TGB

If you and the job ate at opposite ends of the country, then you'll not be travelling back and forth each day. Are you going to live on-site or rent a place for the duration and how much is it likely to be, at the time of year when you'll be cutting?

They must be knackered! And fit.

Work trousers with steelie wellies.

Wrynose & Hardnott are a test piece for cyclists, people in classic cars like Morgan and Riley. Driven them a few times in a LWB Transit. The peach was once in the dark, with a SWB Transit towing a trailer full of kayaks, canoes & new paddlers.

Nails in trees_ some property managers are on the ball and some hardly ever leave their office or 'The Hollens'. Estate teams tend to be fussy about things, forestry teams a little less so. But if the PM can't make it out to site/a quick fix is needed/several previous signs have been flung into bushes or burnt or taken home, then anything goes.

MS 211 runs a 3/8" PM3_ Picco Micro 3. The 3 denotes a low-kickback chain and is .050"_1.3mm gauge. Same as on the MS181. The MS171 runs a 3/8" PMM3_ Picco Micro Mini 3 and is .043"_1.1mm gauge.

A1 - Nice one!

Looking at those chains reminded me of one of my father's friends. Given a big enough potato, he can carve a continuous loop of interlinked chain. Each link is free moving and with great care, can be fried with the links remaining free to move. He taught my brother how to do this. You need a really big potato, a very sharp pointed knife, lots of patience, an equal amount of care & a large bowl of fresh water. He too could carve one free moving ball inside another free moving ball, inside a tile roofed cage. Which itself hung on a small length of free moving chain... and all from a single apple.

Buy just the powerhead and fit a Sugi Hara bar or Oregon Powermatch Pro

Great saw for the money. Not that quick on thicker than bar length trees but will still fell them. Great on small stuff and light in the hands. Know someone who uses theirs on a nearly daily basis for firewood, with occasional felling. Seems to handle what he asks of it. But hasn't the grunt of the 231, 241, 261; so make sure you keep that chain sharp.

So how many average sausages can one cook per grandma?

Called by Aspen stand in forestry area and was told, that if I called by the lower stand, filled out a form and mentioned I already used Aspen. That I'd get a beanie but I never did find the lower stand. But then I've never fancied using Aspen to keep my head warm, as I've never seen self-immolation as being much use to coppicing and the like.

In short, yes. But it depends on what saw exactly. Models please, then Spudulike, Wisecobandit and Gardenkit will be along shortly.

I like the idea of prepping the grave and simply cracking it open, to let your loved one slump into its final rest. Everyone at a funeral needs a laugh. Friend of mine has his funeral in a week. Maybe I could pursade his wife... maybe not.

Germany give hornets full protection status but in the UK they're not protected, if their nests are a present danger, (I may also be incorrect.) But there's plenty of pest control specialists advertising to destroy nests. So I reckon they're not on the protected list.

Are you working toward: a. forestry, b. tree surgery c. an all rounder to begin d. wood fuel/milled timber provider A, an MS 241 or MS 441. B, an MS 241 for groundwork for starters and something lighter up top. Though the 241 is both light & manoeuvrable. C at first, something like MS 261 or maybe a bit bigger, an MS 441. D, you're going to need two. One for cutting to length and one, (a big one) for milling).

Yep. Down on the level. But for some reason no one was looking as I went past.

From the roundabout to the car park took 20mins. I left around 16:40, so if there were a crush on the way out I missed it. But then got jammed on the way back and at one point, took 45mins. to move 2mls. But it was downhill, so I cut the engine and coasted as the traffic inched forward.

As I walked up the hill, I came across Arbtalk, then Timberwolf, then Forst, then Jensen. For a while there, the universe went orange. Unless you count Arbtalk's Lg. T-shirts, in which case, it was mustard & orange. Haven't the organisers got a sense of humour? Couldn't they have got 'Orange' between either T' and F' or F' and J'?

It's an early 550, what do you expect... reliability? The 2013/2014 ones seem to be pretty much sorted now. And there's now a beefier brake-band available for the 545, 550XP & 560XP.

Go for it! Perhaps that needs a little more info. Got a 545 myself and am very happy with it. If I had to choose now between the 545 and 550XP, I'd probably go for the 550XP but that's because my needs have changed a little. When I bought the 545, it was my perfect saw 90% of the time, it still is. Now the 550XP would be great. But at the same time, 30-maybe-20% of the time it would be overkill. When I bought the 545, the 550XP would have been overkill 80% of the time. You certainly get more oomph with the 550XP but unless you're felling professionally, I reckon it would be needless expense. Though you get the option of heated handles with the XPG; there isn't that option with the 545. Again though, if you're just cutting for personal use. Are you likely to be out in all weathers, soaked and unable to warm your hands for hours on end? Get the 545 and you'll not be disappointed. Plus you get to save some money.

Had a couple of good flashes and rolling thunder, plus suitable downpour. But that lasted all of 30mins. and then nowt. Checked the forecast for APF and it looks ok for both remaining days.

If the cool bag came in orange, you'd be in there.

Not heard of hooked bungy cord. Doesn't matter what it looks like, unless you've got a can secured/tied down, it's going to shift when you get to the first roundabout of the day.

Ditto