andy_mac

Hi all,

 

A bloke along the road from us recently bought a wee house with a few trees round it to use as a holiday let. Its presently un-occupied as its a bit of a do-er up-er. Anyway, last time he was up he discovered, to his horror, that the neighbour had felled his trees along with a parcel of their own.

 

He's trying to determine how much he's lost (most of the value is in the aesthetic) so I said to him to get me some stump measurements. I know I've used stump measurements to estimate volume in the past - but it was 14 years ago when I was a student, and now I can't remember how we did it! I've checked the blue book and nothing in there.

 

Anyone got any ideas?

 

Any help much appreciated, thanks.

You can work out the cross sectional area of the stump using pi*radius squared. But you will need an idea of the height of the trees in order to work ou the timber volume. pi x radius squared x height will give an approximate volume. However this calculation is the volume of a cylinder and of course trees are never perfect cylinders.

Huzzah

Cheers guys

Been using stihl chain oil for a spell, any problem just topping up a combi can with a different brand as far as the saw is concerned?

Cheers

spot on cheers

Just had the wooden insert in a high lift wedge split a fair bit. Its still useable for now but I'll want to replace it eventually. Its well jammed into the metal section.

what's the best way if any to part them?

Cheers

anyone aware of a source of clutch removal tools for taking off husqvarna clutch weights. I've seen a few homemade ones but other than that its flat screwdriver and a hammer job.

Im clumsy as owt so can see myself knackering the clutch drum through heavy handedness

thanks

again

cheers guys

Really daft question on the way but hopefully you'll bear with me.

It's regarding the use of a bog standard plastic grease gun for greasing clutch bearing/bar nose sprocket.

I pulled off the external cap and removed the little plunger cap from inside, pushed the nose in, filled it with grease, put the plunger back in, cap back on. But no joy when I try to use it

apart from me being slow, any suggestions?

Maybe they were running used chip fat oil on their chain and hence no horrible emissions from the fuel they were able to smell chips!

 

Look on http://www.find-aspen.co.uk for your nearest aspen stockist or drop me a pm if no one is close so that we can find you an alternative source or as a last resort we can supply you direct.

 

/Axel

I think I've sent you a PM

Thanks alot for all the speedy responses! I reckon my mind is made up now.

Perhaps its a little bit cheeky to ask, but are the good people at aspen still offering reduced carriage rates to first time buyers?

I think i remember reading about someone who said running aspen made their exhaust fumes smell like a chippy. Thats a big part of my motivation

Hiya

This is my first post on the forum despite having been reading the forum for a good while.

anyhow, I've just got a new 357 and I was considering running it on aspen. Its had a splash of regular fuel in it when it was being tested by the dealer but no more than that.

Is it easy enough to make the change or will the saw need tuned differently?

Thanks alot

andy