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Mr Parsons bringing home my new kiln ……. I’ll be over with some boards Mr P [emoji106]. Good job.

What a great truck. I do love a yank pickup truck [emoji106]

We know that bit. Unsurprisingly you can’t find anyone….

Didn’t fancy the job then mate ..?[emoji4]

I think you could gather more information on chainsaw accidents from a YouTube compilation of ‘chainsaw Idiots’ than from This thread. I can’t see this being very fruitful. At least Joe Newton and Monsieur Dempsey have posted amusing replies.

Sooooo anyone going to apply for the vacancy ?………………….

I was looking at tree work at a customers place recently. Well I’ve never met the client, just the house manager for this property The garden is 75 acres of mostly well kept garden. Glendale’s have the maintenance contract. They supply 4/5 gardeners every day all year round. And until recently had sourced machinery such as tractors / large mowers etc. The House manager informed me that they were on the way out. He explained that the management had a very unprofessional attitude and just didn’t seem to care much. They were also trying to source new purchases such as large compact tractors etc. The house manager said they added about 15 or 20% to the list prices at lister wilder and expected it not to be noticed …. 🤦‍♂️. A lucrative contract lost, probably multiplied by losing the contract on the owners other houses. That said the house manager was newly appointed and obviously trying to make a name for himself. Give it a year he’ll probably be be gone. He’s the Third in 2 or so years I’ve done tree work there. Those Russians don’t suffer fools…… I think the first house manager is at the bottom of the lake there …. [emoji848]

If your using green boards / planks you can get a lot of movement on them. You’ll be gutted when you make a nice oak bench and the board propellers leaving you with something like a rocking chair to sit on. There’s rustic and there’s unusable …. Been there, tried it. Even 3 inch boards can cup and propellor more than you ever think. Any movement will snap fixings/screws / timberloks like matchsticks. When Green oak framing beams will still settle and move but not as bad as boards. If you peg mechanical joints use kiln dried oak pegs As the green timber dries it contracts around the stable peg giving a vice like hold. Best thing would be to piggy back a few boards into a local kiln. They won’t have to be super dry as if it was for indoor furniture etc where you may well double kiln down to something like 8%. Get the worst of any movement out of the way and reshape the boards they’ll be fine for out doors Or simply write a little disclaimer s as bout using the timber green so you aren’t into remaking a bench in 18 months time ….

Lazy people doing local authority work to a mediocre standard around my neck of the woods. That’s the general opinion around here anyway.

Personally I don’t get it. If I want a 50cc husky I want the top performance one. But that’s me. The fact is you guys bought the less ‘whizzy’ version for various reasons to suit your needs so there’s a market and I guess that’s the crux of it. They sell ! If you like husky and couldnt get a 565 you’d prob still buy a 572 but as it’s an option , you voted with your wallet buying the 565.

Only £460 for a 550mk2. (If you get your vat back) Never understood why husky do a de-tuned version on their saws. Seems a little pointless when for a few quid more they sell their full fat version Like 572/565. 595/585 Anyone know why ?

They are pretty much the same price Mick. Been my favourite 50cc saw out of the husky stihl and echo trio for a couple of years. Best to run a ‘mixed’ fleet. None of them make a perfect range of saws. Definitely gone off new stihl saws. Very flimsy build on them compared to husky and they definitely ain’t cheap Not tried the mk2 550 yet. I nearly buckled last week whilst waiting in honey brothers. I just didn’t need it although I may re convince myself next time I’m there [emoji23] I could do with a husky 572 in the locker though…. [emoji848]. I got a quote from Walker saws to have a ‘walkerized’ one shipped over .. about £1200 all in. Where’s my wallet ..

Yeah they’ve come a long way. My first hilux was a 3 litre surf. Lovely car. Way underpowered by my current ones figures though. Would struggle towing the same weights. I mapped the invincible to 230 ish bhp. It’s been a superb vehicle. Had defenders etc etc. Non of the vehicles are perfect. The pickups are the best compromise in 4x4 terms for me. Hilux just happens to be the flavour I like best but they are all decent these days. All have their faults and good points. My transit is only a 125bhp 2.4. As a tow vehicle on the road it’s probably my favourite. It’s geared well and the big wide long wheel base and extra weight really irons out the pitch/yaw effect of a trailer on the tow bar especially down bumpy back roads.

