the all aussie dribble thread!

[tdi-rick]

we got 125mm in 36hrs Friday/Saturday. Been on and off all last few weeks. old change today, so much so that on the drive home the Landy only reached 85*c towing 1.8t and that was a 45min-1hr run with 1/2 Hwy 1/2 city driving.

I miss-read the rain gauge, it was only 42mm here, and I think officially it actually reached 11* for three minutes when the sun came out at 11 o'clock.

It's been sleety/showery most all day, but bugger all in the gauge.

I wonder if Neil has turned into an Icy-Pole up in the hills yet ?

 

[husq2100]

I miss-read the rain gauge, it was only 42mm here, and I think officially it actually reached 11* for three minutes when the sun came out at 11 o'clock.

It's been sleety/showery most all day, but bugger all in the gauge.

I wonder if Neil has turned into an Icy-Pole up in the hills yet ?

you

can

have

that!

 

[ausneil 1]

evening all,,, 2mm in the guage, sleety sh#t most of the day, snow for maybe 1 hour, the rest of the day just sleety drizzle followed by drizzle sleet. lets not forget bloody westerly winds that are lust lovely. Just thinking of spotlighting after tea,,,,,, NOT!!!!!!!
1 deg in the shed, much better now in the house.

 

[deye223]

well we have just been told to get too higher ground and move stock we are going to have a flood, i thought it was a over reaction but i had a look at the catchment rainfall think they might be right.
omeo 136mm orbost 95mm nowa nowa 211mm briagalong 167mm since 0900 monday and thats only half of them they all flow in to the gippsland lakes now where did i put that canoe.:waaaht:

 

[Stihlman441]

Instead of blocking all those trees up ya should be making a raft.:msp_tongue:

 

[MCW]

Yes Rick, it is Chinaperson, NOT Chinaman

Actually they would be a "person of asian descent"

well we have just been told to get too higher ground and move stock we are going to have a flood, i thought it was a over reaction but i had a look at the catchment rainfall think they might be right.
omeo 136mm orbost 95mm nowa nowa 211mm briagalong 167mm since 0900 monday and thats only half of them they all flow in to the gippsland lakes now where did i put that canoe.:waaaht:

Run fer the hills!!!
Everybody is getting saturated and we NEED rain here. I think it hit 13° today. Pretty cool for a peak temp in our area although I do remember a few days down about 7° in the past. We'll probably be hitting about -3°C in a few night's time.

 

[deye223]

Instead of blocking all those trees up ya should be making a raft.:msp_tongue:

with all the trees and stumps coming down the mitchell the moment you could just about walk across river and the odd cow

 

[Rudolf73]

Was all excited about getting a package in the mail today, only to find that it was the wrong colour :msp_sad: will probably have to send it back now...

Heres a pic... I am sure you guys understand my disappointment.

 

[MCW]

Was all excited about getting a package in the mail today, only to find that it was the wrong colour :msp_sad: will probably have to send it back now...

Heres a pic... I am sure you guys understand my disappointment.

Yep that is most certainly a BIG disappointment Rudy
Maybe you are colour blind but it looks fine to me.
They are one bloody good saw them things.

Nice bar too. On the saw I mean...

 

[deye223]

Was all excited about getting a package in the mail today, only to find that it was the wrong colour :msp_sad: will probably have to send it back now...

Heres a pic... I am sure you guys understand my disappointment.

i wan't the bar go on you know you don't wan't it its full of holes

 

[Rudolf73]

Yep that is most certainly a BIG disappointment Rudy
Maybe you are colour blind but it looks fine to me.
They are one bloody good saw them things.

Nice bar too. On the saw I mean...

Haha Matt, I knew you would approve.

i wan't the bar go on you know you don't wan't it its full of holes

Yeah, these bars are supposed to be alright, will see how it goes.

 

[deye223]

Haha Matt, I knew you would approve.




Yeah, these bars are supposed to be alright, will see how it goes.

is it 28"

 

[MCW]

i wan't the bar go on you know you don't wan't it its full of holes

Nah you don't want that one Darren as the chain won't go in the groove on the top.

Haha Matt, I knew you would approve.

Yeah, these bars are supposed to be alright, will see how it goes.

I know this is so typical of AS so brace yourself...

Are you going to mod it? I very nearly want to get a stocky just to see how good they are out of the box

 

[Rudolf73]

is it 28"

Yup, I wanted a light bar and didn't want to put a stihl bar on it, soo I got this one.

 

[Rudolf73]

Nah you don't want that one Darren as the chain won't go in the groove on the top.



I know this is so typical of AS so brace yourself...

Are you going to mod it? I very nearly want to get a stocky just to see how good they are out of the box

Yeah was in a hurry to take a pic before the rain came lol


Its been modded by Eric (ECsaws) so hopefully its a little bit fast :biggrin:

 

[lumberjackau]

385/390
You'll love the 390, I know I love to run my 385 (just ask Neil, hahahahahaha) incredibly smooth, well balanced and economical. I have used the 385 for years when I was cutting cypress and can fill a roadtrain after 8-9 tanks of fuel, in some areas I could get it down 6 tanks per train (with bone stock saws)
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I cannot get over how much better in the AV system these saws are compared to 066/660, I can run a 385 all day with now worries, but after a couple of tank fulls through the stihl I have a hard time with the joints in my hands

Cheers
Will

 

[MCW]

385/390
You'll love the 390, I know I love to run my 385 (just ask Neil, hahahahahaha) incredibly smooth, well balanced and economical. I have used the 385 for years when I was cutting cypress and can fill a roadtrain after 8-9 tanks of fuel, in some areas I could get it down 6 tanks per train (with bone stock saws)
View attachment 240588

I cannot get over how much better in the AV system these saws are compared to 066/660, I can run a 385 all day with now worries, but after a couple of tank fulls through the stihl I have a hard time with the joints in my hands

Cheers
Will

I agree Will and I've run 390XP's and 660's. Unless you're running really long bars I really can't see why anybody would prefer to run a 660 over a 390XP in a felling situation apart from blatent brand bias. Maybe the odd dealer support but I'll take a 390XP anyday.
A lot of people who rave about the 660's being the best saws on the planet have never run Huskys and never intend to anyway

 

[lumberjackau]

we have a dealer support issue around the area where I live now, husky shop is more interested in lawns and ####, the two stihl dealers know their stuff and it shows in the bush around the area.

 

[MCW]

we have a dealer support issue around the area where I live now, husky shop is more interested in lawns and ####, the two stihl dealers know their stuff and it shows in the bush around the area.

Exactly the same here as well. Husky is a dead duck in our area. The dealers are more interested in selling Yamaha motorbikes and outboards and selling aluminium boats.
96% of saws in my area are Stihl and the Stihl dealers are the only ones who even know how to fix a saw.
If I relied on dealers to fix my saws I'd be running Stihls only and no Dolmars or Huskys.

 

[lumberjackau]

exactly the same here as well. Husky is a dead duck in our area. The dealers are more interested in selling yamaha motorbikes and outboards and selling aluminium boats.
96% of saws in my area are stihl and the stihl dealers are the only ones who even know how to fix a saw.
If i relied on dealers to fix my saws i'd be running stihls only and no dolmars or huskys.

ditto