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  1. billpierce
    Not properly covering things like cambium savers, all types of friction device and throw line techniques in an I week course is madness. Even on my 3 dayer I got to mess around with a big shot, cambium savers /pulleys and hitch climber etc. Not that you need a course to use a cambium saver like. That 5 min video on YouTube pretty much all that's required.
  2. billpierce
    Pic might help?
  3. billpierce
    The stihl lo pro cuts well fast and gives a smooth finish, didnt find the granberg noticeably better. Not tried the Oregon skip but found the 10 degree milling chain they do slow but smooth finish. Pretty much just been using stihl 404 normal chain sharpened to 20 degrees rather than 30 or whatever and seems ok speed wise but a bit rough. Been working my way through a few big loops of Oregon 325 on the double ender which is rapid and pretty smooth, but hard to compare as 2 power heads. Hard to know for sure as usually stick with a chain for a specific log and they are a bit different dimensions/ cleaness etc
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    You're going to love that winch. Always thought they were a bit shit and slightly useless, but seeing a pal winch stems up a bank I decided to get one asap. Used it enough to be worth having for sure. 12000lbs is pretty acceptable!
  5. billpierce
    Class!
  6. billpierce
    Ace. Hard to see but looks like its sporting a warn winch on plasma rope? You had a winch before?
  7. billpierce
    https://www.diyspareparts.com/parts/echo/spike-c304000000/
  8. billpierce
    Any sign of getting the 161 back at some point? I was waiting until 2nd gen battery saws were out before I got one but errr pleased I didn't!
  9. billpierce
    From a tree last week no pics yet, it's just sat outside the house the now
  10. billpierce
    AND its chips for dinner as well mark
  11. billpierce
    It's all there in the first pic.
  12. billpierce
    I have often thought of this as our Rayburn oven is often at 100 to 150 degrees and to get it up to 180 requires alot of wood. I nicked all the bits out an old leccy cooker and planned to fit the elements into the oven as a way of topping it up. Whether I get round to it is another matter!
  13. billpierce
    Exquisite morning flopping a big scotty onto a road. Happily started climbing with a 60cc saw, 4 gobs and back down to tidy road. Farmer assistance with tractor for tidy up then boshed the stem over the wall, tractor picked the lot up, home for lunch. Thankfully the 361 cheap Chinese coil I just fitted worked well and the troublesome geckos didn't gaff out either, and it was sunny.
  14. billpierce
    If he loves that film as much as he should hed be fine with it
  15. billpierce
    Delighted you have kept it old school. Was about to suggest a mk4 DC hilux for sale near me with 80k fella wants 3k for it. But reckon you have a belta there. Pics? Take it you have seen that landcruiser on Ebay? Low miles but £10k or something daft. https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F283264663246 Hilux: https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/298032071044003/
  16. billpierce
    Excellent. I've got a scotty top that a pulled from the chip pile last week which will become ours. Happy days
  17. billpierce
    Cheers spud. Fairly sure this will come back to haunt me
  18. billpierce
    Came back to this, started first pull, ran fine for 10mins. Restarts fine hot or cold. Must be a gremlin somewhere but seems fine the now
  19. billpierce
    Just whacked a cheap 13quid coil in that arrived today. Appears to be running normally again. Tried adjusting flywheel gap on the OEM one that was giving me bother and ended up with no spark, even when set back up to normal business card gap! So guess it was on the way out. Couldn't bare to spend nearly 90quid on oem coil if they only last a few years! Could early failure be linked to flywheel or anything else?
  20. billpierce
    They are great saws and much more powerful than a 365. Mine always starts reliably which is more than I can saw for some stihls and Huskies I have!
  21. billpierce
    Rye chainsaw oil is well tacky. But tbh I stick all my oilers to max when carving. More oil on the tip means less wear to bar and chain which happens pretty fast with carving bars. Not usually much oil on a carving by the time you've hit it with a sander or whatever I have found.
  22. billpierce

    Dolmar

    billpierce replied to shavey's topic in AJS Dolmar

    Yes!
  23. billpierce
    Got my monies worth out of thissun
  24. billpierce
    I'd say so yes, but as rob says getting set up can take surprisingly longer
  25. billpierce
    Yes, I'd put the bigger saw on the cutting side

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