Horse power is a misleading figure in working vehicle terms. A 1.8 golf will have more bhp than the Ford Ranger. An 18 t lorry has the same sort of horse power as a sporty estate car Not even worth looking at horse power figures on vans. Down to torque and how it’s geared. Modern engines are more efficient and burn cleaner with less pollution but they use more fuel to do it. Anyone buying a new tipper just needs to buy the best they can realistically afford. The least abused and most looked after My mk7 2.4 transit has been superb. Hard to find a good clean sensible mileage one now though. Worst thing I’ve driven of late is the 1.9 Isuzu grafter. What a miserable van that is in every respect.

Cheers spud [emoji106]

No notable mark but there was a tiny ridge on the piston crown on the exhaust side edge. Quick rub with super fine wet and dry it was gone. If that top piston ring grove is slightly compressed I’m guessing new piston required.

It is an NGK plug. I did notice the top piston ring was tight when I went to re assemble It was pinched in the recess. Snapped it out as refused to free up. Looks like a couple of new rings to the replace whilst I’m at it. No scoring on the pot or piston. In fact totally smooth but got to think why the top piston ring would be like that. As there is no other damage it’s u likely to be related I suppose.

Easy enough for mine. Lost the electrode. Spark plug was loose when it played up so electrode probably got hot as the plug was getting loose. Found most of inside the exhaust. Popped the cylinder open to inspect and Flush/clean just in case. All looks good so anything else must of blown out the exhaust and no damage. Hopefully a new plug and away we go. ..

Not had an issue with spares for my echo kit. Battery chainsaws are not there yet for anything comparable to it. Climbing saws yes. Ground saws. No.

Funny enough mine played up today. Been a faultless saw until now. Was working fine then mid cut mid morning sounded like a bag of spanners Didn’t seize but running terrible. Probably 2.5 yes of daily pretty much daily use Will investigate later….. Cracking saw so hopefully an easy fix

I’ve got the Doosan 55 hp. It’s way ahead of the old kubota in terms of chipping power. Very economical too. Try to stack brash up and give it a good run , stop start chipping doesn’t allow regens so you will have to keep an eye on the display to do forced regens. I always plan to have longer chipping sessions so it’s automatically doing itself and not clogging up in the first place. I bought one of the first which had several issues. Was replaced under warranty by Först. The faults have been rectified on my new machine and I’m very pleased with it. Build quality is certainly improved on their newer machines. A lot of negative opinions are probably off the back of their earlier machines, no doubt justified but they’ve come a long way and are a good machine.

N and J aluminium. Clitheroe I had a custom canopy fabricated for my hilux. Outstanding quality. It was a 5 hr drive either way for me but well worth it. They had some custom builds in the workshop whilst I was there. Aussie style builds. Swing out anvils for farriers blah blah. Highest quality work. They were also doing the airbag instals for the extra weight. You’ll def want those plus some uprated springs. I used peddars on my hilux. I would assume they would do a tipper to your design , worth asking.

I hadn’t even looked for other abrasive wheels. Just bought more of the Oregon ones. Have you found cbn in the correct sizes ? I tend to use it for really damaged chains where you’ve hit something nasty The cbn wheels might introduce less heat when grinding out damage. You have to watch that like a hawk on a bad chain. I keep meaning to weld up a proper permanent pillar For it to stand on its own in the workshop. At the moment I have it on a base that I just nip up in the engineers vice Maybe I’ll pop down with it and you can have go to to see what you think of the Oregon ones and I can have a crack with the Sherpa. Think I’m going to order one but couldn’t get a demo before Christmas. Bloody going up in price next year too. [emoji57]. Mind you as will I be [emoji23]

You’ll get em sharper with a file mate. Useful for long milking chains though