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Highly recommend Cantrack, they provide an excellent service.

Had agreed to dismantle a sycamore over a friend's gas tank yesterday, spiked up the tree setting up for the rigging to be shouted down for bacon sandwiches, the sap has run from the tree forming little icicles,,,,,,, Wind was strong and bloody freezing 🥶

Evening, I've got a husqvarna 560xpg with 320ish hours on it, always run on synthetic two stroke oil and well looked after. I was contemplating selling it on and replacing it as I have got the usual end of tax year quandary??? Do I Sell it off and put a new one through the books, or keep it for the next financial year (bearing in mind this Corona shiote that's ongoing). What hours do people see on these saws before they die?? Cheers

I've always used Husky saws, started out on a 254 and now run all of the autotuned saws, in fairness I prefer the autotuned machines - no fiddling about tuning the saw trying to get the best from it whilst risking running them too lean. Another massive plus for me with the husky saws is the two year warranty support, lad I worked with was mega rough with his kit, revved the tits off his saw all the time - blew a saw up at about 18months old - he got a replacement saw.

Cheers for the replies, echoes my views on customer support - always go to the same saw dealer as their after sales is exemplary.

Evening, I work part time on a 3000 acre Estate of mixed woodland and farm land. The current winch is not fit for purpose, we're needing to replace it, As with everything we need to be mindful of the cost. Currently looking at the krpan 6.5 ton, trying to decide between hydraulic or manual, We deal with everything from thinning young stands right up to felling mature hardwoods. Our tractor produces 82hp. Cheers in advance

Also using Pfanner, very good, although mine are getting a bit tired now

The article on the Fisa website deals with the use of wedges whilst felling ash suffering from dieback - the advice is not to use wedges to knock the tree over. The vibration caused by hit the wedge risks causing dead branches etc to snap off and fall onto the chainsaw operator. The advise winch assisted felling or use of a hydraulic/ratchet type wedge

Always used husky saws, with these two being so closely matched think it's the brilliant 2 year warranty backup that you get with husqvarna that means I will be opting for the 572 on it's release

Pump petrol and husky xp 2 stroke oil, run all of my saws/strimmers etc on it without issue.

The external clutch has always been on the smaller pro husky saws, never had an issue with any of mine, would recommend replacement with another 550, Have you considered a 560, I have both and really rate them.

Husky 254, bought as reconditioned saw from a dealer in about 1991. Still got it, rough as an old boot now, however reluctant to sell it for some weird reason

Have you considered continuous cover forestry, I work on an estate that does this, it's massive on the continent however not so common in the UK,

Rumour I heard was a replacement for the 372, I think it will have the same appearance as the 560, only slightly bigger..... Sent from my E5823 using Arbtalk mobile app

I now know why.... The lad who uses the saw most of the time doesn't know how to sharpen the chain properly - he nearly took the rakers completely off. It was horrendous to use and putting a massive load on the saw/chain, glad it was only the chains snapping.... Sent from my E5823 using Arbtalk mobile app