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Most of my runnning was in my 30's. However afterwards I felt like and looked like I was in my 90's, getting worse for 3 days after when the DOMS kicks in, stairs were an issue. I hope I never get that old 😀
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Ancient oak tree cut down in Whitewebbs Park Enfield
kram replied to stick-man-max's topic in General chat
It appears the council stepped in before they finished and slapped a tpo on the stem. Councils do not move fast, so it must have been a multi day job 😆 -
I used to run a lot, while I tried and still use electrolyte tablets in my drinks, Im not convinced they did anything. Any time I tried a long, physically exhausting run (say 20km, up and down the steep mountian bike trails of the south downs), there would be cramp. Somone suggested me to try Swimming afterwards. Cramp whilst swimming and half drowning is quite unpleasant! Do you get cramp after being idle or are you physically exhausted at some point on the day it occurs? Currently I often get toe cramp when I try to click my toes.
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Ancient oak tree cut down in Whitewebbs Park Enfield
kram replied to stick-man-max's topic in General chat
Questions need to be asked as to why the council did not have a TPO on it, considering the rarity of ancients, and the fact they are well mapped on the ancient trees website. Some tree officers need sacking! However I dont think councils are the right people to manage valuable trees. They often do what they like anyway, particually if any money is involved. I believe ancient trees such as this should have some protection. Perhaps limiting removal but allowing crown lowering where nessasary. Naturally as they age, the roots are unable to support a large crown, the tops die back and a lower crown will grow. The old tops can be good habbitat but also become unsafe and often get pruned. Heres some before pics
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Stihls home owner and cordless range are poo, best avoided. I honestly prefer my £60 Lidl parkside saw to the bosses Ms231 which doesnt cut toffee. Part of that may be he was given it used and abused, by an actual homeowner, where as the parkside I abuse but keep it sharp. Stihl are also by far the loudest of the standard unmodified tools, in my opinion. The few unmodified Echos I've used have been pleasantly quiet.
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Petrol will get you a much better saw for the money. Your probably looking at a budget brand or chinese import for that price. Perhaps something like this may be good value. I have no idea what its like for power, tho somone did recommend their climbing tophandle. Einhell is another cheaper brand that seems to be acceptable. Hawksmoor 36V (2 x 18V) 40cm Brushless Cordless Chainsaw 2 x 4.0Ah | Toolstation WWW.TOOLSTATION.COM • 40cm Oregon bar and chain• Blade cutting length: 36cm• Brushless motor• Oil tank capacity:260ml• Chainsaw Oil Required (code 36322)• Automatic...
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That question very much depends on what you are doing with it. A previous electric suggests to me that your a home owner that wants it for firewood duty. £200 might buy a bare tool but expect to pay a lot more for the battery and charger system. Whereas if your a professional climber, you will first need to quadruple the budget. As an example, I just bought into the Makita XGT system. Three batteries cost me £500. Split shaft power unit, hedger , polesaw and extension, plus short hedger, totals everything at £1430. I'm tempted by the climbing saw for £300 but it looks under powered. Their rear handle has a lot more power and has good reviews but I'm not convinced.
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Going by the shed and fence being roughtly 2m, I make it 10m. Looks more like a washing line than phone lines to me. It would be a pain if a phone line runs through the drop zone, that would slow it down considerably.
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More like 10-15 metres from the picture. Looks like a small but reasonably adequate drop zone in garden, what is surrounding it in the neighbouring gardens? You wont have much space left once its down! Any competent climber will have that down in half a day. Finding a climber directly will be cheapest. Assuming no cleanup, everything can stay where it falls, a hungry solo climber might drop it for £150-250. Much too far away for me to be interested. If you wanted a team dragging and chipping, properly cleaned up after, you could expect that to be £500-600+.
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Theres quite a few clones, most are different colours so extremely obvious that they are not the real thing. This one however looks quite close to it. With different branding, could easily be fooled. Double bar studs where it should be a single stud, and the case fixings being phillips tappers rather than torx bolts, are the most obvious, also exhaust, supposedly easier to modify. I believe the enginenis similar except a different thread on the crank clutch mounting. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/204984937917
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Light saws have light plastics. Its a weight thing and why cheap saws weigh double. There are clones of the 2511 however yours looks genuine. First thing I would check serial number on the Echo site and register it, also weigh it. If I remember correct mine is 2.6Kg fully fueled with 10" carving bar and chain.
