Dan Maynard
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Cherry tree excessive growths
Dan Maynard replied to Stany's question in Homeowners Tree Advice Forum
The growth on the rest of the tree looks very thin, it's been a very dry year. Personally I would leave them alone for a year or two and see what happens. It is likely the thick areas will self thin through shading anyway. -
Good job. Entec lives another day!
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Lot of repayments every month on those shiny vans, plus staff costs, I would guess cashflow held up in pandemic and not reserves to cover. My business would have popped without BBL for cashflow and I've no kit really.
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That's decisive! Should get it working though, bit of cunning with mounting holes or adapter plate.
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They have both front and base mount in series 45. Maybe you're right, take some pics of what you have. In the end it's only switches so must be possible to fix it with something.
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What do you mean upside down? Base mount as opposed to front mount? And why too small? Most of these contacts for 22.5 are all pretty much the same size, we use ABB, Allen Bradley, Eaton at work they just have slightly different clips.
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Probably find a few suppliers but Mouser are ok, otherwise digikey, Rs, Darnell. https://www.mouser.co.uk/ProductDetail/EAO/45-311.1Z10?qs=nVS1qgv%2BQrm6qpBPF7JXSQ%3D%3D
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That's a bit confusing because the description says NO which means normally open (closes when you press the button) - but the picture is NC (closed but breaks when you push the button). I found a statement from EAO that the series 44 is obsolete, try series 45. That has a base mount NC and NO contact in the range which you could try. Otherwise someone like ABB or Eaton make base mount contacts but probably won't click in so Stanley knife and hot melt needed to get it in position.
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On the bright side leaf cover looks ok, as Paul said I'd see how it is next year.
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The chain oil tank gets warm yes, it's right next to the exhaust, but no it's definitely not normal for the bar to get that hot. I think it must be either excessive force on the cut, or lack of oil, or it's not a matching set of parts eg wrong gauge chain (admittedly not likely if they were bought as a set). You have to just eliminate the possibilities until you are left with the impossible (or something like that Sherlock Holmes said). Only other thought if you've run other saws, were they Stihl? The inboard clutch drum has a little slot which engages with the oil pump drive arm, easy to miss if you don't know it's there.
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Possibly not wanting to start chipping 8.00 on a Sunday?
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I guess they hope you have a local dealer to answer as many questions as possible, keeping anyone from actually ringing Greece
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It will be interesting to hear how you get on, we had a thread about this recently.
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I've bought a 400 recently, it's a big leap in performance without being a much bigger saw - also a big leap in price. I haven't used a 391 but have used a 291 to compare to a 261. It's similar but feels dull as less dynamic, and the vibes are noticeably higher. Depends if you are just doing a bit of firewood here and there, then save your money and get a 391. I'd probably say a 362 is worth the extra to you as nicer to use, then I'm less sure it's worth spending the extra on 400 or 462.
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Yes, it jumps off and gums up the biners that are rattling round with it.
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I read an article the other day about the horticultural industry selling off the land with glasshouses on. My teenage job was on a tomato and lettuce nursery, there was turmoil in the 80s when Dutch tomatoes started coming in, and crops and methods changed but the business survived. Once you've built houses on the land there's no going back, we'll not have salad from there any more.
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Chuck the prussic cord in the bottom of your climbing bag, get it out in a couple of months when you've gummed up another one, it'll be fine again.
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Ha I was going to say something similar! (have got my 41 too).
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I've been with Zen for years, relatively small company in Manchester who you can ring up - although to be fair haven't needed to ring them much, it just works. That's just internet though, we pay Netflix and Amazon separately and that's enough for us.
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First point Gareth made - fuel to the carb. My Honda engine is not good at sucking fuel up an empty pipe, it needs the pipe to stay full of petrol. On my chipper over a few weeks the pipe drains down and then it won't run at all until I get a little funnel and fill the pipe and inline filter with petrol. Sounds like you might have similar if you didn't use it for 6 weeks.
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Wow! Lucky you have a spare!
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Controlling movement in Milled slabs.
Dan Maynard replied to arboriculturist's topic in Panther Mill UK
Seems logical to put the cedar at the top of the stack then, oak and beech at the bottom. -
This is where I'm at, many of my costumers keep the wood but it's not worth anything to me because of the costs of dealing with it. Saturday took down a horse chestnut on the village green, no point picking up all the logs all I had to do is leave them in a pile and they disappeared on their own. Meanwhile I went off and did a cheeky £80 job, near home. I'd rather do that than try to flog the HC logs for £80 in the same time. My view, logs and firewood is another business which you can choose to diversify into but it's no guarantee of making money. It might be a really useful sideline as a way to fill dips in demand but for me it's not as well paid as tree work as I just don't have the space and machinery.
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Willow bark aphid and wasps
Dan Maynard replied to Dan Maynard's question in Homeowners Tree Advice Forum
Thanks, didn't want to get in to insecticide so have taken it down, customer happy to see it gone. -
Terminator chainsaw Stump grinder - have you used one?
Dan Maynard replied to hamilton32's topic in Large equipment
I think they need a lot of perseverance and you probably better saving for a predator 360 or similar, it will get a lot more use. Second hand machines do come up for a couple of grand which would get you going - I did this which was good till it got stolen. Now I hire but I think I'm fortunate in having a hire firm just down the road. Customers don't seem to mind the idea of leaving the stumps till I have a day grinding, four to six stumps minus a days hire is still pretty good arithmetic and I have no maintenance to do, just take it back dirty. If you can't hide then in the current climate personally I'd continue subbing them out rather than take debt. May need the money for something essential like truck or chipper repairs.
