Dan Maynard

With Amazon link......

The last three trees I felled were three and a half feet tall, welcome to domestic tree work.

I reckon ideally you need a picture of you with the splitter surrounded by split logs.

The fine stuff looks lower down, maybe some branches in the top died earlier?

As above spot on, only other suggestion I'd have is PA1 PA6 pesticide so you can spray weedkiller.

I'm not saying I know, but this could be just the auction process - eBay is like this. Eg if I bid £20 and you bid £30 then your bid gets increased to £21, you win and take it for £21. But if someone else went in at £25 then you'd end up paying £26.

I bought one of these TMech grinders as a catalog return on eBay for £850. I sharpened the teeth a few times but never felt they were good, and cost for a new set is enough to pay for green teeth and holders so bit the bullet. Pairs of holes between teeth were about 1mm too close to just drill out, so had to set the wheel up on the mill and slot drill at 16mm. It has 3 pairs of teeth, 2 left, 2 right and 2 straight. I worried it would vibrate due to having fewer teeth, but in fact it's much smoother as sharp teeth cut rather than beat at the stump. Very pleased with the upgrade. I have had to mend the brake lever, the exhaust fell off so welded, normal stump grinder stuff.

I know a couple of people who go round in vans offering 'lawn care', get one of them in monthly. They spray and spike and treat and weed all in the name of green perfection. Personally I find it all a bit confusing, no real need to cut the grass till we start losing the dog and we've got a lab.

Wind yes, sun to the south probably also a factor. I'd guess it will always be uneven now, although there are some buds on the north so they could possibly develop into branches. You could try removing a few of the longest branches, don't shorten them else you are liable to cause even more sprouting on the cut ends.

We never found out what he did, hope he's all right after all this time....

I'm thinking lean can be caused by too much air, or not enough fuel - maybe carb blocked with fines? Carrying on with blunt chain produces a lot of dust, how is their sharpening?

Chipping, burning, woodchip paths, not just a thinning job anyway is it?

We had a 660 at work not running right, turned out to be loose plug wire. Down on power can be anything, when was it last serviced with filters, etc?

I wouldn't, big old lump for 20 inch and lot of money, get an MS400 instead or if you're happy husky then maybe try a new mk2 562.

Did it not make a funny noise?