Ledburyjosh

Stihl 261 or husky 550 as above are the standard for that size bar. Beyond 16" bars they are under powered. They are good on 13-16"

Blunt spikes are dangerous and hard work. Sharpen them your self with a flat file on Buckinghams I just file two edges and remove the burr from the third edge.

You can really go wrong... cut it down leave 150mm stumps and it will regrow.. you could cut higher or lower if you wanted. Chances are it will regrow fine regardless

Seems no one is clever enough...

I have titanium Buckinghams with the off set uppers. The titanium is erralavant, they are heavy relative to new carbon ones. The angle of the spike though is far superior to the distel type as they point forwards aswell as downwards. But leather foot straps.. no bother to me. I have some guchi distel ones for a bit with webbing straps, the straps did seem better. But not the overall spikes.

Sounds like there is little improvement with the version you had then. It's a shame, the compactness and ease of on and off is great, like a BDB. But the frustration of ****************ing about with settings is no good. Atleast it's got replaceable bits so isn't a throw away device after a year like the first version.

Has anyone given one of these a good go? Curious if the mk2 works reliable unlike the first one.

Is this still possible to get done at Alice Holt? If not does anyone know other places that do this?

Removed a dead Beech. Quite interesting thinking of how to achieve it with a big enough safety margin. The tree was dead, Kretz, Ganoderma and HF around the base. With a sounding mallet it was apparent there was no sound wood in the base. We have a large drop zone, with collateral to the rhododendron underneath being accepted. Some stone gate pillars and a post and rail fence on the drip line of the canopy on one side. I was happy climbing the upper canopy the wood was clearly dry and dead, but big enough to take my weight. The unknown was regarding the base and the extent of decay/strength of the wood. Considerations were predominantly around knocking big bits and altering the weight bias of the tree without knowing what margins we had before the tree may fall. My final choice on how to deal with it were concluded by not wanting to be in the tree for any big cuts. So the plan was set a winch line for the eder 1800, and another to side line against the weight attached the a 3t digger. Set the cuts at 1/2 height bail out of the tree and let the winch do the work whilst everyone was safe a clear Incase the tree failed at the base. It still took a suprising pull the get it over, the hinge held for more the I anticipated. It worked just fine, I left a bigger hinge than normal as the wood was dry where I put the cuts in. Got out the tree and let the winch do the work. It landed in the right place as planned with minimal risk to anyone. VID-20250909-WA0028.mp4 The remaining lower stem I went back up, stripped the remaining branches and winched it over.

Refreshing to see some DIY stuff rather than pink shiney shite from HB

It certainly wouldn't be a surprise if he did.

I believe the issue is now sorted. Blocked jets being the cause. I took the fuel tank and top of the carb off, sprayed carb cleaner in all the holes and then used the airline to blow them through. The engine now idles and runs on maximum well. I'm yet to chip with it so the engine hasn't been loaded yet. But provisionally, I'd say issue is resolved.

Currently a work in progress. I have put a new fuel filter on, I shall get some carb cleaner today and give it a good clean and see if that works.

Yeah that's a bummer. I have Husqvarna and echo batteries. Two batteries for the echo is ample for 99% of jobs. I've perhaps ran out of battery 3 times in 4 years for so I've used it and just use the 540ixp for the last bit of the day

The balance is spot on. It balances on your middle finger. Honestly the best saw I have bought and one I wouldn't be without. (Probably would get rid of the thumb safety button on the new ones though)

Yes. It can happily cut with a 10" bar all in the wood. If your doing a lot of maximum size cuts though, probably just use a bigger saw. Pruning is where it excells though, light, powerful and no pull starting. The balance and weight is great, easy to one hand with ample of control. The back swept LH handle is very ergonomic. I have noticed newer ones have two dead man's handles/buttons. One now for the thumb which looks wank.

Yup, but if you do a lot of pruning the echo is the only saw to consider I think, and no other manufacturer has a competing model.

The echo dsc2500 seems so over looked in favour of this things, get the battery echo which is way more capable. By far the best saw I have ever bought.

I got a set of Ebay that take dewalt batteries. It cost £30. Totally worth it.

I'd be keen to hear your feed back should you ever demo/buy one

I looked at one of these online, they have a video of it running. It looks painstakingly slow. My CS100 is significantly quicker, but lacks the feed roller and anti stress. I did request a demo, living near Carlisle, nothing came of it though and ai didn't follow up. The GL&D looks a a far better small chipper, also double the price...

A rip off, but with a swivelling chute which the greenmech misses.. Would you mind sending a couple of pictures of how it attaches? Also curious of how much of a clone it is to the greenmech, as in would it mount the same

The GL&D super look great, £13k +VAT though... it has a niche that it'll be amazing for. Clearing woodland brash isn't that niche. It's not going to be quick at what your describing either.. Probably the most cost effective way and efficient is stack in chipper friendly pikes, and when your out of space hire a 6-8" tracked machine for a short period... unless you want to spend many thousands on owning your own. Or burn it, which is quick and free!?

Has anyone on here seen or modified a Greenmech CS100 to sit on a tracked barrow? I have a greenmech, it's a good chipper but it sucks moving it around, it's actually quite limiting where it can go with one person..

A little black round thing?