better with either a winch or a crane or event both,

Totally agree with that one ,,, Once over we had Empires run by Emperors, Then came Kingdoms run by Kings, Today we have Countries !!!!!!!!

There are less cattle beef/dairy in the UK today than there was in 1965 and it is just not a few its something like 1,5 million less, compare this with the amount of cars/trucks on our roads and thats something like 55 times more today and as for commercial flights compared to the same time 4000 in 1965 and 30 million today, We dont have to be Educated at Oxford or Cambridge to work that one out, ???

I would say if it had a TPO on it you still have to go through the proper chanels with the council, if it was a small area of say 15-20 trees consult your local FC rep in your area, As Stubby says be careful, as the timber goes very brittle, some trees we have worked on in the past 3 yrs will have been dead for a year or 2 but have still come in to leaf but they are just living of the moisture in the timber hence why the timber goes brittle, if you have to climb it be very careful and tie in on something thats substancial,

So after reading this thread from start to finish, the woodlands mills are OK ? as been told by some one that they where not that good !! then looking round and doing some homework to me they seemed very much OK, I have a chance of some Larch like about 700 tonne, some i can sell on for sawlogs and chip but some i will hang on to and buy a mill and do a bit on that when its raining (so thats till march) all so have a meeting with UU on Monday regarding more larch so i might be unendated with it come christmas, i dont need a big mill as i dont plane on milling all the time as i have other things on but like of late just been on the firewood and making some room in the building and looking where to position a mill,

In our line of work which is subbing to a large forestry Co, If there H&S guy came on site and they randomaly do, if one of us had a saw with out the warning/addvise stickers on and it was found he would be sent of site or told not to use that saw until new stickers where fitted, Harsh i here you say but them stickers are there for a reason,

Your welcome and as i said i will get in touch with the harvester driver and make some arangment,s to be on a felling site for a few saturdays and we will get you doing a bit,

i would gladly help you out on this one, as i dont mind passing my experiance on, i will PM you some contact details,

nice fish are the two large ones ferox trout. i have never had the pleasure of catchin a double figure trout .had plenty large pike n salmon First photo is 6,12 and not sure if that was a ferrox or a sea trout, the 2nd one was ferrox of 12,02 and the 3rd one all so a ferrox of 16,14, I had targeted a ferrox for many years but with zero results and then the 2 fish in the last 2 photos where caught with in 24 hrs of each other on the same water but about 5 miles apart, other lads had been catching them for several years but lady luck was not on my side until these 2 came along,

Sorry to hear this, it stinks and there is all ways something in the small print that never makes sence until you have read it 20 times, When you dont pay on time they are on your back day in day out for payment, but look what happens when the situation is reversed, i know another lad who had there van and all contents nicked but van was found i think ? i will ask him how they have gone on,

Caught a few trout over the years and a supprise seatrout, please excuse the quality of the photos as they are photos of photos,,

This guy in question is supposed to be a fully trained arbourist but just watching him with a saw for ten minuets makes me think he is not, He was not shown or told to roll his saw pants up to his knees when using a saw when he did his CS 30/31 and any of the other tickets he claims to have,,,,

That dont supprise me one little bit with that figure, you want to get on a page called Stihl chainsaw fans on FB and see what the bell ends over there film and write and post publicly, 10 bottles of Bud and a few joints and then out with the ported 880 to cut some firewood, with flip flops n shorts on,

Chainsaws can be made alot safer than they are all ready and it would be a very simple answer, and that is just dont let idiots use them, there are far to many people out there that say they can use a chain saw but sorry to say they havent got a clue, Was on a job a few wk back and one guy with saw boots and pants on snedding a tree but he has saw pants rolled up to his knees ? what the point of that exercise was is beyond me but some of the younger lads just seem to be so clever and when you point something out to them, i am just a silly old t - - t that knows FA, but only been doing it 40+ years but know nowt !!

They got more money down south, you should,nt of been so lavish with your first bid 😂

All the saws i have had from your shop have been assembled and fuelled and oiled and a test run done,

Doomed i think your right there, its high time some one took a grip on this country and sorted some things out properly instead of playing at it ? I cant say what i feel about how the last 2 years have been but things are not getting any better for sure, K you say plant more trees, but whats the point ? when another infection will just get them, we restocked many sites that where cleared of Larch and we planted Douglas fir, Hemlock Spruce and Cedar on some of them, but it looks like the DF and Hemlock could of been a waste of time now,

Yes your probably bang on the money with that comment and i would bet that its probably halfway up the country by now, but it wont be found till its looked for and now they will start looking for it,,

FFS we are not going to have any trees left at this rate, and is this another part of Tony Blaires legacy ???, first Ramona Phytophthora was found in Cornwall in what 2008 and probably been there several years before it was identified, The great green house project, The Eden project was built and filled with Trees and plants from all over the world ??? and 2 very serious threats to our woodlands have started in that area ? Who the F - - k runs these so called projects ?? we here in the north west have hardly any Larch left now due to Phytophthora and there is 10,000 roadside Ash trees to come down due to Ash dieback,,,

I dont see why the oil in the fuel needs changing ? used the stihl red oil for many years in all our saws and its never been a problem ?. I bought a 660 about 12 mth ago that had been purchased back in 2014, but i do know it had not had more than 20 ltrs of fuel through it and just sat on a shelf in a workshop for last 5 yrs , i gave £500 for that and sold it on for £800 but it was very clean and a genuine little used saw, your £500 is fair i think, but i do think you could get a bit more for it,

Oh dear spell check,, 😒 Yes Miss,,