Joe Newton
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2m cedar reduction from this morning. No before photos as per. Just gotta get the needles out my pants now
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Naughty beech in Wicksteed Park from yesterday. Plasterer noticed the split on Friday and we removed it the next day. I was kinda hoping it would've come down over night with the storms and saved me a lot of trouble.
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newly vat registered how to approach customers
Joe Newton replied to mitchel's topic in Business Management
There's a really easy way to avoid it... I'm surprised you don't know about it. -
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Not for climbers. Demand way outstrips supply at the moment. Ask any company owner how easy it is to find a decent climber or even subby.
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What oil are you running it on. Are you using the primer before cold starting it? Don't go fiddling with the carb settings, if it's running fine the rest of the time it's unlikely to be the issue and you can bugger up a perfectly good saw if you don't know what you're playing with. Mine runs faultless on hp Rd or hp super, but runs like a bag of shit on hp ultra. Worth checking/changing the spark plug for good measure. That should give a good indication of the carb settings too.
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If you just look on top of the machine they're right there.
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I'm using a bespoke setup, only one of its kind that I know of. Never gets in the way, never tangles and its always there. Oh and it's invisible too.
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Husqvarna's Rear Handle Chainsaw tools strop eyelet
Joe Newton replied to Jamie Jones's topic in Climbers talk
That clip will break way before a saw strop will. I've had my weight hanging off one of those saw strops (don't ask) and the fuel tank of the 461 it was attached to broke before the strap did. -
Husqvarna's Rear Handle Chainsaw tools strop eyelet
Joe Newton replied to Jamie Jones's topic in Climbers talk
It's what I do. I like the idea of the little clip though, and it's cheap -
Husqvarna's Rear Handle Chainsaw tools strop eyelet
Joe Newton replied to Jamie Jones's topic in Climbers talk
Never liked putting a crab through the handle, there's the potential for it to lock the dead man's handle closed and potentially the trigger too. I know it's highly unlikely. If stihl did these I'd definitely have one for the 500 and 660, just for ease of attachment -
I had 10 alu snap gates with tape slings. Never had one done undone. Had one go through a chipper last week though. The bloke was pretty glad they weren't steel crabs 🤣
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Worth looking into the .325 narrow kerf bar and chain if you want to run 18" Got one in my 357 and it absolutely flies. Way quicker than the stock bar and chain, but a little bit fiddly to sharpen.
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The top of the line Markusson V12 automatic grinder is only £500 more. If they'd advertised it at a more sensible price point they could've cornered the market. Doubt anyone will buy this.
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Hand ascender might help but you shouldn't have to grip the rope tight. Just keep yourself upright as rich says
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So Sena products can link to other comms via "universal pairing". The caveat being you can only link to one person rather than 4 with the sena comms. I can't comment about linking to the pfanner ones. Both systems need to be open to foreign pairing
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So do stihl recommend that dealers fuel and oil up each saw and run test it? Naturally! It's a pre delivery inspection required for the sale of any 2 stroke machine. Probably won't be oiled, but it'll be filled with stihl motomix or the equivalent and ran up and checked then drained prior to postage
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Super is more than sufficient. I asked stihl uk's head tech if he reckoned the ultra was with it and he said that all their machines are still compatible with red, super is better, but the difference in cylinders tested on super vs ultra were fairly negligible. Funnily my echo 2511 runs ace on super but shite on ultra Read above. Technically your 661 should be okay in red, but if you're buying a grands worth of saw there's no point being tight on oil. Buy 5l of super and it's cheap peace of mind. Re: bedding in, check the manual for a procedure, if there is none then just put it straight to work. Don't listen to some eejit claiming to run it on 40:1 for the first tank, or to only use half throttle, or to let it idle for a few tanks.
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I'm solely a freelance climber. The terms on my invoice state 7 days. Some people can't pay your soon enough, some wait a couple of weeks, and one or two companies will wait 30 days, which can be annoying. If you manage your cash flow well as a subby it shouldn't be a problem. Don't live hand to mouth. I pay myself from my business account at the end of each month, keeping a bit back for tax and contingency. Means late payers aren't such an issue.
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Clarke Shhh Air 30/9 0.88cfm 9Litre 0.3HP Quiet Run Compressor (230V) - Machine Mart - Machine Mart WWW.MACHINEMART.CO.UK Little compressor and £340 I bought a similar size loud one, bollocks to the neighbours. Their car is louder
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Clickbait twat
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@Tommy_B will have a more comprehensive answer, but splicing has moved on from the old style. The slaice was a novel idea from teufelberger I think, incorporating a dynamic sling into a cover dependant splice. IIRC a batch of these were recalled though. Some ropes now use a "constant diameter splice" with a super long bury to retain a lot of strength whilst keeping the eye thin enough to feed through a mechanical device. I've got a couple of Cousin ropes with both ends spliced because I can feed a device onto whichever end.
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Only problem with that is you don't tend to adjust where the prussik grips the rope so wear is localised to that one point if that makes sense.
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Offer to knock £100 if their caretaker repairs any turf damage, then go nuts.
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Extra bars and chains would be no added value at all for me. You've gotta assume they'll be bent/burred to hell or uneven bar rails or wobbly nose sprockets. If you're buying a used saw be prepared to replace bar/chain/sprocket amongst the other stuff that might need replacing. I bought my 660 for 500 about 8 years ago and it was spotless inside, hadn't seen much work at all.
