Haironyourchest

Seconded. If it's your own home, and older than a few decades, why mention it at all? If the house burns down, and they question it, just say you don't know anything bout it, the previous owner must have installed it , it was always there etc. House unlikely to burn down with a properly installed flu liner anyway, less creosote buildup, easy to sweep etc.

Aspenarb that's awesome mate, that's what I'll do. Cheers buddy!

bodge it with a clamp or vice-grips until welded

Massy 35, big mesh sided trailer. Ladder. Chinese Kombi-System.

Micro Arb Truc | Timber Transport | For Tree Surgeons | Woodland Owners That what you mean? Looks handy!

Yeah, that's what I'm hoping! And I think ur probably right, I mean especially with the climbing saws, if you couldn't run them for snedding what would the world come to?

Thanks Harrythecat, I'll ask them and see what they say.

$4000 ?!?!?! For $500 cash in hand I'll fly over from Ireland and knock-em - If I can keep the timber....

ArborClimber, can you expand on that please? Im interested in your thought as I have recently bought the 201-C (m-tronic) and I use it primarily for snedding, blipping the throttle all over the place, and I noticed today that is cut out a couple of times. I didn't realise it was m-tronic until after I got home.

Hi guys, I'm trying to acquire pdfs of the Workshop Manuals for my: MS461 MS201-C (rear handle but doesn't really matter) HT131 Pole Saw I can view stuff for all the older saws, but not the newer ones. My local Stihl guys are hopeless and an hour away so I want to do my own work, and also, its just nice to have them. Is the 461 pretty much the same parts wise as the 460? Likewise the 201 and the 200? If so, maybe I can just use the manuals from the older saws, if the salient points are the same. Cheers guys.

Oak if its well seasoned. Don't have to fill up so often = more time to make whisky sours and surf the net...

Jon, your consistent positivity, good will and easygoing style are some of the reasons I keep coming back to this forum. Here's to another six years

Thanks Treequip, Ive had it for over a month now, would be embarrassed to ask for replacement. Haven't really had time to get pissed off with it until now, and haven't used the bar yet. Do you think 2mm is out of norm? Ive no idea. Been flexing the bar around the curvature of my water tank. Its fairly springy. Should have posted this in "Chainsaws", sorry!

Brand new 28" Stihl ES Light bar, delivered by courier, took it home, next day took it out the box and eyed it and its got a wee bend going on. Put a straight edge on it and it looks like a 2mm belly. Is that normal, should I be annoyed, and should/could I straighten it? I have straightened regular bars with moderate success, but can the light bars take a bending? I tried very gently but....nothing.....don't want to risk damaging it. Or am I just being obsessive? Hope you're all having a great day - stay safe!

I wish I'd titled this thread "What does your avatar say about you?" or better - "What do other peoples avatars say about them?" So who has the all round grooviest avatar on Arbtalk? Voting for self not allowed....

As with all foot ware - try before you buy! I had Husqvarna branded wellies, they were too big for me, and extremely heavy, but metal soleplate, caps and I think metal up the front as well, plus kevlar, and excellent grip. They did spring a leak eventually. Others I know say the chainsaw wellies are the most comfortable wellies they ever had.

"Remove the Saw Of Shame! And attach the Saw Of Triumph!!"

Longest I've done is 2 hours to the job and two hours back the next day and camped overnight in a derelict house. We had to cut our way to the back door. I called dibs on the room with the two pallets in it. The boss got the concrete floor and also forgot to pack his extra blanket!!!

Well I just identified Kveldssanger's avatar, didn't look closely enough before - its Ygrassil the World Ash :thumb up:

Its a 21st century phenomenon. - How we mentally associate people with funny little pictures that somehow become that person and reflect their personality. If I ever met Felix IRL (in real life) I'd probably experience a moment of disconnect that he isn't a cartoon cat. Whenever I read posts by Eggs or Stubby, I hear a moped talking, or a spaniel. It weird, but feels natural.... So when our avatar is born, we're kind of stuck with it really, like genetics..... But do our avatars truly reflect who we are? That's what Im wondering this morning...is the choice of avatar an unconscious revelation of our primal core, or is it most times just a random drop and click?? I was just thinking that Leatherface from the Texas Chain Saw Massacre doesn't really represent me at all, Im nothing like him.....or maybe...I am? Would you feel betrayed if someone changed their avatar? Wouldn't it be like...if a mate had an overnight gender change and religious conversion and also changed his skin and hair colour... Yours, in confusion, Haironyourchest.

Im feeling aggro toward this guy just reading these reports. I'll bet good money that even if he was made to buy his own saw he wouldn't keep it sharp, just thrash it around inefficiently with a snarky smirk on his smirky face...grrrr I'd not let him near the saws period. If he's good at other stuff then let him do what he's born to do, save time and money and maybe prevent an injury. If he's sharpening he's not earning. If he's messing with a blunt saw he's not earning. Even if he could be tought to put an edge on a chain, how good is it really gonna be? A sub-optimal chain is as bad as blunt in my book. Over revving your saws, straining...I'd sack the goofball. On another note, I recently bought a stump vice and a couple of Stihl file holders that also do the rakers at the same time. Fantastic gadget! It actually makes it fun to sharpen.... P.S - If the muppet really whacks the nose off the ground, he's not gonna be able to shapen the chain with a file is he? If he rocks the chain, then its a grinder job, no? And if he treats a saw that way, how's he gonna respect a file?

I just tell myself that whenever I wake up sweating with their pitiful pleas for mercy echoing in my dreams..... (thats the trees....I'm talking about)

Or use it straight but only in situations where you will not have adequate air flow, like under dense bushes on a still day. Where there is a breeze, there's no point as the fumes will be carried away anyway and you might as well use regular petrol. I used to empty the saws at days end and run a bit of aspen through them to keep the carbs and lines in good nick but don't bother anymore....

Im not making it up! Sphincter-puckkering experience to watch, but the guy's been doing it for years and never had a slip. Still a bad habit though.

Carlos, if you mix it 50/50 with petrol you can achieve half the health benefits at a little more that half the price. Could be a good compromise, if the price of straight aspen is too high....Combine that deal with a modern strato engine and your talking 1/6 of the health hazards of old style 2-stroke usage.