chuck norris

So an update. I have inspected the impulse line and carb boot, and they both look fine. I have also put it through some wood, and I found that it has very little power no matter how much I fiddle with the h screw. So I have come to the conclusion, that it is a carb issue. The reason I believe it is not a air leak is that in my experience, an air leak will cause the saw to race before dying, but my saw just dies as if you turned it off.

I dunno, it was not replaced in the rebuild. I will take it out and check, for damage. Pot and piston are oem, but the carb is not. Do you recommend replacing the carb? Is there a way I can check, for an air leak without doing a vacuum test? I just really don't really fancy, buying something I will only use once

No I have not done a vac test, and I am not totally sure what you mean about what sort of top end

Stihl 024

After rebuilding my saw (new carb/top end), it has started to have issues idling. The issue is that it will only start on full throttle, and will stop when throttle is released. I have fiddled with the L screw to no avail, and the fuel pipe, filters and carb where all replaced in the rebuild, so it will not be them. I am kind of stumped now, so any help would be much appreciated

Buy a dog?

Well a cord is a measurement of timber, and cord wood is a word for unprocessed logs

Dam shame, but if you built it once you can build it again

Sorry for your loss

I agree, in retrospect the heartwood is too light, none the less I will keep searching

Good to hear It worked for you

sure, thats the only reason

After a lot of scouring through my Collins tree guide, the closest match I found was the Black cherry (Page 254) the bark is pretty close and the timber looks about the same. I am not sure if this is the right tree, but it is the closest I could find. I have included some pics (not mine) of black cherry bark and timber, for you guys to compare.

What I meant was to allow bigger vehicles/trailers to be driven with a B+E license.

What I meant, was to allow bigger vehicles with higher towing weights, to be driven on a B+E license. Not to allow vehicles to tow more weight than they are capable off.

In regards to tractors, I am more talking about why the government will let a 17 year old with no idea how to tow, drive a 20 ton piece of equipment on public roads. I do agree though a lot of ARB folks do abuse the tractor laws, and that is an issue that need to be addressed.

I started the thread, after traveling abroad and seeing pickup trucks towing 5+ ton trailers. I was curious on why we don't have similar laws in our country, and if laws where to change what effects it would have on, the profitability of small businesses.

Bark looks like larch, but the timber doesn't. Frankly I am kinda stumped, but I am sure someone more experienced will come along soon.

I would say bird cherry (prunus padus), but the bark isn't quite right

Looks a little crowded

bloody Idiots

Looks pretty decent, really admire folks who build all their own stuff

I was under the impression that you could not tow anything heavier, than 3500kg with a standard pickup/landrover. In my opinion all trailers, over 750kg, should have a MOT (I have seen some pretty iffy trailers out there). Thanks for the correction, about the tractor weight , I have edited the original post.

Before reading I recomend, looking through this thread: for a bit of context In my opinion the current UK towing laws are very restrictive, and have a adverse effect on the growth of small businesses (EG tree surgeons, builders and what not). I think that the current laws should be amended, so that a vehicle can weigh up to 4 tons and the towing weight increased to 5 tons. I think this will help, by giving small businesses access to larger equipment, that otherwise would not be feasible to transport. This would allow small businesses to compete with larger company's on big contracts. I also think this would help solve the problem of vehicles being routinely overloaded (often by us ARB folks). On the flip side I think that the current regs, around tractors and trailer, are completely ridiculous. For those of you that don't know you can drive a tractor with a 18 ton trailer on a standard class B car license. This means you can drive a trailer tractor combination up to 40 tons, without even a standard towing license. I don't quite know, how you would go about solving this. since requiring a HGV license could put a significant dent, in the already unstable agriculture/forestry sectors. Thanks for reading my rant. If anyone has any opinions, I would be very interested to hear.