Daniël Bos

I like the bit where it says: "Packaging: Carbon"

What you need, is a mouse! If it works for beet, it'll work for logs!

Pay him for the work he did and tell him you'll give him some advice as a free bonus payment. It sounds like he did simply not turn up prepared. If it's hot, wear a thin top, apply copious sunscreen and wear a hat. If you're wearing a helmet fill the gap between the harness and the shell with a wet towell and keep it wet. If you reckon he could not work because he did not look after himself well enough it's his own fault.

I always tighten it just hand-tight, I never use tools to close it. I experimented with having it only just closed but it opened. If I close it, normal tightness, there is always a lot more force needed t open it then was used to close it. It needs "cracking" to open it. Like I said it may be the oil I use (Lincolshire farmed and pressed linseed oil) but I'm fairly certain it's not.

I've always had stihl saws and liked them. I've however bought a 346xpg and I love it. There's a few things that annoy me (the choke/starter looks far too flimsy, it fall over like a drunkard all the time and I don't like having to use tools to get to the filter:thumbdown:). I can life with all of those though, as the saw is awesome. what really naffs me off though is the tank lids, esp the oil one needs a screwdriver to open it. It may be the oil I use, I may be a limp-wristed whimp, it doesn't matter. Has anyone ever fixed this, or has anyone ever somehow fitted "flippy caps" to a husky as I love them. Thanks, Daniel.

I was told some time ago by a proper old-timer that the trees they used tu cut were always felled in late spring/early summer and then left for a month or so before snedding and processing further. The reasoning was that the trees in full leaf would desperately try and stay alive and pulled much of the moisture out of the wood as they were just in full leaf. They'd then cut them after the leaves had died off. I don't know how much moisture would be removed but I'd guess a fair bit? Anyone tried this? (sorry for the derail)

If it works (?) it'll catch one mouse... Try my suggestion, it'll cost you nothing but some effort and it keeps on catching, and catching and catching.... looks a fun one for the kids though.

Older model 346's had differences, a 46cc(?) and a 50cc(?) "silverside" model. I believe it's all 50cc silverside now though, and they all have the primer-bulb.

You'll do well to find a 192T in England as they're not for sale here:biggrin: Good resurrection, I'm in the Netherlands at the moment for family stuff and have been asked to send someone of here a 192T by post. Cheapest I have found so far is rrp though, wich is €400 inc 19%vat. Postage is about £20. In theory they should not charge the vat for export, but I've yet to convince the local dealers here this is the case. I'll have a good go on monday. €400 minus 19% makes 336 wich is about £300. Anyone else interested in one? Might be able to do a slightly better deal if more people would like one:sneaky2: De groeten, Daniel

I believe that wild wood (learn to spell you thicko's, it's a brand new brand! not old-timie!) is the new name for Weston's. Weston's "organic vintage" is high on the list, as it also comes in "bag in box". 3liters for about £7-8. The Dunkertons is very nice as well. Aspalls organic dry is also in the top 5 for me.:thumbup:

I've had them chew through a fuel return-pipe in the car recently, I left a 2.5 mile trail of diesel to my daughters' school:blushing:. I've found the best mousetrap ever though: Drill a hole through the middle of the lid and the middle of the bottom of a small plastic drinks bottle, short fat ones are best. Insert a cane/stick/rod through the bottle, making sure the bottle turns freely and does not have a "heavy side" (if the hole is not in the middle, the bottle will always be the same way up:thumbdown:). The rod/cane wants to be 10 to 15mm diameter. Put a line of peanut butter in a ring around the middle of the bottle. Place rod+bottle over a bucket, I put 4" of water in, but if your bucket is deep and smooth you won't need to. The mice want the peanut butter, balance along the rod, try and climb on the bottle to get it. The bottle then spins and the mouse drops in the bucket:thumbup1: If you're a hartless bar-steward like me the mice drown, but you could collect them in your bucket and move them out. Make sure they're at least 2 miles away if you release them or the little buggers will come back! Because the bottle just spins it's ready for the next mouse straight away and does not need attention until the water starts smelling (20 mice or 10 days, whichever comes first) or the peanut butter needs re-applying (once or twice a month, depending on choice of PB) I've caught countless numbers of them this way, the best result was 15 in 24 hours.

My wife's auntie has one of those, and she calls it a sugar-plant I think. Edit, google seems to think that no plants go by that name, always thought she was a bit funny...

I'd be interested Billy, how big is large? I'm 6'4" and 18st. I normally have a 34/36 long.

The pouch off mine is gaffertaped to my braces and holds my phone, this way it can stay in there when I'm on the phone as the phone is wired to the (radio) eardefenders:thumbup1:

Thoroughly decent bloke, that Ted. A while after I came looking for advice on whether to wear lenses or glasses he sent me a pm to see which I'd chosen and how I got on with my choice, a decent bloke indeed:thumbup1:

Mine came from FR Jones, you may have heard of them:thumbup:

Good man ELG Was this your prize egg, for guessing why elg got banned? I have one of those, and I use it a lot, very handy. The "file handle" is useless though. I thought the bit on the bar cleaner was meant to be a bottle opener?

Stihl ms192 seems to be the favourite, but hard to find. Maybe one left here? http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/chainsaw-carving-forum/35345-4-x-ms192c-new-sale-wales-uk.html

Max weight on a PS10 is 3050kg...

Not necessarily, I've seen an Austrian (who else but the Austrians) one that has a stack of 1m cordwood in a "magazine" type thing. It then uses a conveyor to pull in one log and chips it straight into the fire when needed:thumbup1: I think it could hold a week's worth. It was on quite a large system though, heating a small hamlet.

I got called boy the other day, made my week:thumbup: I don't know how they do it, but all the reviews on the thing are raving. I don't have one yet, it's on the x-list, and they better buy me one or I've promised to moan the whole month of Jan and not split any more wood:001_cool:.

Here you go kids, should have read the above about it being amazon.COM not .CO.UK:biggrin: [ame=http://www.amazon.com/Fiskars-7884-36-Inch-Super-Splitting/dp/B004M3BAQE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1322470285&sr=8-1]Amazon.com: Fiskars 7884 X27 36-Inch Super Splitting Axe: Patio, Lawn & Garden[/ame] Comes to £51 odd pounds delivered to the UK but it will vary daily with the exchange rate fluctuations, only pennies difference per day at the moment though.

Good plan Mr Hill, but it'll need a different splitter. It'll need one of those huge wheel things, widowmaker style. Then they'll need to slave in teams, one providing the power, the other one splitting wood, blindfolded! They can swap after 3 cube, and after they've finished their 6cube shift they can go home.

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Making 3 loaves is hardly any more work than making one Big J. The only way to get real bread in the UK is by making it yourself, unless you live in a trendy part of London or a hippy enclave like Totness. If you'd made bread instead of doing nothing your life might have felt fuller:lol: