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Thats interesting.. they have the specs listed, and none of the battery saws appear to have any AV mounts. Comparing a Stihl ms194T, that lists 3.6m/s² Msa190T 3.8/3.9m/s² Makita UC002 5m/s². They dont do a comparable petrol top handle. Husq T542i is listed 4.1/4.7m/s² Echo 2511 3.5/4 m/s² and DCS2500 3.3/4.3m/s² Perhaps traditional AV mounts are not so effective with motors, but there all similar.
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Generally you are responsible for your side and shouod maintain it, and in most cases a fence will mark the boundry, after 12 years it can be claimed as the boundry. Where as if its just a fence, usually each homeowner will be responsible for one side, which on ours is the left, when looking out the front, cant remember if theres a standard for that or not. Our neighbour had two large leylandii on each corner of garden. They eventually had one removed our side (before I started tree work) but left the other side. When it was time for the fence, they had the contractors be lazy and put the fence inside of the tree, gifting a couple square meters to the other neighbour. The leylandii is twice the hieght of house and damaged by a council birch, I will see if I can get the job of topping it down to a sensible height some day.
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Cbr600 2002. Got her at 27k miles and commuted all weathers until 2020 covid, she died a week before covid hit the UK at 125k miles. The timing chain jumped, easily fixed but while furlough I tarted her up, angood service mechanically but never reassembled. ULEZ makes it pointless... Cbr250RR MC22, 1992 or something. Carbs are a pain, it ran ok, amazing revvy fun engine, but never ran perfectly and hesitated at the top end. Not been on the road for a while, the tank is now black. Brothers chinese 125, I ride it occasionally and help maintain it. No power above 40mph but good fun for city riding. Unlike most 125's it has proper sized tyres 110/140 70 17, same as the 250 and feels like a bigger bike.
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Yes nothing wrong with the AV on the Lidl or ony two clones - 2511 or 372xp. One interesting fact is that battery saws dont appear to have or need AV - I assumed some of the vibration came from the cutting action but it appears it is all from the engine, so they dont need it.
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There is not an accurate test for it. That is most of the problem. Lymes is nothing I was reading the other day about liver flukes. In certain countries , any contact with fresh water, be it swimming, rinsing dirt of your leg in a stream, splashing your face for half a second, can have the parasites burrow into your skin and then around your circulation. They eventually burrow through to your organs where they cause proper damage. I used to do a lot of trail running through thick woodland and technical ground in shorts where there are deer and cows. Suprised nothing has got me but never noticed any.
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I like the saw, it was nice enough to use, I will likely repair and keep it. Stihls on the other hand are ear piercingly loud, and about as unpleasant noise as the german language - sounds like somone trying to vomit. Nothing against the Germans, just dont let them speak! Anyway as said before, I'm a climber. I have an Echo 2511 (and its clone), Makita Uc002, Stihl 020T, all great saws that I enjoy using. This Lidl was for low cutting/roots abuse, the stuff I wouldnt want to do to a good saw, and it did this well. I have a G372Xp clone for chogging down anything the 020T cant handle. Next failure of the day, my newish Makita HP001 combi drill, which is the best one they do, first time using it in hammer mode, I believe the gearbox has shit itself, so that is going back tomorrow. Was it @AHPP that warned me about this drill?
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Chain adjuster is shite. The bevel gear of the side adjuster is only held by the thin wear plate. I may repair it myself. However I think its the same or shares parts with every other generic chinese ground saw, so should be easy to find another.
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A while ago I ordered the Makita brushcutter attachement for the battery split shaft. I can say its excellent! Prefer it to my petrol one. I've used Stihl's in the past, this is better. It comes with a skinny 2mm "four leaf clover" - rounded square profile cord. I was skeptical but cuts grass and thicker weeds well, including bramble, and lasts ages Hardly used any cord for a large garden. Ordered a roll of their thicker 2.4mm of the same type, £41 https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B09M2288T9
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That changes things, if your selling! Surveyor is unlikely to look at the roots as they will be well hidden, under dirt, in the neighbours garden!
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My opinion a small front garden fence line is not an appropriate location for that tree. I'd remove it. You could have it reduced quite hard but then your setting yourself up for a 3 year cycle of expensive maintenece pruning.
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Never used them but they do appear a genuine shop.. I note they only appear to stock parts and not machines, their parts are pattern imports.
