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Stubby

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  1. I would have , and have burned  Leylandii in the past and think it is really good fire wood .  The secret I think is not to season it for more than a year . ( down here in the south anyway )  Once it becomes  " feather light " you have lost the spunk out of it and it will burn the way you describe . One summer and its good stuff .

  2. 7 minutes ago, Trailoftears said:

    No,no,no I've got a 261.I want a 241c.m.Dont make me stamp my feet/scream and scream till I make myself sick!

    Well go and buy one FFS . You don't need our permission .

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  3. 2 minutes ago, Mick Dempsey said:

    Is it cos the worm drive that turns the oil pump only turns one way?

    Dunno really, just speculation. 

    It will turn both ways but will only push oil out going forward . For sharpening it does not matter one way nor the other .

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  4. 9 hours ago, Doug Tait said:

     

    Can I ask the reason?

    I've never really thought about it, I just put the file in the gullet of the next cutter and pull it back to a comfy position. Hope I'm not committing a heinous act while sharpening!

    I do the same only pull it forward into a comfy position . It doesn't matter a fcuk .

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  5. 7 minutes ago, Trailoftears said:

    Noo,I meant a lightweight all round PRO saw.Is that one of those little placcy jobs you see in a retail box with see thru window at a main dealer shops at xmas-marketed at your 10 yr old son-realistic noises but totally harmless?

    If you want a 45/50cc pro saw its got to be a Husqvarna 550 MK2 .

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  6. 8 hours ago, eggsarascal said:

    Tripped over last night leaving my mates house, wouldn’t mind but I hadn’t had a drink because I was driving back, five hours up the hospital, one wrist in plaster and a cracking black eye from face planting my self. 

    Wow , Sorry Egger . Was it a " dinner fork " fracture ? I have had broken wrists on a few occasions , at one time I remember having both wrists in plaster and grinding some of it away so that I could reach and work the clutch and front brake 🙂   Mend up buddy .

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  7. 3 minutes ago, Peter 1955 said:

    I have a client who owns a fuel station. He was quizzing the fuel company rep about how many stations they're buying, and he asked them if they were going over to electric charging points. Answer? " Nah mate, hydrogen". JCB are already running hydrogen engines, it's the only sensible option, in my humble and fairly ignorant opinion. 

    And that's a yes from me ! 🙂

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  8. 3 minutes ago, Johnsond said:

    A lot of egg on a lot of faces me thinks if that ever gains traction. 

    I hope it does . I would not buy one . The feckers catch fire ! You also have to factor in the cost of the mining of the lithium , dragging it a cross the ocean in a hurking great ship  then , later on the disposal of the dud batteries . 

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  9. Any way , a recent study has concluded that electric vehicle now pollute considerably  more than the equivalent  petrol powered vehicle . Because they weigh more  their tiers and brakes wear out quicker releasing higher toxic particles than those that come out of a petrol engine tail pipe . I still think Hydrogen is the way forward . I believe Toyota have produced an engine that runs on liquid hydrogen in the same way a petrol engine does in as much as you just fill the tank like you would petrol and of course the only thing that comes out of the exhaust is H2O .      

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  10. 3 hours ago, Doug Tait said:

     

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    Priceless Doug . 😄 Wish I had come up with that bud .

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  11. 5 minutes ago, Stephen Blair said:

    Morning, 4 degrees, rain and winds stopped so heading out a walk with the dogo and my mate to moan about the humans that have annoyed us this week! 😂

    Morning Stephen . Bright and clear here 6c but a chilly wind . Lit the stove .

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  12. 3 minutes ago, Conor Wright said:

    Thanks. I can genuinely say ive never felt worse than this last few days. I've made the decision to put older dogs to sleep before and it's horrible but you understand why you're doing it. This time is different. Herself not being here or even contactable during it all added to it.

    To top it off, his last act was to bite me out of a mix of fear and pain. 

     

    I got no words matey . Awful for you all .

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  13. 1 hour ago, Trailoftears said:

    I've rather set my heart on an ms241 as a good all-rounder to keep in my works vehicle for the summer season.Most of my chainsaw work is Oct-March really.

    But I cant justify paying close to ms261 money for a new one tbh-its just overpriced imo.

    I've missed out on one or 2 tidy ones on ebay due to the vagaries of auctions.

    So, I've come across a ms240 on a 2nd hand machinery dealer described as privately owned/well maintained for £295+vat-so £350 odd,which is fine by me.Just unsure when the 240 turned into the 241?

    I'm stihl-ms240-chainsaw-a.jpg.112b7c9ed43c66128c27a95cb298f47a.jpgstihl-ms240-chainsaw-d.jpg.8f0e5867ff4474419ad30da636049588.jpgstihl-ms240-chainsaw-d.jpg.8f0e5867ff4474419ad30da636049588.jpgguessing this item is pre 2010,which is fine,also assuming I'd get rubber rather than spring-based av system.Just cosmetically speaking, I'm not mad on the look of the air filter shroud catch which looks just like  the 170/180 setup.Any thoughts opinions would be welcome.

    Nope , no thoughts at all . 🙂

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