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I’m pretty sure I bought super rather than ultra last time based on what you say. What’s the chemistry difference you mention between the Stihl greens and this Castrol red? Ester?
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https://vermeeruk.co.uk/blog/drum-wood-chippers-vs-disc-wood-chippers-which-is-better-
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I do get that my criticisms are largely academic. Ten thousand disc woodchippers are going to work absolutely fine at ten o'clock tomorrow morning.
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Because the flywheel that keeps the engine at optimal revs etc is also the chipping disc. Change its diameter or thickness and you have to change the housing to keep air pushing/pulling properly.
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Plus the drum is probably way stiffer than my model because it'll be a big monocoque running right up to the bearings at each end. Probably only half an inch of axle in free air to have a spacer or very light thrust bearing on.
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Yeah, disc ones obviously work but if you had poor/undersized materials, poor/undersized components or just needed the best possible, why wouldn't you go drum. You could put different flywheels and pulleys on the outboard end of the axles for different engines without changing anything inside the chipping chamber.
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I think you might have just convinced me to deviate from a decade of resistance and buy a combi can.
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Not as good as Stihl. Too soft. I use MotoMix for everything except commercial firewood production (yes, I know, don't ask). I can burn 15 litres a day if I'm going for it. That's £25 vs £75. Ten days of that is £500 difference.
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With other people in the equation, there's simply no way around writing on everything, rigorously enforced. No abbreviations. No, "I'll remember." No, "They'll be able to tell." No, "It's just for this fill." Fuel matches the label or get out immediately. One mistake and you could kill five or ten tools in an afternoon. THOUSANDS OF POUNDS. Very unfunny.
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Poor phrasing. The edge of the disc isn't supported. Although no reason you couldn't with a wheel on the back. But they aren't.
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Disc chippers are such a shit design. I mean, they work, but drums are supported both ends. Why wouldn't you.
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Handy news on the chain oil btw because I have a load |'m about to go onto.
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No. Not trustworthy enough. Got to be top end name. OEM or better.
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Reckon that red Castrol that kram posted is the red Stihl or the green Stihl (dyed differently for the Stihl branding)? I share openspaceman's understanding that the red Stihl isn't as good as the green.
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Update to first post. I don't care if it seems silly. I'm getting older. My focus is being pulled in more directions. If red vs green saves killing a £1000 saw, it's not silly.
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I don't trust Oregon anything really. It's a bit supermarket own-brand. I want solid name-brand. McKewans Champion, not Greene King IPA. Despite the fact it was kram recommending Castrol, that's more a name I'd trust. No offence, kram but you use more fake shit for everything else than I'm comfortable with.
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Probably foreign.
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Rights and wrongs aside, Swordfish is a wicked film.
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Was it you with the Milwaukee M18 pruning (chain)saw I was talking with on here a few months ago?
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I need to get some more two stroke oil. I currently use one of the Stihl green ones, Super or Ultra. As silly as it may sound, I’d like two stroke to be red. It’s how I was brought up. It’s easier to see. Or I’d like it to at least not be green so it’s different to MotoMix (green). Purple might do. Must meet or exceed Stihl’s specification. Will read the manuals to see what they call for (JASO FD etc - can’t remember what any of it means). Did find some dye for helicopter fuel but it was £3.50 for 30 ml. Any ideas? Yes, Stubby. We know you use Redline.
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When they’re liable with their own money and not the taxpayers’.
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That’s not shat itself. Shat itself is bits of metal breaking/splintering/wearing away. Bottom end bearings, rings, rods etc. Needing a carb clean is an often observed and non-disastrous effect of going straight after a long time on pump petrol. I use battery, mains 240, Aspen, Motomix and pump petrol for different tools for different jobs. My 500i was on Motomix for an arb job last week. It and my 661 will be on pump fuel for the next fortnight while I do a big firewood stint. Then back to Motomix to sit around for a while. Anyway, calm down dear. Aspen’s fine.
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Define ‘shat itself.’
