Dan Maynard
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Could you post the guide as it is now for us to see if we can make head or tail of it?
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Don't get a Stein Vega plus, I'm on my second as I find it really comfortable but I'm 38" waist and 6'6".
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I guess if you're going to try to pull it back upright then they might have some use, but I doubt they will survive the summer sticking up in the air with sun on them. Maybe the ideal is to push them down and bury them, I think it won't matter too much if you trim the longer ones back though as the roots on the underside will be the ones keeping it alive.
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Fair point, I see that.
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I cut one up like that for a customer which had been covered in fruit, I was all for leaving it but looked too untidy for her. I think it'll carry on more or less indefinitely like that, just keep it propped and fill in the hole round the roots if you can.
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You're right, EXL that's the stuff!
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Oregon have EPX now which is supposed to be an upgrade to the old LPX which has been around years. I have some EPX on 28 and 36" and it seems decent chain. Sharp, cuts well, files well. Stihl say file to 30 degrees, I think this makes it cut slightly faster but a little bit less robust edge than Oregon default of 25 degrees. I just file the Oregon to 30 and it cuts nicely.
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Real question is should @paddyvero join the Wee Chipper thread now? In Canada that's a tiny machine you can drive up to the tree.
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I just did a scientific survey and you called me uninformed. Ivy surges and dies like other parts of the ecosystem, like the trees. You seem to have an idea the trees are fixed and the ivy will ruin them, this is false. The trees are also temporary and will all die too, to be replaced by other trees. Woodlands and hedges are dynamic. I remember some real ivy monsters when Dutch elm disease had its latest surge, but there aren't so many big dead elms now. Maybe there will be ash trees full of ivy, maybe they will fall over too soon. Ivy is not invasive by definition, it has been in our ecosystem most likely since soon after the last ice age. It can increase and decrease but it can't be invasive. We don't like it, it's a menace when climbing and hides defects in trees but it is not invading the countryside to the exclusion of native wildlife, in fact it's a really important food source for bees and other insects. When the host dies or the area becomes too hot or dry the ivy will die back. There are balances. Rhododendron on the other hand is properly invasive and causes a real problem across Wales, Scotland and parts of England. Nothing native eats it. I suggest Oliver Rackham's history of the countryside for perspective, and also of the way "conservation" tends to be fashion driven and short term. Bit like the idea of us rushing out to cut ivy because we suddenly decide we don't like it. So, to summarise - you initially asked for professional opinions about whether ivy was taking over the countryside, and from hedge layers to tree surgeon we gave considered opinion that it is not. Enough now, I'm going back to discussing chainsaws and climbing like I usually do.
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You're not turning up the revs, just the limit on how much diesel it can pump in on each injection. Same revs, more torque so more power.
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Look at this picture and count the trees with ivy. Then count the ones without ivy on the other side of the road, same side of road and across the field to the right. You asked for arborists opinion, there are a lot of trees with ivy, but there are a whole lot more without.
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I've got eufy, it's ok but I find not 100% reliable. When people broke the gate on my yard it captured the pics and made an alert - but when I tried to dial in for live image it wouldn't work so I was driving there not knowing what I would find. I decided to upgrade but haven't done that yet. Ultimately you have to decide cost Vs value of what you're protecting. Not being forced to pay a monthly subscription per camera was a big plus point for eufy in my eyes.
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Power loss with Thor Alpino 8.5 logsplitter
Dan Maynard replied to Richard Men's topic in Large equipment
Has it ever had the oil changed? Might be an idea to drain it out and see what colour it is, manual probably says it should have been changed by now anyway. -
He wandering round the whole flippin hospital now!
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Upsizing the hp of the engine, and drivetrain to take the extra torque, would add a lot of cost and weight, basically the next model chipper up. Why doesn't everyone run a TW 280 instead of a 230? Guess down to cost.
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This makes sense, a mechanical fuel injection pump will have a maximum fuel stop screw. Adjust that up and there's more fuel so more power, until either the pump capacity is reached or all the air is used and then it will smoke. Given that it used to be 35hp there will be enough air. I worked for Lucas CAV as a sponsored student, there were definitely tractors where the higher hp more expensive model just had a few turns different on the maximum fuel stop and a different badge. Edit, don't see the no stress would need adjustment, the revs would still be set the same on the governor so when it runs out of power same rev drop.
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Must admit I found myself disagreeing with some of the wood type advice. Reality is its a local thing, different mix here too. Id really like to see a book which says that kiln drying is primarily to dry wood faster rather than more, because the wood will equilibrate to the environmental humidity afterwards anyway.
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Do you get asked about sharpening Rob? Having someone allied but not directly competing can be a way to pass business across both ways....
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I think in normal use they spend a lot of chipping time at about 10hp on brash, working on the basis that 35hp is when the stress control cuts in.
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He told me he'd been quoted £900 to cut down two trees so he bought that for £600. He hadn't used it very much, the air filter was so rammed it wouldn't run so reckon he'd got that far and stopped using it.
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The oil pump had failed so the inside of all the cutters were burred to buggery. Maybe been run slack too.
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Have they added a cat to the exhaust? This is what happened to Dolmar saws to make them low emission, slightly less power but not bad overall effect.
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Problem isn't the ivy it's the poorly managed woodland. Fell the trees, that'll sort it. You won't make overstood hawthorn that's swamped in ivy live longer by stripping the ivy, you need to cut the hedges. I volunteer with the wildlife trust and that's what we do in SSSI woodland, it opens up light and restarts the cycle with low level flowers. The idea that the ivy must be restrained to allow the trees to grow forever is misleading in my opinion. I'm pretty sure you are looking at the frequency illusion or Baader Meinhof phenomenon. There's always been loads of ivy, I don't see any real increase.
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I bought my Makita 9010 secondhand, the chap gave me 5 shagged chains with it because he didn't know they could be sharpened. Needless to say they all went in the bin along with bar and sprocket. I think lack of understanding that chains can be sharpened and how difficult it is are very widespread in those home B&Q type user. Getting through to them would be the trick I reckon.
