FJMatt

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Use Wood Wisely

Thanks for both replys, I've looked into both options and gone with treequips idea and bought an old lister elevator,

Any one use stand alone hydraulic conveyor?

Any advice on build quality , prices etc

Thanks Frank

Is that the tree in question on the link???

Might move the sun lounger first!

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Cutting some spruce other day, heard something nasty,

NAILS

Old pheasant pens,

Oil (and heating oil) is priced in dollars... With the pound going down in value it means heating oil will cost more....

 

Should be a better winter for you log boys...

Talking with my timber supplier about this, this morning ,

he said a lot of the sawmills are also importing timber if price goes up, theyll start using uk sourced again ,tightning up firewood supplies

The saw got packed up today and found......a 12" bar and chain in the box:001_rolleyes: I now reckon that there were a number of slight issues that were exacerbated by a stupidly small bar on such a large saw:lol:

 

The 365 would be more at home on a 20" and it is now a 372 so 20-24" on that.

 

Needless to say, it is now tuned pretty fat on the top end otherwise on a 12", it will fail again - I use an 18" B&C to tach saws on the large Husky mount.

The damn thing went bang before I had chance to put a decent bar on it!

Watch this space

Some good 'ole memories coming back from looking at those tractors........ They and in particular Countys seemed big machines in those days but are toys in size compared to what is around today.[/quote

Ah but will the tractors of today still be working in 30 years time??

I once sold an item on eBay, sent it with parcel 2 go through yodel

Tracking number showed it had been delivered but the signature was a different name

Buyer claimed never received item

Ended up having to refund buyer and lost the item,

I even looked the address up on Google Street view, let's just say it wasn't the best of areas

Used parcel force ever since

just turn it off

Or don't put as much in other end

I adjusted my kindlet (the conveyer)a which slowed it down a tad, the size of kindling is bigger but not had any complaints. Still hard to keep up though!

If you slowed conveyor down doesn't it make kindling thinner???

When kindlet first came out the pump used to run slower, then they brought out what I think they called a turbo pump, I can remember getting the uprated kit for mine,

Old pump I kept for a spare

I always think it's the bagging side which slows it down

Cant believe a leaking deco valve would cause an engine to seize, looking at the pictures it has suffered a complete lubrication failure, if no obvious faults found then it looks like poor quailiy or not adiquate oil, pure and simple.

Time will tell,

It's possible that it's been run on poor quality fuel or not adequate oil or both

But not in the time I used it

I find many decomps leak and now just lap the things in and apply a little grease when pressure checking. I don't think this by itself will cause a major seize but guess it is possible but not likely.

 

Any decent tech will check out all the possible issues and then reset the carb to ensure it is running well and within spec.

Steve

Saw is now boxed up and will be sent down to you tomorrow, I will Pm you when I have more details

Thanks again

Frank

Just to clarify

I bought the saw in good faith

I contacted the seller to tell them the problem and agreed

A price with the seller for the saw as it is, they have refunded me the difference and I OWN the saw.

The purpose of the thread is to find out why it happened

And maybe save someone else's saw

I could say a lot more,

But it would only derail the thread for those who are interested

This morning thought I'd try to find cause,

Removed fuel line no leaking

Removed carb boot no cracking

Reassembled cylinder, boot, carb

Cut some innertube rubber strips put one between exhaust and gasket

The other between the carb and boot

Put compreser on to pulse tube gave it a little blast of air

Used daughters bubble mixture in hand spray and this is what I found

Let me know what you think

For the cost of posting it back, I could easily replace piston /ring

But what else would need to be replaced/tested, to try and stop it happening again

There was a tiny amount of fuel in tank, I filled it to about half, fired it up, ran it about 10 min, thought it sounded as though it was running out of petrol

Topped it up but it wasn't empty

Run for another 5min

Compression was good when first started , maybe to good

Cylinder is a mahle, so I think it will be original

But when stripped it, it was very clean round about it no dust, oil???

After that ran 254 on same petrol,same wood and a 2" bigger bar rest of day

Yes through PayPal, see what happens

Pity though, nice saw

Think it would be worth repairing,

Feedback 96.5%

Two negative in last twelve months,

Is a refund given after goods have been returned or before,

Might say never got it returned, then no refund, no saw

The seller will say you used bad mix or old fuel etc etc but its worth a punt

That's what I think

but to h**l with it, he would know it wasn't right

So I've messaged him, cheer him up a bit!

It had crossed my mind,

You are open to some options now like fitting a 372 top end and carb .......

Ha, I would do it in a minute

But need to know what happened first

Here are some pictures of it stripped down