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Morning. I've been slowly becoming more responsible as I become older, recently upgrading to a proper pair of chainsaw boots rather than chancing it with a pair of steel toecaps for example. For some time I've been using an older pair of Oregon big and braces for leg protection, but these are unwieldy, not that comfy and a bit too warm for a fatty like me, so I've been looking at proper trousers instead of the bibs but I'm unsure as to which class I should go for. 

I'm an occasional user, so probably the most dangerous, cutting fallen trees and logs on the farm every so often. I use a husky 135, 55 and 371 with bars ranging from 14 to 24 inch. Would class 1 trousers be sufficient, or should I be looking at class 2? I understand that type a is ok for ground work, would type c be preferable?

I think it goes though the top front hole on the starter cover and into the crank case. Can't quite remember although I've had it in and out a few times. Think it's a stepped screw.

Fair enough, it's a really tricky little area. I'm very lucky to have access to a recent copy of autocad with all the bells and whistles, a gis system with mapping and a lot of useful data on it. Would be hideously expensive to purchase though.

Ideally I guess you want some mapping software on the iPad which you can use to record location data and then send that across to the cad system, either somehow automatically or just by taking the coordinates - use eastings and northings as it will translate directly into the grid references in the cad software. Maybe even look at a gis system rather than cad, you only really need to locate points on a map and give them symbols in basic terms. Cad software will let you do nice things like automatically set out points in an array or a pattern but I guess it's unlikely that you need that functionality often, if ever?

What is it you want to produce? 2d plans of trees for removal/planting? 3d drawings? Do you want them based on OS mapping?

I used turbocad back in the old days at uni, now after a 16 year break I'm using autocad for highway designs. We have dedicated cad technicians for the complicated/large scale stuff as it's just not worth the investment of our time when there are people who can produce drawings far quicker and cost the business less.

Cool, thanks. Have subscribed to their mailing list, just in case the mood takes me. The alternative is to get another cheap, tired genuine 372 and rebuild, sadly they make silly money on eBay, I asked in my local chainsaw place but that was a no go.

Picked up a 550 and a 562 while I was there and was really impressed with the size and feel.

We're did you order the kit from? I watched a number of the videos you mentioned a while back and have been tempted to order a kit, just for something to do as much as anything.

Are you going to pressure and vacuum test it etc?

Ransomspares.co.uk

7 hours ago, forestboy1978 said:

How about you put your money where your mouth is and explain, precisely, where the privilege is being a man?

 

Last time I looked we get off the sinking ship last and we are conscripted during war times etc. etc. 

 

Don't get me wrong my fiancée is precious to me and I make a point of seeing she experiences little to no hardship and that's the way it should be IMO but she appreciates I am a man and I am willing to suffer for her comfort. How will modern day feminism improve her lot?

I can give some examples for you, I'm sure after reading plenty of comments in this thread there will be a lot of people who disagree though.

Men, in particular white straight men, have been in a position of power in this country pretty much for the entire time it's been industrialised. For many years women didn't have jobs in any sort of position of power or responsibility. Consider your grandparents, and this parents, when your grandmother's and their mothers were at school, what options did they have? Were they offered further education, apprenticeships or the like? Did they have the same expectations that they could go out and become successful in a variety of different fields? The fact that women these days have more options is great, but it's only a recent development. While we, as men, have male role models going back hundreds of years in company director or owner positions, there are far fewer for women, the expectation and culture for the careers and development of women is still light years behind that of men. Of cousee, there have been some examples of successes, but far fewer than men.

The excuses about women not having to go to war? Why didn't they? Because men said they couldn't be in the army.

Using an example related to this topic a little better, how often have you had to worry about sexual assault in a night out? Have ever had a concern that a woman might have slipped something in your drink? Have you ever been excited to hear about new date rape drug testing kits you can take in a night out? When you do go for drinks, do you have to walk home with a friend to make sure you feel safe in case you are approached by a gang of drinks, or a rapist? I've never ever had to consider that as a man, and yet all my female friends have had to. That right there is a privilege. If you can't see that one example, then you are deluded.

On 23/06/2018 at 14:43, MattyF said:

The concept of feminism I wholly agree with, I really do and think it’s a great quality for a woman to have.

 

I agree. A bit of reading, learning and consideration of privilege in today's society is well worthwhile.

7 minutes ago, Steve Bullman said:

Welcome mate.  I'd imagine the whats on your bench thread took a bit of getting through

Cheers. Yeah, there were a few evenings of flicking through that one. Good for picking bits of info up though. I'm fairly good at understanding cars, tractors etc but 2 stroke stuff has been a relative mystery until now.

I've spent a lot of time on car forums in the past but fell out of love with it all really.

Evening! Been trying to register for a while but for some reason it wouldn't work.

Been working my way through a few threads. Finished the 'what's on my bench' and spuds porting thread a few weeks back after finding the site while trying to do some research on saws. I'm starting to realise I get a little obsessed with a subject, hence reading a thousand odd pages of forums.

Recently picked up a husqvarna 371 to tidy up as a bit of a project when I'm bored and to cut up some of the larger wood on the farm for the winter. About to make a start on logs to try to get a bit ahead rather than the usual last minute panic.

Here's a couple of pictures of our typical logging based activities, nothing but the most modern equipment used...