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  1. Dan Maynard
    He's talking about arb waste though, not firewood grade timber you could whack through a processor. Personally I'd sell for £30 a ton especially if that's straight off the job site. I guess good wood being harder to find is going to drive firewood prices up in general, I think OP will have to put prices up next year to reflect that and then can make some money.
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    Yes thanks, been just fine this afternoon.
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    Think there's a case for changing rubber ones on age, but these are metal springs so can last a long time. I haven't changed my 2010 springs and haven't lost any sleep over it.
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    Yup, that's a shit day. I you've just got the multisaver can I suggest you set it longer? If you let the rings be lower than the branch on the right then when you move around the stem side to side, your rope won't rub on the branch just on the rings. Maybe not the best spot to explain it but keeping the loop as long as you can will sometimes save a lot of rubbing against branches. Also the lump of shit would fall out.
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    Yes, exactly. Get on the blower and don't be afraid to ring a few as people's workload will always be varying so you just have to catch the right person at the right time. There are lots of threads on rates, you're starting at the bottom - depends where you are but anywhere in region £80 - £120 per day. Someone will tell me I'm wrong, in the end whatever you can get. Powerline work will be good for your muscles, if you hope to go into domestic tree surgery later then you won't be learning a lot about making the tree look good.
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    I do wonder if that's worth sending to a good industrial electrical repair place, they would solder and sleeve to sort out broken wires, and the connector pin is unlikely to be specific to Husqvarna to be honest.
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    I stuck this up quick when it became clear our dog would dig over the vegetables, it's just on metpost spikes banged in. Looks nicer than stock, quick, will last 5 years, and removable. That's what I'd go for, don't know what supply is like now but at the time it was difficult to get hold of so ended up ripping down some old planks.
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    I have a heavy maul, makes my elbows ache if I do a lot whereas X27 much less. I would have said the X27 shaft is a bit springy and good for reducing shock tbh. I bought a splitter though, that has cured the problem completely.
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    Had cloudflare error page a few times last evening, were there so many arbtalkers not concentrating on the football it overloaded the website?
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    Also to accommodate any slight misalignment between the engine and pump shafts.
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    I'm picturing a banner with a rope at each end, struggling to see how you tie the second end.
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    WILL YOU MARRY ME
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    Are they not imported in containers from Denmark or somewhere similar? Whoever's doing that must be shifting a lot of trees, but at wholesale price sounds like they'd need to be shift 200k trees to just turnover a million let alon be a millionaire. I would guess there's more margin in decorations, but it must be difficult to get right so you sell everything you've bought each year.
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    Nail on the head.
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    I think you need to poke your head through the green and work out a 're-cut' factor. Sometimes the inside is quite open, sometimes it's a mass of branches and old footballs. Then the answer is probably 4 to 10 depending on factor.
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    I've lost a pair of braces, when it rained a couple of weeks ago I took them off to put chainsaw trousers in the wash (try to wash them once a month whether they need it or not). I've looked all round, I'm blaming the dog at the moment but anyway going to order some more to make them appear.
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    Not on my 2004 defender either, key is just lump of plastic at the top and no coil around the ignition barrel. Think some defenders had central locking etc but anything electric best avoided on LR. Can't see how it would be compulsory?
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    .. and what the stump is, some softer than others, cherry like icebergs. How deep to grind? Some people just want grass across so don't want a deep grind as it'll sink more. 20 inch stump can't be less than £100. I'd struggle to get £250. Somewhere in the middle of that.
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    I just looked that one up, seems very good value? So much cheaper than Rock, probably the same factory in China for most of the parts?
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    I know someone who just bought the T525, 1.3 chain does seem grabby as mentioned above - he made me try it out to see if it's just him. I think you'd need to change to the Stihl or Panther 1.1 gauge really, but guess that's not a problem if you like the saw. Personally the 525 is sluggish compared to my exhaust mod 150, not sure if you can also mod the 525, not heard of doing it/doesn't seem as popular.
  22. Dan Maynard
    That's a good point, you can get oak featheredge fencing which is put up green.
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    Ms261c porting

    Dan Maynard replied to Maxd's topic in Chainsaws

    I can understand that, I tried the 500i for weight when I bought the 400 and it is quite a bit bigger machine, thought I wouldn't pick it up unless needed. I would guess the 400 isn't far off a ported 362 tbh.
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    Personally I'd just get the more expensive one, you're not going to use enough in hedge trimmer that it makes any difference to your business overhead whereas gearbox failure will. Having said that, I also work on the principle that some of any grease is so much better than no grease at all that it doesn't matter much what you use if regular.
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    Rough rule of thumb is 1 year per inch board thickness, so you'll have to be a patient man to season a 36" stem before sawing. I reckon you'll then find it so much harder than green you wish you'd cut it earlier. I don't know about leaving it to rest, can't see it's going to make that much difference as not much will happen till it's sawn and boards start drying. I would guess don't saw it too thin at first then resaw cladding if that's what you want to do. Probably need to see the inside before you decide really.

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