peatff
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We just had hailstones and wind now it's fine again but cool, down to 8°c now and the clouds are getting dark again.
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I got one for £9 delivered to adjust the 135. The spline is on the Zama carb H & L screws the tick over is a straight screw head, the Walbro on my other saw has straight screw heads on all adjusters. Some use weird ones like pac man or D shapes just to keep it interesting.
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Rather have a Sarp chain than a Bunt one though
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Do you ever clip your saw to the tree ? It seems like a sensible alternative to me (not that I know what I'm on about) if the saw is heavy and likely to rip something or pull you down with it.
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And the price is still a lot higher for second hand Stihl and Husqvarna, usually at least twice the Mitox price for something that has been well used. Some Sachs Dolmar and Echo saws sell cheaper but they don't come up that often.
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I went into Spa Engineering in Chesterfield the other day for some chain oil and noticed that they have Mitox saws for sale along with the Husqvarnas they are a dealer for.
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That and warming the plug in a blow lamp flame or on the gas ring but I put the fuel straight in the spark plug hole.
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What they are saying is that your maintenance man would be better with a small back handle saw for general work than a top handle saw. Get him a Stihl 181 or a Husqvarna 135.
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The ones on mine have ordinary screw heads, you get a screwdriver, file and scrench with them when you buy them new. They take NGK BPMR7A plug.
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It's a generic Chinese saw sold under a few different badges. I bought one and it would only run flat out straight out of the box and I had to start from scratch with the carburettor adjustments. It has a Walbro fitted so the instructions are readily available on the net. Turn the H and L screw in till they seat lightly and then turn them out about 1 full turn each, turn the T screw or whatever letter it has in a few turns to speed it up. Check for spark and put a drop of fuel down the plug hole. Pump the bubble 6 or 7 times and pull the choke knob out, pull it over then push the knob in without touching the trigger (fast idle position) and pull it over again. If it doesn't start abandon it and get another, they are only £69 on ebay. If it does start turn the tick over screw out to slow it back down when it is warm and follow a youtube video to set the H & L.
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It looks a blurred light tan colour in the left picture and in the other it looks a long way away. If you have a camera with a macro function try another picture.
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Bet somebody with no saw would have been glad to get that.
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It looks a bit wasted on that twig though
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Timber used to be transported by river to the mills for processing in Canada and on the Mississipi.
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Why, is he going to eat it ?
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Is it one that takes you to a russian site ? Browser hijack or similar.
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Some people like house plants Is it an indoor climbing school ?
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I bought a 4 ton splitter for £150 on ebay last week and split some Oak with it. As above cut the bigger pieces down with the saw before splitting and it was no hardship. I split some Birch about 10" round and it did that easily enough. You soon get the hang of reading the wood for which way the knots run and it's a lot easier than the maul.
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Daft and irritating terminology used in this industry
peatff replied to Goaty's topic in General chat
Tim Healy hates that more. -
I use a 21" triangular bow saw for anything up to about 4", I'm not a regular tree worker though just a back yard firewood collector.
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Daft and irritating terminology used in this industry
peatff replied to Goaty's topic in General chat
That's a favourite of mine, if it was 1 in 10 it would be "they've absolutely decimalised the place " I often drop a wrong word in for comic effect to wind my mate up like " the pheasants are revolting" or something similar. -
I made my own little trailer many years ago with 500kg indespension units and just big enough to sit a 48"x40" pallet in the bottom. It has done countless tip runs and fetched sand and ballast for numerous projects as well as gardening supplies. Unbraked does not automatically allow you 750kg, you are also governed by the weight of the towing vehicle and it's maximum nose weight. From the AA site Unbraked trailers The maximum you may tow – combined weight of trailer and load – using an unbraked trailer is 750 kg. The towing vehicle must have a kerbside weight at least twice the loaded weight of the trailer. I also fitted an arrester cable on mine as there was a nasty accident with a child in a pushchair killed by a runaway trailer in Heage near here a few years ago.
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Daft and irritating terminology used in this industry
peatff replied to Goaty's topic in General chat
It annoys me when someone says that something was done perfectly well. Was it done well or was it done perfectly ? Also I would of done instead of I would have done should be fixed by auto correct nowadays. -
I made a little hatchet handle from some Beech which was the frame of an old sofa someone had dumped. An axe is something big that needs two hands to wield, a hatchet is for chopping a few sticks or shaping wood before I whittle something.
