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I love my husky 562. I haven’t owned the echo 620 but by all accounts they are very good. Looking forward to echo releasing some bigger saws.
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[emoji106]. If you watch the hotsaws101 channel on YouTube he has a ported 562 that he made on there. From memory sporting a 28inch bar. He does some nice modifications. Worth a look.
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Ported ?
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No doubt that will have helped the 560 with a bit more air flow and the good thing is it will tune itself accordingly [emoji106][emoji106]
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My 562 is a belter. I love my old stihl saws. 200t 660 etcetc but I wouldn’t choose their newer stuff. I prefer the 50 to 70cc husky saws.
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You prob know more than I do on it mate. The air filters are substantially different too. Much larger on the 562.
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The cc is the same between the 560 / 562 but I believe a lot of the moving internal components are heavier in the 562 which must generate more inertia/ torque? It could be tuned slightly differently too due to this. I think that exhausts my technical knowledge on it stubby [emoji23] No doubt spud could give us the exact answer
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Has some heavier components driving it. Cracking saw. Mine hasn’t skipped a beat yet. 20 inch bar is its max though.
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Nice to see tidy work and traditional craft being continued. Is the weave / pattern local to the area. My limited knowledge of hedge laying recalls the weaves differ around the country ?? Thumbs up from me.
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Looks home made and ancient. Other than that , no. Is it for sale.
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That’s good figures. I’d be very pleased with that as a small set up.
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Search up a video called motivation by a guy called Dan Pink. I’ve taken relevant points from it and used them to good effect in the past. It’s not a miracle answer but it might make you think outside the box with your staff.
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Depends on the set up. I can take bulk loads to Wests at Petworth and use their kilns. Last time I spoke to them about it they said the kiln runs for 3 weeks. Albeit they are industrial scale sized kilns. I believe small kilns take anywhere from 3 to 6 months to get to Get timber to useable moisture levels. Not too bad to be fair if it’s just hobby / small scale timber use. Any more demand and your production will bottle neck pretty quickly.
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I’m running it on red diesel ... it’s legit ‘guvnor. Agricultural registration on it [emoji106]
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Cheers. It’s pretty mint too. The book dates it 1992.
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Come on spud don’t be like that. I was going to send the 020 to you for porting ...........[emoji13] Yes the little 340 seems alright to be fair. Much prefer small husky saws to stihl. That 353 you ported for me is a flyer. New coil and the 024 should be up and running.
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She’s all complete. I would say by condition it was never used as a climbing saw. Perfect collectors bit for the work shop [emoji4][emoji106].
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The 020 still has its original book. Probably not many of those about.
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Ha. I don’t think they are going to be mainstays of the daily fleet [emoji23]. I like the old stihls as collection bits. A bonus if they run. The old logo on the 031 is cool. The little husky might be handy. Normally the smallest ground saws I buy are 50cc but hey it’s free [emoji4]. Some cool stuff at the property. There is an antique saw mill in one barn. There is a local rural museum that has a working vintage mill so hopefully it will be donated to them. I do love a good rummage through an old barn [emoji23][emoji106]
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One of my customers is clearing out their newly acquired outbuildings whilst I was there on friday. Got some nice bits for the workshop and this pile of saws. The 020 runs sweet. The 031 will become a nice workshop ornament although I’m tempted to run it up for a bit of fun. The husky 340 runs perfectly. No spark on the 024 but compression is good so shouldn’t take much to get running. The 340 will get a new bar and chain and come to work. Chipper saw I think. If I get the 024 going I’ll get it looking nice and give it a new bar and chain and I’ll give it to my groundie Tim.
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Seems to be a lot of negative replies on here. I changed career aged 36. I turn 40 in a couple of months. Absolutely love my work and running my own business being my own boss. It’s no harder than starting out in anything else that is a radical change for you and is a start up. You will need a period of time gaining experience which will be low pay so if you can ride that out go for it. I have one regular guy and a pool of decent guys I get in. When I think to how much I disliked my old career before I left and think to finishing my fridays like this yesterday I’m glad I made the change. I’m probably too far from you but you are welcome to come and test the water anytime. All the best with your decision. If you need advice I’m more than happy to help.
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I always use type c’s all year.
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Cheers Mick. I shall a civilised read with my Sunday morning cappuccino.....[emoji106]
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Blimey that must be an ancient machine. Never seen one without a clutch for the cutter wheel. One of the original old American one I suspect.
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Ok so you under priced yourself this time. Lesson learned , don’t dwell on it, move on and always use this experience as a reference when pricing in the future. You can make day rates or half day rates work. You just need to be confident in holding out on the price. Everyone has different overheads so workout your costs and then what the wages are then what profit should be left after that. Don’t ever supply equipment working for money that’s just wages. Chin up and carry on lad. [emoji106].
