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Nah can't be. Germans don't know what a cubic inch is I haven't looked too hard but I can't see any logic like the Husky system. Just the bigger the first number the larger category/cc the saw Also m = Mtronic, w = heated handles etc

HI, If your budget will stretch the MS400 is an amazing Pro saw, light and powerful. It will sit nicely with your current saws, pulls an 18" or 20" easily and won't knacker you if you're using it for a long day. The only problem might be there are not too many second hand ones about.

Hi, When I first saw this post I thought it was a troll but I'll give it a go anyways. I'm not one of the legions of doomsayers but have a couple of points. If you're running a sub optimal bar then keeping a sharp chain is a must, you're logging on the ground so keep the bar out of the dirt. I'm 6'2" and prefer to use a saw horse so cuts are easier and cleaner. Trying to guide the tip of a long bar through a log on the floor is a pain, so is cutting 80% then rolling to finish off. Your set up might be different but the logs need to be moved at some point, so on to horse first then stack for splitting? Also why not just get the right tool for the job? Use your bar and chain money and sell/trade your 50cc for a 70/80cc with a 24" fitted, it will be a much more pleasant experience. But it's your money and your saw so how you cut your logs is up to you.

Ok thanks. What is the best white fly treatment or is it just to reduce stress by water and feed/mulch etc? thanks

Hi, I came across this cherry plum and couldn't work out what the issue is. Loads of white flecks on all leaves and branches. I thought it was white fly but they are not moving. Has some greenfly too. Looks like it is drought stressed, the tree has had membrane and shingle underneath!

It is shocking that this is almost just accepted. Long ago I worked for a car dealership and was involved with delivering and collecting display cars from Country Shows and events. I was amazed that over the weekend the cars were pillaged of anything possible, floor mats/handbooks/locking wheel nut keys/boot nets/gearknobs. Theft and the prevention of is a big topic on this forum, it looks like it will continue to be!

I generally do smaller domestic work and I would say only one in five want a stump removed. Usually because fence posts are going in or some building work. Most people don't want the expense or don't care and put a plant pot on it. To reply to the initial post, could it be that when tree surgeons were really busy and were stacked out with creamy work the grind was just a pain. It was easier to sub it out and get to the next job. Now things are slowing down they aren't able to be so fussy and take the job on. Personally I don't mind stump grinding, it makes a change and I feel I've finished the removal properly once it is raked and seeded. As previously mentioned. the conversations with clients regarding stumps usually goes 'would you like me to price for removing the stump' 'no, if it's extra can you leave it high so we can make a bee hotel/bird table/carving' By the time you have done the job they have had second thoughts and want it taken down!

I wouldn't have got close either!

It makes no sense but it looks more like marine life. Seapork? Aplidium californicum - Wikipedia EN.WIKIPEDIA.ORG

Hi, have you looked into some of the scan devices and software that is available? There is a lot of help out there from scan to pdf & scan to read aloud. If you read a lot it might be worth investing or contacting Dyslexia charities to see what assistance they recommend? I just had quick Google and this kind of stuff came up: IRIS - Digital tools for kids with dyslexia WWW.IRISLINK.COM Our philosophy: Soothe - Organize - Compensate I hope you can find a solution.

If only they made a corded electric chainsaw! 🙄

It looks like there is a bit of a pattern. Eucs not handling our on/off winter?

Correct me if I am wrong but I think there is more involved than just paying your wife £12,500 per year. I was told years ago to set up a Limited Company by an accountant and work it as per your example. More recently the same accountant had clients pulled in by HMRC to discuss what work exactly their wife did for the company. There were looking for proof of 16-20 hours work per week from the spouse. He was now advising much more caution with Ltd Company set up. Don't take this as gospel and as always use a reputable accountant for financial advise. I hear loads of advice from mates/bloke down the pub with, I always claim for xxxxxx etc and i'v never had a problem, which is all fine until you have an audit.

When I'm pricing a job I always enjoy a game of 'guess what the previous guy used?' You can normally tell how long there step ladder was as they never remove any difficult branches on the neighbours side!!

It does sound like a completely different experience to this guy: But you would expect some level of consistency? Different site / different planner / different result

Thanks £595 all day long, get it on Faceache Marketplace!!

Here is a visual aid from another forum to assist:

Hi, sorry to hear you had a hard time, it will all get easier, there is a lot to try and remember and it can be a mind f**K. When I started, I spent time at a local Walnut tree just practicing throwing rope. Like Dan said the more you practice the luckier you get. Also once you are in the tree and are trying to throw to a higher branch if find it easier if you push off the trunk with your feet so your torso is more horizontal, you will then have more room to get a better angle and free you arm to throw. Beginners have a tendency to dangle next to the stem and try some weird over the head throw.

It's no use for you now, but you can pay a one off fee and get unlimited prescriptions for a month or year. Handy if you have several medications for ongoing issues. I think HRT is going to work like this too.

In the YT comments someone called him Lightning 'Because he never struck the same place twice'

Pardon my general ignorance, I don't remember either of these methods from NPTC assessments. Have they been added? I would have thought If you put a 80% horizontal cut in a 200mm (8") tree you are in danger of trapping your bar? Unless the crown is really suspended? Also I thought spear cut was a single steep angle cut used on much smaller vertical branches if you wanted them to fall straight down rather than hinge? Clearly I'm missing something as Doug has quoted NPTC text.

I got both my regular drop offs via tip site, they do take everything the client doesn't want from chip and ivy ridden stumps to logs and more desirable stuff. If you have plenty of cutting going on near you go and have a chat, if you can collect it from source they might be happy that you are saving them moving it. If you have something else to sweeten the transaction then that might work too.

OK, he does come across as a self righteous twat but I agree he makes some sense. It's nice for him to say it shouldn't be about money but it obviously is: Who is going to fund more tree officers when we are seriously underfunding Nurses, Teachers, Police, Armed Forces, Social Care, Road repair, coastal defence etc etc etc. Are the rogue arborists who are carrying out the botched street tree work and abusing TPO trees going to bother complying with some additional training/test before they attack another tree? If they are already using chainsaws without an insurance and training more regulation won't work. Bringing in a minimum knowledge level and testing will only put additional costs on those companies who are already compliant and force them to raise prices. This may then push more work towards the 'in your area' 'House clearance/rubbish removed/trees trimmed' brigade. A 'tree first' approach is wonderful but unless he has managed to poach a lot of wealthy customers from his previous employment who are happy to pay him well for the perceived bugger all prune, he's not going to last too long. I would like to see him converse with the ' I want this tree reduced to X because it blocks light to my conservatory' client. I think he will be asking his old boss for his job back fairly soon and pollarding the crap out of rows of tree with gritted teeth. Sorry to go on but doesn't the title 'Introduction to Arborists' sound like a dodgy dating site where 40+ female divorcees seek 2 stroke smelling Landrover Defender drivers?

The couple of brickies I've had working for me both swore by Stanley Fatmax, They gave them plenty of stick too, I think you get a 10 year guarantee. Stabila are supposed to be the most accurate of mainstream stuff but not so robust.

Along the same line as this:- If the alarm is going off, remove it from the wall/ceiling and take it outside. If it continues to go off it is a faulty carbon monoxide alarm. But as mentioned before get someone in and get it checked. Better to be safe....