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Requiring a 16" bar on a 'budget' battery chainsaw is pushing it a bit...particularly for the budget. That's a lot of load on a cheapie....can you get away with a 14" or even a 12" bar?

That's a genuine Echo product.

Agree. Sold loads of blower vacs over the years and you must educate operators that they are only really effective to collect leaves if it is dry and the leaves are blowing around. If they are stuck to a surface because it is damp, then they will stick to the guts of the machine and clog, thus reducing efficiency and making the collector bag (and the operator) wet, which if left in the bag will rot it, then wet dust, leaves and grit will harden like concrete in the tubes and in particular around the impellor so even if it does spin it will have a reduced suction.

Genuine Countax/Westwood switch is only £35.00, but obviously unless you are near to a supplier you will have postage on that. They are a very common failure item.

Chainsaw design legislation within the UK and EU dictate a chainsaw must have an operating chainbrake designed to stop the chain within a given time. As these hand helds do not have a chainbrake they cannot (and should not) be described legally as a chainsaw, which is why the manufacturers describe them as 'pruners' because a 'pruner' does not have to have a chainbrake fitted. Which is why an extendable pole pruner is described as such, rather than as an extendable chainsaw.

Dont start taking the barrel off without an idea what you are doing. Unlike 'normal' saws the piston and the crank bearings arent caged...they are small individual needle rollers which just fall out unless to have the stihl tool or are pretty inventive. Once fallen out they are a bastard to refit.....even if you can. Seen loads of repairers give up on the 009 010 011 and 012 models which are similar in design once theyve been taken apart that far

Just had a 'final reminder' from ebay regarding the sale of 'bladed' articles which takes effect on the 11th. They have said 'as I am currently selling bladed articles' I need to add age verification for the buyer and then i must send these so called bladed items out tracked and age verification delivery. Only courier currently offering this highly priced service is ups. The dont have drop off branches and only collect from a senders address, which means you have to be in to hand it over and the buyer must be in to prove their age. Now, i dont have any bladed articles for sale (and if i did it would be a complete used chainsaw for collection only) so which in the email there is a link to click on to take me to the items affected that need verification, i did so, and the items are a chainsaw starter recoil assembly and a chainsaw ignition module. Neither are bladed articles and neither come under the government list of age related items. . But now, as ebay have included ALL items listed in the 'chainsaw' and 'chainsaw parts and accessories" categories as 'bladed items' whether they are or arent, you wont easily be able to sell....and importantly buyers wont be able to buy. Particularly a used saw now, which will be age verified delivery only...not collection. So if you want a simple spark plug and its listed in the chainsaw parts and accessories section people just wont bother selling them or it will cost you a fortune and you will have to be in with your age id before its left. Want that expensive part to fix your saw and dont want to buy new? Unlikely to find it listed on ebay anymore.

These are an absolute nightmare to 'rebuild' Years ago we attempted to rebuild a few, but they never assembled how they come from the factory very well and we ended up taking them apart several times to get it sort of right, but were never happy with them. For example, you would extend the head, but then the inner drive shaft wouldn't extend with it, so you lost drive and all sorts of other things. In the end as it was our name on the repair, we just ordered a completely assembled shaft inner and outer then just reattached the engine on one end and the pruner or hedge cutter head on the other.....saved a fortune in labour for the customer even thought the fully assembled drive tube was dearer, and we could guarantee it would work.

Yup....I can get tanaka parts no problem. Hitachi use the same part numbers.

IF it has a decomp valve fitted, then it is a 'comfort' version of the 230, which will also have a primer bulb fitted, tooless chain adjustment, and (crucially) the soft starter recoil system, whereby you dont give the rope a good, hard pull to start it, but instead you pull the rope in a more, slow progressive pull to allow the secondary recoil spring to kick in at the top of the extension of the rope to spin the flywheel. Pulling a stihl soft starter in the normal way will quickly knacker the springs and pawls.

Correct. A groundworks business only use any land they have for storage of the plant they need to earn money. The land doesnt earn them money to be able to run their business, the plant does. A farm is exactly the opposite of that

Surely inheriting a farm is inheriting a business to support a family and pay tax into the system. Its not like me inheriting my parents property when I already have my own home and job. Ok I know i will have to pay a degree of inheritance tax which is a bummer, but i wont lose my job or my home because of it. Putting inheritance tax in the way labour have to farm is taxing the tools of the job. No different to taxing the tools in the back of a plumbers van. No farm, no job....bonkers . Then no other farmers would buy up other farms land for going over the allowance, so swathes of land will go unsold, go fallow, and then the government will procure it to build all these houses on. Cynical? Me?

