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Thanks very much everyone for sharing your experience & advice. Backed up by some of the comments made, I was able to get the seller to come down to a more realistic price so I went for it. Still probably paid a bit over the odds but am happy to be able to get started right away as my goats' needs for more outbuildings is pressing. Will start keeping an eye out for cheap spares. Managed to download an 084 parts list & an 088 service manual till I can find one for 084s. Thanks again all!

Hi. As a noob, I am hoping for some advice on some 2nd hand equipment. I am starting out as a smallholder and looking to put up some outbuildings on a tight budget. I am planning on harvesting & milling some Douglas fir and am looking to buy a large enough chainsaw and a mill. I am looking at a 2nd hand Stihl 084AV (apparently hasn't worked much in the last 10 years, unknown history before that. Good compression, starts fine.) and a 48" granberg mill. Also included in the deal are: 48" bar, chain & rip chain, 36" bar & chain, 30" bar & chain. Spare piston rings, clutch springs & recoil spring. 2 questions: -What do you think of the asking price of £950? Seems high to me but that could just be me working to a tight budget... - Are replacement parts an issue for 084s? The seller reckons you can use MS880 parts and I was surprised by this. I haven't been able to find the specs, but my hunch is that piston and bearings wouldn't be compatible if anything else is? I'd be really grateful if you could share your wisdom and possibly prevent this noob on a budget from making an expensive mistake. Thanks.

Poplar logs are used for cultivating mushrooms such as oyster. Holes are drilled all over the log, then the holes are filled sawdust inoculated with mushroom spores, then sealed over with wax. The whole log gets colonised by the mushroom and you get a yearly harvest for maybe five years.