Joe Newton

How many skeletons of cats do you find in trees?

We use a 181 as our day to day ground saw at work. Its cheap, and is fine for cutting up branches for the chipper. In my personal kit however, I run a 211, on a 14" bar. I have used a 16" on it but it does struggle more. The 211 on a 14 is a lovely saw, with noticeably more pluck, but as has been said before, if you're looking for an upgrade to deal with bigger stuff you'd be better with a 261. If its just a replacement for the 181 with a bit more performance than I can't fault the 211.

The local "garden barn" flogs them for £15 each, at about 8" diameter. Apparently they fly off the shelf. I use birch bark to get mine going. I don't sell them, but I have a dozen drying in the greenhouse at any one time. Accompanies a few beers with the lads really well!

On our old Chippit. I believe thats what TW were called previously. We also tow it with horses.

Sorry to revive a long dead thread, but any tips on how your lady hand reared it? I reduced a small maple yesterday, with a drey (sp?) in the top. When I got close a squirrel ran out, but it was right at the top and I couldn't get high enough to check for young uns, to I hand held and cut the top, and the squeaking started. 3 young, with closed eyes. I moved it to a bit of undergrowth in the hope that the mother would find it, but I did contemplate taking them home...

A cycle in the washing machine will bugger it though. Now I'm stuck paying £26 a month until April '14 for a £15 phone from the supermarket...

Buy a Cut n Climb, you won't need another one for years. I used to buy cheaper coats and its cost me more in the long run. In England these things are worth investing in.

Congrats on the 38 bud, I remember it as being great fun. The sky is (almost) the limit from here. Good attitude, but for heavens sake, don't tell your gaffer that (Edit: We're on the same number of posts!)

Haha don't read the recommended wage bands, its a bit like considering what you'd do if you won the lottery. You'll only be upset when you realise it hasn't happened. Mick seemed about right. I started as a groundie at 22, with CS30, 31, and 38, first aid, PA1+6, and various other courses as well as 5 years experience as a horticultural gardener. I was on 13,400 pa. Since then its gone up regularly as I've got courses and proved myself as a groundie, and then a climber. Don't be disheartened if your starting wage seems low. Look at it as incentive to improve. Any boss worth his salt will recognise your progress, and reward it. After all, his incentive is to keep you bringing in the company money.

Fits 038 Magnum, MS380/1 etc. Ordered the wrong one like a plum. If anyone can use one let me know.

:biggrin:This is why I ask you good folk first, was pretty sure it had to have a reason, or it'd have been a pretty obvious design flaw! I've spend most of my evening practicing reinstalling the old piston and circlips on the kitchen table. I've got a pick with a notch in the end which seems to work, I'm now confident. My girlfriend isn't speaking to me, either. I'll keep my eye out for a second hand cover. My tool collection is limited, and my experience more so. Cheers very much for your help guys. I've really learned a lot about the guts of a saw from this. Its safe to say I've got the bug now . I'll let you know when its back together how it runs!

I Guess I'll have to wait and see what they send me then, and hope for something other than oriental... The circlips came out pretty easy with a pick, but they aren't the kind with tabs on them, so putting the new ones in (if the same) is going to be fun. A friend is lending me some circlip pliers, but without those little tabs I doubt they'd work. Am I right in thinking that the openings in the piston rings must be facing the rear of the saw, air filter side, and not the exhaust side? I think a light polish of the cylinder with an emery cloth would help, and I noticed an seemingly unnecessary bit of metal on the intake port. Would match porting it help efficiency? Also pictured is the broken lug on the recoil cover, looks a bit too small to drill or weld.

Aah, I've ordered a new piston from Mr Solutions. I don't know the make, but I couldn't find any other suppliers. Should I cancel? I can't quite see how I would remove the old piston. It looks like a cylindrical pin I'll have to punch out. Care to humour a novice? Also the torx bolt hole in the bottom left of the flywheel cover has snapped, so the bolt hole fell off once I removed the cover. I think its too small to weld, but will something like JB Weld hold it? Its not such a big deal if not. On the bright side, I've learnt more about the anatomy of a saw today than I ever have!

