no matter what i type in, my windows explorer just clocks and gives me the error after a few seconds. Doesn't work if I google the site either which is why I asked.
I tried the command prompt and clean out the dns cache. Even if i copy the link, I keep getting the internet explorer can't display the web page warning. Weird, its only this site that I can't get onto.
Have you been a bad boy? Any reason that the mods at AS would want to block you? There are various hacks a forum owner can use to block or aggravate anyone they choose or perhaps more innocently, a range of IPs was blocked and yours happens to fail into that range. Reboot your modem and try again. Rebooting will with many ISPs, give you a new IP.
I think I've been blocked from the arboristsite. I have no idea why, as I only posted a few times. Can some email the moderators or give me the email address for the moderators so i can check? Thanks again
thanks for looking it up for me. My computer will not go to that site. Keep getting Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage message. I'll email them and see if they can help. Thanks Again
There is no automatic right to "free speech" on the internet except for the possible exception of usenet. An owner of a website can establish any rules they want. It's their servers and their bandwidth that they are paying for so they can set the rules.
Maybe you should contact your internet service provider. On ocassion I couldn't get to a specific site and a simple email to my provider fixed the issue.
I agree with what you said davefr, which is why I worded my statements that way. I did not say they had no right to do what they do, but how I and others perceive the policy.
I emailed arborist a long time ago and I wasn't banned according to the admin. My computer just won't go to that site. I've tried just about everything short of emailing my internet provider. I've giving up trying to access it.
Mark, I tried the racesaws link. It seems you can't read anything unless you sign up. Is that right or am I messing it up somehow? I would rather read a little and see if I want to join before i sign up. I could preview the Arborsite though, there is lots of chainsaw info there, more than i am qualified to understand, lol
Unless you adore Stihl, don't borther with Aboristsite!!! Stihl can do no wrong there!!! I hardly go there at all, you know your answer before you ask.
I have started going there again after a couple of years but stay right out of the b***ching and name calling. One of the worst offenders seems to have disappeared so it is more civil for the most part.
Arboristsite will do almost anything to gain and retain users and sponsors... including banning anyone who threatens their popularity. I'm including a link to their policies webpage.
Racesaws.com has almost the opposite philosophy - if a person is really interested in the site he or she will register.
My philosophy rests somewhere in between. I run a forum for owners of a certain sailboat (yahoo group), yet in the welcome message when people register I give a link to a real message board that uses forum software and has more features. I allow read access to everyone, and only require registration to avoid spam posts.
It is a boring site. Nothing but saws......correction......nothing but Stihl saws. Everyone prob each other's ego up. I did not get banded but just don't go there much anymore.
Last time I went there to ask a question about blowers, most came back telling me to get BR600 and how good it is. Well I read tons of complains about dropping valves/valve seats. I got my Maruyama blower and quit going there all together.
yungman, the majority there are tree guys, and the forum with the most activity is chainsaws. If you want blower advice, I'd recommend looking elsewhere. You have your own biases too. I've seen plenty of posts negating your negatives of the BR600, but not nearly the number of negative reviews of the BR00 to support your views. Then again, I am not currently actively searching for blower info. I don't go to the landscaper forums very often.
Alot of folks there run Stihl but there are quite a few Husky runners also. Solo, Efco, Dolmar/Makita, old saws (Pioneer, Homelite, etc.) get some traffic also. I just looked at the chainsaw forum first page. Threads were 7 Stihl, 2 Husky, 2 Echo, 1 Shindaiwa, 2 Jonesred, 1 McCulloch, 1 Pioneer. I'd say that is not too bad.
If you are not into chainsaws and want to convince everyone that they made a wrong choice with what they run, then you probably won't enjoy the site.
I certainly do not think the site is perfect but it is one of my favorites, but then again, I really get into chainsaws and climbing. I certainly wouldn't expect a landscaper or forestry forum to as finely focused on my topic interests as Arboristsite.
Actually I am convinced the Stihl Chain saws are very good, hack all their 2 cycles are very good!!! I should clarify to say that because those guys love their Stihl saws, they automatically give opinion that all the other Stihl stuff are good. I agree all the Stihl 2 cycle stuff are good, like BR420 is bullet prove. I just question the 4Mix blowers. Even the 4Mix trimmers seemed to be ok. Go read in lawn site.
Wow I guess a lot has changed over at arborist. I agree when I went over to that site, there was a bias towards stihl. I think every site has a particular favorite brand that gets constantly recommended.
The thing I keep in mind is that if someone has a problem with a particular model, everyone who has a problem with the same model will post too so it seems its a huge issue, but in reality only a few people out of hundreds or thousands have had issues with that model. Its not just limited to one brand either. I also have to remind myself when I visit these forums is that, I don't know the poster, how he treats his machines, how he uses it, how he maintains it etc. I keep that in mind when I'm researching something. I've gone to lawnsite and see both stihl and echo get thrown under the bus because of the problems they have had, but then their are tons of post praising the same machines. To each his own I guess.
I did a lot of reading before I bought my bp. I agree with your accessment that one people post a problem, others start to pile up on it.
The thing that raise my concern on BR600 are the number of threads that started about the problem people encounter, so it is not a pile up syndrome. Also the issue that other brands have are mainly more minor issue. For the BR600, most of them are drop valves jamming onto the piston that require changing the complete engine. I don't think that limit to the first production units only, people still post same problem with the newer units...In multiple forums.
There are other brand like Shindaiwa EB8510 that have quite a bit of issues, but never required a new engine!!! And Shindaiwa is coming out with EB8520 to replace the 8510 only 2 to 3 years after EB8510 came out to resolve the issues, and even come out with EB802 as an insurance. But Stihl seems to be business as usual.
There come a point of time that one start to say....Wow, there is a real problem with this.
Strict? I had a big argument twice over there with some popular guys, I did not get ban!!! I just don't go there anymore. Last time I went there was to ask about a blower because even they are saw guys, they do have a huge membership, so someone must have something to say.
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