084 vs 088. Which is better?

[Brewz]

Your on the wrong side of the world jb

 

[jb-chainsaws]

Your on the wrong side of the world jb

Damn you!!!

 

[Iron.and.bark]

Your on the wrong side of the world jb

There are postmen all over the world.

Will contact him over weekend. Only saw them briefly in a top shelf.

 

[Brewz]

Damn you!!!

Australian saws wont run in the northern hemisphere anyway.
All the fuel floats to the top of the tank cause they are used to being upside down

 

[Brewz]

I am liking t he look of this one

http://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/bruthen/garden-tools/stihl-084-av-chainsaw/1124968753

 

[jb-chainsaws]

Australian saws wont run in the northern hemisphere anyway.
All the fuel floats to the top of the tank cause they are used to being upside down

Hmm the father In law lives over there, I think I might need an 084 over therejust in case for when I visit next year

 

[Brewz]

jb, there are always 084's for sale here.
Its why I dont feel too concerned with adding one to the stable. There is always another should a bloke need one for parts.

have you been to oz before?

 

[jb-chainsaws]

jb, there are always 084's for sale here.
Its why I dont feel too concerned with adding one to the stable. There is always another should a bloke need one for parts.

have you been to oz before?

Call me Joe, how about you "brewz"?

Nope it'll be my first visit, however my current full time job as an electrical fault technician working on the power grid means I'd like to move down under due to the pay packet associated with my line of work. That and the fact the FIL now lives there. He's just outside of Melbourne.

The plan is to take the Mrs out there for 3 weeks next July, and try and convince her it's a good idea to move permanent. If so ill be fetching my travelling husky 2100 with me!!

 

[Brewz]

Hi Joe
I am Tony and a fellow sparkie.
I work in control system engineering in the mining industry these days.

You will love it here!
Plenty of work for lineys in south Australia at the moment, they just had a lot of their power grid blown over by massive storms and tornado's

 

[jb-chainsaws]

Hi Joe
I am Tony and a fellow sparkie.
I work in control system engineering in the mining industry these days.

You will love it here!
Plenty of work for lineys in south Australia at the moment, they just had a lot of their power grid blown over by massive storms and tornado's

Hi tony! By liney do you mean the chaps working up the poles and towers? My old man does that, I'm the one in the family not "on he tools" if you like, always wondered if Itd still be just as easy getting a job over there

 

[weedkilla]

Geez, a couple of major transmission lines fall over, there is a little blackout, a couple of trees blow down and a few creeks flood and everyone acts like its a big deal.

 

[Brewz]

Geez, a couple of major transmission lines fall over, there is a little blackout, a couple of trees blow down and a few creeks flood and everyone acts like its a big deal.

You lot can keep you bad weather.
Its blown up here and gone all cold. Spoilt my Friday afternoon beers on the balcony :-(
How did you fare mate... hope all is well!

 

[Brewz]

Hi tony! By liney do you mean the chaps working up the poles and towers? My old man does that, I'm the one in the family not "on he tools" if you like, always wondered if Itd still be just as easy getting a job over there

As long as you cant take a good ribbing and give it back in spades with a smile, you will be OK.
Do expect to be ribbed about being a winging pom though. Its a convict thing
Just remember that we give our mates (friends) a harder time than we do our enemy.
Australia was built on hard land, hard work and hard times and we tend to run on a "if you don't laugh you cry" attitude.

When you get here, get out bush, smell the smells, close your eyes and listen to it.
Just mind the snakes and spiders cause they will kill you given the chance

 

[Brewz]

There are postmen all over the world.

Will contact him over weekend. Only saw them briefly in a top shelf.

Anyway..... back on topic.

Let us know what he says mate.
Me and Joe may be able to work a deal.

 

[jb-chainsaws]

As long as you cant take a good ribbing and give it back in spades with a smile, you will be OK.
Do expect to be ribbed about being a winging pom though. Its a convict thing
Just remember that we give our mates (friends) a harder time than we do our enemy.
Australia was built on hard land, hard work and hard times and we tend to run on a "if you don't laugh you cry" attitude.

When you get here, get out bush, smell the smells, close your eyes and listen to it.
Just mind the snakes and spiders cause they will kill you given the chance

Sounds like a regular day at work for me! I think I'll get along with all you dingo *f-worders just fine

Just need to convince the Mrs now, maybe I'll tell her something like "the wage is so much better I'll be able to buy you A new car" etc etc. Mind you I don't think that'll work, she's always been one to earn her own money. And I'm sure she'd get a decent job over there, she's a college teacher currently

 

[Brewz]

@Mastermind
Is the Cross performance cylinder for the 084 your design?
Do we have any timing info on it?

I would be interested to know whats different

 

[Brewz]

Sounds like a regular day at work for me! I think I'll get along with all you dingo *f-worders just fine

Just need to convince the Mrs now, maybe I'll tell her something like "the wage is so much better I'll be able to buy you A new car" etc etc. Mind you I don't think that'll work, she's always been one to earn her own money. And I'm sure she'd get a decent job over there, she's a college teacher currently

We don't touch the Dingo's..... the women are too damn nice!
We do shoot dingo's, as well as most everything else, and you can buy the animals on our national emblem at the supermarket for dinner.
We have sand on our beaches
We have sunshine most of the time
We are a friendly fun bunch of people.
We also have filthy hard wood filled with termite dirt and designed by some cruel bastard to break saws and dull chains in less than a tank of fuel.

At least in July it will be Winter and you wont cook in the 40*C+ heat

 

[jb-chainsaws]

We don't touch the Dingo's..... the women are too damn nice!
We do shoot dingo's, as well as most everything else, and you can buy the animals on our national emblem at the supermarket for dinner.
We have sand on our beaches
We have sunshine most of the time
We are a friendly fun bunch of people.
We also have filthy hard wood filled with termite dirt and designed by some cruel bastard to break saws and dull chains in less than a tank of fuel.

At least in July it will be Winter and you wont cook in the 40*C+ heat

Sounds like my kinda place! Good meat, good women and hard wood

The father in law loves it and he's only been there a couple of weeks. Where are you based?

Also what are the gun laws out there? Over on this little island you can't get squat without some serious leg work, written permission for where you intend to hunt, what you intend to hunt, police officer interviews etc etc

 

[Brewz]

Forget guns
I am selling all mine, its just too hard thanks to laws that punish law abiding citizens and let criminals do as they will.
The cockhead that introduced them was given an honery doctorate today. I hope he chokes on it.
If you want guns, move to NZ. They can have semi auto's and silencers and there are not mass murders there???????

I am in NSW, hunter valley region just north of Sydney

 

[jb-chainsaws]

Forget guns
I am selling all mine, its just too hard thanks to laws that punish law abiding citizens and let criminals do as they will.
The cockhead that introduced them was given an honery doctorate today. I hope he chokes on it.
If you want guns, move to NZ. They can have semi auto's and silencers and there are not mass murders there???????

I am in NSW, hunter valley region just north of Sydney

Sounds pretty similar to the UK then! I'm not too clued up on Australian geography to say the least, how far is that from Melbourne? That's where we'd most likely be going as the FIL lives there, and I have no doubt the Mrs would want to be nearby