All Activity

Exactly. Thanks for that. I knew that briefing was happening sometime, (only because James Rebanks happened to mention it), but I don't recall it being covered in the media anywhere. I believe that this stuff should be front and centre of the national news: the impact that Climate Breakdown is having on food security. Here, and globally. Also, governments should listen and act on this kind of advice. Similarly with the National Food Strategy that Henry Dimbleby wrote a couple of years ago, which now seems to have been largely forgotten about. There's not a lot that's more important than food. Air and water, but they're goosed as well.

Resist that kind of nonsense. Get the manufacturer to show you it. Stick the brochures up their noses and show them the door, centurion. Treat them very roughly.

I’m guessing he’s wondered into a shop somewhere and the salesman has settled it for us, by telling him “what saw is best” for our intrepid hero.

I wish you all the best, and can assure you that it's possible to carry on after such things. Mind you, they did open me up and stick five new bits of piping in that they salvaged from my leg. The good news is that they sent me out with a ten year unlimited mileage warranty. 🙂

Wordle 1,635 4/6 🟨⬜⬜🟨🟩 🟨⬜⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟨🟨🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Well I think people can vote with their pocket. Imo the Jensen was a better machine and had always been well regarded. The forst although similar was cheaper but came with the added bonus of more breakdowns, could I say a Citroen Vs a Mercedes, would that be a good comparison? Mind you I haven't used any recent Jensens.

I heard about an expensive one the other day. A fire broke out in a cornfield, and a big posh tractor was sent with a set of discs or similar to create a fire break. Basically, the machine decided it was too hot, and for safety, it needed to shut itself down totally. Not really the best course of action. The one that really irks me is on the forklifts and similar when you overload the lift, and it locks up. Why doesn't it let you lower the boom to release the overload?

Think I need to purchase a next generation of chipper.

Always the problem with these types of questions the world over, what does "best" mean to the OP - is the saw for personal use, perhaps cutting to length split firewood, 6' from a power supply, or does he want to use it professionally. Though from the answers above, and the £600 budget there are only a coupe of choices. Perhaps need the OP to come back with more info what the intended use is to go from there. I doubt now that they will be back though, been too long ignoring the thread.

Okay, serious from the off here. I pretty much agree entirely with you. I have an MS 250 that I have hated from day one. Unless it's my son, or his boss that's the hire/borrow saw. If it dies, I wouldn't shed many tears, it owes me nothing. Re newer saw reliability, well I really don't expect my current ones to even come close to matching my 0 series for lifespan, it's the nature of the beast. As for what the OP should buy, he's had every recommendation from £50 to £1500 ( well he would have done, if I'd suggested the MSA 300 as a battery saw )! 🤣 🤣 One of us must be right!

It looks like a Pholiota, possibly Pholiota squarrosa the Shaggy Scalycap

The problem with battery stuff is theres little to no warning before it stops working. Its like a light bulb you can have it lit all day, then next it will fail....no warning. This is what i am finding with pro users who are starting to realise that is very much the case. At least with a petrol machine there is a degree of pre warning there is an issue before it finally packs up meaning the issue can potentially be addressed overnight before another 8 hours of work the next day.

I have one from my daughter that packed up for just the reason discussed above, I recharged it but it had lost a lot of capacity and is not much use other than the usb port now. I think they all have pouch cells rather than cylindrical ones as these have a higher discharge current but shorter life. The silly thing is I advised her to buy a cheap lead acid one as her's was an EV that kept discharging the 12V battery, so it wouldn't start, it only needed to produce 12V and a small current to close the contactor on the main battery. Eventually sorted with a firmware upgrade, hence it just got left in the glove box for 3 years. Her new EV (MG4) just came to a halt in traffic and put itself into park before disconnecting everything, no warning. Had to be manually released and towed off. Turns out it was a temperature sensor in the heater circuit reading high. I remember the days when you had an oil pressure light, a temperature gauge and a charge warning light on before the car was not driveable.

The tree is only a problem if it is a risk. Or offensive to the eye. Otherwise it is and will incresingly be good habitat for bug and birds. A good topping mught leave it safe for a few years, but will accelerate its decline, even if it appears to reinvigrate it temporarily. It might then be possible to leave it to disintegrate slowly and safely. Might be an idea to plant a replacement (I suggest Claret Ash) behind it to get it established for the future.

I bought a fairly expensive battery jump pack (fairly large Noco one). Doesn't work. Smart shit is mostly shit.

Good post @kram. It's a bit like smart chargers for a car battery won't work if the battery is profoundly flat so you have to kickstart it with another good battery across the terminals. There is a good reason for this and that is the electrolyte in a lithium cobalt battery is flammable, if there is a fault in the circuit the charging current heats a cell up until it ignites the electrolyte. I recover batteries that have been left too long by opening them up and using a usb charger attaching it with small magnets one cell at a time.

Was the battery left outside or very cold by any chance? Maybe try bringing into the warmth for a while before charging.

Good chance this overpopulated islnd will not find food to import in the next 50 years

I was going to be a little more optimistic and say that we don't need to fight for more than three days. We'd run out of food after that.

I ordered (Karona) direct from Swazi NZ and it arrived in 4 days. I did get shafted with import tax though, which made it £40 more than the UK price!

we need to consider the unthinkable - build more shelters, get our people in secretly under cover of darkness, then launch a pre-emptive strike.