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My guess too, - don't know for sure but probably knocking on decompressors on other cylinders leaving just one firing. Our old matador used to have decomp's on both banks of three cylinders so it could in theory be started by handle. Never tried it to start - didn't have the handle, but it could make some great noises if you flicked one group of 3 cylinders out.

Some mighty nice slabs there, but I have nothing but sheer admiration for guys like you using chainsaw units, with the vibes noise and fumes ,plus aching limbs. Well done. Shaun

......And this my fellow readers, is why Arbtalk must be one of the best forums in the world. Well done Lee

What about the seemingly well bent silver motor and, I'm guessing the top of the tree, lying next to it almost in final moments of the scene, as the camera pans down to road level ? I don't think these guys were having a good day at all ! Too many pedestrians about on far side, too many vehicles moving at critical time and I certainly wouldn't want anyone else in my space whilst felling . If the saw's going to kick out I don't need to be looking to see if the groundsmans gonads are at the right height for complete separation.

I bet that's some fast cutting looking at the gearing from motor to sprocket. And effortless electric - no vibes or fumes and only the zing of the chain to listen to. Let us know your progress.

Alderley edge, Cheshire -Lower partn on the mottram road approach

What for ? - I need to get work done, not debate til it's dark.

There's nothing quite so officious and law spouting as an ex cop.

Well, I did a major pulling job on the weed earlier this summer, trying to pull out every rooting stolon I could find underwater. 3 months later wonder did I dream that I'd done the job at all. Bloody pond looks as it did before, so may try floating the plastic method, though I suspect the stolons will just spread to the edges where they'll find the light, and recultivate. Don't really want to cover whole pond - its a haven for newts, dragonfly and brown trout hatchlings. Also my geese will have a real fit and just claw their way through it.

Feck ,you got alot of free time!

https://www.donedeal.ie/gardenequipment-for-sale/husqvarna-395xp-chainsaw/19770932 Just come across this little beauty on done deal here in Ireland. I wish I had the €3(.)00 it deserves. Wouldn't like to put a 36" on it for long. Interesting slightly non genuine ("gives technical"...?) serial /data tag , and that lovely sickly lurid orange that all pikey girls like to wear. I really hope the link works for you all. Shaun

That's the fella, he's often around my place.

My explanation sounds like it takes a week to achieve, sorry, in fact longest slowest part of job is the careful shaving to fit, everything else a case of bish, bash, bosch(!) and all done in less than 20 minutes if you've got everything prepared. But personally I'd go with Lazarus and either let him at it or get an education. Always good to see another mans technique.

Get a load of axe shafts of good quality and size, bringem into your house for a few weeks to really dry out. Meanwhile with an electric drill , drill lots of holes into the wood of the broken axe shafts around any wedges you see until they practically fall out or can be tugged out with pliers. Then drill similar holes through the remaining wood of the old shaft to break it into small pieces that chip out easily until you can clear out the old easily. Just driving out the complete old shaft never seems to work for me, things get tighter and more frustrating. Place a new dry shaft into the axe head , it probably wont go in far at all, but will leave a dirty mark showing where wood needs to be removed. Use the flap wheel , a spokeshave or a drawknife for this but take of very little. Repeat several times till a full tight fit is achieved. Drive it home fully. I then shape a hardwood wedge to fit down the full depth of the shaft, and cross this with the earlier recovered steel wedges. Now dump the whole lot in a bucket of water to swell the grain for several days and job should be a goodun. Repeat for the other axe heads, whilst youve got the tools out and in your in the right mood. !

Hope the cat doesn't knock the lid down after drinking outa the bowl. Ouch.

A section of stump ground lead pipe will be just the excuse you need to get rid of it altogether and replace with modern safe alternative. Surprised that wasn't job no.1

Yep, tried once reversing a set of three. Never knew it was possible to jacknife in so many directions at once

Every one I ever had to pull on the roads was definitely Satan's friend. Never would pull straight, weaving wildly from side to side, at least it saved me having to turn around to see how they were doing, - a glance through the side door and there they'd be happily skidding around. They leave some lovely swirly lines on the road surface though.

Its a bit like going to the tool store with the wife in tow, keep her moving and don't give her the opportunity to change direction

The shorter the tree/pole the harder they are to get the hinge to operate normally. Definitely a hard, fast constant pull through and beyond vertical is required. A fat hinge is too slow, but gives holding if your pull rope isn't already taking maximum tension. A winch in this situation is too slow in my opinion.

That's the one I use too.

I've replaced my heavy 4wd tractor for a quad, with a flail topper, light trailer, chain harrows, and small roller for doing all my farm work here. The quad on its own or carrying small loads will go across every bog and into all the tightest steepest parts of my mountain farm. Put a loaded trailer behind or the flail mower (300kgs) and the whole dynamics and balance change completely. I then really have to think about how to get into many places and even more importantly how to get back out if the implement pushes me into a tight corner. A small trailed weight on a slope pushes and jackknifes incredibly easily. There just isn't the weight or traction to deal with these situations. Slow though they may be I'd keep a very open mind to small / compact tractors

Lovely....just lovely, I'd be orgasmic to see something like that come off the mill.

Yep heard of this one before. Had an Aussie lucas miller explain it to me a while back, basically chains and blades are designed to cut perpendicular to the timber. An angled wood edge means one side of cutting edge is doing more work than the other, putting a minute twist into the cutter whilst the other side is lazy on entry, and can if given too much force, start cutting off line. Def another possibility.

A rabbit?