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Mick Dempsey

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  1. Mick Dempsey
    How old was the girl involved?
  2. Mick Dempsey
    Well that deserves a gif then..
  3. Mick Dempsey
    Me too, I have 3x201s and the battery Husky, they are all just back ups to the 2511. You still at it full time? There was talk of you going in more with your wife’s agency thingy.
  4. Mick Dempsey
    I was using the grey one because it was easier to clip the biner through. I rarely stow the saw, just slide the lanyard through my fingers after a cut and move around with it loose. (I know, just never got into the habit) Anyway one day I was sliding it through as usual and the grey loop broke and down it went. Luckily it speared into some wet earth, no damage. Great saw, very poky, Mark 1s were a bit fragile though.
  5. Mick Dempsey
    Yes, but the grey loop (which is for stowing the saw on your belt presumably) won’t hold the saws weight on its own (guess who lost one out of the tree!)
  6. Mick Dempsey
    Not as your primary attachement for the saw though? It’s not strong enough.
  7. Mick Dempsey
    Re. Your first paragraph. When you say easily matches in some areas and outperforms in others. What are these areas?
  8. Mick Dempsey
    Chopped in the 8.4 for a 9.5, not going to use it in anger till next week, but playing around in the yard confirms, it loves to lift!
  9. Mick Dempsey
    Maybe baby siths, they can be problematic, especially if you have more than one.
  10. Mick Dempsey
    Pomme de terre en robe des champs apparently, literally potato in its field dress. Rather charming I thought.
  11. Mick Dempsey
    You’re right, apologies to cheese.
  12. Mick Dempsey
    I have one of these battery saws. Thats a pretty fair review imo. Switch to another guide bar though, those tech lites are made of cheese.
  13. Mick Dempsey
    Could be! Try translating “you can’t make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear” to French and watch the look of utter bewilderment in the eyes. You can imagine their thought processes “I thought we were talking about trees, now this lunatic has started on about pigs ears and whatnot, the man is deranged!”
  14. Mick Dempsey
    Does But in real terms that makes zero difference to the tree if the arisings are useful or not.
  15. Mick Dempsey
    I did a bit of research Les, and it seems that the closest is “ne pas être un poulet de l’année” which means (I think) not a first year/this years chicken. I quite enjoy finding the equivalent sayings in French, it reveals the similarities in the human experience.
  16. Mick Dempsey
    Not bad Les, valiant effort.
  17. Mick Dempsey
    Not too old to post a gif..
  18. Mick Dempsey
    “I’d do it myself but the wife won’t let me” “it’s easy won’t take you long” ”can you cut it below ground level?” “I’m on a limited budget” (then you definitely called the wrong bloke) I know this thread is old but check it out..
  19. Mick Dempsey
    Well don’t do a @Pete B on us and leave us dangling too long, or things will get ugly round here!
  20. Mick Dempsey
    Exactly
  21. Mick Dempsey
    I don’t go for the theory that a new motor puts people off. Rather it lets people know you’re serious about the job, and that (in theory at least) you’re good at it.
  22. Mick Dempsey
    Is it this?
  23. Mick Dempsey
    I think @Ty Korrigan had a similar issue with that Briggs&Stratton engine, I’ve sent out the bat signal.
  24. Mick Dempsey
    Will it pay for itself? Probably not. But you’ll have a tax deductible, smart motor, that’s under guarantee, starts on the button, plus you can sell it to yourself for buttons in 5 years, then flog it and trouser the lot. But not everything in business is about money, the pleasure in owning a swish new truck is difficult to quantify. I say go new.
  25. Mick Dempsey
    All you have to do to check the bonnet bump stops is put a 17mm socket over the sensor. At least that’s the case on the ST8. I will have a look on YouTube for the starter solenoid thingy..

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