Inky
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Who would that be Will?
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Great thread Nice one
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Nice one, yeah I very nearly cut that bit out before posting but hey ho, lesson learned!! Reckon I might be better off re-posting just requesting a climber? Cheers re. operation, had it yesterday and very much feeling it todaY!!
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I did consider leaving that bit of info out of the post but I'm putting my hands up here! Wanted to give all the info.. I did write that in the wee hours through a veil of anaesthetics and codeine too if that saves me any grace.. Plus the marks really aren't visible and yes I used arb grade camo paint upon descent. Nah we stopped cutting when the chipper broke one day and returned with fixed chipper. Cleared up all waste, cut the rest of the trees and left the plane until last thinking the 2nd half of the day would be ample time, but it was much harder than I anticipated.. Busy London road with a double width footpath to lower bits down onto but cyclists and pedestrians were harder to deal with than expected.. Is subbing the rest of the job out/hiring a more experienced climber such a ridiculous request?
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Why would this be a joke? Classic forum ego responses.. I need someone else to finish a job and thought someone might be up for it.. Obviously up for paying decent money..
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Hi there people.. Hoping to get some help/advice on finishing a job. Put two days on a job in Roehampton in Wandsworth, London SW15.. Chipper ****** out on us on the morning of the 2nd day after smashing the 1st and making good progress before we stopped on the 2nd.. Reduced a lot of trees, and I mean a lot!! Biggest job I've taken on and we're quite a small outfit so far. The 3rd day we happily smashed the progress again leaving the 2nd half of the day to reduce a large London plane.. This tree was a real mother... Beautiful but with a really tall sprawling crown with a lot of vertical/near vertical meaty stems.. I took in all of the immediate lateral growth, rigging good size sections down, stopping traffic on the busy road along the way.. Pretty hairy at points, and considering I've only been climbing properly for a couple of years I have no reservation in saying I felt a little out of my depth! I know I shouldn't have but I spiked my way up to get a good anchor point and stand my ground that if anyone said anything - I'd have said FU - you didn't have to climb the ******! Also it is so high up the spike marks are invisible amongst the dappled bark. Found it quite difficult to get up to the outer reaches of the tall near vertical stems to reduce them and ultimately had to finish the day feeling a bit defeated by the tree - not a great feeling! I've come to really enjoy reducing trees and am generally very happy with my work but this really felt pretty hardcore.. Now I come to the crux of my post.. This was the last day I could work before going into hospital for an inguinal hernia repair (that was this morning) and this is putting me out for two months. The job needs finishing and I'm not quite sure what to do.. I could wait until I'm fully recovered and give it another day. However, I don't think that as a first job to get stuck back into is a great idea, and to get the job done to the standard I'd like to leave it at, I am thinking maybe it is better suited to a more experienced climber. Basically I'm thinking about subbing the rest of the job out so it can be finished before spring growth. From what I gather London prices are very competitive and I'd be interested to see what firms would put in for it.. Or perhaps an EXPERIENCED freelance climber that would be up for the challenge? Really hope to hear back from a few heads on this one.. Nice one.. Inky
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<p>Hi Hugh, sorry to hear that, these MS200Ts/020Ts can go haywire even after a full rebuild but am happy to give it a going over again to try to resolve the issues and will only charge return courier and a nominal charge as I don't work like the majority of other repairers out there!</p>
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<p>The fault will NOT be down to the marriage of 020 crankcase and MS200T tank, the parts are interchangeable. It is probably a carb issue as most of the issues with these saws are carb issues and I pressure/Vac tested the machine when I had it in so know this to be good unless a leak has occurred in the time it has been used.</p>
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<p>Have you tried putting the carb back on factory settings - one turn out on each? Also try taking the air filter off and look at the choke flap to make sure it is not staying partially closed - it does happen.</p>
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<p>The "Choking out" is it idling OK, is it not revving out and sounding flubby and rich or just bogging - the better the explanation the better the diagnosis:-)</p>
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<p>Cheers</p>
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<p>Steve</p>
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<p>Hi Steve, sorry to come at you with this one but I gotta!</p>
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<p>Seem to be experiencing the same problems again with my saw.. Trouble starting, slow pickup, choking out.. Do you reckon it might be the components from the 2 different models causing problems with each other? Think it might be a bit of a money pit and maybe worth getting something new.. </p>
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<p>Just wanted your advice really..</p>
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<p>Sorry and cheers, ha!</p>
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<p>Hi Hugh,</p>
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<p>Hope the MS200T is going well, Not really got much ready at the moment, a 345 that is ready to go, seen some life but would do for light to mid groundwork. That is about it, sold a few recently.</p>
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<p>Sorry and thanks for asking</p>
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<p>Steve</p>
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<p>Ok Spud.. Tried the L screw (as did the local bloke I took it to I think) - to no avail. The crank seals were one thing he mentioned actually. </p>
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<p>I understand that they (and the other possible problems you mentioned) would require stripping the saw right back which he wasn't prepared to do (something about labor costs) and as much as I'd love to be able to do it myself... I don't know If I trust myself!</p>
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<p>After using it for two sizeable sycamores last week (bit of a ball/arm-ache), I feel it's time to get it working properly. Just wondering how much I'd be looking at?</p>
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<p>Cheers,</p>
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<p>Hugh.</p>
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<p>Ok brilliant!! Muchly muchly appreciated. I may well be in touch <img src="<fileStore.core_Emoticons>/emoticons/smile.png" alt=":)" srcset="<fileStore.core_Emoticons>/emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" /></p>
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<p>Hi Hugh, there are a few thing that could cause this sort if issue, one is an air leak leaning the mix down. Generally you would get a poor idle, poor pickup and soaring high revs with an air leak.</p>
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<p>An overly lean L screw can mess up your mid range pickup and it is easy to try turning it 1/4 turn anti clockwise.</p>
<p>Air leaks can be caused by split inlet boot, holed impulse line or bad crank seals.</p>
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<p>Lastly, the symptoms are close to those of a bad accelerator pump in the carb.</p>
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<p>If you get stuck, I can give you a price to sort it!</p>
<p>Cheers</p>
<p>Steve</p>
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<p>*You can feather the clutch and get it up to speed but otherwise it just chokes itself out <img src="<fileStore.core_Emoticons>/emoticons/unsure.png" alt=":/" srcset="<fileStore.core_Emoticons>/emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" /></p>
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<p>Sorry if this is against protocol to just come out with questions like this but don't really know what else to do!</p>
