Dan Maynard
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I give mine a little tug every time before flipping it down, have also had problems with it running down my leg.
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Wrong question really, you should ask whether it matters between 40 and 50. Yes it does. Don't over think it, thousands and thousands of hours of chainsaws have run 50:1 perfectly fine, that's why Stihl recommend it. I'd go with that rather than some bloke on YouTube. (I run 50:1 myself)
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I can see why you're doing it yourself, makes a lot of sense. I would like to be able to choose a network that's strong where I live, or get a multi network data SIM if I want. The other people I found apart from Teltonika who make trackers which look good and rugged are About Digital Matter | GPS and IoT Device Manufacturers WWW.DIGITALMATTER.COM Digital Matter is the leading global developer of low-power GPS and IoT hardware for asset... They are inside Nortrak branded trackers in the UK but you're stuck with their choice of SIM and £10 a month. Be good if someone else would just sell you the digitalmatter device, haven't investigated that to be honest.
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OP doesn't say where the tree is. Round here they grow big, we probably don't get the cold like you. As it says on RHS website mature size 25m, so if it needed reducing at 5m not the best choice of tree imo.
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That label even says spare part, bridge on mine is separately labelled as well. I have a different harness but the main label is pretty well hidden, swings in to a little pocket behind the main webbing at the back.
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I use Trutrak too, the ones I have are Teltonika, think FMT100 and on a 3 year it is about 6 quid a month. Seem fine, reception is the game as they are mounted in metal boxes (ie the vehicle). Don't know prices now but you could get SIM cards for a bit less, when I was looking there is a market selling cards for taxis and other vehicles. Thing is to find one with really low data allowance. The other thing I've found out is several networks are turning off 3G so if I was buying new probably be looking at 4G.
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Less than 100k is getting harder and harder to find I reckon. @benedmonds was selling one but think it's done more miles.
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Well snow turned to rain and the only dry thing I was wearing by the end of the day was socks - but there were no pigeons so it all got done. In by the fire now.
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TO ANYONE THAT KEEPS GEAR IN THEIR TRUCK OR VEHICLE - PLEASE READ
Dan Maynard replied to Stihl123's topic in General chat
I like the idea of tamper alarm on the van, as my Defender doesn't have a factory alarm. I looked at vanolarm a while back and it looked like cheap Chinese detectors repackaged, didn't buy. These say manufactured in the UK so whole different kettle of fish, much better looking quality product. Will look at it more but initial impression is wish I'd found this earlier. -
Why dig the small ones? They grind really quick with a decent tracked grinder.
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Yeah don't start a poo pun thread, that'll be a race to the bottom before we know it.
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Engine.
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... unless the carb needs adjusting, in which case you wish you had a 150 with the exhaust opened up.
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You don't have to get the excess insurance as a yearly, can also get as a one off for a couple of quid a day rather than the 25 Avis charge. Robbing bastards.
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Or light a bonfire of course.
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Roller fed machines keep chipping for much longer after the blades are blunt, they just produce stringy chip and slow down on the stress control more than they should. For what you have there it'll probably go through fine, so if you need to hire from the same place probably a better option. That stuff in your picture would go through my JoBeau as fast as you can chuck it in, should be absolutely fine.
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Is it possible the aim was to stop it skipping around too much after it hit the floor? Looks to me like if there were enough wraps to stop that size piece then the rope would have broken, compare it to the piece Joe broke his sling on the other week.
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Sounds like could have been a mother's day thing, bit tight now though? Maybe after that it's more a Christmas thing.
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Mick said it all really, no need at all for that to happen.
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Try this maybe, it's the Instagram link https://www.instagram.com/reel/CpVcWtBrKlD/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
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I hired one of those once, apart from being blunt the anvil gap was way too big. Tried chipping lime like that and kept blocking all the time. Last time I used that type of machine, I think the chute design is a bit rubbish anyway.
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Our greenhouse is all laminated, good shout. Wins by being thicker.
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Husqvarna 565 - OK to fit a 30" bar for milling?
Dan Maynard replied to Fishman's topic in Chainsaws
Yes. Husqvarna seem to have a bit of a break at 28" or 70cm where they suggest you should change up to .404. I wouldn't bother for the sake of 2 inches, but I think you'll need to look elsewhere to find one eg chainsawbars.co.uk The max bar length you can run is kind of a design decision because manufacturers have to say something. In practical terms it comes down to the fact a longer bar needs more power, you'll probably have to be careful not to bog down a 565 on 30", whereas on say 24" it will cut strongly with the whole bar. It depends on the wood you're cutting too of course. Personally I wouldn't run near max bar length as I like the saw to rev and cut strongly, and it's a faster and more efficient way to cut. Some say 346 is one of the best saws ever, but not on a 20" bar. Put a 15 on and it will be light and nimble, and cut strongly. -
Rum all round. The TO wrote his comments on a Friday afternoon too " ... it is not considered that the removal of this stem would not have qualified as an exemption ..." So, putting the double negative together it is considered that it would have qualified as an exemption. Or at least that's the way I read it. ... and he can tell how tall a tree was from just the remaining cambium: "Estimating by the available living cambium a reduction of this stem by approximately 3m would have sufficed"
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Friday afternoon with a blunt saw type of coronet cut that. Purpose being to encourage decay in the base of the tree?
