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  1. Dan Maynard
    You're correct, yes. Drive sprockets only have pitch, so same one for different gauge chains. Bar and chain match pitch and gauge. Not recommended to swap new chains onto old sprockets though, keep an eye on that. They wear together as a pair, so if you put a new chain on an old sprocket it will not make proper contact on the wear points and can mangle the chain, that's whether it's same gauge or not.
  2. Dan Maynard
    The Stihl cuts well, I also use Panther chain from chainsawbars.co.uk - if you get the unguarded then no bumper links to make filing the depth gauge difficult. Not tried Oregon, didn't know they did 1/4.
  3. Dan Maynard
    I renewed with Trust so they still have my CS38 cert, no further questions. Looking at HSE news roofers keep falling off roofs, but there was a tree bloke recently who fell trying to get down from a stuck mewp so falls from height are a hot topic.
  4. Dan Maynard
    Had to check it out on Honeys, must be good if it's a game changer... "The Samson Zing-It 1.75mm Throwline is a game-changer for professional arborists, ..." but then it goes on "easy to handle and maneuver, reducing fatigue during long hours of use. " Something definitely wrong if you're at the throwline for hours, get a ladder instead. It's out of stock anyway so I'll have to make do with something else.
  5. Dan Maynard
    I was thinking he could swap flywheel, starter, cover, the whole shooting match and convert back to normal C type of saw.
  6. Dan Maynard
    Think @Mick Dempsey 's tip to use a 4mm file, works ok at the start and much easier than the recommended 3.2 which is really bendy.
  7. Dan Maynard
    Seems like there would have been so many scrapped 261 for crankshaft around a few years ago, maybe there's still one under a bench somewhere you could swap all the bits? My 261 still running so you can't have my starter yet.
  8. Dan Maynard
    I see you're also asking about work having done CS30/31. Get either a Husqvarna 550 or Stihl 261 depending on which dealer is near you and you get on with. My advice would be don't buy secondhand, and don't buy online, you need somewhere you can walk in and ask for help. That'll probably cost a little over £600, don't buy something cheaper as you'll end up wishing you hadn't wasted that money. But if you get work as a groundie you shouldn't immediately need a saw, I'd start with boots, chainsaw trousers and helmet first.
  9. Dan Maynard
    Two Faltheimer cubes. You definitely need at least 2 line and 3 or 4 bags for when the bastard things get stuck.
  10. Dan Maynard
    You haven't mentioned piston and cylinder condition, easy to check and if fubar then no point buying a carb.
  11. Dan Maynard
    Yep. Think it was in Berry's Book of Cunning Contraptions along with Go karts and candle powered boats.
  12. Dan Maynard
    That's good to know. Maybe I'll wait for next year's black Friday deal on a vertec then.
  13. Dan Maynard
    That's true on the M500 too, agreed it really helps with Y forks as the hopper sides go down parallel to the blade. Blades are expensive though.
  14. Dan Maynard
    Or just get spare saw out of the van ...
  15. Dan Maynard
    Thing is, I only have one RRP and would like another SRT system, so might have bought one. Vertec plus pulley is getting pretty pricey though, I'm looking at that Freexion again. The reflex has promise but hate the guinea pig feeling.
  16. Dan Maynard
    ... or, I guess playing the Sherlock Holmes what if the bores were scored before being put away, but kept running as started up nice and regular? We don't actually know they were good when put away, a blower a bit down on power still blows for example.
  17. Dan Maynard
    Ah fair enough. Carroll Engineering are the people in Ireland I was thinking of, they'd make you one with a log lift. I see Oxdale do a vertical/horizontal 16T one that's just over £8k on eBay. Don't know if it's my imagination but these all seem to have shot up in price.
  18. Dan Maynard
    Passed me by but it seems the RRP is no longer available, I guess natural product progression for Notch to want us all to buy the more expensive replacement. Bit annoying then to have to spend extra on pulley kit to get the features of the old one.
  19. Dan Maynard
    Sullivan's Engineering make a well regarded properly road towable splitter, they're in Ireland so was thinking maybe in the EU with you but looked them up just now and they are in the North. Might be someone that takes them south across the border though and you could order in Euros?
  20. Dan Maynard
    Look for an M500, the chipper pushing itself around is a really good feature especially up into the trailer at the end of the day. They're solid built from proper parts so you can get spares, bearings etc either from Global or direct from suppliers. Mine is at least 15 years old, will keep repairing it for a long while yet.
  21. Dan Maynard
    I think it's got to be fuel related, E10 is new and undoes all the years of experience we have in how to look after machines. My thought is ethanol/water in the fuel, causing oil separation else the bores would not score up like that. It's possible the Husqvarna tank vents let more air in and out as temperature goes up and down, hence more water vapour gets in. I realised fuel was taking up too much of my head, thinking about not having it hanging around, tipping it out of big saws, buying additives, extra trips because I only bought 5 litres at a time, etc etc. Thought sod it, 55 litre drum of Motomix in the back shed - no thinking now, just go and top up combi can whenever I want. Have had to buy some rubber parts but touch wood nothing serious.
  22. Dan Maynard
    @Steve Bullman your arbtalk personal information says freelance climber, still true?
  23. Dan Maynard
    Surely that's misuse, like ragging it on full throttle while the clutch slips? Otherwise I can't see how to wear the inside of the drum so much before the teeth come off the sprocket.
  24. Dan Maynard
    I mostly use Gustharts now to be honest, they seem pretty straightforward.
  25. Dan Maynard
    The wires shouldn't rip out as the outer sleeve of the cable is locked in the back of the connector. I've had some connectors where if you put a cable tie round nice and tight it stops it pulling back, although my current plug is a metal one I found in local ag dealer and that's been good. Also , it helps to put bootlace ferrules on the wires as this stops them breaking individual strands at the corner of the screw clamp. Won't stop the cable pulling back though.

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