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Retopping a leylandii jungle, one of the widest I've been in and a pain to throw the tops. It was very hot up there yesterday! Lots of dead in the middle that was constantly catching on my gear and rope. There was also a multi stem holly I pruned, horrible things! VID_20250618_102756.mp4 Then I saw this on the way home. Ladders and a bowsaw! The second ladder was stacked sideways on the limb. Old guy, working on his own and it would have ended badly! I had to stop and see what he was doing. He wanted it raised above his driveway - I had the pole stick so it was a 5 min job to clear all the lower stuff I didnt charge but he gave me some beer money.
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"Smart chargers" I have found to be cheap rubbish and often dont appear to do work. Single button and a few LED's doesnt make it smart. Lead acid batteries are extremely basic to charge anyway. What I'd recommend is a lipo charger from the RC world - these actually are smart and can do nearly every different battery type. The advantage is they also do discharge, most have a screen and can tell you exactly how much charge has gone in or out of the battery, so you get a fair idea of its condition. As a general rule, manufacturers over spec lead batteries about 4x what they need to, as they degrade over time. When they get down to a third or quater capacity, its time to replace.
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Have you adjusted the chute? are the fan blades and chute clear? What are you chipping? Palm can wrap around and clog things up, I'm told - well I've seen it wrapped tightly around the main shaft bearing and a pain to get out. Open the lid and get some photos of the fan blade.
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Got these yesterday at a good price from local climbing wall. Second pic was from managers personal stash, he hoards kit and hes been told he has to sell some!
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I'd guess you have the previous DUC150? This UC029 has only been released this week and very few shops seem to be stocking it. The power has increased consdierably, doubled, on this one. Guard should be coming off first thing for any competent chainsaw user.
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If its assembled correctly it shouldnt be loose. A bottle of loctite is your friend. While my above advice on the bearing collar is worth looking at, also check that the feed roller is correctly located, the shaft has a dimple for the grub screw to locate in. You dont want the grub screw to bite into the plain shaft as it will also marr it up and make it a pain to extract in future.
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That will be idential to this in different colours, amazon or ebay may have the same saw from about £50 delivered. 25.4cc JonCutter G2500 Top Handle Arborist Gasoline Chainsaw Power Head With Saw Chain and Guide Bar from China manufacturer - Farmertec WWW.FARMERTEC.COM 25.4cc JonCutter G2500 Top Handle Arborist Gasoline Chainsaw Power Head With Saw Chain and Guide Bar... Currently I would say the Makita UC002/UC003 is very hard to beat for ~£210-270. You'll need to also spend 70 for a 2.5ah battery and 50 for a charger, but a second 4ah battery will be with you in a month. Not quite the power of a 201 but it runs a 12" bar no problem. ThenI highly recommend the UC006 hedger and Ux001 split shaft power unit, each with a free battery.
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Looks to me that the blue bearing secures to the shaft by a grub screw on the collar. I would loosen the grub screw and twat the shaft with a drift and club hammer gain equal clearance on each side. It looks like there is nothing else to set the axial positioning but as theres no axial loading it shouldnt be nessasary to have any thrust bearing.
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Mitox are importers and dont make anything themselves. There are clones of the 2511 topper but I've not yet seen any with the rear handle. I like the clones.
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A few shops are starting to list the UC029 Makita 40v XGT 150mm Brushless Pruning Saw UC029GZ WWW.ELSONS.CO.UK The Makita UC029GZ is a high-performance 40V XGT pruning saw designed for efficient, smooth cutting of...
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Looks like they do the top handle in red, I want! 25ap is 1/4" pitch and 80TXL is speedcut nano. The top is supposed to be 1400w and the others 1600w, so its hardly worth looking at them. Perhaps in future they will do a bigger motor, dual battery 80v version. Also I have seen there is a BAP001G adaptor in Japan, to have the heavy batteries on a waste or shoulder strap and much less weight on the tool. 70 quid off amazon.jp so for now I will stick with the light batteries.
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Ash tree with dieback - whose responsibility?
kram replied to Pidgeonpost's topic in Trees and the Law
Hard to say from the photo, but you say its dropping 4" branches. The small group that look directly over garage, dont look like they would do any damage, but photos can be decieving. -
Is the feed housing bent? Do you have a photo or video showing it?
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Ash tree with dieback - whose responsibility?
kram replied to Pidgeonpost's topic in Trees and the Law
While tree may be on neighbours land and his repsonsibilty, it does overhang the boundry and you are entiltled to maintain anything on your side, or cut right back, as you see fit. . It may be cheaper and easier than presenting him with a repair bill. Do you have a few photos of the tree ?
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