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  1. Dan Maynard
    Maybe an option to talk to the council about getting a TPO? I wonder what legal action they are actually going to take, or are they just threatening? Unless they can prove you are causing the damage I don't think they have a real leg to stand on.
  2. Dan Maynard
    We had a weigh the battery saw thread a couple of years ago, the 2500 is ever so slightly heavier than the 2511 https://arbtalk.co.uk/forums/topic/121168-echo-dcs-2500t/?do=findComment&comment=1812005&_rid=53483 I have the Makitas which I believe are fantastic value for money, if I was climbing full time I would probably get the echo 2500T as it's higher cutting performance at the same weight.
  3. Dan Maynard
    And smoke free fire pit. I always taught my scouts to start top down, the wood at the bottom gets your starting fire away from the damp earth.
  4. Dan Maynard
    Absolutely, top down for me every time. Start with a couple of reasonable logs and then once lit you can leave it for half an hour at least. I use mostly birch bark for firelighters, either collect it up at the end of a splitting session or every now and then you chip some birch brash 1-2" diameter and the chip fires to the front of the truck while the papery bark blows back round and settles at the tailgate - when this happens fill a carrier bag or two. Paper doesn't give much heat and then the ash blocks airflow, although I have used it for years the are better things.
  5. Dan Maynard
    Ha just ordered 5 loops for my new MS400, good deal. Didn't even think about hexa chain, not there on the normal chain supplier websites and forgot about it after the initial fanfare. Do we think it's really normal RS but sharpened with the hexagon? So with the hexa file a chain could be converted?
  6. Dan Maynard
    Inflation will erode house prices, should be a good thing if they come down in real terms without a crash.
  7. Dan Maynard
    I don't own a 2511 but I just use my 150 for hedges, connie bash, pruning and stuff so it's plenty powerful for that. The number of threads of people asking how to tune a 2511 puts me off a bit, seem to be good when running but maybe a bit temperamental.
  8. Dan Maynard
    Wouldn't have thought 80cm is unreasonable if it's reached 19m height - not convinced it'll stop there though.
  9. Dan Maynard
    I would guess two years experience is better than one but I'd start looking around and making contact with firms. Temporary working visas are easier to get when you are your side of 30 so don't leave it too long. Search the threads on this forum, we've had adverts for Aus, Canada, Germany, Norway in the not too distant past.
  10. Dan Maynard
    Wow that's a library! If you don't mind me asking, whereabouts in the country are you? Thinking about postage or collection.....
  11. Dan Maynard
    Maybe that's mid size and a 2511 is small? 43cc bit small for confident 16" bar I'd have said.
  12. Dan Maynard
    Thing is they don't make these any more, so I guess if you can find one a 661 would be the alternative to repair.
  13. Dan Maynard
    I'm not experienced with mewps but a couple of times I've done deadwooding in an avenue of fairly big limes, pretty awkward climb as near vertical branches and loads of epi stopping normal rope wrangling. I reckon a mewp would have easily doubled but even three or four times the work could have been done. Even just plonking a climber in the top of each tree would have been magic. I'm not sure how you can pick the jobs like that though, so many other days are apple trees or tight back gardens.
  14. Dan Maynard
    I reckon the 17m will if we get right below so going straight up. Anyway, I can always take some steps up with me if not quite high enough.
  15. Dan Maynard
    I hope so, thinking of hiring one as I have to fix the church clock back on. Seems Nifty can be had for about a third of the hire charge of a tracked machine.
  16. Dan Maynard
    Most people don't see trees until they are looking at buying or have a problem. There are many many bigger trees closer to houses than this which go unnoticed. There is a risk of the tree falling over and demolishing the house at some future point, but you've got to be proportionate about it. Far higher risks are things like falling over taking the wheelie bins out, car crash, DIY, ladders - and as for motorbikes, well don't get me started. Enjoy the tree and good luck with everything else in the house.
  17. Dan Maynard
    Are you checking their website? They often say out of stock for Makita stuff but can get parts in a few days. This happened with oil pump and brake handle for my 9010.
  18. Dan Maynard
    Also seem to have big surface roots, which lift patio slabs
  19. Dan Maynard
    I think Jameson are one of the well-known old brands, yes. Utility guys use fibreglass for insulation, we don't need that so aluminium tube is fine. I've used some Silky 7m poles, it was maybe easier than climbing but I'm not sure about that. Hellish difficult to control when at any kind of angle and quite a weight. You're moving the weight up and down each stroke of the saw so gets tiring. Get a 4m pole and an A frame ladder and you can reach quite far, obviously be careful what you cut off and have someone stand on the ladder for security.
  20. Dan Maynard
    Think mine was £300 on the nose 3 or 4 years ago, yes.
  21. Dan Maynard
    Cheapest reasonable quality but not bad 4m - Wolf garten Bahco Pradines good midrange, Silky top price and performance. I wouldn't go bonkers long, 4 or 5m is enough for most jobs. Longer gets heavier, harder to control, and more tiring.
  22. Dan Maynard
    Hmm, good point some air filters are oiled but OP said thick creamy oily paste - that sounds more like oil and water mix to me.
  23. Dan Maynard
    They have decided not to TPO the other 4 trees? They can only TPO or say nothing about a CA tree so if they gave you a decision or 6 weeks expired then crack on would be my view. They can make a separate decision to TPO the same trees after the 6 weeks, so there is some incentive on your part to get them done before that can happen.
  24. Dan Maynard
    £355, or better? That would be same as Radmore and Tucker.
  25. Dan Maynard
    Doesn't sound good. Being a 4 stroke I think the crankcase will be vented to the air intake somewhere so it's possible the oil has made its way up to the filter during transit. You'll know if it cuts out as soon as warms up and smokes like mad but I would have thought the supplier should send a new air filter really.

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