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  1. Dan Maynard
    Me too but interesting read, seems HVO not susceptible to diesel bug so could be a good alternative for a lot of intermittently used plant.
  2. Dan Maynard
    Might as well finish the job mate, likely to die and if not the it will sprout horribly and fast back to the same size.
  3. Dan Maynard
    Can't afford him.
  4. Dan Maynard
    I usually end up climbing in to those hedges with silky, baby Makita topper or MS150T, you might not need the ladder at all.
  5. Dan Maynard
    Definitely suggest distal, other idea to try could be schwabisch prussic.
  6. Dan Maynard
    Exactly, dead birch is soft mush usually.
  7. Dan Maynard
    Depends on the chipper too, timberwolf blade angle is about 60 degrees so it's strong, on my gravity chipper the edge is much thinner. I've smashed blades on dead elm, so never chip it now.
  8. Dan Maynard
    Depends on the wood, I always say beech is used for chopping blocks so you wouldn't want to put hard 6 inch beech in a 6 inch chipper. Much better to log it and take it home. Half rotten lime from deadwooding, chip fine except as said can shatter.
  9. Dan Maynard
    Bigger bend radius I guess....
  10. Dan Maynard
    The training centre had a range of different spikes to try when I did my CS38, I hated the Treehogs from the moment I put them on and I don't think anyone else liked them much either so your answer might be nearly anything else. Its also not a one size fits all - I have the Stein X2 which are designed to suit taller climbers, super comfy for me but I know other people find them terrible.
  11. Dan Maynard
    Keep going, won't the ashpan fill up?
  12. Dan Maynard
    Surely if you have a grate and want to burn wood then just stop emptying it, let the ash build up over the grate? Ash melts down much much smaller, there's no need to keep taking the fluffy ash out. I only empty ours every few weeks and that's burning every evening.
  13. Dan Maynard
    Or Predator 460? I'm a big fan of it pushing itself, it's a lot bigger though with the battery box and everything.
  14. Dan Maynard
    It is likely to be ash bark beetle, have a careful look and see if it's holes in the bark but not from the ends of the logs. This is very common and because it's not in the wood itself not a problem at all.
  15. Dan Maynard
    My latest enquiry is to remove a conifer which the customer says is 8-9 feet tall, and customers always overestimate tree height. Didn't realise I was eating the icing off the cake, thought I was doing all the small crappy jobs.
  16. Dan Maynard
    Me too. I'm right handed but have taught myself to file the left hand cutters left handed, makes it a piece of cake as sit behind saw and do both sides.
  17. Dan Maynard
    No sadly it's just when you look at the TPO map there are multiple tree spots with the same TPO number. Seems it was a farm before development, looks like they went round with tree labels and listed them all out as each one has tree species and label different.
  18. Dan Maynard
    Intriguing, was that a red saw with new blue fuel tank, or a blue saw with new crankcase? Also, do you always run the solid nose bar, apparently you lose a lot of power with it? My one was knackered when I got the saw so I went straight to sprocket nose. Ring L&S Engineers and see what they can do, their website will likely say out of stock but if it's available they will get it in a few days usually. This is my experience with 9010 parts like oil pump, chain brake handle, air filter.
  19. Dan Maynard
    I've got a customer with one of these at the moment, same TPO number on multiple trees across the estate. Giant sycamore happens to be the one in her garden, she hates it but stuck with it.
  20. Dan Maynard
    Other point, wouldn't rely on that chart too much as saw models stop at MS260 and MS200T so it's at least 10 years old - there have been some new chains since then.
  21. Dan Maynard
    Replaced the 390 as well I guess.
  22. Dan Maynard
    I was going to say, no harm removing the clutch and brake band anyway and have a good clean out, you'll see exactly what's what then. (LH thread)
  23. Dan Maynard
    I wondered if it was young polyporous squamosus, on the theme of not being grown up enough to decide what it is yet. Common on HC.
  24. Dan Maynard
    Thanks Mike, interesting read. I volunteer at our local ancient woods which is Wildlife Trust owned. In recent years the price of timber being higher and desire to thin ash has led them to use contractors to clear some areas, but they left some massive massive ruts behind. Seems like there is nobody with low impact gear covering East Anglia/Northants area.
  25. Dan Maynard
    That's funny because I'll reduce but can't be doing with thinning because I think it's pointless, and lions tail are both damaging and pointless.

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