Joe Newton
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Everything posted by Joe Newton
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That's okay, I am
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The Treemotion is an exceptional harness, if that counts?
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I think Bren was referring to Stubby's mouth watering collection of finely tuned, SugiHara smothered Husqvarnas. They're enough to make any mans pants grow tight, wether he holds hedgehogs hands or not...
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The man has a point. There are better ways to make a sexuality statement than buying Stihl.
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The 441 is a good saw on a 20" and not great on a 25" The 460 is a great saw on 20" and good on 25" Personally if it going to be used full time on 25 I'd get a Husqy 390.
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It ran a 30" bar?! What was it cutting, candy floss and clouds?!
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Ask Spud about my 357xp... got a non runner for £100, sent it his way and after fixing, porting, muffler mod, and 6 hours of cleaning, I got an animal back in the post. I think all told it was within your budget too, give or take a few quid. That said it would depend on the state of the non runner
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I mean compared to a 660 on a 20" bar the 441 is going to feel like a snail. I love a short bar on a big power head on the deck, but it's different up the tree where weight is more important.
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Well it sounds entirely your fault! If you use a 660 on a 20" anything else is bound to feel slow! You wouldn't use a 66 in a tree with a 20" bar would you though!
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To be fair, I half agree with you. Next to the 460 it's the lesser saw. You can lean on the 460 and treat it like the brute it is. You have to be a bit more gentle with the 441, and let it cut it's own way. Despite this it's a good saw, if you can change the way you treat it a little. Were you running it on a 20" or 25"?
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Maybe you're using it wrong? Is the chain on the right way
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My 441 is nice on a 20" revvy and plenty quick enough. 5" more bar size and it's pathetic. That said I would have preferred a 372 or 461, but I paid £400 for mine and it was only on its second chain.
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It seems like a lot of your posts are as unproductive as this. Why bother, it's irritating.
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Very impressive video. A day is very good going for that tree! What was the first song? I liked that. The last song sounded like the Gaslight Anthem. I still can't see the advantage of the backbone vs a steel biner and tape sling though. It seemed to work fine in any case.
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Your arse on the line, your choice. Problem with being "that bloke who'll climb anything" is that you tend to keep pushing the limits further and further. Only takes one tree to end your career or worse. If you weren't sure, and there was a safer alternative then it sounds like a sensible call. If the gaffer wasn't pleased you should have offered him your spikes and saddle. I think Andy Collins here mentioned an example where a new climber "chickened out", and the boss got all huffy and went up himself, whereupon the tree promptly collapsed!
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Yup, can't tell the difference between a fart and a yawn nowadays.
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Haha exactly the same here. I ran out of rope 2' from the ground the other day, undid my stopper knot and let the rope run through the hitch. Afterwards I was really annoyed. It's light someone nudging your rest view mirror, you'll never get it back the same.
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And which saw of mine do you mean? The B&Q plug in one or the 24" bahco?
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I'm sure that's true. However that vid is meaningless until we see it in some wood
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That's amazing!!! I don't get it. It's a saw being revved. I could stand in my garden and make similar noises...
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I run a 441 on a 20" bar. 25" would manage but I'd get really frustrated with it. There's always a trade off with weight vs power, but I've used an MS361 on a 20" bar for a few years, which it copes with okay. However since I've jumped 10cc to the 441 on the same bar I wouldn't go back. That goes for climbing too.
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As good as any other boot I imagine. If your spikes are slipping out of your heel they're done up too loose
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About five metres, but at least half of that is daisy chained up to my harness. I rarely use it.
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It's less to do with your diminutive stature and more to do with the HiFlex. They seem to make them out of recycled candy floss. I'm a compact 5'8, 10 stone, athletic build, chiselled features and the HiFlex fall apart at the sight of work. I've been wearing the Arbortec Breatheflex for a good few months. Similar fit to the HiFlex, comfy as hell, and if you accidentally do some work in them they stay in one piece!
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Shame to fell it, that looked like a lovely reduction in pic 2!
