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Joe Newton

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  1. Who wants to be climbing in a 10 year old saddle? You'd have to replace bits so frequently it would be more cost effective to buy two standard ones
  2. It's quite apparent you could learn a lot from more educated members of this forum if you weren't trying to be smarter than you are.
  3. Not sure, thought most of them were 3.2 V6 The Grand Cherokee used to run the 2.7 CRD block which was pretty bulletproof but they moved on to a less reliable 3.0 Engines that live too long don't make the manufacturer much money.
  4. Very reliable and very capable off road, but thirsty af and a bit wallowy round corners
  5. You absolutely can, otherwise all those Johnson's baby oil adverts would be downright weird/erotic.
  6. Yeah I can do that mate. Just down the road in rugby
  7. What chipper did you go for, Don?
  8. I might be wrong but you'll need an extra hitch/friction system in there. One for the wire core and another for whatever rope you'll use. Don't bother with 2 40m ropes, get one 25m and one 45m, that way you're not dragging 45m of rope round a small tree.
  9. Oh the irony
  10. Reckon you could have saved a bit of typing there.
  11. I have never seen an air line damage a filter. From experience of owning this saw I would echo Mark's advice. Good clean with carb cleaner gets rid of the oily residue and a good blast of the airline brings it back to new. Also from experience I would avoid messing with the carb settings if the saw is otherwise running OK. They're fiddly buggers and can be difficult to get back to factory settings.
  12. It's the same as working for people with dog shit covered gardens, or clients who are after the lowest possible price and want to negotiate, or the old dear who doesn't want her spring bulbs and herb garden damaging on a big dismantle. Most of us would rather avoid the aggro of we don't need the work that badly. It's never just going to be a case of turning up and doing the job. You stand to lose money easily so often it's not worth getting involved in.
  13. Got a link for that? Is it reversible? Edit: just saw the link, cheers
  14. Sounds like you're looking for an employee.
  15. Yeah but all of these big boy firms are available to hire. Sometimes the most profitable thing is to be a middleman. Let the small firms price it for their kit. Get a quote from a bigger firm for the job and stick whatever you want on. Easiest money you'll ever make
  16. Their budget is irrelevant to you. Don't make the mistake of "winning" unprofitable work. Suss out how long it'll take you with whatever kit you need and put a good enough amount on for contingency and profit.
  17. Are you talking about the 500i or 2511?
  18. It is infantile. That was my point. So is suggesting that someone from the internet met you to settle your differences the "old fashioned way" Never mind. It's not funny when you have to explain it.
  19. Meet him outside your mums room in ten. Fair enough that was infantile, but you started it!
  20. That would be good to see 👍
  21. I thought that about my 2511 but it's 4 years old now so I'm tempted to get it fiddled with. The bark box on the 500i just makes it anti social. A mate has one and I personally wouldn't bother for whatever gains are to be had.
  22. You are wrong but I don't think there's any point trying to convince you. Go suspend yourself from the core only of XTC and see how you get on. Best of luck.
  23. I'd be interested to know the gains you got from the 500. It feels like a ported saw out the box, and I definitely wouldn't want it any louder than stock
  24. They're normally sold in pairs, but I think you'd benefit from them.
  25. Many arb ropes are 16 strand, where the core only serves to keep the rope round and all the strength of in the cover. You're talking bollocks basically

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