Timbermcpherson

To many to count, 50 or so, its an illness

My last double cab Diesel 4wd D22 gave me 7 years of faultless hard work, 250,000kms when sold and I thought it would do near that again.

Now got a 2013 d22, double cab, its great but at 53k its unproven. But last week we were using it to load the truck using a spar pole. Loaded about 90 logs this way

Maybe ours in NZ werent done in spain....

I haven't bought a chainsaw in ages. I'm waaaaaastin awaaaaayyyyy! ��

Here you go mate, live vicariously, one of two I just got

there to feed it tree!

I tink everyone is referring to climbing saws Timbermcp.

 

But a 3120 is incredibly easy to restart on spikes as the one I use fires into life first pull every time i go to restart it when i'm blocking down big stuff. As fer the 3120 single sided chainbrake lever and it's clever reset mechanism, now that does make my life easier too as it requires little effort and helps to prevent my digits from getting strained

 

The reason i switch off a 3120 is because when i'm repositioning my flip line and getting comfortable fer the next 'chog' it's not eating up fuel. These saws drink fuel at a fair ole rate so i do my bit to conserve it. It's also good to have some silence whilst chatting to the groundies.

They start great right up to the point they dont!

Best thing I every brought for one of mine was a D starter handle, so much easier to get a great grip on.

I have always climbed with a running saw if im less than a minute from my next cut, even if its a little 260t. saves time and energy and is no safety risk or noticeable fuel use.

It could be a psychological thing, having it running reminds you that your

i was thinking that too. In my opinion climbing saws shud be started up and used to execute whatever cuts are close by and then immediately shut off till you reposition.

 

Apart from starting mine up from cold and letting it dangle at the end of the tool strop fer 30 secs or so afore i pull it up to make the first cut, i never leave them idling as they all get very hot, especially these newer breed of saws with Catalytic perverters fitted.

Much faster and easier on the body to leave the 66 or 3120 running than having to start them again 20 seconds later. I havent been burned by a saw for over a decade

I wonder if you can make a heat proof flap to go on a harness to protect you when you have the saw in a petzl caritool with the exhaust against you when its idling.

The parking was worse than the access

I really like them, for the money you cant beat them and they come up pretty cheap on trademe sometimes. Or mikes chainsaws has them cheap.

No dismantle saw but I had mine going through 10 inches of pohut without much effort today.

brake is a little clunky and it takes a little bit for them to warm up but other than that they are a gem to climb with.

worst thing I find with the echos is that the factory bars are so hard they are near impossible to dress with a file, I have to use a grinder at home to dress em, but being that hard its rare to have to dress them

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Buy him a new bar and chain, you keep the old one and get them sorted

Hey gets brand new stuff, you get a usable bar for later, you can borrow more kit next time

The Castle Doctrine does have its place, as nuts as so many US laws may appear

I have given a certain amount back and told them to "buy books for there kids" or "go out for and enjoy a movie". Even dropping a couple bottles of wine around would be neighbourly

She will remember if you matched her expectations, she will only tell others if fall short or exceed them

Had my 260tes over 3 years now, needs a carb clean but apart from that it's faultless. Shame as I have a big itch for the 2510 that needs scratching haha

Yeah one of mines about 10 years old! Very tired so now its amongst my collection of semi retired saws

They are in nz, my dealer got to try one out as a rep was doing the rounds with one, one step closer! Pity it takes so long to wear out a 260t!

Dont the echo power pruners use 1/4 pitch?

Took stihl 10 years to make the 150 to beat the 260t, wonder how long it will take them to do better than the 2510

do not run a cable through a pulley unless its massive of you have a desperate need to have an unmanagable 12mm steel pigtail. if we need to redirect, we run 16mm bull line between the cable and load

Theres a good chance its the same as the Isuzu. Alot of the nissan, mazda, ford, hino, toyota, isuzu trucks are "shared" models. same truck, different badges and shapes.

Last owner of one of my chippers was changing bearings every year, he was overgreasing them. we do ours on fuel fill up, and its been 3 years without a bearing issue

Sometimes its not differcult to get a higher ratio diff, or even heighten the profile of the rear tyres. Worth asking around.

Firstly its a truck, your not legally allowed to do more than 90.

Second, your complaining about being able to do 90 to a guy who owns a unimog

Third, your an arborist in the central north island, how much time are you going to loose a year only doing 80?

I wouldnt think you could go far wrong with the Hino, isuzu, Fuso (mitzi) or Nissans, although with trucks it can be a crapshoot as rebuilding parts of them can be darn costly when they get bounced at COF time. 5 ton payload is a bit rarer though, most stuff abouts got a 2.5ish payload such as the elf250's etc.

I have 2 3120's, and 2 88's and a 090 (its a sickness)

When your chogging down big stems or cutting up that stick on the ground, you just cant beat the speed of the big boys. I grab the 3120 as soon as the trunks bigger than 24 inches.

Really saves time

If theives are able to use a scanner to find a tracker (Im assuming because its emiting a signal)

Could you have it powered by the 12v supply off the tow vehicle and only work when something like the brake lights are on (would give you enough signal when on the move or being parked to get an idea where the machine is, but wont put out signal when parked up and being looked over)

Or maybe run it off the ignition system of the chipper with a timer. so it only comes on after the chippers been running for say 30 minutes. You only need to get the address of where it has been working to get a lead from those at that property as who was working there and has the chipper.

could that work or have I got it wrong the way those trackers work and how they are found by the scum stealing gear