Ratman
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Said i liked your dog, no mention of its owner 🤠
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881 is basically unused till adding the motomix, the others were 018, 180 for a guy who uses very infrequently, both had full rebuilds, new oem pots/pistons and carbs, i just put it down to the fact that they are on a non fully adjustable carb and simply just dont like the alkylate fuel 🤷♂️ and the other a 024 woodboss which is very tidy and have kept for myself, this is on a fully adjustable carb obviously, my next step was to do as you have and put the carb through the ultrasonic bath. Not high on my list of priorities at the mo so will do it when i get a bit further on through my never ending list of tasks 🤠
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Had a few smaller stihls wouldnt run on some motomix i have, put pump fuel in em and no probs [emoji848] filled the 881 up yesterday on same motomix and started and ran no issues, weird!
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Got this fella on my dads hedge yesterday, had me spotted through window straight off when i stood up out of chair, all his birds in his avery were going batty. I thought it was a sparrowhawk but dad said it could of been a young peregrine as there’s a breeding pair in the quarry at work which is very close by.
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Looks like simple freeze thaw weathering to me on the dpc joint, can’t see any vertical cracks in your pics which is what i’d expect to see with “movement” or “intrusion”
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On a Aberlour 12 tonight, lovely! [emoji13]
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Les has been filling her up again! (See the welly marks at the back of her!)
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Mog next then! [emoji848][emoji6][emoji23] you’ll need deep pockets for that!
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Sharp chain, let it do the work [emoji106]
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That a rotatech chain then? If it works for you then thats good, i’ve only experienced the use of them in 12”, 14” and 16” form, they are alright but have found them aggressive at times straight off, they stretch a little but all new chains do, the thing for me was not being able to file everything evenly as some teeth were untouchable with the file, no doubt if you used a grinder then this issue would be irrelevant, but i havent bought a grinder (yet, still pondering, the granberg took my eye, and have access to one when needed, but still undecided) each and to their own as they say. Its not my day job like you guys so i’ve just stuck to stihl chains, cost isnt really an issue to me cos i’m using my saws pretty infrequently. Daily use costs would add up for you guys so fully appreciate where your coming from. The chips look good though [emoji6][emoji106]
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Ahh they will! I give most of mine to a lad with lots of chickens, he says theyre fine with it. Sometimes give some to a lad that has horses, he says theyre fine too. That aside, they look very similar to what i’ve produced today with my msa220 running sthil 3/8 .050 semi chisel chain. Whats your thoughts for asking?
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The chickens will love it! [emoji16][emoji213][emoji213][emoji213]
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Best entry level chainsaw in to the forestry sector?
Ratman replied to TheGingerMan's topic in Chainsaws
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I have a few kicking about but only use them for dirty garden jobs when you know your gona be attacking roots or coming in to contact with soils etc, or when your working along that unknown fence line where theres usually the dreaded nail or grown around fencing wire etc 🥴 one thing i’ve noticed with them is they can appear very aggressive first time off, they cause the bar to chatter a bit sometimes. Otherwise its genuine stihl for me.
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The plan was to have another flat out session with the 12” bar on to make a comparison, my theory being that if i dropped to 12” then i should gain extra time with the batteries due to less chain length and drag, possibly a couple of minutes or so 🤷♂️............. But, it hasn’t happened yet, i’ve only been ringing up bits and pieces at home so not had a full on session again with it yet. Tbh i only bought it for home for noise reasons, and its been more than capable of anything thats its been required/asked to do at home.
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Have the MSA220, love it, have run it on both 12” & 14” bar. On 14” i got about 45mins constant cutting time on anything from 4” up to 12” cuts using AP300S batteries and Stihl 3/8 semi chisel chain, keep it sharp and let it do the cutting and shes a bute! Can get the promo kits with two batteries and charger for about £800. Got mine last year but only paid £730 i think, so have gone up a bit, but worth it in my opinion.
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Daren’t post any pics of my garden! Its been a bit neglected this time, need to cut stuff back and have a good tidy up which is on the cards as i’m off for next two weeks. Think i may have to be a bit brutal with some stuff this time as its grown that much. Nice looking pear tree Mr Cropper [emoji6][emoji106]