Cheers Ray1 On a closer look the cylinder and piston both look okay, but when trying to put the piston back into the pot I buggered one of the rings, so now I'm just in the market for some piston rings. On the mister solutions website they have piston rings for the 038, at 52mm, but it says nothing about The 038 super, which has a larger piston, I believe? I want to order the replacement rings soon as, but I don't want to order the wrong ones!

I'm sure I'm not the first one to ask this kind of question, but where can I buy a decent pot and piston kit for an 038 Super in the UK? OEM would be preferable, but if not a decent aftermarket one will do. What kind of price am I looking at? Cheers

Just bought an 038av Super. Not sure how old it was, but on the side it says "Made in West Germany"...

Looks impressive mate. Only think I could find wasn't your fault, it was in the client testimonials. "beach" tree instead of "beech". Haha I know its anal but you did ask! You look like you'd be a fun guy to work with, and a great attitude. I'm in Rugby, and if you ever need a hand on a weekend or fancy going for a rec climb sometime I'm always happy to meet other guys in the trade. Joe

The vid I put up was a 201 with 2x6mm holes. I doubt there's much difference between the two. I've just let the exhaust gasses melt whatever plastic is in the way... So far not a great deal.

I'll use it for reductions and deadwoods! I won't have to use it aloft much, but I'm sure I'll realise what you're saying when I do!

My girlfriend is wondering why I'm grinning like a twonk... That is massive overkill but it just looks so vicious! The kind of saw that will rip your shoulders out, chew a trunk into lots of jenga blocks, then go home and plough your wife! Cheers dude. I'd be interested in seeing some of the lightweight ones though. I reckon if I climb with the dogs like that it won't be long before my trousers are in shreds!

Good man, thank you. Don't know how much difference they'll make, but they look ace

Evening all. After a spate of getting a wee bit drunk in the hot summer evenings and bidding on shiny chainsaws on t'bay, I've landed myself a tidy looking 038av Super. Very much looking forward to its arrival (despite the fact I bid and lost on a 660 and 460 too), but I'd like to get a second set of felling spikes, the ones that bold onto the sprocket cover. Anyone know where I can get these from for the 038? Or if anyone has a set lying about unused I'd happily buy it off them> Cheers in advance fellas, now get off the computer and go out into the sun!

Everyone will have a different opinion on gear. All have their qualities but I'm assuming you're on a budget. The kit I use is: Oregon Waipoua (sp?) type A strides: Not too hot, and so far are holding up better than my hiflex. I climb in them regularly, but its not for me to advise against industry best practice. Has to be noted though that they are not as flexible as my old hiflex, but I don't find it interferes with climbing so long as I use braces. Petzl Vertex Vent: Good lightweight helmet. Good ventilation, and fairly durable as long as you don't abuse it... (Groundy chipped my old ground helmet!) Boots: Meindl Woodwalkers. At £150 they're not much more than the minimum you should spend in good boots. They're like safety slippers. Fantasticly made and really hard wearing. Mine look beaten after eighteen months but I reckon they'll last another 6 with a bit of tlc. Glasses: Stein orbit. Less than a tenner, get yellow, puts a cheery glow on a drizzly day. Gloves. Pfanner fine gloves, £3 a pair. Not protective, but hey, if you're too careful, nothing good OR bad will ever happen to you

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I sometimes use the TOWAs and the thin Pfanner ones. Both are excellent, though after a while the TOWAs start to hum more than a little. Problem I've not noticed with the Pfanners. Problem is, they're great while they're new, but once they've worn out a bit I find it makes it actually harder to grip the rope. So off they come and back to skin. At work I climb on some oldish Edelrid rope, its tough and worn and I don't find it hard to grip at all with bare hands. My personal kit has Velocity, which is tougher without gloves. I don't see how it helps the elbow joints though, with or without your elbows are still taking the same weight. I might think differently when I'm older though. Just so long as I don't start telling "the young uns" what it was like to climb on 3 strand, and how in my day we never had breaks and worked in all weather