Toad
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'Top shelf saws' makes them sound like they live alongside copies of Razzle and Mayfair.
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I don't have the husky splitter but do have the x27 and x25. I mostly use the x25, it isn't too bad to use one handed when you're getting down to smaller bits of wood. I'm 6'1, and prefer using my splitting block that is around waist height to save bending over at all. I don't tend to find many bits of wood I can't get through with them. I have a hydraulic splitter on the tractor when I do have issues though.
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Some of the 372 x torqs have plastic caged bearings apparently. Not sure if they really suffered more bearing failures or if it was just people made more of a fuss about then because they were the x torq models
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This one?
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Not even an etch a sketch resolution potato.
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I've seen rubbish photos on Facebook today of the new 592 due to be launched in the second half of 2021. Anyone have more info or better pictures that don't seem to have been taken with a potato?
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I'd wang an enquiry into the council saying that there is still stuff in the road (do it anonymously if you prefer) in case there is some sort of further issue. If it was me (I used to deal with stuff on the highway) I'd have wanted the sand and sausages off the road a fresh layer of granules put down and swept up after absorbing any residual oil, then a few chucked down as a visual cue that there was a spill and the surface was likely to be a little slippery still, plus a few slippery road boards. I would speak to the supply company about the grass and wall - let their insurance deal with it.
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Gun pegs I assume?
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Great advice. Just washed my waterproofs and re-proofed them yesterday. Going to wang them in the tumble drier shortly.
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What saw is it? You shouldn't really run a saw with the clutch cover off incase it comes apart and fires bits of clutch at you, like what it has done. The carb should be adjusted with the chain on. The clutch should tighten itself up when you cut wood. Maybe worth putting the brake on and giving it some revs which should have the effect of tightening the clutch on the threads.
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Roadside verges are generally the responsibility of the highway authorities, who take a dim view of people fly tipping branches etc on them.
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Could you do this in conjunction with an existing training provider to use their insurance etc?
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Andy has been unnecessarily aggressively attacking new and longstanding members in threads for months, yet you find someone taking the piss to be unacceptable? How many people will stop giving their good valuable advice borne from years of experience because he turns threads into battlegrounds?
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Best pickaroon / log dragger
Toad replied to Acerforestry's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
Felt compelled to drill a hole in mine, then got it stuck in the hydraulic log splitter, knackered the point by being silly on a pallet fork, ground too much off with the bench grinder when trying to sort that out and then hit the handle with my fiskars log splitter. -
Best pickaroon / log dragger
Toad replied to Acerforestry's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
I've got the little stihl branded one, I use it for everything from picking up and moving large rings that are too be split to loading and emptying ibcs. The handle feels good, but the head is beginning to come loose and I would like to put a bit of string or something on the handle to hang it off the log splitter rather than leave it in a log. -
Oh and for parts try l&s engineers.
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Just Google husqvarna 372 workshop manual, there are loads out there on the internet. I've got a 372 and 390 manual stored on my phone at the moment. Nice collection BTW.
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Before you get too far, check the crank isn't spinning inside the clutch side bearing. I thought I was onto an easy rebuild with my 385 before finding that. I have an aftermarket 390 cylinder of unknown origin that you would be welcome to if you want it, its probably a bit too crap though.. I was looking at getting a meteor piston and cylinder from the US until I had a very kind offer of a NOS one from a member on here.
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Have the definitive regulations regarding firewood?
Toad replied to cessna's topic in Firewood forum
So I should be safe with 100 nets or so a year? Thank you. -
Have the definitive regulations regarding firewood?
Toad replied to cessna's topic in Firewood forum
Might you or anyone else know what qualifies as a small supplier? I'm tempted to do a few nets to sell through the farm shop, but don't want to get too invested if I'll only be able to sell them for one winter. -
Picked up a 346 recently, had it in mind to go over the saw, check it was running OK, fix any bits that needed going over and pass it onto a friend. Sadly during testing it out it lost compression and on investigation it appears that it has suffered a light seize, picking up a little either side of the exhaust port. My intention is to try to clean up the cylinder, put a piston in it, replace the crank seals, intake rubbers, fuel lines, filters and put a carb kit in it over the winter. The only thing worrying me slightly is that there is a little nipple on the cylinder wall, quite low down maybe a casting or machining issue under the plating opposite one of the transfers. Bit more than a pin head, but not much. I guess it hasn't caused issues while the saw has been running in the past, there doesn't seem to be any marks on the piston or rub marks on the nipple or through the plating, just felt a bit odd.
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I did it on the huztl/farmertec 372 I built after shearing the key. I marked the flywheel and crank with a sharpie so I could see when they were aligned and made sure both surfaces were nice and clean. Worked OK.
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Might be worth checking a few for accuracy. I used to convert big batches of lat/long data to easting and northings and there was always an error, I could get the ones in Winchester close, but at either end of the county there would be quite a lot of drift. I had some chunky excel macros to do the work for me.
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Thanks. I see a lot of arguments for not greasing, and I can understand them, but I'm a weirdo who quite likes maintenance, I clean saws off with an airline each time I use them, regularly take the bars off and use the airline to blow all of the crap out from between the rails and prefer to grease bearings afterwards.
