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  1. Joe Newton
    Cheers Jay. The 357 is a joy to use on a 15" bar. Spud ported it and I geared it up on the sprocket. It's fast, so much so in fact that I almost fully severed a hinge today before the tree was committed! Problem is that when flicking it through brash it can flick up at you if you're not careful, and is a bit of a lump at full arms reach. Hence a lighter saw is on the list. The 550 seems to tick the boxes. I'll probably whack a 13" bar on it, and I've got a spare 8t rim lying around somewhere.
  2. Joe Newton
    Hmmm, looked online and it appears they stopped selling them in 1902!!! Any reason in particular Wyk? I'm inclined to go Husqy but the 241 looks like Stihl have accidentally made a decent new ground saw!
  3. Joe Newton
    Nice short clip there. Liked the communication with the ground crew. As a contract climber to you find you have to talk the ground crew through the rigging quite often? If often wondered if it gets frustrating when every day is a different team with different skill levels and experience.
  4. Joe Newton
    So I've been doing thinning work for the last couple of days, dropping and snedding hardwoods. For the felling I've been using my 357xp 15" that had been send to Spud for some work, and when it returned it was properly angry. I never asked what he did to it. Thing is, the 357 is a tad heavy for snedding in dense undergrowth. A touch aggressive too, but that might be down to my enthusiasm with the depth gauge file. Looking at a smaller saw, to run either 15 or 13" bars. What would you recommend? Doesn't look to be much between them.
  5. Joe Newton
    The arbotec Breatheflex are brilliant. Snug, stretchy, and very hard wearing. I'd buy another pair tomorrow if mine went.
  6. Joe Newton
    Wow, almost 40 grand! That's more than I earn in a week! Fantastic "Thank you" card, very personal and I'd imagine hugely appreciated by all involved Cheers for sharing.
  7. Joe Newton
    No criticisms here mate, just a bit of piss taking think I may have mentioned the groundwork thing in the other thread. No problem with a bit of screaming here either Was the tree deemed unsafe to climb or was the Mewp just available?
  8. Joe Newton
    Nice vid mate, don't know why you bothered with filming that boring ground work at the beginning though! MEWPS scare the hell out of me. It ain't normal being that far out! One question: that bloke singing, is everything okay at home with him?!
  9. Joe Newton
    Yes, having a laugh. Just a joke mate.
  10. Joe Newton
    That's what I meant to type
  11. Joe Newton
    Don't mean to doubt you bud, but if you've had the 360 for a few years, you either have a DeLorean or you don't have the Echo 369tes
  12. Joe Newton
    Utter shite, I'm afraid. A flat cap, transit van, and the ability to Tarmac the drive "while you're there" will put you in much better stead. If you must have a serious answer, and can already do your job, what Richie says is about right. It'll cost about 2-3k for the paperwork mind !
  13. Joe Newton
    Instead of the hitchclimber pulley, which is both too bulky and too useful to be waster as a top anchor, get a small maillon, and the cheapest rated micro pulley. Make sure the maillon is done up tight and keep an eye on the Ali/steel wear. Or search "rope guides for the masses" to find a brilliantly simple, cheaper alternative to the pulley saver. Great idea by Drew Bristow if I recall.
  14. Joe Newton
    Haha brilliant! I really thought the answer might be "my willy"
  15. Joe Newton
    Buxtons it is then I could use my local dealer, they wouldn't know the difference between modded and stock, but that isn't exactly a ringing endorsement now, is it?
  16. Joe Newton
    Mate, don't know how to tell you this, but someone's nicked yer saw!!!
  17. Joe Newton
    Will you do the upgrade for free?
  18. Joe Newton
    I got that mate, I meant I'd ascent as high as I could to the fork I wanted to get up through, pull myself back a bit further out on one of the limbs of the fork, until I could get my foot in the fork, or better over the branch outside the fork, then pantin furiously with my other leg to get myself through. It's all academic since I haven't a bloody clue about SRT, only that it's twice as dangerous as Ddrt.
  19. Joe Newton
    Oh bugger, so it's either new muffler or a bit of tin foil and a pritt stick then. Anyone got a spare unmodded muffler I could borrow? Or a pritt stick?
  20. Joe Newton
    What!? That means I have to buy a new muffler AND figure out how to use a screwdriver! Get real Eddy! It's Stihl's own fault I was forced to take an auger to the can in the first place!
  21. Joe Newton
    Good to know, let me know how it goes. Mines developed a couple of small round holes in the exhaust, I hope this won't affect anything.
  22. Joe Newton
    I don't use SRT (yet) so I may have missed the blindingly obvious here, but instead of dropping through a fork, could you not Carry a few slings/crabs, and set one up outside the fork as a redirect, so you drop down the outside of a fork, rather than through it? If I drop through a fork ddrt, I usually ascend as high as I can to the fork, then use my arms over my head to pull myself out along the branch, until I can get my foot in the fork. Then my system is plenty far enough away from the fork that I can just use my pantin on the other foot to ascend through it.
  23. Joe Newton
    Personally I'd go 13" for fast cutting, with an 8 pin rim. Only because I run a 15" on the 357.
  24. Joe Newton
    Fantastic vid of something a bit different. Nice cutting
  25. Joe Newton
    Has anyone done this!? I'd be interested to know if it's true or hearsay... Not sure if I've still got the receipt...

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