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I'm blown away by how good this is! I've used quite a few BG86 and BR800's. It is not a BR800 but somewhere between the two! A lot nicer than a petrol blower to use.

35 pairs of tinted safety specs, as my old ones are all getting scratched. These are better. JSP Iles Ice Mirror Safety Spectacles with GreyTinted Mirror Lens from Lawson HIS WWW.LAWSON-HIS.CO.UK Blue mirror effect grey tinted lens.. Dual moulding frame combining the benefits of a hard polycarbonate frame with the integrally moulded soft inside edge...

Yes you dont want to be rinsing a tank out with aspen, but if its all you had, you would!🫣

I have a small one tomorrow, sorting out my 92yr old uncles garden, well away from my normal work area and arb teams. There will be a small amount of arb waste that I wont be able to take in my small car. Some hedge clippings, very small ash to remove, neighbours apple lightly pruned/shaped. Ideally suit a team that will have a part load. Park up for 5 mins and I will load it for you, and you get 60 quid, and coffee if you like. I'll clear the driveway after. There will be no stones, no dirt, no roots, just the good stuff, chippable if you have one and prefer it.

Oil tank will be fine, cleaner than normal! If its been left in for any time, it might not do the rubber parts any good as they wont be petrol spec. Petrol tank, rinse out with fresh 2t mix and discard, purge bulb a few times, discard, repeat and discard. Shouldnt have done any harm. Note that the oil fuel mix is great to keep for cleaning bars and chains.

It is possible that I could have pressed the decomp button accidently, not that I remember to press it any other time! I'll try again tomorrow! Piston, bearings, pin, and everything was well oiled with 2t for reassembly. I dont think its a Hyway as there Korean, it all said made in Italy on the boxes. Hyway use different type of plating, this looked like nikasil, not that I have any expereince comparing them, but from photos, they look different. @pleasant Yes it should be, Husqvarna OE one thats recommended by many and sold by LSE, results seem accurate and consistent. Compression Tester - Genuine Husqvarna Part - 531 03 16-86 | L&S Engineers WWW.LSENGINEERS.CO.UK Compression Tester for Husqvarna Machines Genuine Husqvarna Part. OEM No. 531 03 16-86

"Why it only makes 120 psi" is the question, as the quality of the Meteor kit is supposed to be good. I'd suggest I have done something wrong hence why I am asking. Why must you be a massive dick about it? Go away. The studs were my own fault, I had the exhaust off before and clearly not tightened it properly. The studs did not pull out just like that. When I noticed, one bolt was gone, never to be found again but the threads were sound. I did not have a spare. I re tightened the single bolt and continued the job.. That is why it stripped, then I swapped it to the other side, finished the job. A simple 5 minute helicoil will have it repaired good as a new one. The tester holds pressure over multiple pulls so Im thinking it can only be the rings/cylinder seal. The crank seals, intake and exhaust are not going to affect the psi? - thats not to say all is good with them.

@AHPP We will have to disagree on that. It wasnt broken, it got an upgrade and has paid for itself. Anyway back to the question. Meteor cylinder kit, they were recommended as the best aftermarket option. Why is it only getting 120psi? Have I fitted it incorrectly?

Around £370 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/197434265472

What lesson is that? Meteor kits are supposed to be good quality aftermarket kits. The rest of a saw is nearly irrelevant when compression testing. Anyway it runs ok and cuts well. I'll likely order a g3120 very soon for the occasional bigger job.

My g372XP has been on the healing bench for a while, it was running ok but the exhaust fell off and stripped the studs die to my poor assembly. I could have helicoiled but I bought a Meteor cylinder and piston kit upgrade. I will keep the original as a spare. Im a little disapoonted that a £130 cyl kit is giving less compression than the original, only 120 PSI, tho the quality of the plating does look far better. Does it just need more running in, have I done something wrong? Should I pull it and inspect? Cheers

Bbc had an update that the children were just walking past when it occured. 40-50 people attempted to lift the fallen limb. Comparing to pic on first page, the whole upper canopy has ripped out. The enormous propped lateral limb appears to be intact.

Has happened to me many times with Amazon, once they mess up, you get the pleasure of waiting a week before they do anything. If its a Prime item, since returns are easy, no questions, I simply order another and keep which ever arrives first, and the slower delivery goes straight back.

