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| Bluest Member Since: 23 Apr 2016 Location: Lancashire Posts: 4236   
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Ouch. New barrel and piston time, 2007 110 TDCi Station Wagon XS
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4th Jun 2020 1:21pm |
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| sako243 Member Since: 08 Jul 2014 Location: Wales Posts: 1233  
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Despite have a plethora of Milwaukee M18 tools I actually opted to go for small Husky battery one. It had a proven track record with my father who'd owned one for several years and was very happy with it.
Trimming branches while fencing it will last all day. It's light enough that you can not use it one handed hanging off a ladder on one foot  . In terms of battery life I felled a 30ft ash with a main trunk diameter of a little over a foot and chopped all the smaller branches off and cut the main trunk and branches above ~1" in diameter into foot long sections for the fire - on a single battery.
It's lovely because there's no faffing with fuel or trying to get the damn thing started. When you're not using it you just put it down on the ground and it's off - there's no idling or it rumbling around on the floor. The oiler lasts for about 2 battery charges so I've got into the habit of topping it up every time I put it away and I put the battery on charge that way it's always good to go. There's very little noise so you don't need to worry about ear muffs. Downsides - the battery (even on the quick charger) does take while (not actually timed it but it's less than an hour but not by much). I bought a second battery because one sometimes isn't quite enough if I'm doing some bigger jobs at home or over at my parents farm. It's actually become my fathers and my go-to chainsaw and I've not fired up my petrol one since buying this one. My father had a warranty replacement - the battery terminals on one of the batteries corroded. To be fair he left the battery in the saw in a slightly damp workshop. The local Husqvarna replaced the terminals under the warranty despite it being just outside the period. Now he keeps it in a dryer workshop and will usually disconnect the battery when it's laid up (still in the saw but not actually mated to the chainsaw). I was tempted by the Milwaukee as I have 4 of the 5Ah batteries but the bare unit was more expensive than the Husqvarna kit which included a battery and charger. OK the Husky has a slightly smaller bar but then I reasoned that actually the lighter weight was probably more useful overall. I've always got the bigger petrol one. To put it in perspective my garden is 4.5 acres with some pretty hefty trees (e.g. a 60ft Monkey Puzzle and 12ft trunk diameter Oak tree) and I've not found the Husqvarna lacking, it's the perfect sized tool for maintaining things and felling the odd ash tree that's had die back etc. My parents farm is 60 acres and we've been doing a lot of work recently thinning out some overgrown patches in the woodlands etc and trimming trees where they've fallen over fences in the winter and we've not had a need to break out the big petrol guns. Ed 82 Hotspur Sandringham 6x6 95 Defender 110 300Tdi |
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5th Jun 2020 9:15pm |
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| jst Member Since: 14 Jan 2008 Location: Taunton Posts: 8171  
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12ft diameter ? oak, that would be some serious tree Cheers
James 110 2010 XS Utility 130 2011 M57 bespoke Camper 90 2010 Hardtop 90 M57 1988 Hardtop |
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6th Jun 2020 6:44am |
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| Zed Member Since: 07 Oct 2017 Location: In the woods Posts: 3348 
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If the measurement was taken 1.5 metres from the base it would make it around 180 years old. Roughly a teenager in oak years. WARNING.
This post may contain sarcasm. |
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6th Jun 2020 7:05am |
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| blackwolf Member Since: 03 Nov 2009 Location: South West England Posts: 17603 
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There's no disputing that the Milwaukee is expensive!
Any chance of a photo of the oak tree? If it has a diameter (as opposed to girth) of 12 feet it's going to be one of the largest and hence oldest oaks in the country, possibly 1000 years, and will definitely be tpo'd. |
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6th Jun 2020 8:24am |
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| sako243 Member Since: 08 Jul 2014 Location: Wales Posts: 1233
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It's a chunky one to be sure, possibly a slight exaggeration but not too far off. I live in an old Victorian / late Edwardian mansion with gardens to suit. The Victorians usually did a good job planting gardens for future generations, although this oak I'm sure predates them by quite a bit. Bearing in mind in West Wales things grow well down here due to the weather. Most people have Rhododendron bushes, mine are more like trees. Ed 82 Hotspur Sandringham 6x6 95 Defender 110 300Tdi |
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6th Jun 2020 8:26am |
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| Zed Member Since: 07 Oct 2017 Location: In the woods Posts: 3348
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I speed read and presumed girth. It would be some tree if diameter! WARNING. This post may contain sarcasm. |
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6th Jun 2020 9:17am |
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| sako243 Member Since: 08 Jul 2014 Location: Wales Posts: 1233
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And I mis-typed late last night should have been girth  . Sorry to disappoint. Just been out and measured it out of interest - didn't take a photo because it's peeing it down. About 2m off the ground it's 13.5ft girth. Ed
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6th Jun 2020 9:51am |
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| blackwolf Member Since: 03 Nov 2009 Location: South West England Posts: 17603
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Girth I can believe, diameter was stretching credibility and whilst possible would be probably in the top 5 oaks of importance in the world and you certainly wouldn't want to go near it with a saw!
If you want to see a 13 foot diameter oak, Google the Bowthorpe Oak. You are lucky indeed to have a 13 foot girth oak, which is a precious and wonderful tree on its own right. In another 900 years it might even be 13 foot diameter! |
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6th Jun 2020 11:10am |
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| sako243 Member Since: 08 Jul 2014 Location: Wales Posts: 1233
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If you like your trees then you should come down. There's two copper chestnuts about the same size. Another oak about 3/4, the large monkey puzzle. Waiting to see what happens with the Ash trees. Four large sequoias (looks like there were another two that were felled a long time ago).
There's a much smaller oak that got attacked by a bloody squirrel, one it's main branches is dead but the other has somehow survived off a half inch strip of bark. He met some fast moving lead shortly afterwards... Also got a lot of what I think is broad leafed lime. From what I read quite rare which makes me question it because I must have half a dozen to a dozen large trees of them. Ed 82 Hotspur Sandringham 6x6 95 Defender 110 300Tdi |
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6th Jun 2020 11:29am |
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| windy81 Member Since: 14 Mar 2018 Location: North Wales Posts: 311 
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forget the oil ??  |
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6th Jun 2020 11:31am |
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| sako243 Member Since: 08 Jul 2014 Location: Wales Posts: 1233
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And most annoyingly for a Victorian mansion no fruit trees
. Was given a Golden Delicious apple tree when I left my previous job (last project I was heavily involved in and the last founding member had a very similar code name). And my best mate gave me a pear tree but it will be years before I see the fruits of their labour's Ed
82 Hotspur Sandringham 6x6 95 Defender 110 300Tdi |
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6th Jun 2020 11:31am |
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| windy81 Member Since: 14 Mar 2018 Location: North Wales Posts: 311
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battery chainsaws are great only if you use them regularly to keep the batteries maintained, otherwise the batteries deplete and thats no fun.
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6th Jun 2020 11:37am |
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| sako243 Member Since: 08 Jul 2014 Location: Wales Posts: 1233
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Not found that with the Husqvarna ones being lithium. Dad's had sat for probably 6-8 months at a time without use. Had it about 6 years now I think. Ed
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6th Jun 2020 11:39am |
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