spuddog0507

Not good but it is going on every where, and not just under the cover of darkness, mate of mine had his suzuki vatara broke in to about midday not long since, he only went to quote a job about 10 minuets and came back and side window smashed, 2 hedge cutters, blower, long reach hedge cutter, pole saw and a 500i that was about 6 wk old,you need to set something up on the door with a 12v gell battery, car horn, micro switch and led lights, if they know your gear is in there they will be back for the new replacment machines,

Never would of thought you where getting on the other Bus !!! I am sure some one will point you in the right direction tho !!!

Been telling him that for over 12 months now, Hydraulic power is amazing !!!!!

Yes he was up our way yesterday, i have a couple of old batteries he could of had,!!!

Take your sleeping bag ?????

This subject has more grey areas than the book, 50 shades of Grey. I went through all this about 18 month ago and it was a nightmare from start to finish but i got the result i wanted in the end but it took about 6 month to do it, best addvise i can give you is DONT believe anything anyone tells you on this subject, there is not much above that is correct, do your own reserch with DVLA, VOSA and HMRC as what it says on one website is correct, then says on another its not ???? very confuseing, print every page that applies to your requierment and high light all that applies to you and stick it in a folder, well thats what i did , i spent hours reseching on this subject but got there in the end and if i had took notice of some people i would be ending up doing poridge, good luck,

Yes your right you could,nt make it up. someone not doing there job there and in my book they need a serious repremanding for that, a total mark of Dissrespect, Jill Dando was one of or if not the best TV presenter at the time, she was at the top of her job all the time, Very sad n sorry to hear what has gone on there,

Yes and some where mixed at 10-1 the early seagull outboards where 10-1 and then in the 50s went to 20-1, and during the 2nd WW small boats where sent across the chanel with seagull outboards on to recover troops from the beachs at Dunkirk,

Yes look at it, it was thought of by some prick who has never been near any wildfowl or been wildfowling, been out pigeon shooting on a laid barley field today, we have shot god knows how many shells between us, now this very same land we will be shooting Greys and Pinks over it in the next 3 or 4 wks but by law we should be using steel ?? whats the difference ? there isnt one,

why 3 mtr ? 3mtr is not a product size 3.1mtr is so thats why no mills would take it and if they had been cut at 3.7mtr even better,

4 stacks of timber in 3mtr lengths right to top of pins would be way over gross weigh, we cant get 4 bays of 2.5 mtr softwood chipwood to top of pins before max weight attained,

Windblown is where experiance really comes in to its own, you have to know what that timber is going to do when you sever it, i have seen 1 or 2 lads over the years have some very close shaves, one i do remember was 3 large spruce edge trees on one massive root plate all 3 stems after being cut ended up about 12 ft above the cutters head, and when that last stem was severed that root plate all of about 15 tonne of it went down with a bang, not for the faint hearted at all,

Sorting windblown out especilay mulitiple windblown is an art in its self and is in a diffrent league, there is so much to think about and if you dont read the situation right the result could be very very painful,

I will have a bet that it could be south London !!!! should of gone to specksavers

Hi from what you are explaining i would forget the tractor and go with a tracked dumper far better on wet greasy steep ground, we hire a tracked tractor in now and then and all i can say is tracks compared to wheels is the differance between going and not going we have done jobs extracting timber on very wet peat moreland and tracks win every time,

this could be interesting 500i is light yet loads of power so does that make it a better or worse saw to use in a tree ? i would say a worse saw as if your on spikes and a lanyard round the tree it makes getting out the way a little difficult and the 500 is a very aggresive saw and in the wrong hands it could be deadly faster chain speed lighter saw just the right recipe for greater kick back,

Yes out of about 20 arb lads i know only 2 of them have CS32, and what you say big saw standard felling cut ? and as some of us know that dont work all the time, the lad i said had the PL claim took a dead beech down, removed the crown, left a stem about 12-15 ft, rope in top, 661 out the van and proceeded as normal, left a 3" hinge on a 30" diameter dead stem, they rocked it back and forth untill the hinge snaped when stem went back, stem fell 90 degrees from where it was supposed to be, landed on a rockery launched 2 stones 1 in to garage door and 2 went through the fence and in to the side of a Merc ml270 which was only about a month old at the time,

Hi ya used both saws but i have had more time on the 500i, i was cutting some Sycamore with a 500 a few wk ago saw has 25" bar and timber would be 40"+ the 500 does get through some fuel i used best part of 5ltrs in about 2hrs, the saw is light and is considerably noticable compared to the weight of my 461s,the saw has loads of power in the top end and is very quick to get there, so to sum it up it would be a good saw for what you need but as i do what you do i would think twice due to the fuel consumption, i think you would have to take 2 combi cans with you along with every thing else, The 462 i have used a bit but not as much as the above, again the saw is very light compared to the older models, its quick on the throttle response and seems to have bags of power, i have used 2 of these 1 with a 25" bar and the other with a 20" bar this saw feels very well balanced with the 20" bar on it for me, the 462 dont seem to get through the same amount of fuel as the 500 but the 500 is 80cc and the 462 is 72cc i think, the choice is yours sir but if you need to know owt else or have a chat about them you know where i am,

As others have said have a look at doing a cs32 (i dont know the new number) felling trees over 380mm, its not all about getting a bigger bar or saw, its the right sequence of cuts and this can be done with a small saw, its not that long since i said to a fresh out of collage lad, we will go and take that beech down now, i will take hammer and wedges you fuel up and bring a saw, he replied 660 i said no 261, took a 42" beech down with a 16" bar, when tree come down he stood there looking amazed at what i had just done with a small saw, it can be done, There are alot of domestic arb lads out there that do cs30/31 and climbing ticket and thats all they think they need ? but do they need more qualifications ? has any one ever stopped to think why PL insurance for domestic arb is so expensive ? i believe there is a insurance claim made every 3 mins of the 9 - 5 working day in the domestic arb sector, A guy who i move timber for had a claim about 12 months ago for around 11k,he fought with his insurance company to get the claim paid for about 4 month and the main issue was, the insurance co said he was not qualified to remove such a large tree as he did not hold the correct certification,

I said i would talk to you about this ? but the way you worded your msg you was bassically telling me not to bother ? or have i read it wrong ??

Stihl discontinued them about 18 months ago, there will be odd new ones lying around in the odd dealers tho, one i had i think was 2014/15 it was mtronic but all the 241s where as far as u know the 240 was on a addjustable carb, if you know of a 241 grab it they are a really decent little saw,

As quoted in the post above the 241 is a great little saw, i bought 1 a few years back and worked it to death when we was felling infected larch, but they are no longer available, i replaced the 241 with a 261 a couple of years ago and find it a very good saw to use, its light, fast and very nice to use all day, its good on fuel and very quick on the throttle response, i would have no hesitation in buying another one,

Thats very good of you we have serched hi n lo for it but if it went in to forestry it wont be taxed, it was traded in for a 145hp Renault that was a bag of shit, county went up east lancs and then we lost track of it and then about 7/8 yrs ago i heard it had gone up to the boarders working in forestry, i would like to see it again and the guy who i worked with who owned it has said for many years now theres a open cheque for it,

£50 - £55 tonne roadside all day long for every thing for chip

And you told me on Friday you had 12 episodes of Mummy blows best to watch over the week end !! have you watched em all,,,,