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    just got an MSA160T and first thing I wondered was is it usable if there is a rain shower? I thought Stihl would have put a rubber seal around the top of the battery compartment. In the manual it says don't charge a damp battery, let it dry. but nothing about cutting with it when its raining. will the water get in and short something out or have they designed it to allow use in the rain?
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    cover it in old tarpaulins to deprive the leaves of sunlight - or wound it and glyphosate, once it snuffs it leave standing for habitat
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    yes i've surfed a few hedges with good trimmed tops on 3ft squares of ply, just offcuts not made to measure - good for wide hedges you need 2 bits of ply so you can move one along while standing on the other - probably not for an 8m high hedge though as doubt it will have a dense top. the ht 131 pole pruner is quite powerful and have faced up an 18ft high hedge with a hedge cutter attachment on, 24 ft would have meant wobbling about with the extended ht 131 half way up a tripod ladder, still doable just
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    Some bright spark must have tried quoting by drone camera by now - quick flight across town avoid the traffic
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    The Stihl manuals say for long term storage to run until they stop - so no fuel in carb or tank - ive done this by tipping fuel out while running and then revving until they stop, possibly not the safest but i do quickly walk away from where i tipped the fuel while the machine is still running - if there was a lot i would decant before starting the Stihl manuals would say just leave the fuel in if it didnt matter - my 441 ive had for 6 years and only use occaisionally - , always run till fuel gone before laying up, always been good, had a combi engine i didnt bother to empty and needed a new carb to get working - my guess is there is more damage to metering diaphragms from stale fuel than from being dried out
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    Tree Report Company is an Arboricultural Consultancy Practice operating in Oldham, Saddleworth, Manchester and the North West. it doesn't seem necessary to capitalize Arboricultural, Consultancy and Practice? The provision of the sites Topographical Survey (which may be emailed to us in most digital formats) is used the basis for our digital survey plans - needs an as after used Inspections are undertaken in accordance with industry best practice to provide a informative written report, - 'an informative' don't know the technical reason for an instead of a The overall appearance looks professional and a good collection of images.
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    from the top of page 41 Arb Association Digital Arb Mag The Arb Magazine - Issue 177 'a recovered 'topped' tree or a pollard will often live longer and will attain more veteran features than a maiden that has been untouched.'
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    this is what makes it a great forum - you can phone him up when your first chipper breaks down and see if you can hire his one
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    thanks - was a variegated maple that prompted the question - nice big white one with a few green leaves appearing here and there, hopefully theyll pay me to keep it to the cultivar mostly patio variegated willows ive seen so far
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    what if its a variegated willow - are you allowed to cut out genetic reversions to stop the wild type taking over?
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    something not right with this tree, maybe it would have worked if they'd have fed and watered it after halving it.
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    either its a piece of sh1t or you're a workaholic i like my Komet Miller, Dragonfly - the fact that Miller manufacture industrial safety gear for decades is reassuring, some of these companies that make arb saddles and boots dont seem to have a background in industrial safety i see courant are into fire and rescue equipment too, so should know their stuff - like Stubby says, maybe a Silky
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    if its only 3m high you can duck tape or clamp a bit of ply say 4 ft x 18"" onto the top of a ladder and lean onto the hedge if its got a reasonable face - I would be between the two prices - as long as its only a yearly trim - the waste would cost a bit - guess 1/2 ton to a ton of clippings. The hs 87t on a 40" blade would face that up from the ground or on a crate at most. Seems a low hedge to need hiring in a tower, and a faff even if you own one.
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    none of them had any social engineering in their manifesto - how to stop the country becoming a place where people who don't worship at the mosque are a minority, maybe if they outbreed the atheists and Christians etc it is just part of nature and nothing to worry about, Donald Trump is not a complete idiot. At least he articulated not wanting to be invaded very slowly
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    132 hours on a 2008 chipper why
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    and what about the aid ships helping the boat people - send in the navy to mine the area?
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    Ropes

    tree-fancier123 replied to Nikk's topic in General chat

    It wasn't a doddle for me - failed CS39 the first time, cutting too close to leg, poor work positioning - some of the instructors and assessors are fairly rigorous about it
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    thanks for the data I thought there must be something to what I'd read re weeping willows getting infected through pruning wounds - if I get the opportunity to cut a big specimen maybe I will say something along the lines of ' willow can become infected following pruning, can't guarantee it will be ok'. A lot of the weeping willows aren't what I'd call precious, but ocaisionally see a magnificent specimen
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    interesting you've had no patients die on you - that has to be good for business. The reference in my first post was incorrect - the picture I had seen of death due to severe topping was poplar not willow, and in Brown and Kirkhams pruning book
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    although willows are with eucalypts some of most vigorous fighters after being decaptitated, is it true that willows, particularly babylonica and chrysocoma weeping willows are among the most susceptiple to fungal colonization of the open pruning wounds? When people with big weeping willows say ' I want it cut, but I don't want to lose it' all I've been able to say so far is 'well should be ok, willows usually grow back' , but in Lonsdale there is a picture of a dead willow ' from severe topping' it says. I'm just curious if many people have shortened the branches on weeping willows and the tree has become infected in the following years.
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    no need for the entire thread:laugh1:
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    manuals online google etc model user manual pdf e.g from 200t For periods of 3 months or longer N Drain and clean the fuel tank in a well ventilated area. N Dispose of fuel properly in accordance with local environmental requirements. N Run the engine until the carburetor is dry – this helps prevent the carburetor diaphragms sticking together. N Remove the saw chain and guide bar, clean them and spray with corrosion inhibiting oil. N Thoroughly clean the machine – pay special attention to the cylinder fins and air filter. N If you use a biological chain and bar lubricant, e.g. STIHL BioPlus, completely fill the chain oil tank. N Store the machine in a dry, high or locked location, out of the reach of children and other unauthorized persons
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    read some of the Stihl user manuals - most of the two stroke stuff there is a section in the manual that talks about long term storage
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    you don't have to store them with Aspen in - its not 100% safe, but what I do is if I've got something I don't use much, say clearing saw, I start it then open fuel cap while running and tip the fuel onto rough ground and keep running it till it stops - with no fuel in carbs the diaphragms wont stick, have never caught fire doing this - mowers obviously you'd need to syphon to run dry. With dry stored petrol machinery manufacureres sometimes recommend a syringe with 20ml 2 stroke oil in through spark plug hole and pull it over to oil the bores before replacing plug and laying up. The environmentally ones will say don't tip waste fuel onto the ground - but they should stop breathing to keep the CO2 down.

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