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  1. Dan Maynard
    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.
  2. Dan Maynard
    Nail on the head.
  3. Dan Maynard
    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.
  4. Dan Maynard
    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.
  5. Dan Maynard
    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?
  6. Dan Maynard
    .. 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.
  7. Dan Maynard
    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?
  8. Dan Maynard
    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.
  9. Dan Maynard
    That's a good point, you can get oak featheredge fencing which is put up green.
  10. Dan Maynard

    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.
  11. Dan Maynard
    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.
  12. Dan Maynard
    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.
  13. Dan Maynard

    Ms261c porting

    Dan Maynard replied to Maxd's topic in Chainsaws

    I wouldn't buy a 362 any more either, hardly any extra weight have a 400.
  14. Dan Maynard
    You also say you have a direct air duct to the fire? Where does that lead to outside? Seems to me if it's the downwind side of the building then that could be at lower pressure when the wind blows, then it's not helping. In the end you need to get the flue to suck more anyway , so not disagreeing about flue height/ cowl issue.
  15. Dan Maynard
    I've gone over to no-rent bottle too, gas refill price is a little higher but overall cost to run is much much cheaper, takes me more than a year to use a bottle.
  16. Dan Maynard
    Nope, no screws. That's a TC-M which is autotune, you enlarge the exhaust outlet and then go cutting - no carb adjustment required (or possible). I haven't done the timing advance, exhaust mod has been good and easy - don't know how much more scope there is from timing advance.
  17. Dan Maynard
    If you buy too much it should be easy enough to shift the rest on as firewood, surely? Not too valuable but people are desperate.
  18. Dan Maynard
    Last time my wife had a fairly minor procedure, the consultant said tell work you need 4 weeks off. She was thinking it was minor and should be back quicker than that, but in truth the effects of anaesthetic lasted and she needed the full time. I think it's easy to underestimate how long it takes to really recover from these things and then be disappointed, ideally you should go to Bath or Brighton for a few months to relax.
  19. Dan Maynard
    Last time my wife had a fairly minor procedure, the consultant said tell work you need 4 weeks off. She was thinking it was minor and should be back quicker than that, but in truth the effects of anaesthetic lasted and she needed the full time. I think it's easy to underestimate how long it takes to really recover from these things and then be disappointed, ideally you should go to Bath or Brighton for a few months to relax.
  20. Dan Maynard
    I think this will be to ensure the control is stable and you don't get the two systems cycling against each other as they have different time constants.
  21. Dan Maynard
    Could you persuade him onto Gransfors Bruk? Fairly widely available.
  22. Dan Maynard
    Wished I'd seen this thread, was working in Swindon myself a few weeks ago.
  23. Dan Maynard
    Aim to make the hole about twice the original size. If you can sneak under the deflector and enlarge the hole that's great, I chose to drill down through both, shape the slot and then cap the deflector as I don't have a Dremel. Useful increase in power for not much hassle and low risk of problems. I think if your saw is 2016 it's probably tcm so will autotune to compensate. Do you have carb adjusting screws?
  24. Dan Maynard
    Mine was xtorq 365.
  25. Dan Maynard
    I think you have to draw a distinction between the normal arbotecs which seem to tear while you're getting out of the van, and the pro version which are made from much much tougher materials. They did seem to whack the price up last year though so not that much less than pfanner when shopping long leg, so I went for pfanner.

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