TORNADOS7
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Told you I might be wrong didn't I !...
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Firstly I'd check they're actually his trees before even contemplating laying a saw across em as the word boundary puts me right off !...
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More jam than bloody 'Hartleys' you, think of us when you're havin fun won't yuh !...
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A rep friend of mine bought an 'ex demo' Navara for towing a flatbed trailer around picking up mowers and delivering demo's etc, first off it couldn't pull the skin of a rice pudd'n and secondly it blew the motor within about 3 months (rebuilt under warranty) so he got rid real quick after that !...
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Nah, if your gonna use hardcore then I'd forget the mypex and just put a decent layer of gravel on top, the weeds will still grow in the gravel cos of the silt that'll build up in the gravel over the years (mud off your tyres/dust in the rain etc) you'll just have to spray for weeds every so often but I shouldn't think weeds'll be to much of a problem !...
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Depends on the subsoil if it's clay then it'll get wet during the winter in which case your gravel will sink into it but if it's shillet then it probably won't !... Best case scenario would be shillet base with some sort of liner !... Just out of interest what's your budget/how big's your garden cos the thicker the gravel layer the less sinkage you'll get !...
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I might well be wrong but I'm fairly sure there's a limit on how much fuel you can transport without needing a special licence and I think it's possibly 5ltrs, anything after that would require a licence, your insurance company will need to be informed and your vehicle would need to be clearly marked with those diamond shaped sticker things so that the emergency services know what's in your vehicle incase of an accident !...
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Got a 'Makita EA3201s' beautiful little saw with plenty of poke for 32cc, got an inboard clutch the same as most of the 'Stihl's' I've used over the years and I never had any problems with em, the only problem I've got with the EA3201s is the crappy 'tooless chain tensioner' which at some point over the next few weeks I'll rectify once I've paid for me car to be repaired, I hope to be in contact soon Shavey !...
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What's it all about, do the advantages if any at all really outweigh the cost of it !.
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So a full synthetic would be best then only I've been running my 'Stihl FS55' strimmer for the last 9yrs on the oil I quoted without any side effects in fact it runs like new and fires up after a couple or 3 pulls every time, which is more than can be said for the strimmers/saw's/mowers at work which are suffering after 2-3yrs on the crap they're feeding them !...
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So does anybody know what the oil of choice for 'Catalyst' or 'Non catalyst' saw's is off hand, just interested to know if I should be changing my oil to summat else as my Makita's got a catalyst in the exhaust !...
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Ideal buddy 'n' thanks for the piccy, so if I'm reading it right the 'muffler mod' will allow the engine to run cooler reducing the heat soak that causes the fuel to vapourise which is what makes them cut out if left idling for to long !...
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So what's your oil of choice then ?...
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2nd this, good stuff although I do run it at 40:1 !...
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So not just the 136/141/142's then, it's the band binding on the clutch drum when/if you get a new one I'd suggest removing the lugs that the band rests upon, this allows the band to expand further giving the clutch drum more room to move !... Sorry for high-jacking your post while I'm here but I keep hearing about this exhaust mod that allows the motor to run cooler so can anybody enlighten me as to what this entails, I know it involves drilling a hole or 2 but where exactly should they be drilled and at what size etc... Any advice would be most appreciated as I'm getting a little pee'd off that my 141 keeps cutting out when idling... Cheers T7
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28/4/1974 - 11/5/1974, Abba/Waterloo for 2wks !...
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Does she know if it runs as it would be interesting to hear if it did, I've got no idea what it is but I love it when old vintage stuff like this is still capable of doing the job it was built to do, I've got a Stihl 011 which bit the dust a few months back but I've got every intention of getting it back up and running if I can find the bits cheap enough as there's something about the look of that saw which just makes me wanna pick it up and cut stuff with it !...
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Had lots of experience with smaller Stihls over the years 017/170/018/180/025/250/231 and have got my hands on a Husky or 2 of late 136/141/236/435, I picked up a 'Makita EA3201s' on the bay for not much dosh the other day and to say I was surprised is a bit of an understatement, it's done very little in the way of work so not completely knackered, it starts first pull every time just a few pumps of the primer when cold and it's more than a match for most of the saw's I've listed, what I'm getting at is if the bigger stuff is anything like the junior Makita's then I can't see them being a disappointment, I shall certainly be looking at another 'Makita' when I'm in the market for a bigger saw !...
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Don't forget the bigger the saw, the quicker you'll get the job done so you should be able to offer the customer a substantial saving over the quoted £20 a tree if you use a Bosch 12" electric saw rather than your junior hacksaw !...
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I would hesitate a guess that richening the mixture to aid engine longevity would reduce the effectiveness of the catalyst as would upping the fuel-oil ratio which would cause the catalyst to clogg the only real way to test if the carb settings are ok would be to use the saw until it's proper warm then give it full blast with the throttle for maybe 15-20 seconds or so and then switch off immediately (do not allow to idle) once you've done this you'll need to remove the plug and assess the colour of the plug, it should be 'light tan brown' in colour and dry, if it's white/light grey then it's on the lean side and if it's dark brown-black and sooted or wet then it's on the rich side either of these conditions will necessitate a tweeking of the mixture screw one way or the other, hope this helps !... Of course that's assuming you can actually tweek the mixture screw and it's not blanked off to stop people like us from interferring !...
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Personally I've never had any issues with 'Stihl' and I've used them almost exclusively over the years, I have only recently got my hands on a husky or 2 and I have to say I'm not overly impressed with em, I used a 435 for 3 days on the trot during my felling/crosscut/maintenance course and then spent the next week or more paying for it as the pain in my arm was so bad I could barely lift a pint 'o' beer up !...
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Cheers buddy !...
