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The "lower pitched than normal" must be the clue. I don't know these saws at all but the first place I'd be looking would be the lever mechanisms for the choke etc. Is is possible one of the rods has popped of or got bent somehow and it's now on choke permanently?

I wear a Petz Vertex Vent with Husqvarna radio-muffs.

It's in the top of my first aid kit.

My dad is a cheapskate, he uses an old Ivomec pour-on bottle (livestock medication) which is just like the stihl "squeeze, measure and pour" bottles, then buys the cheaper plain bottle and pours it into the ivomec bottle. For small quantities I've used a syringe before (a fairly large one) as it's much more accurate than a cup/bottle for small quantities as I'm always worried about how much sticks to the sides etc. (bigger issue with smaller measures). A syringe is exact and very easy and clean to use.

my money is on a snow/mud-slide type of event, as its only a particular area of a wood I believe(?) It looks like they're on a bit of a slope with the bends all pointing downhill.

That looks a lot like it hurt! Hope you make a full and speedy recovery, and thanks for posting this warning.

I do mind you asking, how dare you! Or I suppose not really. Binders need to be green, as they have to be flexible enough to twist together. Stakes not so much, as they just need to be rigid and stake-like. Depending on availability and local style etc people use hazel, oak or other hardwood rods or sawn stakes. They only have to last for a few years to support the hedge whilst it heals the cuts you've made. My stakes all arrive pointed, and are dead straight, though a small curve here and there can be quite usefull to fit in awkward places. Binders can only be straight-ish really as they need to be a single stem. They need to not have any side-shoots or branches on. Though one could get unpointed stakes and twiggy binders it's so much extra hassle when out by the hedge that unless you prepare all the stuff before you go out you really don't want to be bothered with it. Doing that means opening all the bundles, going through them all, pointing, snedding and re-tying them all etc.

I reckon that's quite random. Did you know... Einstein couldn't speak fluently when he was nine. His parents thought he might be retarded. In Los Angeles, there are fewer people than there are automobiles. In one town in California, there is a $600 fine for detonating a nuclear weapon inside city limits. About a third of all Americans flush the toilet while they're still sitting on it. You're more likely to get stung by a bee on a windy day that in any other weather. An average person laughs about 15 times a day.

Maybe worth looking here? http://www.arboristsite.com/chainsaw/42095.htm And just so you know, it's THE NETHERLANDS! Holland is but a small part of the country, being 2 out of 12 provinces that make up the Netherlands.

I don't mind looking gay, so long as I'm safe in the knowledge that what I drink puts hair on my chest:lol: It's just that I get called an unsophisticated oaf by Mrs Rover when we have people over for dinner and it's white wine all around, as I'd rather drink gone off codliver oil than white wine:thumbdown:

Nearly forgot (for obvious reasons) I got a set of wineglasses. So what I hear you ask, well these are properly sized and will hold a pint of cider in such a way it looks like a normal(ish) measure of (gay:sneaky2:) white wine. I get to look sophisticated and suave and all that, but can drink my cider with every meal!

This any help David? ms-192-t-192-tc-chain-saw-instruction-manual.pdf MS362_Manual.pdf They're on the Stihl USA site. Hope you had a good one, and thanks for your pm.

Got a customized hoodie with my website and some cool graphics on it. A petzl tikka2 headtorch, A "norfolk poker" which is a campfire-blowpipe thing, it's cool. But the best by far were the combo of being with just my family (wife and daughters) as it was the most peacefull and stressless one ever. And the looks on my daughters faces as they opened yet more presents. Elisabeth (the elder) went all quiet for lots of them, unable to express just how ecstatically happy she was. Martha would start screaming and jumping "that's just what I wanted" for most of the stuff she'd never even knew existed before. They're twins, but so beautifully different. It took us from 7:30 stocking time to kids bedtime at 8 when we finally opened the last gifts.

:001_rolleyes:"Do you offer delivery to our Nigerian Chuch?":001_rolleyes:

I like my stakes 1 1/2" to 2" thick, 5 foot long. Binders of 3/4" to 1 1/2" thick, 12-15 foot long. I pay 50p plus vat each, including delivery. You could sell it for a fair bit more, depending on local demand. I've found it really quite hard to find a good supplier and I buy by the artic-load!

It's a used item:confused1: prices will vary with what life it's had, how it looks, local demand etc? The way I see it is as follows: I don't buy a £100 item and then pay £20 vat as well. I buy an item that costs me £120. Whether or not the seller needs to hand over part of that to the tax man or the grim reaper is not my concern. When I sell something I price it for what I want for it, not what I paid for it minus depreciation plus Vat etc...

They'll not know it's extra, unless you tell them?

Bollocks, just add £403 (or however much you want) to how much you think it's worth. You're allowed to charge as much as you like as long as you don't call it vat.

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No you don't.

Surely if you can afford to run a toy like that, you can afford a little stepladder or a box if you're tight.

:thumbup:I like it, freestyle parking is cool, as long as you're happy to pay for any and all damage caused:thumbup:

I take it you live near a dragstrip or a German autobahn?

Thanks Gerrit. The brackets in your pics look quite different to mine though. Your look much more like balls stuck on the branches whereas mine is quite different? It may be relevant that the pic was taken with the stem laid? It was growing on a vertical stem before I got to it:biggrin:

I've laid a fair few miles of hedge before now, but had not encountered this before. It's 400meters of field boundary, replanting is not going to happen. There are a few gaps that need replanting though. Are any of the "normal native hedge" species ok (not susceptible)? The wood is really pretty indeed but seems to be quite brittle and hard. I've only take the pen-knife though. Thanks Guys:thumbup: