Brill

Been looking for a higher class chainsaw boot class 2 but did try a 3 hiax protector I think it was but we’re like waders and couldn’t get on with them personally.

been looking at treemee onse from Italy or the pfanner version I think there all made in the same place

Beat to have set ups a little different for what your doing it’d kill my back having that much but a harness of some sort if good as helps carry the load better. Also your hammer that 3lb one think I’ve got the same one and good shout on the paint 

On 30/01/2023 at 15:24, Joe Newton said:

This, pretty much. 

 

Also you can have breathable or waterproof. Both just doesn't work. 

 

Swazi make some good shit.

Dam true from fencing for a long time once thing they do well in new Zealand is rain gear there’s company like ridgeliine I think most know and kiawaka also bushbuck is one I think I know kiawaka have gotten huge and I’m sure they do hi vis if needed I’m not sure on the others. They will be a lot looser fit so good for ground crew but not sure with climbers and again if your really going for it yourll

still get hot and sweat a lot in them just the nature of the beast. 

Heard back from a company making them very pricey thinking trailer for now and pickup to hold gear and tow it eventually a chipper would be nice but we all have to start somewhere 

Looking for a dedicated work truck been looking at things like the pickups with a single cab and a small box behind the van with a topper box on the back.

is there many second hand going or best to save and go for a new one 

Just wondered what rain gear people advise buying been wearing a long  Portland rubber rain jacket but thorns have done a number on it. Was looking at gortex but costs a bomb then looked at x army stuff and saw this. 

On 02/12/2020 at 07:58, silky fox said:

Any more? I particularly like the hedgelaying pictures.

All I’ve done for now but working on more

Looking at mabie selling some of my art tend to do stuff with timber fallers  and hedglayers etc  Here’s a few. Do you think there’s a market for them and mabie doing t shirts would people be likely to wear them or hang them on there wall

3 minutes ago, eggsarascal said:

What training did you get to let you use a shotgun/rifle?

U.K. is a joke just police background check as far as I’m aware but in Canada my friend had to show he could shoot and identify animals and the differences in deer etc also a written exam 

Some more

Some of mine

8 minutes ago, eggsarascal said:

Nope, you need a certificate for a shotgun, not a license. 

No your right but for the rifles you need a license 

1 hour ago, Khriss said:

Started already... Wot a suprise  ?  he is in the right thread anyway.  

 

Just to recap, you do not need qualifications to use a chainsaw on your own property ( or wear safety gear ) . If you work on someone elses property and / or for money, Health & Safety @ Work 1974 Act applies, and as it is an Act, a criminal prosecution can apply. K

I need a license for a shotgun should be the same for a chainsaw I reckon too many idiots about not knowing what there doing and possibly hurting themselves of others 

1 hour ago, Countryboy said:

I have been using chainsaws for many years, now aged 75, but have never had training. I own a woodland and still use chainsaws occasionally. However I know my limits and always call in trained operatives when it is too much for me. I wear ppe and always insure I have a good look at the job before I start work( this applies to any job that I do). I am very lucky that I am very fit and healthy and really enjoy working in the wood which I do most days

See you sensible though and have this strange thing called common sense where many people these days seem to lack it

3 hours ago, Paddy1000111 said:

Oh yea, that's what mean about rules in different locations. It's a big difference between felling a tree in your garden that can't harm anything than felling a tree on a boundary which could land in your neighbors living room whilst he's watching TV... 

your post about the old guy and young guy rings fairly true don’t think I could’ve worded it so well it’s just the attitude I thought was funny then the thing coming down and causing damage and just being a right old mess is annoying as I’ve had to go and spend out on courses etc and insurance and some blkle

in a transit van and a stihl 170 rocks up cash in hand and the old guy thinks he’s got a deal til it’s a massive balls up lol 

went to look at a conifer job bloke said he knows a guy who’ll do it for 50 I said good for you let me know if you want the fence repairing when he brakes it I know a good fencer 

46 minutes ago, lux said:

I remember a few years ago these sort of things came in kit form and you had to build them. Is that still the case ?
Probably better made than some of chainsaws you see on amazon etc.

Kits come in companies colours there ore builts are blue

27 minutes ago, topchippyles said:

Loads of vids on the tube and thousands and thousands sold world wide and big is the usa and canada 

Think the Americans are more into modding saws and tinkering with them than here doesn’t seem quite the brand snobbery either

5 minutes ago, gary112 said:

I tried two and didn,t like either,had a 390 that went back and forth to dealer with problems and in the end blowed its guts,and a smaall one that was just gutless so wont bother again

Depends what your doing with it he uses his for hedglaying so it’s fine for that but doing a lot of cross cutting and tree work in general I couldn’t say I’ve heard mostly good things but there’s 3 husky dealers near me so I went with them over any other make and other machines I’ve bought have also been husky including w sit on mower and they’ve all been fine. 

On 29/10/2020 at 19:22, gary112 said:

Agreed both great saws

For a 550xp great saw but Graham’s right those echos are a dam good saw

Been looking for ideas for a booth to hose down parts etc with the air compressor any one made anything similar thanks

45 minutes ago, Paddy1000111 said:

I've posted up about the worst one I've seen. Unqualified guy, cheapo chainsaw, rips 11kv lines off the post including the transformer. Oil ends up in the stream below and there was a £250,000 environmental and repairs charge. 

Sadly you can't stop them, I mean that guy who ripped the powerlines down was working for money illegally but if it was the farmer who did it then it is what it is. If they felled the tree into the road and killed someone then they would be liable but I agree it shouldn't happen in the first place. It annoys me too, I've spent thousands in training and equipment and someone is allowed to go and spend £100 on a saw and "give it a go". It's not allowed with electrical work or gas work so why should it be allowed with trees. They should have a rule that you can't cut down a tree over say 16ft in a domestic/built up/public area without qualifications or insurance. 

Some people don’t care but there not proffesional and probabley aren’t ticketed and have insurance but I do think one day things will get tighter well one hopes so.

what happens if he felled it and it hit a neighbours house then where will they be well you won’t find them haha they’ll be gone with a new number I bet. And as for no Ppe just be another statistic I went to see to some trees in a paddock the home owner had a go and cut the end of his foot off so his wife made him higher  a proffesional 

13 minutes ago, Moose McAlpine said:

Is it right you have to run them at 25:1 oil ratio?

Mabie in America where fuels a bit hit and miss I’ve been on 50.1 been fine just use stihls high end oil mix

13 minutes ago, Moose McAlpine said:

Very much looking forward to that. My 572 is such a great saw i bet the new 90cc will be an absolute monster.

Well seeing as the 372s replacement has gone down so well with the 572 I see no reason why people won’t get on with it I know some people don’t like auto tune but from proffesional timber fallers in Scotland and elsewhere who run they every day and have hours on them I think they’ll do well I mean they haven’t updated them in some time and the stihl 500i went down a storm when that came out things a monster

Husky are replacing the 395 so 595 mabie think it’s out 2021 in feb perhaps 

Sugihara light bar can’t be beat apart from cost but if your running a longer bar they help with the balance of the saw a lot