Dan Maynard

You need a nice Stihl flip top. I'm just joking, only husqvarna I have is 365 and never had a cross threading problem.

@AHPP gov is onto him too! Can't really think what's going on here, they're public websites as far as I know. Any idea web guru @Steve Bullman ?

That sounds too thick and nobody's buying it. I'd steer clear myself, you need the oil to go in the pivots of the chain too.

Have you found this? Probably worth a look. https://sawmillers.co.uk/

Be a nightmare working with the smell of kebab, you'd be hungry all day.

What PPE? Chainsaw trousers have a look at Chris Forestry. Other couple of arb suppliers, Radmore and Tucker, or George Carr.

Section 211 notices What is a section 211 notice? A section 211 notice is a notice submitted to the local planning authority by landowners or their agents. It notifies the authority of proposed work on trees in a conservation area that are not subject to a Tree Preservation Order. ‘Protecting trees in conservation areas’ gives guidance on the circumstances where a section 211 notice may be required. Paragraph: 123 Reference ID: 36-123-20140306 Revision date: 06 03 2014 What form should a section 211 notice take? A section 211 notice does not have to be in any particular form. It may be helpful to use the standard application form for work to trees protected by an Order (available from the Planning Portal) as a section 211 notice, but the authority cannot insist on this. Paragraph: 124 Reference ID: 36-124-20140306 Revision date: 06 03 2014 What information should be in a section 211 notice? A section 211 notice must describe the work proposed and include sufficient particulars to identify the tree or trees. Where a number of trees or operations are involved, it should make clear what work is proposed to which tree. A notice must include the date it is submitted. A plan is not mandatory but can be helpful. Sufficient information in a section 211 notice will help the local authority to verify that the proposed work, if undertaken, has not been exceeded and support enforcement action if appropriate. People should not submit a section 211 notice until they are in a position to present clear proposals. They should consider first discussing their ideas with an arboriculturist or the authority’s tree officer. Paragraph: 125 Reference ID: 36-125-20140306 Revision date: 06 03 2014 What about section 211 notices for more than one operation? Only one section 211 notice is needed to carry out a number of different operations on the same tree or to carry out work on a number of trees. To avoid the need for repeated notices over a relatively short period of time, one notice may, where appropriate, be submitted for repeated operations, phased works or programmes of work. Paragraph: 126 Reference ID: 36-126-20140306 Revision date: 06 03 2014 What should the local authority do with a vague or ambiguous section 211 notice? The authority is advised to refer a section 211 notice containing insufficient or unclear information back to the person who submitted it. The authority may wish to provide information to help them resubmit an appropriate notice. Paragraph: 127 Reference ID: 36-127-20140306 Revision date: 06 03 2014 Should the local authority acknowledge receipt of a section 211 notice? A section 211 notice should be acknowledged, although the authority should first consider whether the proposed work is exempt from the requirement to give this notice or requires a felling licence. In either case it should promptly inform the person who gave the notice. Otherwise the authority should acknowledge receipt of the notice in writing. Paragraph: 128 Reference ID: 36-128-20140306 Revision date: 06 03 2014

Plain text must work: Section 211 notices What is a section 211 notice? A section 211 notice is a notice submitted to the local planning authority by landowners or their agents. It notifies the authority of proposed work on trees in a conservation area that are not subject to a Tree Preservation Order. ‘Protecting trees in conservation areas’ gives guidance on the circumstances where a section 211 notice may be required. Paragraph: 123 Reference ID: 36-123-20140306 Revision date: 06 03 2014 What form should a section 211 notice take? A section 211 notice does not have to be in any particular form. It may be helpful to use the standard application form for work to trees protected by an Order (available from the Planning Portal) as a section 211 notice, but the authority cannot insist on this. Paragraph: 124 Reference ID: 36-124-20140306 Revision date: 06 03 2014 What information should be in a section 211 notice? A section 211 notice must describe the work proposed and include sufficient particulars to identify the tree or trees. Where a number of trees or operations are involved, it should make clear what work is proposed to which tree. A notice must include the date it is submitted. A plan is not mandatory but can be helpful. Sufficient information in a section 211 notice will help the local authority to verify that the proposed work, if undertaken, has not been exceeded and support enforcement action if appropriate. People should not submit a section 211 notice until they are in a position to present clear proposals. They should consider first discussing their ideas with an arboriculturist or the authority’s tree officer. Paragraph: 125 Reference ID: 36-125-20140306 Revision date: 06 03 2014 What about section 211 notices for more than one operation? Only one section 211 notice is needed to carry out a number of different operations on the same tree or to carry out work on a number of trees. To avoid the need for repeated notices over a relatively short period of time, one notice may, where appropriate, be submitted for repeated operations, phased works or programmes of work. Paragraph: 126 Reference ID: 36-126-20140306 Revision date: 06 03 2014 What should the local authority do with a vague or ambiguous section 211 notice? The authority is advised to refer a section 211 notice containing insufficient or unclear information back to the person who submitted it. The authority may wish to provide information to help them resubmit an appropriate notice. Paragraph: 127 Reference ID: 36-127-20140306 Revision date: 06 03 2014 Should the local authority acknowledge receipt of a section 211 notice? A section 211 notice should be acknowledged, although the authority should first consider whether the proposed work is exempt from the requirement to give this notice or requires a felling licence. In either case it should promptly inform the person who gave the notice. Otherwise the authority should acknowledge receipt of the notice in writing. Paragraph: 128 Reference ID: 36-128-20140306 Revision date: 06 03 2014

Reckon you're right, they must be on to him.

Some more explanation, whether it satisfies your legal brain I'm not sure but scroll down to para 123. Tree Preservation Orders and trees in conservation areas - GOV.UK WWW.GOV.UK Explains the legislation governing Tree Preservation Orders and tree protection in conservation areas. What happens when the council bat the application back for a stupid reason? I tend to go through the planning portal and then work 6 weeks from when it is 'validated' so goes on the planning system, which may strictly be a bit later than 6 weeks since I gave sufficient notice but the position is very easily defensible.

I know a few people with the Oregon ones, ok for occasional use. Steel toe boots are so cheap it's not worth trying to combine, get some separate ones.

I had a cheque last week, usually pay 12 months on card. Were you paying by direct debit, maybe then they have bank details so can pay back to there.

Not had this, but then I tend to just pop the biner open and put the bowline in beside the RRP so the dead end is definitely at the side of the device, away from the slick pin ends.

A looked after 660 goes on for a long long time, the problem with buying secondhand is that you don't know why it's being sold. In general I think big saws are less of a gamble than small, more likely you get a believable story of the saw just not getting used rather than not working right so dumped onto eBay. You have to be prepared to do some work on a secondhand one though, I bought a 90cc saw a few years ago and it needed new oil pump, bar, air filter.

Ball valve goes from closed to almost full bore with 90 degree handle rotation, can be pretty quick.