Jump to content

Log in or register to remove this advert

Dan Maynard

Veteran Member
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    4,846

  • Joined

  • Last visited

  • Days Won

    4

 Content Type 

Everything posted by Dan Maynard

  1. Dan Maynard
    Good job, I've now sold a few loads of hardwood rings for 60 a cube, not really worth delivering if less money than that.
  2. Dan Maynard
    I'd get the head off and see, that age should be old school cast iron head I would have thought - not that likely to distort on overheat. In the old days we'd just clean up, new head gasket, bolt it back on and see how it goes. Unless it proper overheated and melted the pistons of course....
  3. Dan Maynard
    I don't think I've seen enough ginko to judge really, but if it was a whitebeam you wouldn't be worried about that - take out every whitebeam with narrow forks there'd be none left.
  4. Dan Maynard
    How long has it been split like that though? Surely a long time? Seems like one of those that isn't ideal, but is doing fine making it's own arrangements.
  5. Dan Maynard
    Prices in general for firewood have gone up a fair bit, reckon over 50% since this thread started. Also people are more willing to pay for green wood rather than having to give it away.
  6. Dan Maynard
    Buy some spare fuses, keep them in the van else it's sure to go again in the middle of a job.
  7. Dan Maynard
    My chipper wouldn't move last week, but I found a broken belt hanging out underneath. Much easier to diagnose.
  8. Dan Maynard
    I'd say yes, but that looks well worn so maybe it should have a new piston/cylinder set rather than just piston.
  9. Dan Maynard
    Not TW owner but I have a GX670, on mine the oil switch shorts the ignition so you get no sparks, I think it would still spin on starter. The fuse blowing sounds like it would kill everything, question then is what causes the fuse to blow? They do sometimes just go from age and corrosion, so change it once and if it goes again you probably have a chafed wire to the chassis somewhere causing a short to ground. The other way is to start with a multimeter and see where the battery power is making it to, trace step by step as there must be somewhere that should have power which doesn't.
  10. Dan Maynard
    If it's MK1 probably done some work, maybe worth taking exhaust off to check piston. Also carb rebuild, could be clogged somewhere. Other thing spud says is sometimes people tell him the air filter is clean but actually there's oil and crud in the pores, so brake cleaner and airline to clean. Or fit new filter. Probably a limit on how much worth spending though, isn't there? Whack it on eBay and buy a MK3.
  11. Dan Maynard
    I'm assuming in Bulgaria they have modern 261 non m-tronic , rather than being like the old pre m-tronic in the UK. Newer 291s probably share parts too.
  12. Dan Maynard
    Used to use newspaper as a kid, nowadays plenty of cardboard Amazon packaging around.
  13. Dan Maynard
    Bit worried, you've got teabags on there twice without any milk. Shows how it all adds up though, I tend to lose hedge jobs against gardeners working out of a car but I don't mind.
  14. Dan Maynard
    I thought that, but the other rule of thumb is that without friction the tension will be the same all the way along the rope, else it would move where the tension changes. This is how you can work out mechanical advantage in 3-1 or 5-1 systems by counting ropes. My suspicion here is the friction at the alpine almost locks that point, so the tension is not the same along the rope. I haven't really thought it through though, was just musing.
  15. Dan Maynard
    I think all the 261s here are m-tronic for several years, so it's not an easy comparison for us either. The IPL would give you a definite answer, maybe somewhere on the internet you could find one or maybe you need to be a Stihl dealer. I think it's just coil, carb, on-off switch, maybe flywheel though. All the usual bar, sprocket, chain brake, oil pump, clutch etc you're likely to need will be the same.
  16. Dan Maynard
    Can you see any cones? Usually a good clue there to confirm.
  17. Dan Maynard
    Shoot me for it but I've always run 0.6 wire for car bodywork, started on my Vauxhall Chevette. General fab, angle iron etc then 0.8 gives better penetration.
  18. Dan Maynard
    Is it equalising though? If you neglect friction (say put a pulley on the top right and a riding pulley on the midpoint) then there are two ropes top right but only one on the left.
  19. Dan Maynard
    Ooo even better, two cuts a year! Now you're talking!
  20. Dan Maynard
    What chipper is it? Some are fairly well known for chassis fail or rusting.
  21. Dan Maynard
    How tall is it starting? If it starts at 13ft I'm your man. Actually scratch that I'm not desperate for 100m conifer hedge. Matt Bell at GTS is not far from Peterborough and he has the most machinery I know of in this area, tractors, flails, merlo, heizohack etc.
  22. Dan Maynard
    Pretty sure that's what my small Honda engines do, it's more an ignition kill switch than a sensor.
  23. Dan Maynard
    I was writing a long answer but the problem here isn't the winch is it? Relying on the hinge strength in dead pop is bad strategy before the saw even started.
  24. Dan Maynard
    Lime not beech, so the decay will be worse and the sprouting more. Will probably be 10 years before you see any problem though. Not great, but not much you can do now either, except deal with problems that do happen rather than problems that might happen. We've got a topped lime in the churchyard where I live, the cut face is now a big bowl of mush. Others that were cut to 5m poles are dying, one is pretty much mush for the whole base and needs to come down.
  25. Dan Maynard
    Those bootlaces are fab! Hopefully at the bottom of the garden there's not much around if it falls over?

About

Arbtalk.co.uk is a hub for the arboriculture industry in the UK.  
If you're just starting out and you need business, equipment, tech or training support you're in the right place.  If you've done it, made it, got a van load of oily t-shirts and have decided to give something back by sharing your knowledge or wisdom,  then you're welcome too.
If you would like to contribute to making this industry more effective and safe then welcome.
Just like a living tree, it'll always be a work in progress.
Please have a look around, sign up, share and contribute the best you have.

See you inside.

The Arbtalk Team

Follow us

Articles

×
×
  • Create New...

Important Information

We have placed cookies on your device to help make this website better. You can adjust your cookie settings, otherwise we'll assume you're okay to continue.