21 days, 80% degraded, thats not doing a saw much good! Tho that site linked before appears to be AI generated crap so wouldnt trust anything written on it. @AHPP Not everything I buy is cheap or fake, mostly just the unimportant things. My recent Makita XGT kit purchases are totaling over £2100 at the moment and theres still more bits that I want to buy! Neither. Whilst Castrol may make Stihls oil, its to their own spec, the dye will likely be added last

I like Castrol Power1, it is Jaso FD and red. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Castrol-POWER1-2T-Motorcycle-Oil/dp/B0C813TSXN

In the pics, there are many supports propping up the heavy lower limbs. In the before photos, it looks like a tree that would eventually self destruct Not a suitable safe place to situate benches or encourage people to be underneath, or climb on. Limbs are low enough that kids could have been climbing it and wonder if that was part of it. It originally said 5 injured, two seriously and one of those has since died. Some council negligence there? I'm not saying it should have been felled, as I like old and questionable trees, perhaps a fence around it?

Not running, needing a carb clean.

Looks like a significant stem or limb has split out of a park tree, a cedar? Appears this was the tree before it failed. Benches below. Sad to hear one child has died, another seriously and a few more injured. Children 7, dies, after tree falls in Southend's Chalkwell Park WWW.BBC.CO.UK Police say another child, aged six, is in a serious condition. Girl, 7, killed and four injured after branch from large tree falls on kids in park | Daily Mail Online WWW.DAILYMAIL.CO.UK A six-year-old girl, who was also caught underneath the tree when it collapsed in Chalkwell Park, in Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, is in a critical condition in... Hope they have a quick recovery.

It seems to me the biggest risk of ticks is not from areas with deer or grass but dogs and their walkers.

I helped out a team last week and the boss had started to switch to aspen, some of his saws had already shat themselves, repaired and been advised by somone to rebuild the carbs when switching. I dont remember if his 400c was running the aspen or 2t mix but that soon shat itself and the stump had to be chogged with a blunt 261, painful to watch! I shall not be letting aspen near my saws. When somone tells me they "have all the gear, not to worry about bringing saws", I shall bring my G372xp and a spare chain.

Its easily possible. The motors exist, the difficult part is the battery, balancing the power, weight, size, run time and durability. Most big saws use large single batteries, wrong approach in my opinion if going for maximum power. Both Makita and Stihl make large backpack batteries, and theres no reason these couldnt have 10kW output with some minor changes. Short cable to the saw. The power to weight of the saw would be extreme and perhaps a real benefit for chogging down big trees or cutting in awkward positions.

@AHPP There are techniques for raking, efficiently and quickly. Far too many arb teams seem to use metal grass/soil rakes for shifting arb detritus, three times the effort and ends up with a big pile of lawn moss. I like the magnusson rake, use with more if a sweeping action. Works equally well on grass, concrete or fancy garden tiles. ERROR: The request could not be satisfied WWW.SCREWFIX.COM One I know has two child sized, broken handle rakes. He bought a replacement, a tarmac rake, useless. When I work with them I try to avoid raking or bring my own.

Measure it and go to a bearing supplier Or ask LSE.

This is one of my problems. I generally go out after work and dont get home until 10 or 11pm. My charger is a single slot and takes an hour each. I may have to get a double slot charger so I can stick them all together. I dont want to leave it running over night. It may be difficult if you had enough batteries for a team or two teams. Makita do an 8 slot box but afaik it needs mains power to charge, and its £500! Ideal if it could charge from car/van while driving to and from sites.

Disagree there, more about power than constant running. Top handles are ok as generally its high power in short bursts. I was impressed how many 12"cuts my uc002 can do on a battery. Hedgers, trimmers are constant but low power tools. They can use high power but only for the instant that you hit a thicker branch. You can get ages out of a battery. However you might not want to do a 8 hour day of heavy rail veg clearance as that will go through batteries fast. Blower is a high power tool and can drain a battery in 10 mins or so on full blast. How much blowing do you do? Battery hedgers, holding them up near your face you get a cool blast of fresh air out the motor. Extremely refreshing on a hot day! Top handles for climbing or ground saw for snedding ideal to be battery. Big saws for chogging up large stems need the power of petrol - Im talking 372xp-500i-660 sort of thing. There are large comparable battery saws but they use huge batteries and expensive.