Joe Newton
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Anyone get problems with run on when you come of the throttle? Mine's been benched for months and I'm back to using my 201t for everything until I get round to sending it away. Happens when you've been using it frequently for around half a tank
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Haha Christ. You would have thought bi annual inspection intervals would make as much sense for a business as it would for the tree!
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Pussy, that could have been cut and chucked in under an hour.
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Not at all, but its hard to be sympathetic. It's unlikely that whoever installed it told them it wouldn't need further monitoring. The installation points were questionable though. The owner reckoned on 9/10 years. The date of manufacture was 2006 so that figures. The worst stem was supporting a helluva weight which could explain why its been drawn in so far.
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Took a look at a couple of beech trees today that had had bracing installed some ten years ago and forgotten about.
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This. A lot of climbers who tell you how many massive trees they've boshed out are like that tough guy down the pub who goes on about how many bouncers he's knocked out with one punch.
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There were a couple of bits over fences the client didn't like. Wish I'd have thought to set the ladders up on to of my truck and polesaw it from underneath.
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Safe your breath mate, either person who won't accept they might not know best, like the poster of the second vid. And if memory serves you did most of that tree from a telehandler, then sent me up it!
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Getting the best out of a Granberg Precision Grinder
Joe Newton replied to AHPP's topic in General chat
@RobD could explain it better I'm sure -
Getting the best out of a Granberg Precision Grinder
Joe Newton replied to AHPP's topic in General chat
Yeah man, that's the idea. You set the jig up once, then do one side and pivot the angle for the other side. The depth and back stop stay the same. The two things to adjust when swapping to opposite cutters are the tooth angle and if you have it set to incline by 10° you'll need to change that too. -
Getting the best out of a Granberg Precision Grinder
Joe Newton replied to AHPP's topic in General chat
You should be doing the whole chain from the same position. -
Good job the sweet baby jaysus was looking out for him.
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Horses for courses I guess. If you're the kind to run the longest bar you can on the lightest powerhead the torquier Stihl is the way to go.
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I've always liked stihl for most saws, but every 261 I've used has felt bulky, numb and slow. If I was in the market for a 50cc saw I'd be looking at the 550.
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So you're saving about £15 per 25l, but you're having to replace oil pumps at £50 a pop. Seems false economy
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It all goes to my brother in law's wood shop. In a couple of years itll be planed and turned into something that he's thunk up.
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Got round to slabbing a walnut stem I picked up a few weeks ago. Not loads of heartwood but a nice contrast. Had to trim off the live edge on one side as the mill maxed out at 22"
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It helps to have a 10.5t grab wagon as a backup mind
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I'm sure I read of a bridge failure on a tree motion a while back where the climber replaced his bridge with beeline, which failed. I'd hope that any LOLER instructor worth his salt would not pass an improvised rope bridge.
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Haha trust me mate, there's nothing wrong with any of my saws. Like josh said, if you're doing forestry work where you're not burying your saw constantly you might be okay, but ringing up stems its going to be painfully slow. I never like to push the engine to hard, I run a ported 357 on an 18" narrow kerf chain as an all round saw and its great, but for chogging down stems ill go for my 441 on a 20" or my ported 660 on a 30". I dont like to have to wait for my saw to cut through in its own time. Having the extra power to chase through a hinge comes in handy.
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Sorry mate, that's total crap. A 70cc saw on a 20" bar is lovely for general work. Maybe a touch heavy for swinging around all day but if you're cutting bar length timber regularly the torque makes it effortless. A 50cc saw will be painfully slow, and work that engine hard. Think of it as pulling 3.5t behind a transit compared to a mog.
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Having visited stihl hq earlier this month I was impressed by how much innovation goes into their new products that largely goes unnoticed. Stuff as boring as working with NGK to bring out a spark plug designed to be used in stihl chainsaws. Little things like a unthreaded cap on the top as the threaded caps are unnecessary and can come loose and strip (funnily I just diagnosed a non starting 261 with this last week), and a smaller air gap surrounding the electrode for slightly increased compression. I do like the husky 60cc offering, but for top handles and larger saws ill always go for stihl.
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Sorry to have to tell you mate, that's got nothing to to with your weight, unless you're saying you're so light you couldn't descend!
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Absolutely, and fat people make me sad. Go back to ddrt, and you'll only weigh half.
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You're also having to pull twice the weight.
