Dan Maynard
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Which Silky & Where do you find most comfortable to carry it
Dan Maynard replied to Jamie Jones's topic in Climbers talk
Do you have the strop hanging down on the right then? Assuming sawpod on right. I guess it's the way I was taught and I've stuck with it, strop hanging down on left and chainsaw on right (silky on right leg) so occasionally the chainsaw handle gets hooked on the silky handle. Overall though the inconvenient moments of the sawpod outweigh the convenience. I'm intrigued by the strop hanging down on right if you also have topper hanging there. -
Which Silky & Where do you find most comfortable to carry it
Dan Maynard replied to Jamie Jones's topic in Climbers talk
Yeah it has. Zubat 300 for me also in sawpod. I snapped a bit off the end once so it was about 260 and carried on using it because it was sharp but really found it too short. -
Do we think there was someone with a heavy right foot in a truck on the other end of the rope? Strange wording in the article too. They were using "tension ropes" - is that as opposed to all the other kind of ropes that are for pushing?
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Zen would be my tip for internet, they don't try to be the cheapest by cutting service or limiting speed. UK based, been with them for years but I don't think they will do a TV package.
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A few years ago Virgin Media decided we were on the cable network. Just us and our neighbour, and another house across the main road were the only ones in the village. Our village is not within 5 miles of the network, but that didn't stop them mailing and phoning persistently. Trying to convince a girl on the phone her computer screen is wrong just doesn't work, we tried a few times. And please don't ring us any more, there is no point. Our neighbours in the end agreed to have a system installed, the guys who came round to link up their house must have reported the situation. They are a bit rubbish, yes.
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Other thing is a 16" isn't going to run well on a 170 even if you can fit it, I'd have thought 12 or 14 max else it will bog and chain speed go down.
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I just looked at chainsawbars.co.uk and they suggest both saws should have 55 drive links for 16" bar so not sure where the 57 DL came from?
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At work we have Wolf Garten too, borrowed clippy head with angle change and to be honest prefer the straight one as it's lighter and seems easier to aim, maybe that's just what you get used to. I need an upgrade so will have a good look at the Bahco, they usually make decent enough stuff.
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Same bar according to Chainsawbars. Need more to go on, pics etc.
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I dropped a log on one once having carefully taken the panel out - no problem I'll replace it. Couple of days later passing a builders merchant thought I'd pop in and see if they had one, yes no problem £15 and pick it up in the yard. As it happened I was in my Volvo estate car, 45kg sounds about right or maybe a bit light, was a bit of a lift on my own bending over into the car but managed it. I got a helper to lift it in to the slot on the posts, that wasn't happening on my own.
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Not used one but only 9hp and inlet 25cm x 25cm sounds small. Might be ok, sounds like the 1300 is a better bet for tree work.
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Then charge for taking all the excess gravel away as well. Good job.
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That's great, sounds like it's a straightforward swap anyway. Less worried about the speed, it's the smoother cut I'm after because I'm used to the finer teeth on a 150. Today it was a bit grabby on small branches.
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You're a one man sales team for these saws! Bought a DUC256 a couple of weeks ago so got the battery offer. I would say comparable in weight and power to the Husqvarna, cuts a bit slower. New DUC254 arrived yesterday, really nice and slim and lighter even than my MS150. I used it today reducing a yew, it has the standard 3/8lp and I definitely think would benefit from the 1/4 setup. Which panther bar did you buy? Is it same mounts as echo or Husqvarna? Sprocket? Or is it a case of just calling RobD on Monday?
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To be fair we didn't know it was 4 foot diameter at the beginning. I'd need to put enough on it to buy a bigger saw.
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I think it depends where you live, I'm in East Anglia and my wood is all seasoned outside in ibcs. Up off the ground like that the rain runs off and doesn't soak in. I also move it under cover a couple of months before using just to dry the outside.
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Tree identification database
Dan Maynard replied to Steve Bullman's topic in Tree Identification pictures
Not on ash logs, spores are released from dead leaf material. -
Love the word woodpeckering for that. Multisaver choked on the stem for me, hitchclimber drt so I can easily descend from any point if necessary (one handed).
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Strikes me the easiest way would be for you to put the chain in a jiffy bag and send it to RobD, he could send it back with two replacements and a file kit for keeping them sharp. Just thinking out loud, would be for Rob to make that offer obviously.
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I've taken a set of balls like that out of my MS500, was making a bad noise. Bearings and blades needed, change the belts while at it. Anvils were damaged so turned to the next edge. Have a look if the blade bolts are ok. You might get away with turning the blades round but they possibly have chunks missing. I used a grinder and some kitchen scales to even the balance on mine as I was a bit wary to put brand new ones in to test, and actually they were fine. Not really difficult, trickiest part for me was removing old bearings as no way to get a puller behind them so just ground almost through and split with chisel.
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Maybe you can park a tracked TW230 at the base of the tree and chip everything into those bushes at the back? Then you have a fighting chance. Steve reckons 2 groundies is enough but then he's a climber.....
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Have you done basics first? Fuel filter, spark plug, air filter.
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Maybe depends a bit on what you do, I find hedge trimmings don't chip that well but for tree work a reasonable chipper is faster than stacking, you get masses more in the truck so fewer trips to tip, and you can generally find free tips. It really pays off, worth spending a few grand on something decent. That machine just looks like it will be too slow and awkward to feed, waste of money and time.
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Neem blasted Juniper... can't decide what to do?
Dan Maynard replied to jeffpas's question in Homeowners Tree Advice Forum
Unless you can't stand the sight of it I would just leave it a few years to see how it does. I would think it needs all the leaves it can muster so cutting anything off isn't a great plan. All the lower branches will fall off when the tree gets to 20 foot anyway so they aren't too important long term. The only thing to watch is that the tree keeps a single leader so that it develops with a nice single stem in later life, it looks like it's doing this already. -
Buying a used Arb chainsaw - swimming with the sharks?
Dan Maynard replied to little_p's topic in Chainsaws
The other question with used saws is how much has been replaced by cheap copy Chinese parts, thereby making it as unreliable as a cheap copy. I think it's slightly less of a gamble on bigger saws as they last longer and people have upgraded to the latest. I know one tree firm where the guy changes all the saws every 3 years and sells them off, he hates unreliable saws so you could get a reasonable machine off someone like that but you'd need to know and trust the person. Other people sell a saw because they are fed up of problems with it so you may not be far off in your swimming with sharks. Personally I buy new.
