Dan Maynard
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Why? It's not guaranteed to stay greasy, I'd rather have a plastic cage than bit of metal scraping around the end of the crankshaft. Likewise the rollers aren't too hard, you want them to absorb damage rather than the crank. I've often wondered about replacing the bearing with an igus bush but I think keeping the same clearance over the temperature range could be a problem.
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I'd be interested in the answer, I'm on VT too as seemed like everything else I tried would bind up sooner or later. I think people do use Knut for less sitback on SRT.
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I think it was FRJones I saw had this on offer a while back but they all sold pretty fast so missed it. Guess it's sort of obsolete with the new .325 narrow chain but as you say, at this price it's really a free bar and sprocket.
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That's a good idea, I bought a secondhand Mak 9010 which had a knackered oil pump and the needle bearing was also melted. As above, this bearing only sees motion when the saw is idling so shouldn't get hot. When you cut the clutch grips and the outside and inside go round together. I think the early 261 were said to be down to oval hole in the drum rather than oval crank, but the effect of eating bearings was the same. Thinking if you've changed the drum might be the issue?
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And you say the saw is years old so something has definitely changed. Have you recently changed the chain, bar, sprocket or clutch drum?
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No, didn't think of those. Cheese is traditional (always worked on Tom and Jerry) but the bits would break when I tried tying tight so always just disappeared. Chocolate was the other idea but hard to spike on to the trap, didn't try too hard as I'd rather eat the chocolate myself. Once I found currants never needed to try anything else.
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Is it dragging on the brake band? Maybe just insufficient cleaning and chip build up? Must be a cause, something is different about the saw or the way you use it, else it would behave the same as all the other people not having this problem.
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I used to put traps before we had cats, now we're down to one cat and it's getting old I may have to start again. My problem was usually the bait disappearing without tripping, had fairly ordinary wooden spring traps so I'd put a currant and tie it on with cotton. Usually get a few mice with the same currant.
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My JoBeau is 24hp which is rated to chip 120mm, I wouldn't make a video of it because I never do it. That size slows the engine, there's no stress control so you have to pull it back yourself to allow the speed to build up. Can do it for a few bits but not productive really. Wood above about 80mm gets cut to cord and taken away like that. If there's a lot of cord on a big dismantle then hire in a bigger chipper.
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Where's it going to snap next? Looks like they have earned their money, how old are they?
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That rope is on the thin side, I'd say 8mm most likely. I'd buy a few metres of a few types and knot them, only way to find out really. Length you need depends on the hitch you decide on.
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Surely he doesn't need the stabiliser with Aspen? I thought motomix has ultra oil in, interesting if it's not.
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2 rope climbing are we sticking to the rules
Dan Maynard replied to Thesnarlingbadger's topic in Climbers talk
Reading this I was thinking about that bloke in Tasmania, they do some massive trees but he made a right drama out of rigging a small tree to miss a shed. Different skill set. -
Meetings with remarkable trees, the Arbtalk version
Dan Maynard replied to Steve Bullman's topic in Picture Forum
This HC was apparently hit by lightning, the major limbs fell and all except one sprouted. As far as I can tell they must have rooted because the limb back to main trunk are rotting away.
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I think it's a really interesting idea and potentially good way to differentiate your products. As I have Will the 24" be 0.050 ? Seems narrow for the longer bars. The there's the changeover from.325 to 3/8?
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Will a lot of small domestic tree firms go bust?
Dan Maynard replied to Clutchy's topic in General chat
I was thinking if you do a lot of commercial work. I don't, but do find parish councils have their own timescale for paying. -
I guess ultimately you need to discuss it with the customer and agree an approach. They may be happier if you remove all grindings, and certainly no harm in it, I'm just not convinced it'll make that much difference going forward. The fungus will be spread well outside the grind area anyway.
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I think top down warms the stove quicker if anything as it gets a flame going up the flue sooner. The gap at the front of my baffle plate is only about half and inch, I'd say your 1" is plenty.
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Will a lot of small domestic tree firms go bust?
Dan Maynard replied to Clutchy's topic in General chat
Hmm you can go bust if you run out of cash, if you have staff on the books and can't pay the wages things will pretty quickly grind to a halt. -
It's going to be all over the place anyway, I wouldn't particularly worry.
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Actually that's a good point you said 60ish cc so that would be the 400 which compares to your 562, but you said to run alongside your 291 and 462. I've used a 291 at work, similar body size but the 261 is smoother, quicker and has more power. I'd consider moving the 291 on, get a 261. Which saw? All of them!
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2 rope climbing are we sticking to the rules
Dan Maynard replied to Thesnarlingbadger's topic in Climbers talk
The best single piece of advice I got when I was fairly new was to never worry about speed. Climb safe, develop your style, all time in the tree is good. If you are happier on 2 ropes then climb that way, build experience. Efficiency and speed will naturally improve with time - mostly by better planning meaning you move less around the tree. -
Yup MS400. Had about a dozen tanks through mine so still loosening up but it's a nice saw, especially for the weight - bit heavier than a 261 but a whole class up in power. Doesn't seem a big saw like the 462 when you pick it up. Got it as a climbing saw so have 20" on but it would be a hungry felling saw on 18". I went to dealer for something else and thought I'd try to handle it, didn't want to give it back when I felt how light it is.
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I like the look of those, keeping the weight of the battery off the tool. Not used these but done a few limes or yew trims I could see them being good on.
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I saw a thing saying Wright's doesn't have coal tar in any more, they use tea tree oil instead. Not used carbolic soap, used to have coal tar shampoo and my dad had coal tar oils around for treating psoriasis.
