stihlmadasever

I would hope common sense prevails and the council close the road for you,however i know the council have to pay to have road/lane closures and i presume you are sub contractor so i think your on too plums my good man as in my experience the road closure would not have been costed in to the job.

When you ve got 12 limes to pollard in a morning shift,being able to break down and reset safe work zones quickly is imperative in maintaining good productivity. Hence we use cones,warning tape and banksmen etc

Hi arnold,welcome to the forum.Ive got some experience with the stihl 251,it wasnt the cbe but the predecessor to it. I ran a 16"bar on it for a day cutting down some spruce on a farmers land for him.Its the top end of the homeowners saws and as such its an ok little saw. If your using it for logs and the odd small job id say yeah fine with a 14 or 16 bar.It pulls about 3bhp so its not the gruntiest saw but there are some other saws probably cheaper that will give you more power. Check out some threads on here for echo saws,ive no personal experience with them but ive heard good things. Good luck

Try whole shallots in the stew jon its deeeilsh!

Being verbally abused aint and never will be part of my job description bud,the sad thing is -for you and probably many others on this forum-you've taken abuse so long you think it comes part and parcel with the job. Why should i be abused for putting safety measures into place to prevent people who are otherwise too lazy or stupid from being injured. Although im relativley new to tree work im 43,so im too long in the tooth for the 'joe public will take a giant crap on you'mantra,i know this full well,being a council worker i know how badly the public can behave when confronted with a coned off work area and a perfectly polite banksman directing them around the danger zone. Personally i couldnt give a toss what the person on the street or in there car thinks of me,im just the guy who's tryin to keep them safe,if only they would recognise that. I appreciate your thoughts and views on this,after all thats why i started this thread. Too each his own and all that

Ahhhh...a moment of clarity.thanks :thumbup1:joe

If the ART positioner has a swivel,why would you need a swivel on the biner? Ive never used the ART so maybe im being as dumb as a bag of hammers-can someone explain it to me...

Maybe just get new bars mate

Sounds to me like theyre jamming when the metal heats up and expands,then cooling off and freeing up again.Might be a lubrication problem.Have you checked if the bar is getting oil?

Thats one point of view and refreshing to hear,but you've missed the point completely,its not about being pleasant and being nice too people(i would hope we are already)its about people putting thyre own safety at risk by blatantly disregarding a dangerous area. The fact that an entire area is coned off with warning signs put up and all safety measures put in place people are still willing to put THERE lives at risk to shave a few seconds of theyre travelling time. But i guess you thinks its ok for people to put themselves at risk as long as i look cool up a tree while drinking tea and munching biscuits eh Oh and my tolerence died yesterday when i was verbally abused for doing my job.

Did u get the git

Haha thats a good un for the future! We actually nearly went ahead with the job but the gaffer thought better of it:thumbdown:

Wish i could have done that today joe...no such luck the barsteward locked it

Hey all, Were currently pollarding our street limes,so some lane closures,paths coned off,warning tape,signs,banksmen- the works. Yet members of the public still persist too blatantly try and walk through coned off areas,complain that they have to park theyre car 10 foot further away from there house and generally be morons. We left an area coned off,went for lunch and came back to find some idiot had moved the cones and parked the car in the area we needed to work in. Some of you more experienced guys are probably used to this type of behaviour but im still relativley new to tree work so the publics blatant disregard for there own safety gauls me. Id be interested to hear your stories of people being blatantly moronic. Cheers

Some bars have grease points at the nose sprocket,have you greased them recently?

Didnt think west brom had that many fans!

Keep us posted how you get on with the course silky,its something ive been considering lately and ur feedback would be appreciated.good luck

Obviously forst are the manufacturers but are they also the suppliers? If not id cut out the middle man-in this case suppliers-and go straight to forst. Failing that,go to the press,big companies hate negative press.

A good supplier would swap with new machine,if not persue through the courts.

No offence intended joe just makin a point:001_smile:

As above -ive never worn hiflex

Never said that joe, read the thread.simon@bgs said his last pair of highflex lasted well and he liked the fit etc so i replied to him and quoted his thread. Hmmmf:001_tt2:

If ur climbing i recommend type c trousers,all round protection. Let us know how u get on,and the snarlinbadgers got a good point-arb shows are great for picking up stuff that wee bit cheaper.

Yip new england tachyon

You've answered your own question really,you like hiflex,they last well so get wot u know.Check ebay fr decent prices on hiflex,i see lots of them goin at reasonable prices