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you mean thinner oil like stihl synth plus?
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Bloody peasant!
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do they make it better? yes. case closed. now go away or I shall taunt you a second time
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so they made it "pleasant" and made it "do what they want" therefore it will be better than how it started out or some stuff they didnt mess with. and therefore is going to be better to use in the saw. i fart in your general direction
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no youre talking shit ive used cheaper mineral oils in my saws and they mank up the oiling system over time if stihl have spent time and money messing with oil and making it semi synthetic then it stands to reason theyve done something to improve it from what it started as. and again youre wrong, cos next ill be saying you smell of wee. hahahaha
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"what sort of problems am I likely to incur after removal" surplus of cash/time from not having to keep cutting the hedges excess of groundspace in the garden
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engineered to be better than what they started with if theyve spent time and money playing around with the base oil and making semi synthetic stuff from it then you have to hope its been improved and specifically aimed at working better with the machines they make?
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Large walnut tree with fork holding water
manco replied to mike2736's question in Homeowners Tree Advice Forum
1st suggestion: pay a professional arborist. bugs in crack suggests decay (or poorly fitting trousers) another agreement for leaving water in place to reduce fungal growth reduction of height can only lessen risk of failure, but i believe some/most trees respond to swaying by adding layers at weak points its gonna fail eventually, enjoy it while you can and try to keep the tops down to extend its lifespan -
i believe i specified about winching etc complicating the issue, and i was referring to the process of simply dropping the tree not messing about with other then making it complete its journey to the floor. i was looking for any possible justification for deciding to start cutting in the middle of the tree. i dont believe there is any.
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winching etc complicating the issue. lets winch this off a strap over there and then cut here and here, and pull this way and then do that bit, etc. cranes, mewps etc all similarly complicating. simple chopping to get it on the floor then chip and log, id be climbing Tree B (which its hung up in) and stripping the branch ends of Tree A (the fallen one) back to contact points, then reducing that number of contact points to one supporting point, then chop that and watch it drop past me. not strapped into Tree A at any point, always working from a top line into Tree B. i cant see any logical reasoning for cutting it in the middle where he did.
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no, "bar oil" isnt specifically wrong, im just being a tit for comic effect. also technically we should all be trying to use bio oil as much as possible anyway. im assuming synth plus by nature of being semi synthetic will have been engineered to be better than the forest plus mineral based oil. but i could be talking shite. its an assumption. it costs more, and its been engineered from mineral oil, thats my entire reasoning. the 'best' oil is gonna be the one that doesnt mank up the internals and doesnt cost a fortune. or maybe the one that doesnt kill the planet.
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bar oil? or chain oil? id go with either whatever is recommended by the manufacturer or their own top oil. since surely they have catered their oil to match their saws? stihl chainsaw, with a stihl bar and stihl chain, id be running stihl chain oil. synth plus. or bio oil if youve got a beard and drink beer with twigs in.
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taking out all silly ideas of cranes and winches out of the equation, and regardless of where anyone was anchored, am i alone in thinking the way to go about it was to work from the branch tips backwards rather than taking a slice in the middle of the trunk? because im seeing that as the glaringly obvious point, why was he cutting it in the middle at all?
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given how fast that trunk went down i think id have been sitting in the tree the tips were caught in and nibbling bits with a pole saw till i dropped past me. looks like a shit situation to be presented with as a climber. im betting hes misjudged the situation the base was in and thought it would stay up. given a major budget and with the road closed maybe a crane taking the weight of the trunk and work from the tips inwards stripping everything back to what its hanging in. all things considered im not sure i would ever go for chop it in the middle while im sitting on it no matter where im strapped into
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when im away for work i get my hotel paid, plus evening meal with a couple of drinks, and petrol to get there.
