Jump to content

Log in or register to remove this advert

Silverhooker

Member
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    778

  • Joined

  • Last visited

  • Days Won

    1

 Content Type 

Everything posted by Silverhooker

  1. Silverhooker
    Does make you wonder that if someone hasn't the strength to start the saw then maybe there is a message there that you shouldn't be using one in the first place. £99 is a cheap saw that is likely only to get light home owner use, a bit like my old dearly departed mittox which finally died after many years of hard service as a firewood saw, and if kept clean and sharp with decent quality fuel could last someone for quite a few years. My Aldi splitting maul is about 10 years old and still going strong.
  2. Silverhooker
    A good mix of both sizes and of hard and soft wood is the best for my stoves, larch mixed with sycamore and scot's pine mixed with beech is good. The golden rule is to only burn dry wood 'cos wet wood is worse than useless .
  3. Silverhooker
    I terms of drying wood a mate has built a lean-to which is south facing using old double glazing he got when they knocked the local cottage hospital down. He has sheeted one end with the stuff they use to let air into cattle sheds and polythene roll up door at the other end. It drys wood out great and cost almost nothing to build as most of the stuff he got out of skips. What some call a solar kiln.
  4. Silverhooker
    I burn mostly larch with odds and sods of syc and beech. Larch is great in a stove, dries and processes easily and round my way there is plenty.
  5. Silverhooker
    I put mine in the bottom oven of the Aga for an hour then melt the wax on the stove top, takes about 45 minutes to do the whole thing. Mine has loads of repairs that I've done and keeps me warm and a wee bit damp at worst. Way better than any nylon jacket i've ever used, where you can be very hot and wet or very cold and wet.
  6. Silverhooker
    I’ve an aluminium one from screwfix under £20 does the job, especially with a bungee cord to secure bundles of branches for sawing.
  7. Silverhooker
    Do you think saville row do orange jumpsuits, cos I think he might need one soon!
  8. Silverhooker
    20 year old Barbour bedale jacket, gets wiped with a sponge and re waxed every year. Totally knackered has never really kept me dry but it still has a few years left in it and I’ll replace with something army surplus as the surplus trousers are great.
  9. Silverhooker
    Me too, when the teeth get short I like to drop the rakers an extra bit especially if it’s a short bar on the big saw (365), nothing better than throwing some big chip !
  10. Silverhooker
    At least a bag of shit has a use, these power sharp things are a waste of time, money and fuel.
  11. Silverhooker
    You forgot Jackie "Newton" Stewart !!
  12. Silverhooker
    They have a kind of rat toothed design that blunts really easily and need sharpened after nearly every cut, make impressive sparks tho. Don't waste your time or money hand sharpened standard chain is 1000% better.
  13. Silverhooker
    liked the newspaper ad with the guy in a short sleeve shirt, slacks and brogues. The pre PPE era !!
  14. Silverhooker
    I had a little 40cc Mittox saw that cost about £100 new and ran it for about 10 years. Dropped it in the river twice and just dried it in the airing cupboard and it came back to life twice. Just kept it clean and sharp and it owed me nothing when I sold it on to a chap needing a wee saw to use for pruning, even got £20 for it. Maybe I was just luck, but if you keep you kit clean and sharp it does seem to last. Most important is sharp as a dull chain will mean extra stress on the saw.
  15. Silverhooker
    Yeah mate keep us posted, plenty pics as a pic speaks a thousand words, and my typing is slow and crap ?.
  16. Silverhooker
    Husky 440 is a a good little firewood saw bloody good fuel consumption too. Also get someone to teach you how to competently hand sharpen and you’ll get on like a house on fire.
  17. Silverhooker
    When he farts in the cab I wonder why I’m not a cat person ! Lol.
  18. Silverhooker
    What a wee cracker, I’ve a lazy old Tibetan terrier that sleeps in the passenger seat and acts as supervisor, not done a days work in his life but I wouldn’t go logging without him !
  19. Silverhooker
    We have a massive shoot nearby that releases thousands of pheasants, and the local raptor and corvid population has grown exponetially with an associated decline in the native song birds, local RSPB guy told me this. The shoot provides employment for around 8 people all year round and loads more casual in the season but it isn't a positive thing for the countryside.
  20. Silverhooker
    I agree it looks like a good shed to grow mushrooms on wet logs, need as much airflow as possible, or store very small amounts in small stacks with loads of space around each stack.
  21. Silverhooker
    The bars are heavy and don't last, the chains strech like rubber bands and are of inconsistent quality. I use them only to cut up muddy stuff and roots, where the low price makes up for the fact they are going to get trashed. I would use the chains if they could iron out the inconsistent quality, like much in life you get what you pay for. A good saw needs a good sharp chain .
  22. Silverhooker
    2 dunsley stoves both 10+ years old, I've replaced the glass on one and the heat bricks and throat plate in the other, get used a lot and been bullet proof on the whole.
  23. Silverhooker
    Borrowed one from a mate a while back to see what it was like, answer : absolute rubbish !!
  24. Silverhooker
    I've got a 391 and running a 36" bat wont work and will knacker a good saw, do you know anyone local to you who will hire or lend you a saw for a 1 off job ? Better than not getting the job done, killing your saw and being out of pocket for the rotatech bar and chain, (which are garbage by the way).
  25. Silverhooker
    Yip Birch rots in front of your eyes, larch would be your best bet.

About

Arbtalk.co.uk is a hub for the arboriculture industry in the UK.  
If you're just starting out and you need business, equipment, tech or training support you're in the right place.  If you've done it, made it, got a van load of oily t-shirts and have decided to give something back by sharing your knowledge or wisdom,  then you're welcome too.
If you would like to contribute to making this industry more effective and safe then welcome.
Just like a living tree, it'll always be a work in progress.
Please have a look around, sign up, share and contribute the best you have.

See you inside.

The Arbtalk Team

Follow us

Articles

×
×
  • Create New...

Important Information

We have placed cookies on your device to help make this website better. You can adjust your cookie settings, otherwise we'll assume you're okay to continue.