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Dan Maynard

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  1. Dan Maynard
    Some were trouble but they aren't all bad, I'm still running my 261 from 2010, never had any trouble with needle bearings and no noticeable wear on crank.
  2. Dan Maynard
    This sounds like your problem is cold surfaces. Warm air holds more moisture than cold air, and for any particular amount of moisture in the air there is a temperature at which it starts to condense out. The cold glass surface is why old single glazed windows usually had lots of condensation in winter, but with double glazed the inside glass surface is warmer and so not below the dew point. If you insulate behind the plasterboard should raise the internal surface temperature above the dew point and so stop condensation happening there.
  3. Dan Maynard
    It depends what you're doing. Up to about 12 inch diameter the 261 is more productive, lighter, easier to use. On bigger bits of wood, the 400 increased cut speed will win out. If you're a climber the 400 is a great saw to have sent up after the 201 runs out of length on the stem, lots of power for the weight. On the other hand someone was on recently who had tried a 400 against a 550xp cutting sweet chestnut coppice, didn't produce any more with the 400 but used 50% more fuel. This is where you come to the same as every other which saw question - answer is both.
  4. Dan Maynard
    I guess I'm thinking ahead to next time you ask them something. "I'm wondering if you would object to this tree being felled" "Ah it's you again. Here's a TPO. Now, what were you asking?"
  5. Dan Maynard
    Fair enough the legislation is clear, just have to be sure you want to get into the argument. On the other hand fell it and stop correspondence, council probably won't notice.
  6. Dan Maynard
    Sounds like a grey area then. If 6 weeks have elapsed already but no TPO served, if you fell without replying to the council then you are strictly within the law, but I can see them getting grumpy about it.
  7. Dan Maynard
    Top tip is to remember the trailer is there. I know someone who's forgotten at least twice, until it jackknifed against the side of the car. Luckily he has an old car with the towbar on so doesn't matter the trim is held on with cable ties now.
  8. Dan Maynard
    I'd be interested to work a CS100 for a bit, my JoBeau has 50cm wide infeed which does mean a lot of Y shapes you just bend and shove until it's eaten the join.
  9. Dan Maynard
    I believe this was the gang that broke in to my Defender last year but stopped when they got to the pedal lock. Police were very interested to see the CCTV at the time. Four jailed for ram-raids across three counties - BBC News WWW.BBC.CO.UK The group caused "havoc and misery" for Tesco and other businesses, police say.
  10. Dan Maynard
    I'm sceptical, think the damp cure people are often sharks and most of it is fixed by regular gutter maintenance.
  11. Dan Maynard
    I think the advantage of skip is requiring less power to keep chain speed up, so length is relevant. Suck it and see I reckon, start with your normal chain and if it struggles then splash the cash.
  12. Dan Maynard
    Some of those Solidur come in +7cm and -7cm leg length too, will have to have a proper look when I'm next needing some.
  13. Dan Maynard
    Should have thought a year or two would be fine. Don't cross cut till you need a section and then don't leave a section half planked. Also, as it's off the ground already I'd get some good big logs under before cutting it so that it stays up out of the mud.
  14. Dan Maynard
    I believe the prehistoric bloke found in the ice in the Alps had lime rope on him so the practice goes back thousands of years.
  15. Dan Maynard
    I don't know if it's an oak thing but I have seen a few roadside monoliths which appear to have just decided that was too much shock and are now stone dead. I'd be inclined to leave it for a couple of years and see what happens, it's not an exact science but to me the ratio of stem length to crown height is low so there is significant amount of support from the root plate. I tend to think any human intervention like reducing the crown is going to have such a brief effect over the long lifetime of the tree it's a bit pointless.
  16. Dan Maynard
    One other idea, I used to leave the compressor on and then get woken up in the night as it kicked back in. I got one of these plugs which switches on for 30 minutes when you press the green button, impossible to forget to turn it off now.
  17. Dan Maynard
    I've known of compressors not starting against the pressure left in the cylinder, especially if turned off and on at the plug, usually blows a fuse but can burn the motor out. I would certainly guess electrical in your case. Also sounds like the system may be quite damp inside, have you drained it regularly?
  18. Dan Maynard
    I use the Wolf ones as a subby, with a saw head on then sling and crab. It always makes me laugh that they have a 35 year guarantee on the card, they probably do 35 weeks and maybe 35 months but certainly no chance whatsoever of 35 years. bahco have a shorter telescopic pole 1.1-2.1m that's supposed to be good for in a tree or MEWP. https://www.bahco.com/us_en/aluminium-compact-telescopic-poles-pb_atp-110-210_.html
  19. Dan Maynard
    Smart idea, like it. I guess that is partly it, usually try to have 3 around when rigging as it makes everything easier.
  20. Dan Maynard
    I would have said it's a bit like willow, quite wet when green then quite light when dry. Burns just fine although a little fast, I've gone through quite a bit.
  21. Dan Maynard
    I've got the lighter one, not used it a huge amount to be honest. It says it should be a 13mm line so I used old climbing rope, it was a bit stiff so was going to try 12mm Sirius next as that is nice and soft. I have a rigging ring on spider sling that gets used a lot as it's so convenient, the disadvantage of that is it is quite hard to pull things back up. Have a small spruce over a garage to do in a couple of weeks and I'm hoping the wrench finds its sweet spot there as lower limbs need pulling up, upper ones will come down in bunches and I can hold the line while they guide branches down safely.
  22. Dan Maynard
    I want to see who pushed it off after you'd put the step cut in!
  23. Dan Maynard
    You need to put it behind a Fiesta, not a Mog Bob!
  24. Dan Maynard
    I know a ground lad who had a pair of these, the Lite seemed to mean not very strong and they were not durable.
  25. Dan Maynard
    I've got a 6 foot trailer that "tips", it pivots around the axle so not actually that helpful at tipping logs out. The back goes down as the front goes up, not very steep and the pile instantly blocks the rest of the logs.

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