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    #422
    Bullocks
    Registered Users Posts: 5,890 ✭✭✭Bullocks


    CJhaughey wrote: »
    I happened upon a very good deal on a 390xp so good I couldn't pass it up.
    390xp-395xp and 3120xp are now discontinued so not even available new any longer.
    No doubt there will be a 59?xp somewhere in the future but for now I may as well get milling and offset the price of the saw somewhat.
    I have to get a B&C for it not sure what size to go for, I know milling loses a little width but I'd like to keep it somewhat balanced as well for felling.

    Would it be worth getting a bar for milling and one for felling? Bit of a cost but maybe better have the right bar for milling anyhow cos it won't be easy on a saw


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    #423
    O.A.P
    Registered Users Posts: 1,376 ✭✭✭O.A.P


    One third the cc of the saw is a rule I've read somewhere , here maybe.
    I got a 30 inch bar for the 395 when I needed more than the 24 inch it came with and it has no bother at all with it. It's a nicer saw to work with when the smaller bar is on though.
    It's hardly ever on though so it might be a matter of getting used to it.
    That's a long way of saying Bullocks right.


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    #424
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 3,637 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Worth looking for a package deal for bar and chains if you’re considering the Granberg mill. I got mine bundled with a big Tsumura solid bar with replaceable sprocket tips and a couple of Carlton skip chains. Long time ago now but if I remember correctly the bar and chains were about half off with the 36” capacity mill compared to buying separately.


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    #425
    CJhaughey
    Registered Users Posts: 14,906 ✭✭✭✭CJhaughey


    JayZeus wrote: »
    Worth looking for a package deal for bar and chains if you’re considering the Granberg mill. I got mine bundled with a big Tsumura solid bar with replaceable sprocket tips and a couple of Carlton skip chains. Long time ago now but if I remember correctly the bar and chains were about half off with the 36” capacity mill compared to buying separately.

    I must have a search around, there are a lot more mills around now and the prices seem to have come down a lot.
    I have been looking at the Panther Mills from Rob Dyer in the UK which look pretty good and he has B+C kits as well, I'd like to go for a Tsumura or one of the lightened bars for felling and crosscutting but for the mill I would probably go for a solid as well as being cheaper I feel they are more rigid and less prone to movement compared with a laminated type bar.


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    #426
    zetecescort
    Registered Users Posts: 5,028 ✭✭✭zetecescort


    not a saw but still 2 stroke.

    Will running a strimmer with a cracked primer bulb allow it to draw in extra air and cause damage?


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    #427
    stock>
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    wont cause damage but will draw air and probably not run................................................


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    #428
    Bullocks
    Registered Users Posts: 5,890 ✭✭✭Bullocks


    zetecescort wrote: »
    not a saw but still 2 stroke.

    Will running a strimmer with a cracked primer bulb allow it to draw in extra air and cause damage?
    I have a small dolmar that cuts and runs like a demon. The primer bulb perished a few months ago but it still starts and runs no bother. I was expecting it to give trouble but its sound so far and I've cut 4 dump trailers of timber in the last few weeks without missing a beat.
    I bought one but haven't got around to putting it in yet


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    #429
    zetecescort
    Registered Users Posts: 5,028 ✭✭✭zetecescort


    thanks. its starts and runs fine. only used it a little around the house today and will get it fixed once the local dealer opens again


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    #430
    stock>
    Registered Users Posts: 755 ✭✭✭stock>


    zetecescort wrote: »
    thanks. its starts and runs fine. only used it a little around the house today and will get it fixed once the local dealer opens again
    https://eurosmallengineparts.ie/
    have a look here you might be able to get one delivered.................................


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    #431
    CJhaughey
    Registered Users Posts: 14,906 ✭✭✭✭CJhaughey


    You could always join the fuel hoses with a small tube like the inside of a pen or similar as long as its fuel safeish.
    It won't start as easy as a primer bulb but repeated pulls will induce enough vacuum after a while.


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    #432
    00wyk
    Registered Users Posts: 53 ✭✭00wyk


    CJhaughey wrote: »
    I happened upon a very good deal on a 390xp so good I couldn't pass it up.
    390xp-395xp and 3120xp are now discontinued so not even available new any longer.
    No doubt there will be a 59?xp somewhere in the future but for now I may as well get milling and offset the price of the saw somewhat.
    I have to get a B&C for it not sure what size to go for, I know milling loses a little width but I'd like to keep it somewhat balanced as well for felling.


    What did you end up going with on the milling side of things?


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    #433
    CJhaughey
    Registered Users Posts: 14,906 ✭✭✭✭CJhaughey


    00wyk wrote: »
    What did you end up going with on the milling side of things?
    I bought a 390xp from a guy in Greece who has sent it, but due to the present situation its somewhere between there and here, I can see by the tracking that it has left Greece but not arrived here yet.
    My post mistress told me there is over a million items of post in Dublin waiting! so it might be a while.
    I haven't bothered ordering anything else while I wait for the powerhead to arrive.:(
    I guess it depends a lot on the frequency of air traffic from wherever you are ordering from, because I have got stuff from the US and UK recently albeit slower than normal.
    You still can't send stuff from Ireland to Greece either.
    Anyway, hopefully when it arrives I can get started, Looking forward to a brand new saw, never bought one BN before.


