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  1. a pair on my pond with six young, being watched very closely by 4 ravens. They have survived for 4 days so far!
  2. What are these strange growths on my oak whip? 2nd year in pot, should be planted out for the Queen, the acorn came from her!
  3. Finally got finished, 380 m and a big heap of brash.
  4. Nice work, where is that to?
  5. Something a bit more manly this weekend!
  6. Willow?
  7. Took the wife for a day out to the BHHA "Skills of the Hills" day. Didn't tell her she was my gofor for the day. Tried a new style for us, which turned out o.k.
  8. Getting a bit easier and a better result.
  9. M4 is 100 miles long. which part?
  10. Not so bad with an electric saw!
  11. No I managed to stand on the roots and reach beneath my feet! Next go i shall have to get in, a big thorn growing in the middle. water not too deep but I,m not sure about the mud.
  12. Todays and the next months challenge, not pretty but hopefully will reinvigorate. It should get easier farther along the field when we get away from the bridge which has caused the bank erosion.
  13. I find for hedgelaying that I use my stihl petrol for cleaning out, brush cutting, removing brambles etc where you need constant power. The chain is also more resistant to damage. Then switch to the electric for the pleaching and trimming, ie the stop/start stuff in the bottom of the hedge, no fumes,noise or constant starting. Works for me but I'm only a part time amateur!
  14. Torygraph magazine yesterday full of pictures Of Charles promoting hedgelaying. I didn't get my invite to Highgrove!
  15. 292kg scientifically calculated.
  16. Put on new ignition coil last night and she fired straight up. Just to test her in anger making oak gate posts. Thanks for your help.
  17. I read somewhere or heard on Gardeners QT that they have a degree of control and tend not to have 2 big years following as it is too big a drain on resources. We have none here but have masses of hawthorn and other hedge berries.
  18. Pollard it.
  19. Update! Husky 245 running after opening up the H screw, but not sounding brilliant, I guess I need to fine tune it. Stihl would not improve with tinkering with screws, or cleaning carb, so replaced all carb diaphrams etc and would fire but not run. Reset screws to factory settings and she sounds happy, so just need to find time to try in anger. Thanks for your help.
  20. Gave the H screw on the Husky 10 mins and she certainly runs happier in the workshop. Will try in anger tomorrow.
  21. Spud Thanks for that brilliant explanation. I begin to suspect I need to replace carb parts. May have been lead up the garden path by 2 misbehaving at the same time. The metering arm on the Walbro 047 carb is set 1mm below the rim of the carb, matched by a 1mm lump on the metering diaphram. Is there an accurate way to measure this?
  22. Spudulike et al. Many thanks for your help and patience! I am stuggling to work out why two saws on different fuel mixes made up at different times should show such similar symptoms, particularly the stihl which been very reliable for many years. On the bright side my 350 ran fine on the new fuel mix today. It seems odd to me that the stihl would sit at idle but then of its own accord rev up and die? I did take out the gauze filter and spray cleaner through it but did not look at it against the light. I have not touched carb screws, feel that is above my pay grade, unless you say it is O.k
  23. Update today. Got new fuel, local station only does E5 so have probably been running on it for a while. Made up new mix for both saws, double checked cleanliness of everything. Husky started easily, but bogged and died as soon as I open throttle. Restarted easily, left it on idle,it sat for 30 seconds then revved up and died. Stihl started fine but died on revving up. Any more clues please
  24. The stihl carb I took apart was clean of debris. My first thought was water. I had an issue once before, on that occasion the fuel looked like an emulsion. This did not. The only common factor is that they could both be E10. Or maybe just coincidence.

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