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£16.80 for the Oregon blade from there usually only £12 at my local dealer or £10 from numerous online retailers.

Local dealer, but a quick search online shows FR Jones, Radmore Tucker & L&S engineers are all cheaper still, probably more places too if I looked harder. I have only ever seen 2 different Stihl branded mulching blades neither has a 25.4mm centre hole. 4000-713-3903 270mm length with 20mm centre hole 4000 713 3902 320mm length with 20mm centre hole

They are cheaper at £10-£12 vs £23 for the stihl ones but the stihl ones only come with a 20mm centre hole so they are no use whatsoever to me. Unless Stihl start making these blades with the more common 25.4mm centre holes then I can't switch brands.

Oregon 2 Teeth Blade 295505 4mm 25.4mm Centre Hole. Will probably send it to them to see if they can id the fault.

Definitely agree on the felling dog, really should be double dogs on it but as for breaking it I happen to know if it is dropped 40' out of a big beech & lands on a road then you can break the plastic thumbscrew on the air filter cover, everything else will survive completely unscathed but that thumbscrew is quite vulnerable in that specific situation. Can't comment on how I know this as obviously I would never be stupid enough to unhook it from my harness whilst trying to get into a tricky work position.

Was clearing a few brambles and scrubby rhodies today had a 2 tooth mulching blade on the clearing saw all going fine then all of a sudden there was some serious vibration so I hit the kill switch & found the blade had snapped just to one side of the dome washer. Didn't feel a bump beforehand & no rocks or other solid objects in the area anyway. No idea where the missing half of the blade ended up it will have to be a quick sweep of the area with a metal detector when I go to finish off just in case it buried itself where i was working, light was failing so couldn't spend too much time searching. Little bit unnerving that a newish 4mm thick blade with no visible signs of wear on it would fail in such a way & seriously relieved it didn't come flying in my direction. Normally these mulching blades last ages before they end up too worn, bent or I just get sick of sharpening them & they end up on the scrap pile never had one snap before so wondered if anyone else had experienced this. Probably just a one off defective blade that slipped past quality control but it left me a bit unsettled as it could of caused some serious damage.

Add a bit of chikara to the glyphosate & that actually works.

In England retailers with less than 250 employees have the option to charge if they want to but no obligation to do so. In Wales no retailers have the same option they must all charge for bags. In England all retailers are strongly encouraged to donate profits to charity if they do charge for bags whether they are forced to charge for them or not. They cannot be forced to donate those profits to charity but all have to keep records showing how much was charged for bags & what that money was used for. In Wales retailers with less than 10 employees do not have to keep these records but all retailers must pay a fixed amount of 5p to the government for each bag sold (if they choose to charge more for them they keep the rest of the money for themselves) & the Welsh assembly says it spends this money on good causes but won't say what those causes are. Rules are different again in Scotland & Ireland.

Very difficult to make much off a single tree. Someone may be interested in the main stem for milling if it can be straight felled rather than dismantled. Wood turners may be interested in crotches & burrs. Neither will be prepared to pay much as they will only be hobbyists. It would be more valuable if you sold it as firewood but people would expect it to be ringed up at the very least if not split as well & value would vary depending on whether you could deliver it or if you wanted them to pick it up. Could be advertised as firewood on ebay or a card in a local shop window no guarantee there will be any interest whatsoever though.

I don't charge for logs, chip, stump grindings or stumps as they are all easily shifted or made use of by myself I only charge for brash, garden waste, grass clippings etc... if I agree to take it at all which doesn't happen very often. If someone offers a few quid when dropping off logs or chip I am not going to turn it down but I don't expect paying for it. I don't do much in the way of firewood so view logs as a bit of a nuisance as it wouldn't pay to hire people in to process them or to invest in processing kit myself but can always shift them a grain trailer full at a time to certain customers. Just a pain when I suddenly have a small mountain of mixed lengths & rings to sort through on my own with just a chainsaw & a fiskars X27 rather than the odd transit load which is quickly processed.

Noticed I missed an important difference between domestic & commercial users regarding how much fuel can be carried without the need to get yourself a ticket to carry hazardous materials. Have added the info in bold below. Thanks for that..a great help. It just goes to show that if a person ( forecourt staff) reads something they automatically believe its the law. I suspect that even armed with all the latest legislation etc the staff would just simply stick to their supermarket policy. What I did find annoying was that they said it was the LAW re only 2 x 5lts containers-which we now know is incorrect..thanks chaps. Forecourt staff may of been referencing their licence terms rather than the law as some garages do have restrictions put on their licenses (which are not always interpreted correctly by the staff working there).

