Tom10

The loop is designed for the carabiner of your saw strop to be clipped to. I then have a petzl caritool thing to clip the saw to up high. The reason to clip to the little loop is that this will form the weakest part of the set up if your saw goes with timber when cutting. If you clip to the D ring or other place the weakest part will be questionable - it would hurt put it that way. That's loop is designed specifically for hanging a saw off.

You'd be a long time cutting through wirecore - certainly long enough for you to notice its not wood! You wouldnt get a chance with normal rope!

Nice lanyard set up but thats the thing - you have replaced your flipline with a lanyard........ Its not comparable, they are different pieces of equipment. I think you should dig deep and invest in a flipline. I only ever use mine when chogging down a stem, and I wouldnt be happy chogging down without a lump of metal in it, especially a large stem where you cant see the other side of the tree - If your ''lanyard'' gets caught on a tiny peg and sits 8 inches higher at the back of the tree (the side you cant see) then your meeting the ground at pace... A simple flipline set up is like 50 quid... Tom.

Take a brown felt tip pen for when you tear something. Be quick with it, like a Ninja, so no one sees you do it. Its acceptable if no one catches you - its in BS3998 (in the small print)

... Dont buy a 435 then If cost if putting you off a 550 or 560 then find a second hand 346 or 357 for the same money as a new 435

The 435 is OK in general. Its performance of course depends on its task! Its not a professional saw by any means, but handles well and its very light. It would suit a new starter attending a course or perhaps a gardener with occasional chainsaw use. Ideal for home logging of firewood.

I have nothing for you, but I really want to know why its 22 miles exactly!

Hi all, Im sure its been said before but just to acknowledge a great service from FR Jones. Ordered some spikes plus a couple of small items the other day. Got a phone call the next day to say they didn't have the spikes and would have to order from abroad (Distel Geckos... sounding German perhaps?) anyway was told they could be up to 2 weeks. This was on a Thursday Long story short Jonesie himself rings on Friday and says he'll try and get them in early the following week for me as I explained I was desperate and true to his word I got an email 6.30 am the following Monday saying they'd been dispatched and I received them Tuesday in perfect condition. Top notch.

... Heroes wear Haix

Harkila are very, very good. Pro Hunter GTX 12 - Harkila UK

XPG get too hot IMO. If your using a saw enough for the heated bars to actually heat, then your using it enough for your body to be hot through pure hard work! 560 is a nice saw but too heavy for everyday stuff, but again it depends on the job. If your felling medium sized hardwoods then the 560 running an 18 inch bar would be idea. I would always go for the lightest saw you can get away with. My 550 with a 15 inch bar is cracking. I only use a bigger saw if I have to, I never want to! 550 is a joy to use.

Erm.. after reading the first line i was going to suggest you need a girlfriend, but it appears you have one. I therefore suggest you make better use of your time with her! Theres many ways to do this and a Private message to a select few on here should guide you in the right direction with advice. I think if i dream of work i shall give it up.

I think they may get brittle quickly also, but they do sound ideal in every other way, light, strong and fairly cheap. To be fair, if they do go brittle you can just replace. I vote give it a try and let arbtalk know how it goes