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    #434
    00wyk
    Registered Users Posts: 53 ✭✭00wyk


    CJhaughey wrote: »
    I bought a 390xp from a guy in Greece who has sent it, but due to the present situation its somewhere between there and here, I can see by the tracking that it has left Greece but not arrived here yet.
    My post mistress told me there is over a million items of post in Dublin waiting! so it might be a while.
    I haven't bothered ordering anything else while I wait for the powerhead to arrive.:(
    I guess it depends a lot on the frequency of air traffic from wherever you are ordering from, because I have got stuff from the US and UK recently albeit slower than normal.
    You still can't send stuff from Ireland to Greece either.
    Anyway, hopefully when it arrives I can get started, Looking forward to a brand new saw, never bought one BN before.


    Oh dear. I wonder is it that Greek guy off the AS site? The one that is an American/Grecian(?) in Greece that is a Stihl dealer?


    Anywho, I understand the issue with the shipping side of things. You basically have to deal with the EU and UK only(at least for now) and use private carriers like DHL etc if you want any chance of expediency at all. I have a thing I ordered off of Brezos' site for our tiny whippet to be comfy in the car that hasn't arrived for over a month so far. The little monster is like a big spider crawling about the place while we're driving - it's an emergency don't you know?



    Because of brexit, I am in the middle of negotiating with a UK company to carry their stock for Irish sales. As it is, I have to think long and hard about it even though I am currently their only Irish carrier for some items already. We just dunno between Covid and Brexit what is going to happen. Seeing how Bojo is negotiating isn't making any of us confident in a deal.


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    #435
    CJhaughey
    Registered Users Posts: 14,906 ✭✭✭✭CJhaughey


    Yeah I got it from Dan, in fairness to him it isn't his fault, but no-one expected that there would be a complete shutdown of the postal service.
    I can't complain its the same price as a 550XP mk2 is here plus anything north of the 572xp is no longer sold in the EU.
    Its not just Ireland but all of the EU so far and probably further away soon.
    Most fallers are happy enough with 70cc saws even in the PNW long bar territory so I guess the idea behind the 390-395 and 3120 is that they are just big block dinosaws and will eventually be phased out everywhere with a powerful 5 series 70+cc saw replacing them.

    I wouldn't be at all confident about continued trading with the UK, once they are out of the transition phase VAT will be an issue.
    And any stuff you can get from the UK will generally be available from the US at lower prices and probably slightly slower postage, although I have found the speed of postage can sometimes be faster than getting stuff in from the UK.
    Germany is pretty competitive for most stuff and is the same currency which removes a lot of the uncertainty as well.


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    #436
    00wyk
    Registered Users Posts: 53 ✭✭00wyk


    That's exactly what we're trying to do. Get as much stock over here before tariffs or what not happen. He ships a huge amount, so right now the shipping isn't bad to Ireland. But it may well be in the immediate future. You probably know the site, too. So, hopefully we can work sumfin out and I can start advertising here and other places as their Irish entity while this whole Brexit tornado turns and turns.

    As far as 70cc saws - when I was in Oregon and Washington I used four saws that I recall fondly: An 044, an 046, a 372xp and a 385xp. I still own an 044 that I recently ported myself. I just like the feel of the rubber AV. I also have a mildly ported 288 for the big stuff. My finger tips are a bit numb nowadays, tho, from years of bad AV :(

    Here's a few of our saws on the estate I am testing out on an oak log - the 044 and 288 are towards the end.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icMIwpPKdi8


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    #437
    CJhaughey
    Registered Users Posts: 14,906 ✭✭✭✭CJhaughey


    Well guess what turned up on my doorstep this morning!
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    #438
    O.A.P
    Registered Users Posts: 1,376 ✭✭✭O.A.P


    CJhaughey wrote: »
    Well guess what turned up on my doorstep this morning!
    516112.JPG

    Fine saw , well ware.


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    #439
    CJhaughey
    Registered Users Posts: 14,906 ✭✭✭✭CJhaughey


    O.A.P wrote: »
    Fine saw , well ware.
    Thanks I haven't even put fuel or oil in it yet, need to get a bar or two and some chains and go from there.


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    #440
    00wyk
    Registered Users Posts: 53 ✭✭00wyk


    They are good lil sawrs

    133818921.5n7uVAZJ.jpg


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    #441
    893bet
    Registered Users Posts: 8,739 ✭✭✭893bet


    I am expecting a Husqvarna 130. Small saw to compliment the Stihl MS290 that I have.

    Last Husqvarna I had was a 435 (I think) and it was a lemon. Hope this one is better.


