flatyre
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cheers buddy, yeah the 560 is doing great, glad of the spares you sent, used a few already but that's just wear and tear. Never used a 460 or a 661 but have access to a 660, great machine but I have a real itch for an old 372xp and a 3120 not that i'd ever need anything that big:thumbup:
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I prefer new husky's to new stihl's but ask me to trek ten miles up a mountain to fell a tree and i'll take my Stihl 028av over any modern saw!
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I think everything else in the area is ok but the only other rowen ash in the area are much younger and look healthy enough. As for the red robin, the deer come down from the hills and eat everything at night especially in winter so they might be munching on it, there are plenty of hoof prints in the moss infested grass and droppings.
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Was asked to take a look at this husky 135 as the chain brake wasn't working, its not very old and seen little use, I took it apart thinking the band had snapped but instead found this. The three plastic studs on the handle have worn and the metal brake linkage skips over instead of being engaged. is it just a poor design, heavy handed use of the lever, or something else?
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I love my 560xp but have already found a few flaws with its design like the little pins on the starter recoil breaking if you forget to press the decompression button, even with good quality petrol and oil it can still be a pain to start if not used daily, I just wouldn't trust it hence the box of spares I need to carry with me. I also carry a few old school saws which are heavier and generally less powerful, but I have total confidence in them. Something to consider is this, are there that many c**p saws out there or just c**p owners who bought the wrong saw?
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the ground is very rocky so it can't be getting much in the way of nutrients, based on that and not wanting to sound like i'm asking how long a piece of string is, what's the average life expectancy of a Rowan normally and one planted in poor ground?
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A customer has asked me to find out what's attacking her Rowen Ash and if it can be saved. I don't know much about tree diseases so any advice is welcome. Basically a third of the tree has been dead for over a year now, and the bark on the trunk is starting to split as in the photos. The customer had a second Rowan in the garden which died a couple of years ago and was removed. I planted a Red Robin beside the old stump last summer in the hope that it would grow over it and hide it, but it's dying too. Connected or just coincidence?
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I think anyone who requests to have a tree removed AFTER being told no by a tpo is dodgy and I wouldn't trust them to take the blame and not lump it at my door. As for grassing I think this was the right call, there are those who grass for personal gain and those who believe they are doing the right thing.
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thinking back my first husky was a 236 and was a gutless pile of dung, nearly put me off Husqvarna for life. Echo probably have something around the 35cc mark which would be a much better investment.
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send me a pm with what you want for it, I'd like to get the 38 up and running again whether I buy something else or not.
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what sort of money are you looking for it?
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cool vid but he's a bit lax with the old PPE? what happens if the saw stalls in the cut, would you go up to re-start it?
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still havn't been able to track down a chainbrake mechanism for my 038av (early model) and will need a fairly big saw in a week or two for a couple of larger jobs (could make do with what I have but its a good excuse to get another saw). Anyway if anyone has an older husky about 70cc or above i'd be interested, budget is a bit tight so if you have something like a 372xp or similar lying in a corner or under the work bench and its in your way, give me a pm and if I haven't got fixed up i'll message you back, i'll cover the courier costs. cheers
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have a mate who is looking for a quality small saw for logging, phoned me up yesterday as he was at a country and outdoors fair and some guy had a stall selling Husqvarna 236's for almost £200, thought I remember seeing them for sale new for less so advised my mate to give it a miss. Just checked on amazon and you can buy one brand new for £150.50, what a chancer. Other than price and the XP how is anyone meant to tell the difference between the homeowner and professional ranges?
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I've got a real bee in my bonnet about building my own stump grinder. Now I know many of you will say "just buy one" but funds are very tight at the moment. I like tinkering with stuff as a hobby and this could be something that actually pays for itself and might even bring in enough money to pay for a factory one. I got the idea from looking at a little petrol rotavator I just picked up. I know this is an overly simplified evaluation but basically you need a frame, engine and belt driven grinding head. Apart from the actual grinding head, I have plenty of usable parts, small rough terrain wheels, petrol and diesel engines, controls etc. However a local guy is selling three old Howard rotavators for parts or repair, which could be beefed up and modified to take a stump grinding head, advantage of using the Howard is the self drive. I don't expect it to be a weekend job, but what do any fellow tinkerers think?
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the contractor gets a week to finish it and if not someone else gets a week too and they get paid for what the contractor has already done:001_smile:
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did you draw up a proper contract or just a verbal one, i'd tell him to have it finished by 16.00 Friday or you'll get someone in to finish it.
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sound advice Stefan, as for the whole buy a decent set like stihl or husky hahahahaha:001_tt2: stihl and husky should have stuck to what they're good at, chainsaws. I've seen as many of them lying under work benches as any other machine. My echo leaf blowers are as good as anything S&H make but half the price, my Tanaka hedge cutters are as good as anything S&H make but half the price, in fact anything S&H make outside of chainsaws are available by equally reputable manufacturers.....at half the price.
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i'll try welding it as you suggest, would be much easier to buy a new blade but having difficulty finding new blades at a fair price considering its an old machine and not worth much.
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I have access to a highly skilled blacksmith and forge, should I get him to fire weld the blade and then re temper it or should I mig or arc weld it then give him it to temper?
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Just wondering if its possible to weld the broken blade on a Kawasaki TF22 hedge cutter?
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I think i'd be suspicious if a stranger asked me for work on the promise of them throwing some my way at a later date. I see what some of you guys are saying about sticking to tree work and not expanding into other areas, I don't want to be a jack of all trades, but when your just starting out on your own and not bringing in enough tree work to keep going then you need to supplement it something in a related field. That's why I also do landscaping and a bit of gardening, hopefully as the tree work builds up i'll be able to shut down the other sides of the business or trade them off to other landscapers and gardeners in return for tree work. Also if a gardener gave me a £1000 job i'd be happy to give them £200, better 80% of a grand than 100% of nowt?
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I worked for a gardener who literally considered his customers gardens his own property, and the owners were just trustees. He was a bit loco to be honest. Point is given the trust between property owners and their gardeners (professionals not handymen), it would be difficult for a stranger to get their foot in the door so to speak. if the gardener was getting a healthy chunk of the money and felt he was sub contracting the tree work out, giving him a misplaced sense of authority, he might consider the idea? from my experience people who employ professional gardeners generally have large gardens which more trees, hedges etc. Taking a 20% hit on the initial job might pay off over any return work where the home owner would then be dealing directly with you so no need to pay a share to the gardener.
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Thinking of going round the local gardeners and offering them a finders fee for any tree work they throw my way. A lot of them probably have someone they pass the work onto but thought it was worth a go, was thinking 20% what do you reckon?
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like most certificates its worth about sweet fa to an employer. Only money to be made in this game is by being out on your own!
