ratcatcher

Morning All,

 

I understand I'm opening myself to a little abuse here but hey ho!

 

I'm looking at getting a chainsaw to take apart and learn to basics behind them, unless I get a bargain which is in great condition

 

But which machines are the most robust that people recommend still to date. I know my GFs father has a Stihl 024 and its been and still is fantastic.

 

I do like the Stihl brand so think I will stick to that. Also a model which parts are still easily avalible at reasonable prices.

 

Anyone got any recommendations?

surely all chainsaws, even cheap imported stuff, work to the same basic principle, and within reason could be taken apart to learn the basics behind them, stipulating a make and model suggests more, a bit like me wanting to learn how motorbikes work, but can it be a red & white honda 1300 please

tupperware did something very similar many years ago (christ Im getting old)

Hang on a minute. They own these woods and the trees in them. They generally manage them with an aim of increasing species diversity. About 2/3 of all the insects and beetles in a wood live on dead wood, so leaving this dead wood is vital to the ecology of the wood.

How would you feel if somebody came along and dug up the flowers in your garden because they wanted to take them back to their garden? Its not whether you can get away with it but that this is their property, not yours and you are disrupting the ecology of that wood. Rant over!!!!

a good reply, as a woodland owner I can thankfully say to my knowledge I don't have any wood thefts from my wood, in all honesty I've not seen a living soul since december, but as above, apart from the wildlife/insects etc, irrelevant of whether its laying on the floor or not, it belongs to be not anyone else, so get orf my land...

I do have a woodland owner friend, that sadly has a big problem with wood theft,

if your still worried get him to pay by paypal as a gift, no charges then apply

thats a work of art mate

easy, follow jasper's advice

Essex is closer than Hampshire...

 

If you've binder-sized stuff for sale, pm me with price and availability please.

 

Thanks.

sorry, should have been more specific in my answer, I've just bought a 7 acre woodland, that has hazel everywhere, most of it ready for coppicing, but not done as yet,

as it was bought more for family enjoyment and the sporting rights, we wont be removing too much of it, wouldn't even know what binder-size stuff is?

Its protected, removing it is an offence under the wildlife and countryside act

without knowing what bird it is, this is not necessarily true, if for instance it was one of the pest species, and fouling from the area directly below was causing either a hazard to health or a slip hazard (guano when wet can cause injury) then he would have the right under pest control to remove it, even if it has eggs and or chicks in it

check out the "general licence" (google it) for a list of the pest species,

have loads too, again bit too far

Good luck in your new career as a hairdresser.

my first vitara was red, and often referred to as a hairdressers car, so did this to it

for a number of years Ive been a vitara man, whilst secretly looking at pictures/videos on the net whilst she who must be obeyed slept:blushing:

but couldn't help myself yesterday, I went the whole hog and bought a secondhand freelander, funnily enough its the same year, same cc and same colour as my current vitz, but diesel rather than petrol, it was the boot space that pulled me in, and the fact the rear roof comes off, so ideal for lamping.

now I have to worry of the shame, will I start wearing land rover based clothing, will people look at me funny

worst of all, will it be stuck in the garage having repairs more than I have hot dinners:biggrin:

I have a friend who's a camera dealer, he advised to stay away from nikon, and go with cannon, of course he did me a very very good deal on a cannon

but he just told me, to look on e bay and compare prices of camera bodies to see the difference

plus more lenses available in cannon

cheers rob, good of you to offer the 10% to even new members like myself

yeah, look good, I'd want the dedicated Timberjack, do I order via the linked webpage or here via you?

and yes, have a go pro, and will do some video, but not professional, just me in my wood

although probably frowned upon, why not one of these combinations, bought myself one for our woods mainly for the strimmer/brush cutter, but the hedge cutter works well too

52cc Petrol 5in1 Hedge Trimmer, Chainsaw, Strimmer, Brush Cutter, Extension Pole | eBay

I could do with new teeth, will my dentist be able to fit them?

Have they tightened up recently? I know someone who got a Husky through the post within the last two months (I think, say three months to be on the safe side), only had to provide proof of being a proffessional user (sent copy of NPTC card). I'm pretty sure I was told the same for Stilh over the interweb.

 

Good news for local dealers if they have tightened up. Bad news for the internet boys.

I think you'll find that Stihl policy dictates that all saws are handed over to the customer in person.

 

Have you tried your local dealer?

Stihl and husqvarna policy on no internet/distance selling

I bought a husky new online, and my only cert is via u tube:blushing:

I wouldn't bother with the eBay package, you don't need the 2 big bottle twist things!

You will only have about 2 feet to work with tensioning.

 

You would be buying the kit and then having work around it for the zip line.

Wire rope like that is buttons, and you don't need the inserts as long as the bend radius isn't too tight.

An Aldi puller for tensioning, you should get about 8-10ft, a dozen bull dogs and get 100m of 10mm. Get some old tyres, cut some holes and feed the wire through, thats a good cushion for stopping.

I get an idea of what your saying, which I like as Im a tight git, but could you expand a bit as Im not up on the tech names of items

when you say aldi puller, do you mean a hand winch?

 

Here's one of the first test runs; lobbing my 8 year old over it....

great clip, his mum (?) thought it was fast, has she been on it

kids were made to be test dummies,lol

don't know if its different in your own house/garden, but within woodland you need planning permission as its a fixed structure, although we call them deer spotting platforms for woodland management, which gets round that little loop hole

thanks for the replies, we were going to test it the redneck way

camp over, get everyone drunk, then dare the heaviest person (biker) to "have a go"

I've got an old tyre but where to get a spring?

Looks decent enough kit, don't whether it's expensive or not though...?

I'd say you'll want a coupe of pulleys & a length of cord to tension it up initially, there's less than a foot of pull on the two turnbuckles together.

What were you thinking for a carriage?

Either way, sounds like fun!

probably something like this

ZIP WIRE TANDEM TWIN WHEEL PULLEY Zip Line Trolley with sealed ball bearings | eBay

with a harness fixed under it?

it really makes you wonder how our ancestors ever survived with all this H&S stuff don't it,

just saw a news story on another forum about a supermarket removing packs of monkey nuts from it's shelves, as it didn't carry the warning, "may contain nuts"

Hi guys, silling question time!

 

Can anyone give me advise on laying turf on sand.

just remember, green side up:lol:

I suppose its down to weather your self employed or PAYE, we use harnesses in pest control, ours are 3yrs, then they are binned, well not binned they find there way to my shed, but from our companies point of view, they are just covering their backs, should any accident claims be made against them, a harness is cheaper than a law suit.

self employed, doing a competent check on any harness, checking any cuts or frayed stitching is surely down to the person using it, any accidents due to the harness, what would you do? sue yourself