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    #442
    hopeso
    Registered Users Posts: 1,400 ✭✭✭hopeso


    I need a new exhaust for my Stihl 039. I went to my local dealer about a month ago to get one. He told me he would have one in a few days, and phone me when he got it, but that was the last I heard of it....
    I went online tonight to see what’s available. I ended up on eBay, where there’s any amount of complete exhausts (including bolts, nuts, gasket) available from China for about €15 with free postage. I’m normally one to buy genuine whenever possible, but I wonder if it would be worth chancing one of these at that money? I imagine the genuine Stihl bolts alone would nearly cost that.....and probably come from China anyway.
    Failing that, can anyone recommend an online seller to supply a genuine one?


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    #443
    jmreire
    Registered Users Posts: 8,263 ✭✭✭jmreire


    A question for experienced chain saw users ( more experienced than me anyway !!! ) what is your opinion of the Husqvarna 460 Rancher-20" bar? If you had /have one presently, would you be inclined to keep it or change it if the opportunity presented itself?


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    #444
    Heavy handed
    Registered Users Posts: 202 ✭✭Heavy handed


    hopeso wrote: »
    I need a new exhaust for my Stihl 039. I went to my local dealer about a month ago to get one. He told me he would have one in a few days, and phone me when he got it, but that was the last I heard of it....
    I went online tonight to see what’s available. I ended up on eBay, where there’s any amount of complete exhausts (including bolts, nuts, gasket) available from China for about €15 with free postage. I’m normally one to buy genuine whenever possible, but I wonder if it would be worth chancing one of these at that money? I imagine the genuine Stihl bolts alone would nearly cost that.....and probably come from China anyway.
    Failing that, can anyone recommend an online seller to supply a genuine one?

    L&S engineers in the uk is where I get all my parts. If you know the part number you’ll find it on there website. Takes about a week to come if they’ve one in stock.


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    #445
    CJhaughey
    Registered Users Posts: 14,906 ✭✭✭✭CJhaughey


    jmreire wrote: »
    A question for experienced chain saw users ( more experienced than me anyway !!! ) what is your opinion of the Husqvarna 460 Rancher-20" bar? If you had /have one presently, would you be inclined to keep it or change it if the opportunity presented itself?
    What are you doing with it?
    If its just firewood and general usage, I would say they are fine for that.

    That's what they are designed for in any case.
    Thats a US market saw though, not an EU model just FYI, thats probably why it has a 20" bar I think they spec 18" on the 455 but the mount is the same K095 as the 455.


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    #446
    jmreire
    Registered Users Posts: 8,263 ✭✭✭jmreire


    CJhaughey wrote: »
    What are you doing with it?
    If its just firewood and general usage, I would say they are fine for that.

    That's what they are designed for in any case.
    Thats a US market saw though, not an EU model just FYI, thats probably why it has a 20" bar I think they spec 18" on the 455 but the mount is the same K095 as the 455.

    Yes, thats a fairly accurate description of what I'd be using it for....a couple of days intense usage a few times a year, and that's about it. Locked up in it's box the rest of the time. I was just curious to know how do they compare with other saw's, and if they can be problematic, Otherwise it's fine for me, ( but like I mentioned in my post, I'm no expert.. :cool::cool: ) never had any problems with it. So Ill hold on to it. Thanks for your help.:)


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    #447
    blue5000
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 12,616 Mod ✭✭✭✭blue5000




    Handy if you need to sharpen the saw out in the sticks.

    If the seat's wet, sit on yer hat, a cool head is better than a wet ar5e.



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    #448
    invicta
    Registered Users Posts: 281 ✭✭invicta


    blue5000 wrote: »


    Handy if you need to sharpen the saw out in the sticks.

    For the sake of 15 euros, get a stump vise!


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    #449
    blue5000
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 12,616 Mod ✭✭✭✭blue5000


    00wyk wrote: »
    That's exactly what we're trying to do. Get as much stock over here before tariffs or what not happen. He ships a huge amount, so right now the shipping isn't bad to Ireland. But it may well be in the immediate future. You probably know the site, too. So, hopefully we can work sumfin out and I can start advertising here and other places as their Irish entity while this whole Brexit tornado turns and turns.

    As far as 70cc saws - when I was in Oregon and Washington I used four saws that I recall fondly: An 044, an 046, a 372xp and a 385xp. I still own an 044 that I recently ported myself. I just like the feel of the rubber AV. I also have a mildly ported 288 for the big stuff. My finger tips are a bit numb nowadays, tho, from years of bad AV :(

    Here's a few of our saws on the estate I am testing out on an oak log - the 044 and 288 are towards the end.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icMIwpPKdi8

    I see in that vid you have an echo. I am looking for a lighter 30-40cc saw and some ppl say the echo runs very hot. Have you found this?

    If the seat's wet, sit on yer hat, a cool head is better than a wet ar5e.



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    #450
    have2flushtwice
    Registered Users Posts: 1,398 ✭✭✭have2flushtwice


    Looking for a pruning saw, light use. There's a timberpro on done deal for 180, are they any good?


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    #451
    blue5000
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 12,616 Mod ✭✭✭✭blue5000




    Good video explaining how a two stroke carburetor works.

    If the seat's wet, sit on yer hat, a cool head is better than a wet ar5e.



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