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Do you know anyone who can drink 20 litres of diesel? My mate gerry can...

Old place I had a few loads of timber and woodchip dropped off and sometimes politely declined the 3rd, 4th load etc as I didn't have the space to tip until I'd moved whats there. Moved a mile up the road, got endless space to tip, will accept any wood, any size, any size wagon any time of the day or night without needing any notice. Not a bleep. Even contacted a tree surgeon who was asking on a local social media site if anyone wanted loads of woodchip, not had a drop in a year🤔😄 Bizarre. But generally better luck proactively contacting local guys. The tip site concept is a great idea but don't reckon on it and if it happens it's a bonus. Met some decent guys at my old place, who were generally stuck miles away from base, with more than they'd reckoned coming off the job and tight for time to get it done so think it helped them a lot too.

OK will do tomorrow with a few pics to show size of the tree. Large ash that had already dropped branches. It was a tricky one I was called to go and remove a week or so back. So gutting for the home owner; 'I was afraid this would happen' Sorry don't want to stop the op getting answers they require on this one.

So, can they be held responsible if they refuse, the tree then falls and lands on a house and car? Causing extensive structural damage to an extension less than a year old, and righting off the car. This has just happened maybe I start a new thread as slightly different issue to the one here, getting a reply wasn't a problem.

Sorry for delay replying, been busy couple of weeks and hadn't chance to reply. Thanks all, good to know... However... Fair bit of misinformation on this one. Despite being told the engine is running fine, it's not! It's the engine bogging down when cutting not the chain/clutch slipping! I recognised the saw last time I saw it was 18months ago I put a new carb on it. Gave the carb a quick strip down and clean but looked pretty good. Air filter completely blocked so sorted that. Pulled the fuel filter out to check and the hose fell apart, must have been really perished. Waiting on new one. I'm hoping once it's back together it's just the idle screw needs adjusting? So thanks for the ideas, I'll store them in the back of the brain sure I'll need them one

this is probably obvious, but always works a lot better to put the biocide in as a preventative rather than cure. some say they cure it, but once the algae stuff has grown you might need to kill it then filter the fuel.

Probably 12+ years. But not had regular use at all few days a year on firewood

I haven't seen it yet but ms260 apparently hasn't been used for a while and just tried using it again. Engine runs fine and revs up but when you start cutting even quite small stuff the chain is slowing/stopping even when on full revs? Any ideas, anything obvious I should look for? Sounds like clutch issue to me? But why would it just start suddenly? Any ideas/fixes much appreciated. I'll try and look at it later today or tomorrow.

Oil is better these days, same with engines, and with thinner higher spec oil gets round the engine quicker when warming up than years back. But can only be a good thing to change more regularly. I know a chap who looks after a fleet of vans, services every 6 months and reckons he always gets 300k out of a van. As a few have said, oil and filters are cheap. I also just changed a fuel filter in a 12yr old VW that still had original filter despite going to VW dealers for over half its life. Air filter was about £12 so did this as well. If you use decent branded oil and filters it shouldn't affect the warrenty.

Shame! They do fly quite low when hunting I hit one that came across a busy dual carriageway about 2ft off the ground. Dark and raining only saw it split second before I hit it. They are the traditional 'twit-tawoo' you hear rather than barn owls

Great idea I'll get some for next time!😆

I generally take that view, leave them alone and they'll leave you alone. But been trying to build a logshed nearby and they keep trying to attack me, the sting on sunday is the last straw my arm still swollen 48hrs later. Anyway, I've got a drum that i pour any old contaminated/stale fuel and used cooking oil into. A jug of that mixture followed by a lit firelighter down the hole last night seems to have done the trick. Nothing happening this morning. More effective than the foam. Mind you, the foam might be a bit safer if it was a nest near the shed or in the loft!

Doesn't matter if it works or not, its an excuse for a bonfire!

Ok thanks. But will they just return next year do you know?

I can see the entrance its a hole about 1½" across so I filled it with wasp foam. Not sure how many more times I'll have to do it. I had wondered if powder was more effective