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Eddy_t

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  1. Nah, just do em flat Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App
  2. Comparing bute and BSE are like comparing arb trucks to chainsaws, as for the origins of the meat, I doubt Romanians have as easy access to bute as British equestrians do, so the probability is very low. Unless of course the French and British have been adding horse knowingly from their stocks! It is really a trading standards/false advertisement thing Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App
  3. Ms361 = 560xp (60cc), the 550 is slightly smaller, and that's the one I'm going with, and my thread about the 550 or 560 wasn't very helpful, the only people who had tried both were indecisive, where as everyone else had one or the other, my best recommendation is to test em out at your local dealer! Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App
  4. Local dealer had a fit at jonsie's prices, 28% discount, reluctantly agreed at 27.5% to me Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App
  5. Eddy_t

    First saw

    550, had a 346, was brilliant, buying a 550 next week, speak to f r jones, they beat any other price I've seen! Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App
  6. The CE equivalent in ANSI, and you can quite easily buy the stickers from a local dealer if you're that worried! But the models are the same, just the US have more models! Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App
  7. Tiberius aquillius aemilianus Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App
  8. Hollow-tine fork and kiln dried top-dressing sand, hard work, but will cure your problem if done monthly over a year or two Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App
  9. What does the OP want a saw for? If he tells us his plans we could advise what to purchase, and from where, if he wants a saw for firewood/carving/felling/milling or what ever else you can use a saw for, if he is after money making, buy slightly damaged/in need of repair pro saws and fix em
  10. That's the thing though spud, it's a 95cc saw, and he is uninitiated, I remember trying to start the 385, I didn't know about chain breaks or half revs, I drop started it, and the compression pivoted the saw, the chain hit my leg and cut in. Luckily it didn't start! How many here have drop started a saw on site? If the general public/ untrained saw users are using the biggest saws, no PPE, and the size of bars these saws use, research should have been done prior! Would you get on a 1300cc motorbike with no experience, or drive a Bugatti veyron the day you pass your driving test?
  11. Which ones the KA
  12. Done it
  13. Many carb kits are exactly the same, had 2 different carb models, 2 different kits (apparently), exact same shape and fit!
  14. Eddy_t

    newbie here

    Good luck, and I hope you find work, but the pay is poor when you start off, but work damn hard! It'll get you there quicker, and they might teach you more during your time there
  15. On my bench, partner k650 that starts, revs up, but as soon as you drop the revs once warm, dies and won't restart!
  16. Pollard at 6 foot! Whilst its not a brilliant specimen, it's still an ash! It may have resistance to ash die back, and so, a good stock tree, and if not, you can fell and burn it at a later date!
  17. Eddy_t

    newbie here

    Not a tree surgeon now, branched out into greens keeping if you pardon the pun, I started out by asking local tree surgeons for work, feeding the chipper, dragging and stacking, watched what they did, picked up a few tricks, one put me through my cs30/31, and I worked hard, in the winter when the work died down I spoke to land owners I knew and laid hedges with a saw, chopped down trees and flogged the wood, I bought more equipment, and did other courses, following year I worked hard again, and did more training and bought more stuff, if you learn to work well with basic equipment, you can make expensive stuff work twice as good!
  18. Eddy_t

    First saw

    Basic model, bar nuts, not a fancy chain tensioner, and the 435 will suffice, I started with my 236, which is smaller, and that did huge stuff, and on a tiny chain
  19. An annual scalp would have been used for animal fodder in times gone by, it is only like a crown shatter and aurochs or deer grazing a low shatter
  20. Weight isn't an issue, as I said my other groundsaw is a 385xp, which weighs about 10kg, and due to not bothering with PPE, medical issues and smoking, I now have poor circulation in my hands and in the cold they seize, given that I'm only 22 and most of my joints are knackered, any help is a big help!
  21. Rail lines are 25kv, treat as 33kv, meaning 2.5m clearance minimum to work by, if you don't have UA2.3 I wouldn't take the job, you only need enter that distance once and you're cooked, but on another note, network rail should be sending their guys, the whole point would have been to get permission
  22. The main reason of discussing axes and other bladed objects for pollarding is these tools were easy to manufacture, and would have been easy for the woodsman to acquire, so these would have been the tools to use for pollarding, the axe for initiating the pollard, and then a billhook to operate a management technique, as this tool has probably the broadest uses, whilst hand saws would have been difficult to produce and maintain, therefore expensive, and out of reach to the humble woodsman
  23. Possibly, but for an extra £30 it might be useful on those days where it's wet and cold, like today, my gloves get wet, and my hands get cold, despite throwing the 385 round like a loon! And chucking that saw through trees really does get the blood pumping!
  24. Tons more! Makes it more powerful than a 880 or an 090 to be fair, thieves know what they're looking for, coulors and stuff, so buy one of those fake huskies or stihls off the bay
  25. Spray green like an aldi saw!

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