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It is the proper way that files were intended to be set long before chainsaws existed. It has no risk to the tempering. I did a chisel edge file today (for square filed chains). Only the tip of the tang should be glowing, heat doesnt travel fast in steel. When its done, the working area of the file is cool enough to touch - if you have done it right. There will be a line/shit stain up the file from the burning steam as it escapes. If the file gets overheated by doing it wrong, the metal will change colour to a straw or blue colour. The Pferd handles I linked above, the hole is too big for round files but ok for flat. I had to glue them in Never hit a file, they are brittle. Hold the handle and tap the base of the on a hard object several times. The weight of the file, although small, will knock itself in, tight.
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Somone told me about willows ability to sprout from a stick in the dirt. I took a small fresh branch and planted. It turned black and died.
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Photo of the sticking links? They have no burrs? Measure the thickness with micrometer/vernier. Lighty file them, a nomal flat file is adequate. I have one to sort out, chain jumped off my 20T and a large number of drive links got mashed and need a lot of filing. Lucky I had a spare!
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An update. I lost my previous pair of X5A's, a great annoyance. I have looked everywhere, multiple times. I then bought the plastic clip. I thought it was wider, nope, just has a slightly bigger slot, that is all. New pair of X5's fitted, they are huge. This upgrade has cost me about £110. Bugger.
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Robinia acacia, first was a pollard, lots of rot at the previous points. 3 more to remove. Awful thorns, about 30 to dig out of my fingers. They always seem to get the painful bit, in the joint of each digit!
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While you can make handles, they are really not comfortable, unless your really good at drilling holes by eye and whittle it to shape. For 2 quid each its worth getting a decent Pferd handle. Its good practise to rotate the file with each stroke so that it wears evenly, and for that you need a good handle. PFERD Replacement Wooden File Handle | Gustharts WWW.GUSTHARTS.COM PFERD Replacement Wooden File Handle. Durable, comfortable handle for your chainsaw files. Essential tool for sharpening. FREE Delivery over £75... The proper way to set a file in a handle is to heat the tang up red hot - only the tang, you dont want to temper the working bit, and push into the handle. The heat swells the wood so that it will not come off. As above, the 2 in 1 Stihl files are shite. Rakers only need one stroke each and takes a fraction of the total time.
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A Pferd chainsaw file, which are the best quality you can get. PFERD Round Chainsaw Files Box of 6 | Low Cost WWW.GUSTHARTS.COM PFERD Round Chainsaw Files: High-quality, durable files for sharpening chainsaw chains. Essential for peak performance. FREE Delivery over £75... Stihl and Oregon files are shite.
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While the tree may grow around and occlude the metal, that will take time, until that happens it is girdling the tree and killing an area of cambium where the metal is contacting. If enough of a stem is girdled at any time then it can kill the stem. I would suggest an alternative method of bracing the union and cutting away the metal. Perhaps a cable installed higher up. How big is the tree, whats around it, what is the risk if the stem failed?
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Theres a trick to threads, if you know it will never happen. Turn it in reverse with light pressure until you feel it pass the ramp, its now aligned, screw it in. Particually useful for steel bolts in soft alu, which are easily crossed.
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The cheapy is a lot too heavy, still ok for some tasks, trimmer but I'm not using it up a ladder. Decided on the Makita split shaft. £1228 later, I have the 40v XGT motor unit, hedger, polesaw, extension. Pair of batteries should arrive today. Also got the 18v motor unit as I already have lots of batteries and its lighter. Theres currently an offer, free battery (about £160 worth) with the garden tools - it doesnt appear limited to one, so I might have to buy a top handle and blower next. The blades look very good quality. One important thing in my decision, these attachements were all designed for the 4 stroke split shaft that is now discontinued, so they are not cheapened plasticated but decent quality.
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I had this issue again, forum seemed very slow but after a couple attempts the edit worked.
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Too much time on YT and not enough time doing. Was that your comment I noticed on a recent AvE video? 😆
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Cheap & Cheesy Amazon Chainsaw Bars & Chains 💀💩 or 😃👍🏻???
kram replied to TurtleWoods72's topic in Chainsaws
What are you intending to cut? Firewood, felling, stumps, climbing? If the chains are the same type and length, they can be used with either bar. Keep the original chain for clean cutting and the cheapies for anything with metal, dirt etc.. As I said theres nothing wrong with the chains, they will perform as well as you can sharpen them. A good knowledge of saws is always a good idea - being cheap they may stretch after the first few cuts, and need tightening (let cool down first! If they are hot, it will shrink as it cools). As an example, this large leylandii hedge I cut back from the building using these chains in the 20T. It was well overhanging the roof before. (Yes its horrific and ugly, but that is what the owners wanted)
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I was cleaning a bar the other day, had a burr so filed that off. The burr caught and went through my nail, a little irritating but not painfull, which is odd!
