R Mac
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Are you sure you were in Jersey? sounds like you could have been in BC or Aberdeen.
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I'm considering getting a portable capstan winch, have it down to either the Docma VF80 with a 2 stroke Solo engine or the Portable winch Co. PWC5000 with a 4 stroke Honda engine. My head says PWC5000, my wallet says VF80, the PCW5000 costs about £350 more but doesn't come supplied with a rope, the VF80 comes with 100m of rope.
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I found a pair of Cutter gloves in a kit bag, the plain white/grey type, must have bought them ages ago and they are a good fit for me, the fingers are long enough. To be honest reading through previous threads I'm surprised that so few wear actual 'chainsaw' gloves although I'm not sure why I'm surprised as I knew that they weren't a legal requirement, I guess I just wore them because I had them and wasn't influenced by anyone else who had decided against them. I don't wear them when climbing although I still wear gloves. I'm so used to them now that I generally don't need to remove them but handling timber or working with winches and associated kit shreds them especially if they're wet (which they usually are in the UK) I might just start wearing regular gloves that are either cheaper/more durable/better fitting. I found the Wells Lamont leather work gloves to be fairly durable and they're reasonable at around £8
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Forgot to ask, whats the sizing like on the Cutter gloves?
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I'll keep them in mind when I need a replacement for the Stein depending on how well the Stein hold up. I'm currently swapping between the Stein and wearing UCI Acegrip Lite when off the saw. I'd probably go for the 'Classic Chainsaw glove' as I'm frequently manually shifting logs or preparing them for skidding out, all pretty hard on gloves especially when it's wet.
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LOL, knew what you meant though
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At the other end of the scale a 137e is/was a good saw for what they cost, mine never let me down, always easy to start hot or cold and got me through CS30/31, I have switched to Echo but not because I found anything wrong with any of the Husky (or Stihl) saws I've used.
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You should have bought a Stihl or Husqvarna rather than the Echo.
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These, Oregon Yukon Light (due in part to a lack of fancy features), cheap (for the aforementioned reason) comfortable (due to not being cut for the catwalk), durable as there's not much to go wrong, plus at less than a third of the cost of some other trousers you can get a pair soaked today and have a dry pair tomorrow. I have Stein Kreiger Arborist Type C and I'll freely admit when I decided on something cheaper for ground work and bought the Yukon's I thought they looked a bit naff, after a day's work they look much the same as any other trousers that have been worked in.
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Is 14mm Sirius rigging rope suitable for using on a portable capstan winch, if not can anyone recommend a rope. Thanks
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I was using a 576XP Autotune for a few days a while back, started on 24" and ended up using a 28" off their broken 490??/390??? as the 24" chain was scrap. Great saw, easy starter, light (relatively), cut like a dream. Would definitely have taken that one home
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It'll inevitably depend on what you're cutting, how fast you need to be (in reality) and whether you care what other people think. I don't have a 620 but I have a CS-450, CS-501 and CS-8002, I use 28" on the CS-8002, 18" on the 501 and have had the 18" on the 450 (when it was my only saw) Personally I can't see any reason to not run 20" - 24" on a 620, most others will disagree based on the formula of bar length being 1/3 of engine capacity. My view on that is that power output has generally gone up over the years so for example a 50cc saw is now more powerful than a 50cc saw from 20 years ago so should be able to run a longer bar. A better rule of thumb would be bar length as a percentage of actual power output. I personally wouldn't choose the next size up (power output) Echo, the CS-8002 as an all day everyday saw, it's just too heavy, at days end you'll have done more work with the slower/lighter 620 running 24" than you will on the 8002 IMO, tortoise and hare springs to mind.
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12" on my Echo CS-360TES, it came with 14" but I've only used it on 12". Could have used a bit more length this week but I guess bar length is a bit like everything else, no matter how long it is you run to the limit and it'll eventually be just too short.
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I couldn't see the Sugihara gloves in anything larger than Medium so ended up getting a pair of Stein, will see how they hold up, my Arbortec didn't last long so hopefully the Stein will be an improvement, they are a better fit at least.
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I noticed that on mine, especially my thumb where it's wrapped around the handle and touching the top cover (big hands) more noticeable with wet gloves, I ended up holding the handle a bit more to the side. Apart from that it's cutting nicely on 18".
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Will do, so glad to have your blessing
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I wasn't there either but I'm working on what the OP said.
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So why would ebay refuse to release details that the buyer already has access to?
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Agreed, as for all the 'Legal Advice' the OP already said that ebay wouldn't release the sellers details. To take him to court he'll 1st have to take ebay to court to force them to provide the sellers details. In the end the seller may simply say it's lost/stolen/broken etc. My advice is forget it unless it's something of significant value, the odds are the seller will get his way in the end and you won't get the goods. The question is how much time and effort (no to mention money) do you want to spend to be able to say you won in the end?
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I don't have any myself but considered it from time to time, problem was I was never sure how long I'd like them after having them done. Probably just as well I didn't as I'd now look well dated and/or a Billboard To be honest I'd always viewed them as a sign of rebellion but it's getting to the point where having tats is a sign of conformity. I know people say a guy should be employed on merit and I agree but for every great guy/good worker with tats there's one without. I was watching a well known climber on youtube recently, he was wearing a sleeveless t shirt and it stood out a mile that he didn't appear to have any visible tats, more noticeable than if he had tats to be honest. All this talk of tats has made me think about them again, might go for the full Brian Setzer look.
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Yeah, bit of a cod the protection element IMO, back of the hand isn't the most likely place to cut yourself I would've thought even if you were one handing (which you wouldn't be doing of course) Will have a look at the Sugi ones , cheers
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Sugihara steel, very tough and need a quality file to dress the edge, mainly use solid but I went for the Light Type Pro in 28" (and on my CS-360TES)
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Hi folks, need a new pair of gloves, need to be a decent fit, leather/Amara palms and very hard wearing, definitely not looking for the nylon Oregon type. If they can double up as climbing gloves that would be a bonus but not critical.
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Does it come with it's own trailer
