Daniël Bos

My app was on the phone when I got it (I use an outdoor specialised phone) and is called "call for help" (no idea why they decided to name it that?) so it may be built in?

I have an app on my phone that you can pre-instruct to call for help by texting or phoning and playing a recorded (by you) message. You can set who it phones etc, it's activated by pressing the camera button for 3 seconds. I always carry a knife and it is always sharp. I normally carry a small forest axe as well. I find out the exact coordinates of where I'm working the day before and put them in a text as having to explain "after 300 yards through the brambles there is a stone, turn into the nettle patch there and keep going till you get to the snapped Ash that looks like a dragon, then carry on along that line until you see that one oak that's bent a bit to the left then I'll be just 200 yards to the right" does not work so well. I make sure my family know those coordinates and when I expect to be back and try to let them know if my timing changes much. I am 6'4, 16st, ginger-bearded Viking.

So are jellyfish, poison them all!

I appreciate the effort going in to the number crunching but if the issue is cost than the answer is simply: aspen is much more expensive, and no amount of calculating seconds/day spent more or less etc will change that. It isn't just about cost though and that is why (for me) cost is acceptable. I run all my saws on Aspen, from ms180 to ms880. Just as a fun fact to ponder: in the Netherlands an employer that requires an employee to use 2-stroke machinery must run it on aspen/motomix/other alkylate fuel, as exposing your employees to the amount of toxins found in pump petrol whilst there are (much) less harmful alternatives contravenes h&s laws. Its more like ppe, about protecting yourself and your employees from harm where it is possible to do so. Do you use a saw in shorts because they are cheaper then stretch airs?

Do you not have loads of pop and a mill Steve? Pop makes OK cladding. Here's one I'm working on, all oak and no metal fixings in it anywhere.

Why?

Make hay, bale it, sell it to Cressida to feed her horses...

In the UK, if you employ a tradesman without the appropriate qualifications, insurance or training you are similarly liable in case an accident should occur. It is up to the person paying for the work to ensure the person they hire is suitably qualified/registered/trained etc, and has been thus for a fair while.

I'd say a little time spent finding a bit of Ash would be time better spent than trying to re-invent the wheel (or the handle) and potentially wasting time crafting a handle that will not be up to the task.

I fitted a Hyway Big Bore to mine, and it was good quality. Casting was better finished than the oem one that came off (Kolbenschmidt), and it was an easy fit. I did a little mild porting for higher speed as the big bore kit is just that ie it doesn't make a standard 660 much faster but it does give it more grunt. With a little porting work and exhaust modding it benefits a lot more. I broke mine, through my own stupidity. I'd fitted a thinner base gasket for optimum compression but the fourth or fifth time I reassembled it after fiddling-testing-fiddling I occidentally omitted the base gasket... It ran really well, for a short while... The ebay seller Tesgol is a thoroughly decent chap to deal with, (one year warranty advertised and I'd thought there was fault with the P+C). As were the manufacturers themselves who were really keen to examine the remains of my saw to determine how it went wrong, and reimbursed me the value of my scrap saw after deciding it was not a manufacturing fault. Even though I ported it a bit, and smoothed the exhaust to a mirror finish, fluted the inlet etc these were not seen as an issue as they did not cause the failure. I can honestly say that was one of the best consumer experiences I've ever had (second only to that one night in Amsterdam that my wife doesn't know about).

Nice job, they look in place there somehow, the pictures of the silhouette of T-rex (?) look really cool. Seems a bit overkill on the transport though, would normal flatbed trucks not have been easier? Do they have any sort of footing/anchorage or are they just on their footplates on top of the grass?

Thanks:thumbup:

What weight is it? What engine is in it? I may well fancy a trip south...

I don't mean to be offensive, but... I'm not a racist, but... I know it's not allowed, but.... But what? You are above or beyond the rules? Always puzzles me, statements like that. It does seem that for wood there may be exceptions to the "Please use Arbtrader--close thread" rule?

The Mighty and Wise Holy Google teaches us that it is most likely derived from/associated with the weapon, Pike. As used to "encourage" to move unwanted travelling people on their way...

A bastard is simply a son born out of wedlock, like many normal words like Hag, Bitch, Crone, Gay, Jessie, pig and many more it is just a normal word that can be used out of context to indicate a meaning other than it's actual meaning. The word you were intending to use has none but a discriminatory meaning and is solely used to hurt and offend? Just my guess mind...

Small gas bottle (many sizes out there, just look on the verge) cut the head of and weld a normal 1/2" thread on it, then you can just fit whatever connections, valve, hoses etc you want on it. I doubt you'd be able to break it with a normal compressor and it'll hold plenty of air to blow some saws down. Having said that, I wouldn't go through the trouble and just clean my machines when I'm back home as and when needed.

I think the amount of shrinkage in a log can never be matched by a steel band, it would not have enough "spring" to stay tight. I'm no metallurgist though...

+1, I wouldn't go into Grimsby if I got paid any less than £200 so it's £200,99 too much.

Nope, they'd need to be dried first before fitting the hoop, and it's when drying that it cracks.

Don't know enough about anything really, but would a sounding hammer not have picked up the decay easily. I'm fairly certain a few taps on the oak in that vid would have made it's condition a bit clearer.

If you've tried a carb reset properly, and it didn't work then do the following. Next time it acts like a pig, take the air filter off and look at the little pipe that comes out into the righthand side of the filter holder bit. If it dribbles fuel or looks like it has recently you have a tank breather issue. The tank breather vents into the inlet so when it functions less than perfectly it causes the saw to overfuel hence run badly/cut out. The carb can do nought to compensate for it has not the capacity to understand the air contains fuel already.

Cannon for east of England, they have several options I think, this one is 60ft and only .8m wide. Cannon Access specialist platforms omme 2750 for hire

My fillpartner (am I the only one that thinks the name and the shape were somewhat unfortunately chosen?) has not failed me once, it is far better made than the husky, oregon and stihl offerings though I've not tried this new husky one yet.

Only you have all the answers really. How much work do you think there is to do? How many hours per week will it take you? How many weeks will he want you to do that for? Together with: how much do you charge per hour? So you should be able to work out a sum, then you have to decide whether that sum is more or less than you'd be willing to pay for said mower. My guess is that you'd be better of just taking the hit now and start earning money not repaying favours.