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  1. Silverhooker
    I’ve used BRISA knife supplies, they are in Finland and have great stuff.
  2. Silverhooker
    Looks very much like an ENZO drop point. Lovely work sir !
  3. Silverhooker
    A new wind stopper fleece. Best presents are too yourself from yourself, cos you know you like it and it fits !???
  4. Silverhooker
    I'll take it down tonight and see what i need and give L&S a look in the new year as i won't be doing much over the Christmas period.
  5. Silverhooker
    Bloody bad luck, have you had an open repair, as this gives the best long term outcome ?
  6. Silverhooker
    I thought that genuine would be the way to go, just asked in case I was missing a trick. So now I've an excuse to be in the shed and not wrapping Christmas presents !
  7. Silverhooker
    After the weekend it looks like I'll be fixing the husky 440 starter mechanism ! bloody good little fire wood saw and runs for ages on a single tank of fuel, this has been my go to firewood saw for some time and has been a great little worker. Will I need to get husky parts or are non -generic bits ok for the starter mechanism ??
  8. Silverhooker
    The y do quite a bit of damage and are really just tree rats, they breed at a prodigious rate and controlling them is an issue round my way. Local guy trapped and killed over 300 in a year and they are still plentiful. haven't seen a red for years !
  9. Silverhooker
    Great pics merry Christmas one and all.
  10. Silverhooker
    100% agree common sense and respect for the job are the best ppe.
  11. Silverhooker
    I couldn’t agree more about deer control, they do tremendous damage to young trees round my way and they’re numbers are going through the roof.
  12. Silverhooker
    I went on a course years ago and the guy told us to put a sticker on the most dangerous part of the saw, we all got it wrong by putting it on the chain. We should have put it on our foreheads ! Common sense and respect for the tools and the job your doing is the most important. Helmet with cans and visor a must, so are trousers or chaps ( I have both but prefer chaps), chainsaw gloves are not needed just decent well fitting and dry work gloves ( pound shop can be a good source of these). Also have your phone handy, just makes sense. And if a job looks dodgy the first time you look at it walk away 'cos your first impression is usually right.
  13. Silverhooker
    My psychiatrist isn’t too happy with it, but what does he know !
  14. Silverhooker
    I cut on my own and love it as it is a chance to think about nothing than the job in hand, solitude ans the sound of a saw, what's not to love !
  15. Silverhooker
    Nice one love to see stuff being sharpened and re-used and not just chucked out and replaced. Good job sir !
  16. Silverhooker
    keeping the chain sharp and well oiled is vital, a petrol saw will cut much stronger but they are noisy and around the house electric is the way to go.
  17. Silverhooker
    Might invest in an electric saw as I’m starting to get stems dropped off at the house. Wife not keen on the noise of the saw. Although she might make a face at me getting another saw!!!!!!
  18. Silverhooker
    Average 15 cube a year with 2 stoves in the house, try to use the stoves as much as possible to keep the heating oil use down. Mostly a mixture of larch and sycamore get it for nowt just my time and effort. Used a lot this year already as it’s been wet and cold in Cumbria.
  19. Silverhooker
    I assume your date didn't go too well or is "solo match" not a euphamism for what I think it is ??
  20. Silverhooker
    In Cumbria we get your extra share of rain ! I need to cover everything or it just gets wet and mouldy ???
  21. Silverhooker
    purple cobras or average joe's ?? and remember to go balls deep !
  22. Silverhooker
    A bit like “having one in the tap” down the pub. Good idea and Greggs coffee is good too.
  23. Silverhooker
    Yeah we went out drinking in the Jewish quarter each night it was very bohemian and cheap as chips !!
  24. Silverhooker
    Took the kids this summer, Auschwitz is truly the worst place in the world till the tour goes to Birkenau. Industrial murder on an unimaginable scale. Standing on the judenramp, where the people were sorted into groups before going to the gas chamber is the most awful place on earth. We were all totally exhausted after the trip and all went to bed that night early, glad I went, everyone should, you’ll never take anything for granted after seeing this.
  25. Silverhooker
    I get mine for free and sell on the excess, about 12, cubes a year to neighbours. Mostly wind blown larch, sycamore and other odds and ends. I charge £85 a mixed load which I deliver and stack in their shed. Do it mostly for the exercise, and cos I just like it. Don’t know what I’ll do when I’m too old but by that time they might have perfected the light sabre !!!

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