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    I heard they were developing an in-car charger Whilst on a note of comparing the saws, the battery one has a chain speed of 16m/s or 20m/s, whilst the t435 is somewhere between 16-18m/s, in other words it cuts as fast as a 560 or larger engined saws!
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    Well I won't be eating any hats it seems
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    We have a problem with ours at work, idles for 10 seconds then cuts out, no drop in revs, but have to keep revving it to keep it going
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    090 av

    Eddy_t replied to Aaron's topic in Chainsaws

    I want!
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    Finally progress at the golf club I work at, a tree was to be felled before I identified it, now to be pollarded
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    Re-pollard, but a lot more, probably 50% off those main limbs, if not more
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    Also maybe try stuff like local councils and maybe local nature reserve charities, that stuff is usually about 5 mins to breakdown! I remember one of the times I used the saws at staffs wildlife trust, the one saw had just come back from a service, fired the one up, one tree down and dead, fired the other up, limbed and cross-cut and dead, the other saw in the workshop there had died too! Usually they have plenty of 'old' broken machinery they want rid of too, sometimes all it needed was a carb clean
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    Would you just do saws, or branch out into mowers and other stuff like a certain alkylate lover for the summer, as I think the saws would be predominately winter, and be prepared for aldi specials
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    To be fair trees under management seem to have grown a hell of a lot last year, the bullace I did a few weeks back had put on 8-10 foot of growth This is it half done and the difference between where it's grown to and where it was to be reduced back to was startling, I never knew they could grow that much! Almost forgot, this is one years growth!
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    I think adverts in the local paper would be the way to go there rich, as repairs for homeowner saws would either be from the local dealer they bought the saw from round here, and b&q, homebase, and others all refer customers to that same dealer round where I live
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    Yes, none of the 3 series husqy toppers are repair friendly, no matter how small the repair as I discovered when replacing the stop switch on my 338
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    To be fair with a muffler mod all you need to do is rich the low revs up until the chain stops creeping, so no need for a tach
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    Right just to clarify this: you may take 5m^3 of millable timber and only sell 2m^3 of that, that applies to any tree over 8cm in diameter measured at 1.5m from the ground, this may be done per quarter, with each quarter corresponding to the 3 months jan/feb/mar, apr/may/jun, and so on, within the 2nd and 3rd quarters extreme caution must be taken due to nesting birds, you will learn this on the nptc course though. And they are Sitka, they probably won't be covered by tpo or CA but if you do apply for a felling licence they can make you replant it, tree for tree
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    Yeah, apparently both are present on site, my friend manages the reserve, and he's a twitcher he wanted to manage it more for the bird's habitat, where as I was more interested in the techniques, and was happy to help so I could test my theories, seems a large amount of knowledge has been lost over the years, also had a go at another local reserve at trying to recreate 'bundle' beeches, but haven't had time to go back and examine those in about 5 years, so will try to visit in summer and will report back on my findings
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    Great thread, only just found it, I used to volenteer with the wildlife trust, we were managing willow pollards for habitat creation and were encouraging decay and hollowing by flush-cutting the regrowth (approx 15 years old) for birds like willow tits
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    Just a muffler mod would do, doesn't lessen the life really
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    I know, and whilst I understood what you meant, it made me giggle
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    As a management plan for the broadleaves I would recommend a pollard system on 15 trees, then you can have a rotation for firewood over 15 years, whilst this advice in not necisarily the idea of this forum, adjusting your training/equipment would be ideal, you have the right ideas and the NPTC courses are the ones I would suggest, they will teach you the ground stuff you need, so have your contractor set the pollards (6ft standing poles) up for you and trim with a silky pruning saw when they are thick enough to harvest for firewood. You could always buy a semi-pro saw as they will suffice, if you're milling the wood with a chainsaw I would suggest a larger engine too 65cc+, such as an stihl ms391 or husqy 365, if not, an ms291 or husqy 555 would be a cheaper option than the pro saws, hope this helps
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    I was just pointing out the way you worded it, saying he 'wouldn't be killed, unfortunately'
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    Skyhuck we don't want him dead, we want him protected!!!! Hence why we suggested training and PPE!
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    You can do it a few ways, 1. Press the chainbreak activator thing into its space on the handle and try to turn it like that, or 2. Make a tool like gardenkit did on the what's on my bench thread
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    What? I need a cuddly toy in my workshop? any cuddly toy or something specific?
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    As I said, a high turn over of work to make it viable, I didn't even think of tools! How much of your money you made back on your tools rich? Half yet?
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    erm, two on the same road, after that im not sure, there are a fair few but i dont use em and therefore dont know where exactly they are, but i am near cannock chase, and there are a substantial amount of arborists in my area. and i did say he would need a lot of work to make it viable
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    If you get enough work in I would imagine so, my local dealer charges £30 an hour but they have a high turn over of saws and mowers, and gardenkit survives on it when not pushing aspen

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