the all aussie dribble thread!

[Rudolf73]

What an assessment, you could sell snow to eskimoes.

I thought you might approve Neil

 

[Rudolf73]

This little fella has ended up on my bench, just a quick tune up and it should be running again (fingers crossed).

 

[bennn*e]

What's new buggered if I know but I can tell ya what's old and that be the 661!...Meh found the weak link in em and that's the clutch! 25in bar RS .404 in AU hardwood Steel Box the chain completely stops and the powerhead maintains max revs!..I don't know who Stihl gets to test new saws in AU but they must be cutting soft woods like River Red Gum ... I don't recall ever running a 066/660 and it slipping a clutch or any saw for that matter?, I actually pulled it down expecting a smoked clutch but nothing looks new its like the clutch weights are too light?and no I don't mean its bogging I mean slipping like it don't even have a clutch! have been feathering it like a baby for bout a month is not a one off thing its here to stay it seems, man sure feels good to pick up a 660 with its 24/7 get to work no backing down grunt! ... And there is nowhere near as much in the AV as the hippies make out you still have a a very strong connection with the power head just like the old rubber AV which I like personally ....And how's the 661 flooding? you know the search out the closest person in your vicinity to hold the trigger flat while you pull it over! is the only thing that seems to work it fires in one or two pulls when it does that crap....
But yeah should be a good saw as good as a 660/066 when they get it sorted!......
All just IMHO of course ........

Fairly sure it shares the same part numbers for the clutch as the 660 when I looked when they first came out. I'll fire up the lap top and have a look

 

[derwoodii]

played with that weeine 017 today ran tank tho twas ok perfect for the task of smashing small woody weed wattle to bits, its small lite nimble and no flippy caps.

 

[postrip]

A nice poem..... Sums it up nicely!

 

[KiwiBro]

Had hoped for a tougher test of the ABs this morning. Seems we won't get a hard game until against SA next week. Not an ideal plan. Contrast that with Wallabies route thus far - if they hold together and make the final, they'll have plenty of hard games to galvanise the team, we'll only have one against SA (if we beat them). Kinda worried the ABs are at least one hard game shy of where they should be at this stage. They might get knocked over against SA - especially up front and at breakdown.

Good luck tomorrow, Wallabies. Your loosies are the best in the world cup thus far, me thinks.

 

[derwoodii]

A nice poem..... Sums it up nicely!View attachment 454186

last nite 3am unexpected my 17yold son came home last nite with 2 mates thankfully i sleep right through, the friggin dawgs dint even know

I'd like to legal have foam mace baton and cow prod stunner by bed maybe not anything more lethal......the 303 bayonet fills the gap.

 

[rogue60]

Fairly sure it shares the same part numbers for the clutch as the 660 when I looked when they first came out. I'll fire up the lap top and have a look

Ok I will have a look and try a 660 clutch in it. I don't why its slipping it seems fine in softer wood like white mahogany /blackbutt but in Steel box/Grey gum /Ironbark you have to baby it or the chain will stop and the clutch slips that bad the saw still holds max revs? 3/8 chain might help but bugger that all our old 660's pull .404 fine bets me I've never had a saw do this..When I get time I will make a vid of it doing this.

 

[Creeker]

Thanks Bennie, be interesting to know as it put my down the track plan for a 661 with 404 on hold in the meantime.

 

[derwoodii]

knackered, tho done all me chores the place is mowed brush cut to perfection and grannies flick mixer replaced wot pita that was so time to watch a bike race,,,, hmm one ozzie guess have to back him to shine at the end

 

[derwoodii]

Trees die – that’s a fact of life. But is the death of an entire iconic landscape of Eucalyptus in the Cooma-Monaro region of New South Wales natural?

For over a decade, large stands of Eucalyptus viminalis, commonly known as Ribbon Gum or Manna Gum, have been gradually declining in health, and now stand like skeletons in huge tree graveyards.

http://theconversation.com/death-of...ands of trees dropped dead in New South Wales

 

[KiwiBro]

Trees die – that’s a fact of life. But is the death of an entire iconic landscape of Eucalyptus in the Cooma-Monaro region of New South Wales natural?

For over a decade, large stands of Eucalyptus viminalis, commonly known as Ribbon Gum or Manna Gum, have been gradually declining in health, and now stand like skeletons in huge tree graveyards.

http://theconversation.com/death-of-a-landscape-why-have-thousands-of-trees-dropped-dead-in-new-south-wales-48657?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=The+Weekend+Conversation+-+3648&utm_content=The+Weekend+Conversation+-+3648+CID_097880b8b6e0ecfbf3e4d0de28e95d1a&utm_source=campaign_monitor&utm_term=Death of a landscape why have thousands of trees dropped dead in New South Wales

Nasty microbes are having a serious crack at killing off our native Kauri here:

http://www.kauridieback.co.nz/kauri-dieback

 

[postrip]

Winning..... Goin back together

 

[bennn*e]

Ok I will have a look and try a 660 clutch in it. I don't why its slipping it seems fine in softer wood like white mahogany /blackbutt but in Steel box/Grey gum /Ironbark you have to baby it or the chain will stop and the clutch slips that bad the saw still holds max revs? 3/8 chain might help but bugger that all our old 660's pull .404 fine bets me I've never had a saw do this..When I get time I will make a vid of it doing this.

I have pretty much only ran .404 on mine since I got it. Running 25 and 36" bars on it. Cutting mainly red gum and can't fault it so far. First time I ran it was up at matts 36" .404 semi in those sugar gums he dropped

 

[derwoodii]

Nasty microbes are having a serious crack at killing off our native Kauri here:

http://www.kauridieback.co.nz/kauri-dieback

i'll keep an eye out i planted a dozen kauri's in anzac avenue of honor they are the arms of the cross the length being spotted gums corymbia maculata with a lone pine to side.

 

[derwoodii]

classic lighting strike burn marks killed off side of big pine fused the vascular system it died of 1st warm weather oh um have i shown this before ?? i think i did last week meh

 

[derwoodii]

knackered, tho done all me chores the place is mowed brush cut to perfection and grannies flick mixer replaced wot pita that was so time to watch a bike race,,,, hmm one ozzie guess have to back him to shine at the end

that was a funken grouse bike race could watch it again

 

[KiwiBro]

MS170 for NZ$280 sound like a steal to you fellas? I'm mighty tempted. Looks like little use.
http://www.trademe.co.nz/home-livin...n-power-tools/chainsaws/auction-967158279.htm

 

[derwoodii]

MS170 for NZ$280 sound like a steal to you fellas? I'm mighty tempted. Looks like little use.
http://www.trademe.co.nz/home-livin...n-power-tools/chainsaws/auction-967158279.htm

looks ok the throttle trigger a bit donkey after a while bummed my finger but meh there so lite like having a lazer cutter beam on you hand

 

[KiwiBro]

Had a look around, not a steal but bugger it, will grab it and see how it goes.