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Yes, probably a good call, has now gone to Haynes Agricultural for another assessment. Hope it's going well over there

8 hours ago, Brushcutter said:

560 just out of warranty hardly any work......I call crank seals....air leak causing hard starting and poor performance.

That has occurred with another 560 or 62 previously, and has also affected colleague's saws as well. Husqvarna seem to have dropped the ball somewhat in recent years, these are 900 quid units and you expect better really

5 minutes ago, adw said:

It’s always difficult giving a diagnosis without actually seeing it, however when you say new carb is that from another saw or a new carb that a dealer has correctly entered the firmware ? ( all new auto tune carbs come with just boot firmware ), now does it have the orange frame air filter? these filters block very easily even though they look clean so make sure it is very clean, a pressure test would be my next thing to do, if you could get it plugged into cst it would give some clues by looking at the fuel settings, unfortunately any loss of compression will effect the idle, so is it mechanically sound ( seized, ring wear etc ) things like plug change and fuel filter change should always be tried as this is easy to do. It goes without saying that these machines rely completely on cooling air entering via the starter housing grill to cool the engine, so keep all openings free from blockage ( additional heat will effect running and hot restarting ). Leakage from the deco valve will also effect idle, I have blanked deco valves off in some cases.

Do you repair saws? Could I send it to you. The dealers are not having much luck with it so nothing to lose.

One of my 560's is under a year old with minimal hours, that has become such a pain I will probably give up with trying to get anything done on warranty as its still running really badly even with a new carb. Really difficult to start, and even once warm will cut out on tickover and then only fire up again with drop start with throttle. Any suggestions before the bloody thing goes on ebay, thanks 

Torry Hill Chestnut Fencing, Doddington currently require self employed hand cutters for chestnut coppice. Please call John-Leigh Pemberton on 01795 886020 

I recently emailed Morris's and they confirmed winding the company up, I wanted a spar hook and very few  suppliers now seem to produce them so I have gone vintage through lack of options. Hedgelaying does not seem to have any lack of interest in the UK and the  wood craft movement is still strong so its a bit baffling really that more tools are not offered here

i think the best approach here is to put a few feelers out, on Woodlots and the like first and see what happens. I understand imports can sometimes scupper the efforts of local craftspeople but that doesn't mean that opportunities don't exist. I have seen current websites where producers of spars are asking a lot more than 20 pence a unit, but that doesn't mean they are shifting them admittedly

I frequently have access to standing hazel and the idea of making some thatching spars on ever frequent  torrential rain days is gaining appeal - has anyone on here any experience of producing them and is there only seasonal demand - based on the idea that I imagine most thatching takes place in the warmer months, or do thatchers stock up on on materials throughout the cooler months. Any info appreciated TIA, Phil

That's great, thanks

I can see we are going off topic with humourous banter which is fine, but anyway some good replies there I will check out youtube, it seems all that is needed is a pimp clamp and some spare time

Has anyone seen at any point an instructional video for making the above, the general purpose of which is to start bread ovens. I saw a bloke at the Kent Woodfair last year and he had a little bench clamp / vice setup to assist in the making of, I'd like to see that or something similar in use. A dying craft it seems, and I get quite a lot of birch top

Fuel filter was one of first things checked, have tried all options and thanks for replies but I'm now just using it on and off as back up, will deal with issue when more time available 

On 30/07/2023 at 20:08, lurch_918 said:

so I ask are you leaving the saw on tick over for 1/2 hour before it cuts out or are you running it full chat for 1/2 hour then dropping straight to tickover ?

Full bore use until cut out, though that duration time has dipped (see other reply)

Thanks for all replies, vapour lock I've heard about and is a possibility though it seemed to do this less in the reasonable heat of June than the pretty awful cool and wet conditions of late - on Monday it scarcely managed 5 minutes before playing up. All routine maintenance I'm pretty good with, and air filter doesn't look that discoloured but I will put another in. Will report back after trying all possibilities, cheers

I'm sure this will have been asked before but anyway..560xp sometimes runs for maybe half an hour, sometimes less depending on how it feels apparently, before cutting out on tickover, or refusing to start again after refuelling. Advice please from anyone who had the same

4 hours ago, doobin said:

Good quality chestnut coppice is worth maybe £600 per acre standing. Probably considerably less than you were hoping. That goes right down if access etc is shite.

 

I'm presuming you are either Sussex or Kent, if Sussex then I can give you some starter contacts.

Correct, I'd say for acreage rate that is

Whereabouts are you please 

I never bought one but it has to be said Husqvarna make the best spec belt going, and if you need anything more than tongs and tape you may as well go the whole hog and get the right tool for the job. Its coming off your tax bill anyway if you're S/E

If you are cutting chestnut in Kent you would have to go like the clappers to do 150 a day, every day. The only way you'd get that kind of wage is by doing firewood as well. The rates are up and down like a donkey's hind leg really

25 minutes ago, Sutton said:

We can calculate how long it'll take you to get your money back for you - just give us some imput first:

What amp is your alternator?

What inverter price range are you looking at?

What is idle rpm of you diesel and what size?

What batteries are wanting to charge?

 

Ok, that's pretty decent of you, I'll get the info by tonight. Though given the cost of the little inverter  (50 quid)

I'm more than happy since that can be used to charge or power all manner of stuff, on the move. Tried a 4 inch angle grinder on it yesterday, it handled that ok

Ok that's confirmed that in theory you lose a little on mpg - I'm able to use recycled veg oil mixed with derv to a degree in my old truck so I'm still coming out more than on top in that respect (and at present that's perfectly legal, before anyone asks!), and I'll be interested to see if the inverter can be used with the vehicle stationary for spells of say up to 30 mins, on one click of the key. As to if what extent that will deplete the two batteries (winter pack), I don't know yet

22 hours ago, Canal Navvy said:

Being able to charge from a vehicle is for convenience,  it's never going to be less expensive than plugging into the mains 🙂

You might have to explain that to me, lol I don't quite follow. If say, I charge any small electric appliance or tool from 12V on the move, how is that not costing less than the mains at home? Particularly given current and projected costs

23 hours ago, GarethM said:

That does say modified since wave instead of pure sine wave. Being RS you should be able to send it back if it doesn't work tho.

 

The cheapest pure sine wave version is £100

 

https://uk.rs-online.com/web/p/power-inverters/1793325

RS stuff is usually quality, this has 3 year warranty. I think it will work fine. As long as outage is over 250, which it is

Thanks for replies, the options above are a good start and you've got me thinking along the right lines- the option below is only 50 quid delivered, top quality and 3 year warranty, just bought one

With electric costs what they are, I'm thinking it will make perfect sense to charge 18V batteries for the 540i from the winter pack 2 battery set up in my 4x4, all that is required is an inverter wired in. It's unlikely I'm going to need to use the inverter for anything with higher requirement so my question is does someone know offhand what sort of output inverter is sensible without going too far up the scale, as the prices of Durite versions for example, are not cheap generally. TIA