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Dan Maynard

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  1. Dan Maynard
    Has it ever had the oil changed? Might be an idea to drain it out and see what colour it is, manual probably says it should have been changed by now anyway.
  2. Dan Maynard
    He wandering round the whole flippin hospital now!
  3. Dan Maynard
    Upsizing the hp of the engine, and drivetrain to take the extra torque, would add a lot of cost and weight, basically the next model chipper up. Why doesn't everyone run a TW 280 instead of a 230? Guess down to cost.
  4. Dan Maynard
    This makes sense, a mechanical fuel injection pump will have a maximum fuel stop screw. Adjust that up and there's more fuel so more power, until either the pump capacity is reached or all the air is used and then it will smoke. Given that it used to be 35hp there will be enough air. I worked for Lucas CAV as a sponsored student, there were definitely tractors where the higher hp more expensive model just had a few turns different on the maximum fuel stop and a different badge. Edit, don't see the no stress would need adjustment, the revs would still be set the same on the governor so when it runs out of power same rev drop.
  5. Dan Maynard
    Must admit I found myself disagreeing with some of the wood type advice. Reality is its a local thing, different mix here too. Id really like to see a book which says that kiln drying is primarily to dry wood faster rather than more, because the wood will equilibrate to the environmental humidity afterwards anyway.
  6. Dan Maynard
    Do you get asked about sharpening Rob? Having someone allied but not directly competing can be a way to pass business across both ways....
  7. Dan Maynard
    I think in normal use they spend a lot of chipping time at about 10hp on brash, working on the basis that 35hp is when the stress control cuts in.
  8. Dan Maynard
    He told me he'd been quoted £900 to cut down two trees so he bought that for £600. He hadn't used it very much, the air filter was so rammed it wouldn't run so reckon he'd got that far and stopped using it.
  9. Dan Maynard
    The oil pump had failed so the inside of all the cutters were burred to buggery. Maybe been run slack too.
  10. Dan Maynard
    Have they added a cat to the exhaust? This is what happened to Dolmar saws to make them low emission, slightly less power but not bad overall effect.
  11. Dan Maynard
    Problem isn't the ivy it's the poorly managed woodland. Fell the trees, that'll sort it. You won't make overstood hawthorn that's swamped in ivy live longer by stripping the ivy, you need to cut the hedges. I volunteer with the wildlife trust and that's what we do in SSSI woodland, it opens up light and restarts the cycle with low level flowers. The idea that the ivy must be restrained to allow the trees to grow forever is misleading in my opinion. I'm pretty sure you are looking at the frequency illusion or Baader Meinhof phenomenon. There's always been loads of ivy, I don't see any real increase.
  12. Dan Maynard
    I bought my Makita 9010 secondhand, the chap gave me 5 shagged chains with it because he didn't know they could be sharpened. Needless to say they all went in the bin along with bar and sprocket. I think lack of understanding that chains can be sharpened and how difficult it is are very widespread in those home B&Q type user. Getting through to them would be the trick I reckon.
  13. Dan Maynard
    On the face of it, seems like Dave is taking the piss and you will now always be known as the fat bloke. On reflection, Dave was subtly reminding the customer that they had started by insulting you but now asking for a favour so that wasn't such a good thing to do.
  14. Dan Maynard
    Ah I've got Makita hedge trimmers as they bought Robin, sensibly comes with a grease nipple from the factory.
  15. Dan Maynard
    I've used requestaplan.co.uk for site plans, super easy and very professional but limited to 1:1250 which isn't much good for fields. Looks like emapsite has some really good details and features but a bit less easy to use. Seems that field boundaries are less of a priority on many of the maps, if satellite image gets you what you need then that may be the way to go. I know people use screenshot from Google maps for tree work notices but strictly that is breaking the copyright.
  16. Dan Maynard
    I reckon he'd need to move over to the "injuries that made you retire" if his elbow bent like that.
  17. Dan Maynard
    No it's the leisure maps as you say, 1:25k.
  18. Dan Maynard
    I can't remember where I picked it up but top tip is drill through the Stihl grease plug and tap M6, then fit a normal grease nipple. Easy greasing forever.
  19. Dan Maynard
    I sub at a firm running the 94R as hedge cutters, plenty of power. They get a ragging on all sorts tbh, hawthorn, conifer, laurel etc etc
  20. Dan Maynard
    So the free ones are not good, and the good ones are not free? I pay the OS map subscription, for having the proper OS map of wherever I go in the country (in my pocket) and being able to print pages off I reckon £25 a year is good value.
  21. Dan Maynard
    This is a huge problem, yes. It's a big constraint on business.
  22. Dan Maynard
    Can't see it being business amongst arborists, I would just run a file over without taking it off.
  23. Dan Maynard
    Don't see why not. Good question though, I don't really know.
  24. Dan Maynard
    Well we're up there for a week soon so we'll have a look round , never know....
  25. Dan Maynard
    Fair enough, I think about moving to Germany or Canada as a theoretical exercise sometimes.

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