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Dan Maynard

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  1. Dan Maynard
    Mine spends most of its life with 8 tooth sprocket and 18" bar, cuts really fast so use that for ringing stuff up. It does ok on 7 tooth sprocket and 28" bar for chogging but don't need that so often.
  2. Dan Maynard
    Spud did this to my 365xt, definitely worth doing as it woke the saw up considerably.
  3. Dan Maynard
    If you like YouTube these videos are old but I still haven't seen anyone explaining apple pruning step by step better than this guy. This video starts with a careful look at the different buds on different age wood, which is one of the first things to understand - I see so many trees where people 'clean up' all the sprouts every year. https://youtu.be/Q_jqgWXlUHM?si=arof4ay7cbI98VBv
  4. Dan Maynard
    Maybe not Mick, I'm no legal expert so maybe I'm just being duped by the insurance companies telling me I can be liable for negligence in either written or verbal advice. Don't really care, I'm covered either way.
  5. Dan Maynard
    I guess they'd stand you up in court and ask you what you said, I have PI as part of the policy so not aiming to find out. As I understand the potential problem is an insurance company looking to recover damages after a payout, if they think there's liability they are likely to claim no matter if the tree/home owner is a nice person or not.
  6. Dan Maynard
    You definitely need it for that, but you can also be held liable for verbal advice - so the normal 'is my tree safe' question you get asked walking around gardens is a minefield if you have no cover. Don't think it's an issue for gardening though.
  7. Dan Maynard
    I've not used one of those but sounds bit like when you dump a ton bag of shrub trimmings in a TW230 chute, not really the right shape to get pulled in so you have to stretch it out a bit and push some forward to start it in the rollers? Sounds like the conveyor would only work for very thin layer of flowable stuff like hedge trimmings.
  8. Dan Maynard
    I think the dodgy links get edited in after the post is approved.
  9. Dan Maynard
    With Amazon link......
  10. Dan Maynard
    The last three trees I felled were three and a half feet tall, welcome to domestic tree work.
  11. Dan Maynard
    I reckon ideally you need a picture of you with the splitter surrounded by split logs.
  12. Dan Maynard
    The fine stuff looks lower down, maybe some branches in the top died earlier?
  13. Dan Maynard
    As above spot on, only other suggestion I'd have is PA1 PA6 pesticide so you can spray weedkiller.
  14. Dan Maynard
    I'm not saying I know, but this could be just the auction process - eBay is like this. Eg if I bid £20 and you bid £30 then your bid gets increased to £21, you win and take it for £21. But if someone else went in at £25 then you'd end up paying £26.
  15. Dan Maynard
    I bought one of these TMech grinders as a catalog return on eBay for £850. I sharpened the teeth a few times but never felt they were good, and cost for a new set is enough to pay for green teeth and holders so bit the bullet. Pairs of holes between teeth were about 1mm too close to just drill out, so had to set the wheel up on the mill and slot drill at 16mm. It has 3 pairs of teeth, 2 left, 2 right and 2 straight. I worried it would vibrate due to having fewer teeth, but in fact it's much smoother as sharp teeth cut rather than beat at the stump. Very pleased with the upgrade. I have had to mend the brake lever, the exhaust fell off so welded, normal stump grinder stuff.
  16. Dan Maynard
    I know a couple of people who go round in vans offering 'lawn care', get one of them in monthly. They spray and spike and treat and weed all in the name of green perfection. Personally I find it all a bit confusing, no real need to cut the grass till we start losing the dog and we've got a lab.
  17. Dan Maynard
    Wind yes, sun to the south probably also a factor. I'd guess it will always be uneven now, although there are some buds on the north so they could possibly develop into branches. You could try removing a few of the longest branches, don't shorten them else you are liable to cause even more sprouting on the cut ends.
  18. Dan Maynard
    We never found out what he did, hope he's all right after all this time....
  19. Dan Maynard
    I'm thinking lean can be caused by too much air, or not enough fuel - maybe carb blocked with fines? Carrying on with blunt chain produces a lot of dust, how is their sharpening?
  20. Dan Maynard
    Chipping, burning, woodchip paths, not just a thinning job anyway is it?
  21. Dan Maynard
    We had a 660 at work not running right, turned out to be loose plug wire. Down on power can be anything, when was it last serviced with filters, etc?
  22. Dan Maynard
    I wouldn't, big old lump for 20 inch and lot of money, get an MS400 instead or if you're happy husky then maybe try a new mk2 562.
  23. Dan Maynard
    Did it not make a funny noise?
  24. Dan Maynard
    I think if the tree needs persuading over you're better off on the other end of a pull line than banging wedges, but trying to pull the rootball on every one seems a bit odd to me.
  25. Dan Maynard
    Even more than I thought possible!

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