KeenButGreen

Thanks all im thinking the best idea is to fell any ash ASAP that’s lost more than 1/3 of its leaf canopy as there’s no chance it’s resistent. and be careful around anything obviously dead thanks for the ratchet strap tip. 😄

Thanks all The rakers should be at .65 and they’re around .9. I might be able to file the top plate down but it’s a hell a lot of filing. so I bought a new chain and will keep this one for cross cutting as it’s kinda brilliant at getting through firewood logs. The new one I’ll use for sketchy stuff like boring and anywhere there’s a chance of kickback. can anyone enlighten me on how to get the raker file out of the 2in1? It looks like it’s glued in place

brilliant. Thank you for posting this.

So I got a 2 in 1 file tool as I thought it might be idiot proof. but it seems my purpose in life is as a warning to others. while the chain is lovely and sharp, the rakers are far too low. Bore cuts are impossible as the saw bounces around too much and I don’t know how this has happened. I guess Stihl have encountered a new kind of idiot. anyone any ideas on what I’m doing wrong?

Ok so things have moved on i changed the fuel rubbers but no change took it into a service centre and they say it’s the wrong fuel in it. I was using Aspen2(brand new). Do Stihl chainsaws not like Aspen2? I was told it’s a direct replacement. Or am I opening a can of worms?

Ta! I tried to push over a little whip with a snap cut - it didn’t snap but just pulled out at the root. And it exploded when it landed! Hence me wondering what’d happen with bigger trees

A lot of the ash in the wood I’ve started managing have succumbed. It seems that dieback has weakened them and I’m guessing something like honey fungus has rotted the roots. So they’re starting to blow over (noticed yesterday). What are the more experienced people likely to do to bring them down, while keeping it safe. As they’re all going to hang up, would one, generally speaking, fell them then treat as a hung up tree by winching them out, or might one try winching them over(and felling if the roots seem intact enough) then winch them out? I’m just concerned over trying felling a tree with a root system that may be nonexistent. Or am I overthinking this?

This is exactly what’s happening. I just didn’t think the fuel line would harden up. Will get one on Monday…. Thanks 🙂

I got given a ~ 10 year old 181 that’s been sat around for an extended period. A service kit and a carb kit got it going - it was initially a non-runner Kind of… It runs perfectly vertically - starts fine, cuts perfectly well when cross cutting etc Until you put it on its side, like putting the back cut in when you’re felling a small tree - the saw gradually loses power. Moving the body back to vertical gets it going again. I *think* it’s because the fuel filter isn’t moving around inside the fuel tank but I don’t know just how ‘floppy’ the fuel line should be. I definitely got the right service kit, so the fuel filter’s the right size. So would it likely be that the fuel line has hardened up and isn’t floppy anymore? Does that happen? Or is it more likely to be an issue with something in the carburettor that’s not pulling in fuel when it’s on its side?

all tje oak, ash and birch interspersed amongst the Hazel. it looks to me like they planted hardwood whips in amongst an old Hazel stand. 🙄

Yes! My current conundrum is how to convince the others that, while lovely, we really do need to take down the immature oaks/Ashes/beach trees in the defined hazel coppice area to allow a *lot* of sunlight at ground level. As well as the overstood hazel stools. And, by my calculations, there may be a felling licence required as we’re close, if not over, the 5m3 level. and then there’s all the harvested product to sort and use in better ways than ‘habitat creation’ Anyway - all for another thread, also where on this site 🙂

Thanks all. i scythed off the small amount of bramble - the canopy is very dense (too dense for the planned Hazel coppice rotation) so a brush cutter’s not a priority. Just looking for best prices on a 261 - online prices seem to vary quite a lot. More questions soon!

I’m pretty certain that *is* overkill… 😄

Thanks. I was wondering about a 261 but thought it might be overkill. second hand prices are similar to 251’s - but FB Marketplace seems a terrible place to buy - mainly around knowing if it’s actually theirs and also if it’s knackered or not.

The management plan for our small woodland ( a couple of acres) is in and we’re looking for a chainsaw to take on the bigger trees. The wood is mainly overstood hazel coppice (20+years) which we’re looking to turn into short rotation stands. The rest is planted oak/ash - we’re leaving the dominant trees but need to thin out the sub dominants and whips and dying ash. There’s nothing massive - all under the 380mm I did the course on. I’ve just done the CS30/31 chainsaw tickets with a STIHL 251c and am looking for advice on whether this is a good saw to buy, is it overkill and are there any equivalents I should look at? We’re looking at petrol not battery Any thoughts/comments appreciated