Just be glad you only have a tirfor if you end up owning a Trewhella monkey winch you end up getting the really big trees blown over in the most inaccessible places you can imagine. Or rescuing stuck tractors, excavators, harvesters etc...

Around here the difference is a 16' flatbed (mixed soft/hard wood) tipped in the least convenient place possible (usually blocking a drive, garage or whatever) is £60 whereas a dumpy bag dropped roughly where the customer wants it is £40 (softwood) or £50 (hardwood). Then you get onto the pickups full and various trailers from 1m3 to 20m3 etc... No consistency whatsoever with load size or price from one supplier to another. Just sold as "a load of logs" once someone orders or knows someone else who has they know what to expect from that supplier in the future.

There was a lengthy discussion on the subject recently. http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/firewood-forum/93359-trading-standards.html

Another very similar looking one on ebay Megastore 247 - Ratchet Set - Including Regular Deep Hex & Torx Bits - 94 Piece | eBay Personally I have always found the majority of the tools made for Lidl or Aldi are made by well known companies and are much better quality than similar looking stuff imported from china & sold via ebay, amazon, machinemart, screwfix etc... Giving an example I have a 5" grinder that came from Aldi for £15, made by Ferm but equivalent model with their own brand name on it would of cost just over £50 and more importantly it performs like a £50 grinder not a throwaway one.

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They are not designed to be reused & serve no real purpose anyway most people just leave them off. Manual here if you really do need help getting the muffler apart. http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/attachments/chainsaws/187252d1438887523-ms-261-muffler-ms261-wshopmanual.pdf

Last time I had a lorry like that filled with similar timber on the yard the driver handed me £250 to thank me for providing him with somewhere to dump 5 loads of it. Took ages to process so I could get rid of it, all those lengths & rings mixed up had to be hand sorted.

Not sure how the bbc get away with publishing something that inaccurate as a factual article. Accurate information with all relevant links to info to back it up here: Are Jerry Cans legal? What is the law on fuel cans? | Wavian Jerry Cans Basic summary is: Up to a maximum of 60 litres of fuel can be transported in (any size) appropriate fuel cans in a single vehicle. Up to 30 litres can be stored on domestic premises without questions or up to 275 litres subject to permission being obtained from the Petroleum Enforcement Agency, appropriate storage etc.... Any amount can be stored on buisness premises as long as it is in appropriate containers & a DSEAR risk assessment is completed. Yes Aspen users should be doing this too. How much the garage is prepared to sell you is entirely at their discretion.

Just before the box is sent off to be cremated the doors should be chained shut & this played, worth it for the reactions of the guests. [ame] [/ame]

Most of that price will be inflated postage charges, local dealer should be cheaper.

It will have a short term alleopathic effect leafy stuff in particular but it rots down in a few months & doesn't cause any long term issues. Take a look at this study, page 23 onwards for for a bit more info. http://www.wildresources.co.uk/reports/Hale&Wong.pdf

Your local echo dealer should be able to get it but if you prefer to order online then here are a couple of link to UK sellers. Easily Buy Spare parts for Garden Machinery Type the part number in. or https://www.diyspareparts.com/parts/echo/seal-oil-v505000011/

Well known problem with the PB-770 the Walbro WYK-345 carb that Echo use is set to run too lean but has no H adjustment screw, some of the Chinese carbs are the versions with the H adjustment screw so if I get one of them then that should solve the problem permanently if I get sent one without the adjustment then I get to replace the carb every few months until I find a supplier that does send out the adjustable ones. Also toying with the idea of buying some Aspen to see if that makes a difference rather than running it on petrol. As backpack blowers are not used as frequently as the handheld ones the extra running costs of Aspen wouldn't be an issue.

Not a saw today it's a blower Echo PB-770 to be precise was going very cheap because it has the carb issues they are notorious for so won't reach full revs unless left on half choke. Plan of attack is: 1 order new £20 wyk-345 carb from China 2 run a bit of seafoam/mechanic in a bottle or similar through it wait for that to make no difference whatsoever. 3 Clean carb properly not bothering with carb kit as they cost as much as a new carb does. Find that also makes no difference. 4 receive new carb in post put that in find it runs perfectly & order another ready for next time it goes wrong while wondering why I wasted my time with steps 2 & 3. Unless anyone has a better suggestion.