Daniël Bos

Using the decomp button on any standard saw means you are a nancy! Apart from*that, I've never used the decomp on my 365 (or any other saw) and it always starts on third or fourth pull when cold, first when warm.

365xt, over 70cc's of under-tuned over-engineering. And cheap too...

Running at full throttle is what a chainsaw is designed for,melting three pistons is not right! Did you ever find out what the root cause of her repeated failures was? You'd want to find out to prevent re-occurrence. As for replacement, husky 365xt, best value saw you can buy. Fairly rugged, reliable and simple.

Cant find it now (on the phone app) but Big J got all that sorted when he bought his mill. 2.5K is a number that springs to mind but I may have made it up?

Normally on these it's the maximum vehicle weight minus 400 Kgs (300 for driver, passenger and three chainsaws, 100 payload) I believe?

Fr Jones used to offer a "light" chainsaw course for domestic/occasional use. http:// http://www.frjonesandson.co.uk/training/courses/

Seems like a must-have gadget, will order one for sure! Do any of you chaps use the makita battery powered coffee machine?

The brake systems on all modern chainsaws are the same (badly made copies excepted) though there are some saws with an extra brake feature on the back handle ("trio-brake), that puts the brake on as soon as you release the back handle. Its crap, don't buy it. The ms193 could well be an awesome saw, it's predecessor was but that means not much when it comes to new stihl models... It's more of a specialist type saw, as it's really a tophandle saw with a back handle stuck on it, ideal for carving and such. also does your local dealer have one? the 192 was never officially for sale in the UK? If you can buy one it'll probably be fairly expensive compared to... The ms211 is proven, reliable but underpowered and overpriced compared to... The 435 has less power on paper, but it being a larger displacement saw it has more grunt and power to pull the 14" bar. At under £300 the husky would be my choice in you position.

You don't. Window frames are made of dry wood and separate to "the bones" of the building. Metal is best avoided anywhere on an oak frame. It acts as a cold bridge causing condensation problems, it's ugly as sin, and anything but high grade stainless against green oak would stain the oak and rust the metal quickly.

Fine and Dandy thanks:thumbup1: Glad the saw is as expected, :001_smile:did you get the spare nuts I sent? (My phone drowned a little that day so any texts of eternal gratitude are forever lost in the textosphere as it took me a week to replace it...) Stefan, I can thoroughly recommend Rachel. She works hard without complaining, appears to have a level common sense that is near extinct and is an entirely pleasant, positive person to spend time with. She's a fair bit closer to you than she's to me as well, just make sure to give her detailed directions...

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Chip under logs is a bad idea. It holds moisture and works as a wick, pallets are much better as they create an airgap.

If we're being pedantic, you're math is far off....

Blackthorn be come and gone here in "shirt-sleeves rolled up" sort of weather.

I don't climb trees, but I really really want one of these! The organic development, with customer input being so big a part in a design where form follows function so beautifully!

2 ms880's on a double-ended bar, will cut a Lot faster than 1 390, is a smallish investment and will hold its value well if you decide to scale up or move on.

cvt...

Wot 'e said ↑ What are you intending to charge though? Charging new-fangled Li-Ion batts for example is hugely inefficient using an inverter. I think last time I tried I could charge two 18v 3.0Ah makita's on my truck. The third would drain the battery too low to be able to start it afterwards. I then fitted an aux battery with a voltage-sensitive split charge relay so I could safely use the inverter without getting stranded. I used a Victron inverter, not cheap but very very good. Much higher efficiency than "el cheapo's" and will work forever.

But even a coal-electric car emits a*lot less due to the efficiency of a power station running at near optimal load pretty much all the time. Our electric car runs on about 70% of our own solar in summer, the rest is imported renewables:thumbup:

Firewood I guess:001_rolleyes:

It is rather back-to-front that there should be "poison-free" zones imo. Just like "Organic", why does "caution, this produce could pose less risk your health and the world as a whole" need a label when there is not one that says: "The pork in this pie is made with meat from animals that have had a life not worth living, and plants that have been doused in known carcinogens"

Tree 3 looks fairly Fig-ish to me?

I've closed a minor road before now by felling a tree (or two...) on it and got paid a lot less than those rates!

He does indeed, and fortunately he's near Totnes and we're in the Far East so I'm not too worried:001_cool: He (and the P.F.A.F lot) exaggerate the term "edible" somewhat on ocasion though....

Good news! Just another little awareness boost for when next one is working on "just another little carpark birch"...