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Dan Maynard

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  1. Dan Maynard
    I've read somewhere that decomp shouldn't be used when a saw is very new, the rings haven't bedded in yet and compression is less than normal. 15 hours might be beyond this, not sure. Personally I wouldn't be using the decomp on a 261 anyway.
  2. Dan Maynard
    How much more is an MS400? That's what I'd buy. You might save the 362 with just a piston, then it becomes more viable but like Mick says your risk is whatever caused the piston to score in the first place.
  3. Dan Maynard
    I've got a Posch vertical splitter, which has a plug-in table each side you can pop pieces on when splitting down a ring. This means you essentially never need to bend down once you've got a ring on the table, which I really like. The other thing is there's no trap when it goes up, so return stroke can safely happen while you let go of the handles to move logs.
  4. Dan Maynard
    Fair enough although 2001 does seem like recent years. Get 'em a Nissan cabstar. Too narrow to straddle and the wheelbase is short so if you hit a speedbump fast everything in the cab including occupants travels up to the roof and back down.
  5. Dan Maynard
    In 2001 ?
  6. Dan Maynard
    I've got a Rescuedfromlandfill bag for rope too, it's well made but probably not a great kit bag as you can't zip it up to keep closed and keep the rain out. I also have been using one of those OEX bags for climbing kit for a few years, mine was GoOutdoors. I think if you're going cheap then it's a much better deal than cheap arb which would probably mean Stein , they don't seem to last 5 minutes.
  7. Dan Maynard
    They probably won't like it now the log is split, it'll get too dry. In any case the larvae won't magically multiply, I wouldn't worry about it myself.
  8. Dan Maynard
    Loads more kindling now! Just need to go and find where it landed.
  9. Dan Maynard
    I've got an axe, never bought kindling in my whole life. Don't expect I'll ever buy wood wool either.
  10. Dan Maynard
    What about thinned down varnish? Works well on chipboard anyway.
  11. Dan Maynard
    I find this confusing, had my stove over 20 years and only thing I've changed is door seal string.
  12. Dan Maynard
    Exactly. Empty the ash less frequently, let it build up to cover the bars and they won't get too hot. Wood doesn't need air coming up through it at all.
  13. Dan Maynard
    If I read that right, you haven't managed to get it to run poorly after doing work on it. Can you rule out fuel by getting him to run on Motomix?
  14. Dan Maynard
    Ask them, some will. Do you mean 3.5t, or a 3.5t van load? Don't confuse the two as probably only 1t on the 3.5t van most tree surgeons run. I'd you're happy and they're happy then it's a good price. I guess 50-100. If it's 200 you are getting a bit close to price of seasoned logs.
  15. Dan Maynard
    74 year old man sick of cutting hedge says to wife "I feel terrible, I think that hedge has poisoned me - you'll have to get someone else in to do it next time"
  16. Dan Maynard
    This is the problem, I think what you would need is someone who is insured to give advice, so that their insurance covers the liability. Then the insurers argue, the lawyers win, but at least the customers are insulated from that. I think that such advice would cost a lot of money for this reason.
  17. Dan Maynard
    Difficult to get in back gardens.
  18. Dan Maynard
    Fair play to UKPN, guy with fibreglass poles has been out and pruned the tree in the rain to get the conductors apart again. No more flash bang, power on all night fingers crossed.
  19. Dan Maynard
    I'm posting while the power's still on....
  20. Dan Maynard
    Windy here, my wife caught this. Ironically they had a shutdown scheduled to change these cables on Thursday but it was too cold.
  21. Dan Maynard
    There are spares on eBay but I doubt anyone is making a fortune breaking 181s, you might have to keep an eye out for a donor saw but same parts could be failed.
  22. Dan Maynard
    At our local one you pay to tip greenwaste but logs and chip are free. But yes, sometimes you just need to get shot and on with the next job.
  23. Dan Maynard
    Ring up L&S, see what they can do. It says out of stock on the website for nearly all my Makita spares, just means they aren't on the shelf so take a couple of days longer to get in.
  24. Dan Maynard
    Last time I was asked to half some trees I pointed out that taking them down would be a similar cost because we can spike up and take all those annoying branches off at the bottom first rather than having to not break any of them. Result - remove 3 keep 3. Anyway , we can't see the trees. Maybe the beech is only 7m tall?
  25. Dan Maynard
    Have shipping container costs gone back down a bit?

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