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One fine day I hope to be able to show some pics of the house.

Good Morning Everyone.

Job hunting really starts when we get back from Crete in a little over two weeks.

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Oright Peter. I'm listening to radio 4 about the Russian war I am convinced there will be an announcement soon about your next project 👍😂

Morning guys

Morning All. Danny's funeral this morning and it ain't my thing, too emotional. "If" is one of the readings and I'll weep. Be good and go home safe. Day, Man, Hill.

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Morning all . As Ron said a bit cooler . Have a good one .

Morning all, Temperature looking comfortable today. Day 2 ash dismantle. Got crown off yesterday, now pull the trunk and upper limbs over, cut up, clean up, and put the bill in. Hope your day goes well.

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@Ledburyjosh Yes, all good points you make there.. The MDL unit does have an adjustable feed speed, with stress control. It also has the advantage of driven tracks (with a slightly counter intuitive hand-control system, I found). Weighing in at 480 kgs, this is crucial ! I inspected it at their yard today, but didn't have space to bring any branches, to properly test it out.. 🙄 I spoke to a Scottish commercial owner/user who rates his machine well. I'm hoping to try/use/hire a machine in Preston, if all goes well. The machine is pretty much identical to the Oshai tracked chipper, but less than half the price.. It's also sold directly into the Japanese market too.

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I did a few lifty and dead branches and some epicormic with it on first. Lack of vision annoying and you want the top of the bar for the really frizzy bits. You don't want to backbar heavily though. It's rough and it throws the chain if you haven't got the sidecover tight.

So did I, after a period of learning how it behaves. It opens up the possibility of deeper cuts and undercuts. None of my other chainsaws have guards. Be careful and keep other limbs well away.

You’ve taken the guard off you maniac!

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Took the plunge. Dead handy.

I would email Courant and see what they say.

The supplier confirms that it's an spLIFE splice, which answers the original concern with the slim eye. I asked some further questions about how they're able to offer such a splice, even with a certification mark, but the conversation fell apart, maybe due to language issues. They said that the splice was done according to the "instructions for the Squir rope". Dunno if it means there's some sort of special use or licensing of the spLIFE method for Courant ropes. Not sure where this leaves me with the eye; I'll probably not use it.

I have a Stovax Stockton 8 and noticed that the fire wouldn't shut down if you shut all the dampers and put it down to the stove meeting the latest regs. Not being able to gain full control of the stove bugged me so I set about working out where the air was getting in and traced it to the top damper so I made a plate to reduce the air entering the front of the top damper and got the stove working as I wanted it. I can now shut down the stove and subdued the burn as you should be able to do.

Yes, I managed it eventually, but it had spun very slightly and it was very tight, but a little patience and persistence won the day. thanks.