Deciduous Dan

We have blackthorn in flower in North Suffolk at the moment.

Well I went for the 261 from the local dealer in the way in to work this morning, and after a day on it I am happy after doing the same job with the huzqvarna 365 last week it felt light and it has plenty of go zipping through the willow and hazel we are cutting at the moment.

The reason for not going for the 241 is 

a) as wyk said it's not much more money or weight for the extra power

and b) the shop didn't have any 241s! 

but I feel that I have got a saw that fits my needs so thanks for th the help everyone.

Thanks I will have a look at both stihls on the way in this morning, hopefully they will be reasonably priced.I don't know this local dealer very well if they are to expensive I will to online which give many more options.

There is a stihl dealer in the way to site I might give the 241 a go. Does anyone know if a bar from a ms 360 would fit in it? I have some lurking in the shed.

Hi all, I am in need of a smaller saw for Coppicing smaller hazel trashing scrub etc... Currently I have a 365 huzqvarna which is great for larger coppice but is a bit of a lump when just trashing small stuff.

I am open to ideas of all brands so what would you use/ recommend?

Cool bottles, but can you get it in bigger containers to get the price down?

Air getting in somewhere or someone has tried running it weak on the H screw to get more revs out of it.

Thanks, the fuel line looks bad think I will change that.

I have a little husqvarna 41in bits on my bench today piston and cylinder are scored so I have ordered new ones. I am not sure why they're scored I just picked up the saw at a boot sale so no idea how it stopped. Hopefully some one ran it on neat petrol but the tank was empty and dry so no clue there. What else it there to look out for? Cheers

Had mine on last night only for about a hour or so beets burning oil!

Veg oil is fine I use it all the time so does my colleague we have done for 2 years with no problems with bar or sprocket ware, the only thing with it is it does go sticky if you leave it but on a every day saw that's no problem just running some mineral through before putting the saw away for a long period, months, weeks is fine my backup saws are on it with no problems.

my point is that these are dead straight and a better quality milling log than some so i feel that they should be milled.

 

i know the british furniture industry has gone to pot and if i had enough space to make my own then i'll be asking for as much english wood as i can. i simply feel that good quality logs should be used for milling and log the crap looking ones.

I agree it's really sad to cut up a good log to send it in to fire wood but there are not enough people in the UK with the skills to use the volume we could produce. When I was selling sawn timber to joiners most of them only knew how to use sapele and other big tropical timber, there were exceptions, but for most the hassle of using European timber wasn't worth it. Sad but true.

So if I was the op I would try and get them in to someone as log, and I hope you do but at least you know you can firewood them if you get no takers.

Welcome teed, that looks like a good bit of kit, do you grow the timber you mill?

Hi WOOD members no say save edge Are the best now ROB D sales them thanks Jon

I might have to try them I always use Oregon but do get through a lot of files

I often use a larger file to restore a chain that's taken a beating but then go back to the standard size, and I always file free hand so it's good for cleaning out the gullet but you do have to watch how close you are to the tie strap.

Behemoth, like that,no decomp makes it more fun too, no point having a big saw if its not gonna rip your fingers off starting it !

Mine is really easy to start makes you wonder why people bother with them on smaller saws!

they dont just pass, some 1, been on the phone

The only time I have ever had FC on one of my sites it was the locals ringing and complaining we had a felling licence for the site but they still came out.

The makita or dolmar DCS9010 is a good saw 90cc and runs a 24 inch bar really well an the one I got new the other week was £170 cheaper than the best 661 price I found on line. The makita needs the bar studs swapped to take husky type bars but it's a 2 min job and the parts (New studs) cost £3. There's a thread in the chainsawbars section. I think the dolmar doesn't need this doing but others will know better than me.

Inspired by this thread I had some 8mm Chinese bar studs delivered yesterday and spent a very happy Friday knocking down oak logs with a Oregon 24inch bar on the saw it cuts so well. I do need a new chain though as the old one I had knocking about isn't good for many more sharpens and I can see this getting a lot of use. Next stop chainsawbars!

I have a Tirfor which I got second hand on eBay for not very much money a few years back its got a 1980 date stamp on it so it's older than me but it still works good as new. One of the best value bits of kit I have ever bought. It's the 3ton model and is mighty heavy, using it feels like a workout. But it's saved the day countless times and payed for itself over and over again.

So if you want a cheap alternative to a Tirfor how about a preloved one?

Jobs like that are normally done for the wood, as in you get the wood for free and the landowner gets the place neatened up for free every one wins as long as you get it done fast enough to cover your costs the risk is on you for that though.

The other way would be for you to charge for cutting and extracting and for the landowner to then sell the road side timber to try and cover the cost of hireing you.

Remember you are adding value to it by getting it to the roadside.

Signed it and got the Mrs too as well

I had a Jerry can taken off me at the ferry port once, annoyingly on my return trip when I went to collect it some bugger had stolen it! So no full fuel cans I did have an empty one with me too and they aren't bothered by them!!

Fair enough

Hi all I am having bother trying to find a fuel tank grommet for my 254 the only ones on flea bay are in the states and postage makes it quite expensive for such a small part! Where should I get one from in the UK and how much should it be? Cheers

Done if this go through I might consider buying aspen looked like great stuff at the show but to dear for me