Dan Maynard

@shavey needs a mention if Dolmar 166 is being discussed, he might not buy it but will probably know someone that would.

Black walnut

Yes done similar in driveways, you can chuck a rope round and pull them back a bit, but you'll gain a metre maybe two before you hit the wood too thick to bend. Alternatively drive through and then clean up whatever breaks.

Welcome to the forum! Have you used search function and browsed old threads? Lot to learn there, I'd also suggest searching the Timberwolf 18/100 which has similar blade/anvil setup and used by more professionals starting out than the 13/75. Finally, worth ringing Timberwolf and asking them. They're only in Suffolk, can only say no.

Doesn't cost the earth can be interpreted as don't buy loads of cheap Chinese plastic that ends up in the bin when something small breaks. At least with Makita you can go on L&S and get spare parts - small things like switch , screws, chain tensioner, sprockets, brake parts right up to boards and motors.

The boring answer is sell the 200T on eBay and buy a new MS181 for doing firewood, probably have change left over.

201 mtronic with opened exhaust, wakes it up a bit. Could say boringly reliable, still idles like it did new, never been any trouble at all, although to be fair mine is not heavily used due to battery saws taking a lot of the strain and then just pull the 400 up.

Can't see any reason to heat the files to red and even risk ruining the tempering. The best tip for files is never hold the handle and bang the tip of the file down on the vice, always flip it so you're holding the file and tap the back of the handle on the vice. If you hold the handle sooner or later the file will fall out mid bang and you bring your hand down onto the tang. Not done it myself but know others who learnt the hard way.

Im fastidious about getting the depth gauge for each cutter right, for me this gives a chain which cuts straight and bars don't wear unevenly, so just need a bit of cleaning up the wear ridge now and then. Just hold the flat file across the bar with fingertip in the centre to show any lean, drawfile to clean up.

I wouldn't want to use openable rings for that because it's not perfectly smooth for the rope depending on orientation, which you can't see at the time. Personally I'd buy a 2m multisaver and when you've used it so much its worn out you have no qualms replacing it.

12' is a big tree to transplant, there is only a certain success rate.

I crashed on the M1 working in Leicester which is about an hour and a half away, just fatigue on top of long days. Work for myself so changed company policy instantly.

People use it for floors though, 50m2 isn't that big if you've a couple of rooms. Mind the flooring would have been thousands for that so worth getting good oil.

To be fair my rake is lasting ok, changed the handle a couple of times and just need to change the head again now.

I'm with you, we have to let computers make us stupid and this is how it starts. To me this doesn't read well, not honest sounding.