Dan Maynard
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Summer chip usually has leaves in, I'd say that adds air space.
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I think the tall bloke who did green giant sweetcorn ads was inside the suit.
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As far as I understand, Predator was a brand name applied to Laski grinders made in Czech Republic . Laski themselves still going strong.
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Ah maybe I don't notice that as I'm always using 5.2 rather than 5.5 files. Stihl recommend 5.2mm for 3/8 chain, I was sent 6 boxes instead of 6 files by FRJones, so that's what I use for all 3/8 chains.
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@Ty Korrigan if anyone has
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Got a few EXL, not noticed them being hard to file but maybe a bit grabby new. What files are you using?
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I got cotton ones from moo.com, uncoated so plastic free and recyclable/biodegradable.
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I guess like a lot of people starting out I underestimated my overheads and lacked confidence to charge enough. Some of my earlier customers got a real bargain but I got experience, so no regrets. One old chap I still work for at the same rate, hedges and odd tree but he's 92 I can't put it up now. Comparison is the thief of joy, I'd say if you're making a steady 250 without all the driving of forestry then you're happy , they're happy , you're making progress in your aims. You can do a pile of work at that rate, it's low risk if truly day rate rather than priced up jobs. Once you've done a year or two of your own jobs you can assess machinery replacement and maintenance cost, breakdowns, insurance etc. I guess you'll want to put it up a bit but you have to decide whether to start investing in machinery etc or just keep it small and work with other people if you needed a chipper or whatever.
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I once put an air filter gasket the wrong way round, result was lovely running for a couple of hours then stop with black plugs. Are they really covered in oil or just black, with wet soot?
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What about three sheets of ply, tied together in the corner with ropes, trailer net to stop chip flying up? Not a mod, just part of the load? Not very permanent or professional either, agreed.
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Fair enough, devil and the deep blue sea then.
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Take pics of whole tree including the leaves. The trunk just looks like it's getting older, I'm a bit more gnarly now I'm older too.
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Can't quite see but looks like the garage has been converted so no longer used, could they make the new driveway over the other side of the garden? Looks like the banking is higher but that wouldn't take long to shift with a digger and cost of a simple standard drive vs tree friendly would probably put a lot towards that.
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I want one. Haven't got a anywhere to keep it, like but still looks an amazing bit of kit.
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Mine was about £40, sale special in GoOutdoors. It is breathable in theory, you end up wet anyway.
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I reckon I've nicked or cut two ropes reaching down, both times annoyed by epi or hairy conifer on hot days. I now try to give myself a stern talking to whenever the idea to reach down and cut occurs.
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I'm pretty sure my dad's Flymo had an air filter up on the handle which was lump of foam in an old tin can. That would have been late 70s.
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572 for general use, 881 for milling.
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I'll press like for sure. I'm lucky enough to have found a secondhand M500 for 3k, then got muck truck with greedy boards which carries a lot of chip with almost no effort. I've just bought a new electromagnetic clutch, the date label on the old one 2001. Will you be able to get spares for the Chinese one in 20 years time?
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Or logsandsaws in Essex.
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True, there's a fuel stop too. This takes a few seconds after though, stop should be on the ignition ideally. Reason I know is my GX670 stops on the fuel solenoid not the ignition, investigated but never got round to fixing.
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This thread has reminded me of resting the back of a shovel from the top of spark plug down to cylinder head on a mixer when I was a teenager. Don't think it ever had a switch, started with a string wound round the front pulley. On the Honda engine, stopping is by connecting a wire from the coil pack down to chassis. All the switches, estop, oil level, key, are wired in parallel so that if any one of them makes the contact it will shut off Sounds to me like the connection to the coil pack is not made, so I'd start with the coil pack part number and try to get a wiring diagram for that. Or was it a genuine Honda pack? If it was then you should be able to find the engine wiring diagram in the service manual which will show the wires.
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Yep, couldn't see the heic . Are there any fungi fruiting around them in autumn? Thinking potentially honey fungus.
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Beware of the village Facebook backlash though...
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Fair enough, thought it might be something like that. I'm not allowed to use a top handle saw one handed or climb on one rope either, same people involved.