My wife works in a primary school, and teaching anything now is way down the list of 'priorities' firstly, she is considered a care worker, then social services, then a nurse, then a policewoman, then a surrogate mother, then a counsellor......all for the new breed of kids...who incidentally arent used to being spoken to and are even less likely to communicate back other than a grunt. Sitting still and listening are a thing of the past unless they have an electronic device. Communication is something they havent learned. When my wife started all new intake had to be toilet trained. If still in nappies, they werent accepted. Now they are told they have to accept them......so after all these years of campaigning to protect kids from kiddy fiddlers parents are happy to let complete strangers have a rummage around with their child to take them to the toilet and change nappies My wife has refused....who want to be accused of that!!!

I believe it will. Which means a colossal hike in postage costs as age verification courier delivery is a fortune (I've checked) and they won't leave it as you have to supply proof of age at point of delivery. TBH I haven't had any saws listed for nearly a year, but because I have a chainsaw recoil and a chainsaw ignition module listed, it has picked up on 'chainsaw' and sent that email. I can see a lot of issues unless they sort their algorithms out. If it just picks up the word chainsaw in the chainsaw or chainsaw parts and accessories listing categories, then it's plausible even selling a spark plug for a chainsaw could need age verification to buy, and to deliver!

Received this attached ebay email today. I occasionally sell chainsaws and saw components on ebay. I generally prefer collection in person for machines as it's a faff having to pack them up, plus the cost to send and then you get the emails afterwards asking how to re-fit the bar and chain for example (it happens) Anyhow, as from March you won't be able to sell chainsaws on a collection basis anymore, and if you do decide to send them out, ebay will stipulate not only does it have to be tracked, but also will need age verification upon delivery to a confirmed adult at the household. Before all that, the buyer has to confirm they are over 18, and you must change you listing delivery preferences to delivery only and age verified..if you don't they will end your listing (assuming you have managed to list it in the first place) Even if you sold a body only with no chain or bar, because it is listed in the chainsaw category you will still have to comply. Oh, and the only company ebay recommend to use is UPS. Although I have found that Royal MaiI parcelforce offer a service for this, but from my experience UPS don't have loads of handy agents to drop parcels off to, and as for the RM sure there's a few more branches, but the queues tend to be round the block, and some large items they won't take over the counter so you end up having a 30 mile round trip to drop it off at the parcelforce sorting office. Here's the email. Click on the 'our policy page' link to see the banned stuff, and the stuff they will allow if you now jump though hoops. This is the one that concerns our kind of stuff: 'Tools such as axes, billhooks, chisels, hatchets, hoof trimming tools, chainsaws, and saws ' Expanded safety requirements for listing bladed items on ebay.co.uk Since you’re listing bladed items on ebay.co.uk, we’re writing to let you know about some upcoming new requirements. From 11 March 2025, we’re expanding and strengthening buyer age-verification requirements for bladed items to ensure only people aged 18 or older are able to purchase and receive them. This protects both buyers and sellers, provides safety and reassurance, and helps keep you legally compliant. Please note that the sale of many types of knives and bladed items remains prohibited on eBay. Those that we allow need to be located in the UK, and delivered using an age-verified delivery service. Proof of age will also be required from buyers at checkout. To find out which items need to meet these requirements on eBay, take a look at our policy page. When you list bladed items on ebay.co.uk, you need to: Add an age-verified delivery option. Choose a delivery service that requires age-verification on receipt. You'll also need to remove any delivery services that don’t support age-verification for your existing listings, including any local buyer collection options. Currently, UPS is the only carrier offering age-verified delivery if you purchase labels on eBay. Alternatively, you can make your own arrangements with carriers who offer an age-verified delivery service. Safely package the bladed products, and clearly label the parcel to indicate there are bladed items inside. Ensure your packages are delivered to buyers in person, not to parcel lockers, PO boxes or collection points. Any sales to buyers who’ve given one of these as an address will need to be cancelled. Verify your listings If you haven’t added an age-verified delivery service by 11 March, and removed all other services, these listings may not be visible to buyers on ebay.co.uk. But don’t worry, they’ll still be available for you to revise in Seller Hub. Once you’ve added an age-verified delivery service, they’ll be visible again. You can also find a copy of this email under Messages in your eBay account. If you have any other questions or concerns, just get in touch, we’re here to help. Was this information helpful? Help us improve by sharing your feedback through a short survey.