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chippy
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Cut a rather nice redbox down today...was a real shame that it had to go....close to 30mtrs high and a mtr diameter .....it only had 4 to 6" of rot in its heart in the bottom 2 meters but was enough to destroy all my chains i had for the 461 and all bar 1 chain i had for the 029....
Did a video of the 029 in action today with the only good chain left cutting a nice messmate about 20" diameter.....will upload over night
Did a video of the 029 in action today with the only good chain left cutting a nice messmate about 20" diameter.....will upload over night
chippy
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The 029 Super in some messmate
20" bar 3/8th
20" bar 3/8th
postrip
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Not a bad effort for a 50 odd cc saw!
Certainly a little louder than the stock version
Don't like your starting method (drop start)
Other than that.....pretty good job!
chippy
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Not a bad effort for a 50 odd cc saw!
Certainly a little louder than the stock version
Don't like your starting method (drop start)
Other than that.....pretty good job!
I got told off by a teenager for starting it in an unsafe manner just a few weeks ago......I asked her what was wrong with the way I started it and she stated that there could be unintended consequences as a result of starting it that way....and she was right (her mother had just put her through a chainsaw course). I must change my old habits BEFORE it bites me.
Commonly called Stringybark chippy, saves work later on to bark it when green (first felled) if they are barking OK.
Also consider - if that was a solid tree might make more $$'s cutting fence posts out of it.
Applying chain brake if you must drop start is a good policy.
Also consider - if that was a solid tree might make more $$'s cutting fence posts out of it.
Applying chain brake if you must drop start is a good policy.
chippy
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That was a good stringy Peter, the heart was solid, but I'd totally rooted 4 or 5 chains cutting a red box just prior and was on my last good chain. The black clouds were rolling in and I was, as is often the case, trying to get it done as quick as i could. Fence posts would have been a better option for sure and i need a few here also and have to replace 2 large gate posts also.
That stringy did debark quite easily where i hadnt overcut it. Rolled straight out of its bark so I should have gone the post route with it.
Red box posts will out last Stringy (Red or Brown) by at least two fold if not more, though Yellow Stringy is a different story, excellent in damp conditions!
If you char the buried portion of Red box posts they will last a hundred years in any conditions.
460cixy
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Folk get a bit tetchy about the old drop start hey. I'm a drop starter and still have all my limbs
chippy
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Old habits die hard dont they.
We'd be first to fail a chainsaw operators certificate by the sounds of it.
On another note, whats a good price to get your chain sharpenned by the shop....all my chain is full comp chisel or semi chisel round cut...
Ive now got a heap of dull chains with odd tooth lengths from hand filing them and thinking i should just get em all done and brought back to the same size.
chippy
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Theres a lot of box out this way but the stringys must outnumber them 10 to 1 im guessing. I did read somewhere that red box was listed as endangered or something like that.....its been wiped out of a lot of areas it used to be found in, which really sucks.
The red box i dropped yesterday was a beautiful tree but the owner had been granted a building permit by the shire to build right where the tree stood. I really didnt want to cut it down and asked the owner why he didnt move the structure away from i, he had plenty of room to do so...he said he'd get it cut down anyway as he was worried that it may injure someone when losing a limb or the crown.
If it were my tree i would have left it standing.
That one with the smokes on it was heavy....the one to the right of it still has some chain killing crap in the middle of it and you can see the black from running blunt chain in box.....not a good idea.
chippy
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An update on the Kamba M outcome.
I sprayed two areas with it, one 3 weeks ago another 2 weeks ago.
Within 7 days it had pretty much knocked out all the Bindi in the grass...it was yellow. The Cape weed had started to curl up and in on itself and is now looking dead.....the turf has survived and the clover looks to have survived but unfortunately so has the Geranium Molle, its now in full flower and still going strong.
I need to find something else to wipe that out but leave the turf in tact.
I sprayed two areas with it, one 3 weeks ago another 2 weeks ago.
Within 7 days it had pretty much knocked out all the Bindi in the grass...it was yellow. The Cape weed had started to curl up and in on itself and is now looking dead.....the turf has survived and the clover looks to have survived but unfortunately so has the Geranium Molle, its now in full flower and still going strong.
I need to find something else to wipe that out but leave the turf in tact.
peter92
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$18 bucks each where i am, and i recon thats a rip off
chippy
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What size loop?
That is expensive when you can buy a 28" loop for double that i suppose
peter92
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such a bloody shame to cut down when doesnt have to be, some just dont care
peter92
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72 loop
peter92
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yeah not up here i cant, that why i get them down south
Hey chippy, that red box will test the mettle, looking at the wriggle in the bark and the growth/water rings inside it a splitter must be on the way ?
( It would have made some terrific fence posts also )
Good report on the Kamba, haven't done ours yet, thought I'd wait and see how much you could kill off, Thanks......
The other Geranium weed will probably be seasonal and die out soon.
( It would have made some terrific fence posts also )
Good report on the Kamba, haven't done ours yet, thought I'd wait and see how much you could kill off, Thanks......
The other Geranium weed will probably be seasonal and die out soon.
weedkilla
Ain't no guru of nuthin'
That's an unusual result. I'd need to know more, chemical and wetter rates, application method, roughly total water use and area.
A good tip with anything mcpa based (Or any other phenoxy), don't mow for a week before, and mow a week after application.
Some clovers (mount barker has tripped me up) are pretty resilient to mcpa. Adding more dicamba can help, or if you have good rate control (boom spraying) brush off fixes it up.
chippy
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I mixed 100ml of Kamba to 13 to 14 ltrs of water in my spray back pack and used a standard wetter....about half to 3/4s of a cap.
The first spray i did about 200 odd mtrs, so too light....the second yard i did i was just over 100 sq. Mtrs so about right....
The nozzles emit a fine spray if i keep up the pump pressure and larger droplets the lower i let the pressure drop.
The turf i have is of the broader leaf variety and it is possible that this herbicide can kill or damage it....mine survived fine though..
I mowed the grass about 2 weeks prior and waited 2 weeks to mow again.
Im happy to leave the clover in the turf and wrapped that its knocked out the Bindi...i didn't realise that my entire lawn was full of it until it yellowed off...the Bindi and cape were the main priority followed by the Geranium Molle.....i may just have to put up with it.
