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At local Budgens they said people were grabbing things off the delivery truck as they were trying to unload it - good job we live in a civilised society. They'll be mugging you for your shopping as you come out of the shops next.

Reckon you've more chance of finding a pack of toilet rolls in Tescos!

No don't do that you'll get two weeks extra free, bargain!

I blame it all on that Eve woman, everything in the garden was rosy until she screwed it all up, downhill all the way since.

Have you tried Rob D at chainsawbars.co.uk on this forum?

IIRC ozito batteries are the same as Einhell for anyone who's already got some Einhell 18v kit. Toolstation and Wickes do Einhell. Tempted as cheap and portable.

Utmost respect awesome job

Not good, I must have been lucky Rushden had 3 at about 11 this morning.

Bought one this morning for £80 whats not to like for occasional use. Seems well put together and quick test seems to work fine. 3 year warranty plus spares available. Thanks for the heads up.

Try Lumag bloody predictive text!

Almost certainly Chinese but Lumag seem to have good support set-up in uk. https://dccf75d8gej24.cloudfront.net/documents/BSW66GL-MANUAL.pdf Have a look at manual, link above

Mt go to saw is my 450e which is used regularly and had it for at least 8 years. Simple to maintain and nice balance. Used in our 52ha woodland and felled hundreds of spruce and elm over the years a great simple reliable saw much better than stihl 026 and 251 which are my backup saws.

Great for left handed people and looks as if can swap over with one spanner bound to be a winner, needs work on the tensioner though!

Public rights of way: landowner responsibilities - GOV.UK WWW.GOV.UK As the owner or occupier of land with a public right of way across it, you must keep the route visible and not obstruct or endanger users. Does the bridleway belong to owner of trees to be extracted? If not permission is required from landowner. Motorised vehicles not permitted on Bridleway except with landowner's permission. It is a right of way and does not belong to local authority. Talk to footpaths officer they are usually very helpful regarding special situations expensive to close even for short while.

Excellent company to deal with, when items I ordered turned out to be out of stock was phoned promptly received apology and received without asking upgraded product at no extra cost.

Can confirm my 026 still on original drum bearing can't remember when I last greased it lol, used regularly in woodland maintenance/felling/firewood. Owned from new, has been a good saw, no issues whatsoever.

You need to get a chartered surveyor to look at this and advise.

Italian alder

Only the top two look to be doing anything presumably his is one of the lower ones.

Why not just ask him what he wants? Will save that disappointed look when what you get him isn't quite what he wanted.

Note to self get new calendar thought it was end of November not April 1st. Never heard such rot - pun intended!

Wood is 128 acres in old money. Its in North Bedfordshire, actually two woods but joined together. Yes we do manage it ourselves though others may disagree! Like you came to woodland mgt later in life. Just seen your comment ref Badger - similar experience with two youngsters on a beautiful summer evening weeks after buying the wood.

Very interesting and sounds so similar to our woodland (PAWS) with Americans donating huge amounts of concrete (Nearly 5 miles of the stuff) which as you say makes it great for getting around all year, was used for bomb storage and ammunition loading in Nissen type huts. Was originally oak predominately then clear felled after war replanted with Norway Spruce and Corsican Pine as nurse crop for Oak by FC. They then decided to spray off the oak as 'uneconomic', they have the grace to look embarrassed about it now. Wood passed through a couple of previous owners with some thinning being carried out but they took a lot of the 'king' trees out and we had some windblow in compartments as a result. We've owned it for the last 20 years and mainly light thinning with a mix of regen and hardwood planting. Little sign of Ash dieback yet. Dogs Mercury is prevalent and primroses and bluebells are prolific in the southern end of the wood. Have some big elm sadly suffering from DED but still lots left. Few patches of hazel and about 5 spindles which are just flowering. Will post some more when time permits and will follow the thread with interest.

+1 for the loggings and small offcuts use them regularly in the smaller stove burn so much better than bigger logs in it and yes they last really well

Thinking of getting one of these, where did you get the green skip from looks a useful addition? Like you I have some spruce to extract with no clear drop lines so I also bring them down sectionally.