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The two I see have only 329 and 325 hours on so far and they are early tr6s. No signs of significant wear but they have not been problem free. Lots more problems with operators especially with feed rate always maxed out.
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Yes and it remains good practice to apply the chainbrake before putting the saw down. I just mentioned it because it struck me it would be easy to develop bad habits.
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This doesn't make sense to me. The saw still makes a noise whilst cutting but between cuts it is silent so a normal conversation is possible. I worry that one can get blasé with it as it switches on as soon as the deadman handle is squeezed whereas the engine can be heard by the user with a conventional saw. Anyway I had a young chap who had never used one before take down a 30ft sallow and adjacent 2 stemmed norway maple on Friday. Used one battery, spare was available. The skip chain means it can cut to its 14 inch length but that takes the battery out too quickly so in this instance he dismantled to 5 inch cuts and then the stems were felled and ringed up with a conventional (Husky 254 as I couldn't get a new saw in time). His boss was there and didn't want to try the battery saw, preferring the ms200t, but I don't believe the job would have been any quicker with the petrol saw and communication was much better.
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Coppicing with a clearance saw
openspaceman replied to Dorset Treeman's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
I didn't realise the shafts were shorter but my first powered saw was a 165r, still have it, and we did just as you say and yes the thumb trigger too. At first I used the blade which one sharpened on the leading edge only and then moved to the teeth like saw chain. We weren't coppicing per se but trying to recover (cleaning) douglas fir plantations over old chestnut coppice. With practice using the head momentum and the shaft one could lay the stems in rows. This was back in 1974 when PAWS wasn't an issue and often the stumps were treated with 245t. I used to saddle soap and oil the all leather harness I was so proud of the saw! -
I've had a bash It's accelerant rather than catalyst no option for home made charcoal
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Worthy replacement for the xp346 at £500? I need something by Friday or my 254 gets loaned out
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Do you mean the dcs5121? Is that a professional saw?
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162 from around 1980 and 280cd from a bit earlier
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You could try lengthening the hose and twisting a pig tail to absorb the twist or even putting a pair of quick connectors in the line (mind they cause no end of problems if they get hit).
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running a log splitter of a teleprter
openspaceman replied to Johny Walker's topic in Large equipment
Why not run it off the third service but return,via a filter, direct to tank? -
Time to kiln dry firewood down to 20%
openspaceman replied to arboriculturist's topic in Firewood forum
That's what I thought and was true of the solar pv scheme too. I thought it was an EU agreement and UK would have had to pay more to brussels than the cost of the extra feed in tariff paid to early adopters. It's just a different way of funding compared with the capital grants and disadvantaged area payments which ended up 100% subsidising a customer's kiln a decade ago. -
Ok that makes sense as increasing oxygen fivefold makes things much more flammable, witnes one of the Apollo moonflights
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I doubt it would be propane-air as that has a narrow band of fuel to air ratio that will ignite around 1:14. Acetylene or hydrogen would be better choice.
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two 5m sheet piles
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Best brushcutter for clearing (shredder blade)?
openspaceman replied to mattveg's topic in Chainsaws
Back a while it was only the three bigger Stihls that were suitable for the mulcher blade, the 410 was too gutless. -
I'd recommend Dom on here, I haven't seen him for a few years but know he's got a fast team. I can dig out a 'phone number given a bit of time
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My thoughts exactly
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...and I can vouch for this even though the couple involved were newly qualified GPs and how old are you to make this (insightful) observation?
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looking for good comfy boots chainsaw and steel toe ones
openspaceman replied to littlerob's topic in General chat
I had plantar fasciitus for over three years, spent all my spare time in sandals Even in the office till told off. I now wear meindel woodwalkers for walking and working on site tho I think the problem is cleared up now -
I think you are right as only single slew cylinders
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This is true but as things get blunt they need more force to drive the cutter in, heavy machines have the grunt and don't bounce off. I used to see this with the mulchers, approach the job gingerly and you just raise clouds of steam, push into the stump at a rate the cutter wheel can sustain and less heat but more progress. I actually found with some woods just a couple of sharp cutters would give as much progress as a full new set and at 60 quid each we wore them down to the steel where possible.
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Yes it looks similar to my 1124. If so it will be a cranab 4510, I have a manual somewhere. For most work ordinary hydrotip sae 32 is fine. If the oil gets warm iso46. The standard monson tison (VOAC) monobloc valve keeps cool on mine but I have known lesser blocks or using bigger pumps to get hot.
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won't it also be unbalanced and just draw from 380V across 1phase?
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Is that the same as the Ferrari?
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It looks like a bi directional swash plate piston pump to me. AFAIK all reversible motors have a separate drain because the drain (for leaks past the piston and possibly lubrication of the rotating swash plate) must be at lower pressure.
