Dan Maynard
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Which Bandit, so is it a petrol or diesel engine? I've got stuck in the back of my head that high exhaust temperature can be an indicator of lean running, if it's petrol, so I'd pop the plugs out and see what they tell you now. If you had it serviced they might have put new ones in anyway but I think you'll quickly see evidence if they are overheating.
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Put the £20 towards a new silky, will cut faster.
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I had an office in the garage for one winter, made a cubicle from dust sheets stapled across the rafters and dropped down around the desk - was really surprised how well it worked. Also some carpet offcut so not standing on the cold concrete floor. So even if you just stapled dust sheet across the rafters would make a lot of difference. I also worked in a place once with a big gas heater from Machine Mart running off a bottle, was really effective, simple setup and no problem with smell etc. It was a bigger one of these https://www.machinemart.co.uk/p/clarke-little-devil-2-propane-fired-space-heat/ I guess the running cost would be lower with diesel but surely you need to put part of it outside else it's going to smell of diesel? If you're determined to heat rather than insulate, just don't tell @Big J
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Reading that reminds me of the old joke, if there are ten blackbirds sitting on a wall and you shoot one how many will be left.
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He slipped away on the quiet so people would stop dumping saws on his doorstep...
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If it's an up and over door I'd get a couple of sheets of celotex and prop them against it with some battens and maybe dust sheets to cut draughts, even plywood. If heat is pouring out the door it's going to be difficult to heat the place evenly. I used to work at a place where the workshop door was a garage up and over, we had a ply second door inside and the workshop could then be heated ok .
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Most disgraceful customer supplied refreshments.
Dan Maynard replied to Mick Dempsey's topic in General chat
I've a regular customer who has a December hedge cut and shrub tidy, she makes fabulous flapjack. Her teaspoon is still on top of the dash from last year, hoping I can stick it back in the cup this year and she won't notice. -
If you have Makita batteries then one answer would be buy a Makita saw, then 1/4 bar and sprockets definitely available.
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Wow, even better plan.
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Sell it for 200 quid?
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What are the proper legal checks before removal
Dan Maynard replied to BigDan's topic in Trees and the Law
As said, it's not a garden so that exclusion on felling license does not apply. If it's "some trees" you could exceed the amount to require it. -
He posted on the digger thread the other day @aspenarb
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Had to open the case on mine recently to change the trigger switch, just a good blow out of sawdust seems all you can do in that side.
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Reckon my Makita battery saw has a drive shaft like that but the sprocket is separate to the brake drum. If you were really brave/skilled maybe you could grind that sprocket off and braze a new one on?
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Help with Moisture Content meaning and calcs needed.
Dan Maynard replied to BeePeeAitch's topic in Firewood forum
This bit however might get you laughed out of town, willow is great to burn when dry. -
Most disgraceful customer supplied refreshments.
Dan Maynard replied to Mick Dempsey's topic in General chat
I usually ask for tea as I think it's more reliable, but the other day we had one where I wasn't sure if the customer had used UHT milk, oat milk, or just gone off milk. Both of us tried it but dumped it behind the garage. -
I don't think the Echo are as reliable, but for the amount of work it will do and what they cost people put up with that and replace when needed. It's not a 660, don't plan on keeping a saw like that forever. The other serious option is the Echo2500T , but if you're in bigger trees and going through several tanks a day with your 151 then I think you will find battery life an issue.
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The wheels will fall off the Dacia much sooner.
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Beech Hedge Reduction - Shears and Secateurs
Dan Maynard replied to Gardenscape's topic in General chat
I ordered a maul from amazon.de before Brexit, don't think that works now. Wouldn't have thought of amazon.jp ,maybe they have Silky cheaper too? -
I've heard that's what it's always like working in Sweden. Not been there meself yet.......
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Scammer?
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Do you get the max performance with the smaller batteries?
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Love the chainsaw in the foreground sat motionless, as a symbol of the old ways. Like a tractor ploughing in a field next to horses.
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This was going to be my advice, though I don't think you can send in to Harry Hill and get £200 any more.
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I think call rather than email, not liking written communications is one of the things that pushes people into arb in the first place. The other thing I'd do is ask around and keep asking your network of family friends and acquaintances if they know someone who is a tree surgeon. When I was starting I got the same 'need experience' from the firm who had a yard in my village, but a friend of a friend had a small local firm a bit further away. I still do 1 day a week there 7 years later.
