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**************** me you are going back to 2022 to try and get a gotcha moment eh 😂😂 I wasn’t aware Trump had gone to war Mark ?? and quite frankly his warnings about the weakness of NATO and EU with Germany in particular were sadly ignored but true nonetheless.

Where I see lots of benefit in AI is beuracracy. If you think of civil servants who work for HMRC, DWP, D of E, and many others, replace these with far fewer humans (presumably AI will need oversight for a long time, maybe always) and use the money saved to actually improve public services. Get rid of 1000 people at D of E and employ 1000 extra teachers for example.

I have used a scag flail mower extensively on national park footpaths, have got them over some tricky terrain and lost many flails in the process. The NP had some old scags that were 15years old, solid machines. They chopped them in for new ones which were 10k each and then had to pay extra for electric start. The build quality on the new ones was terrible. They replaced them with AS walk behind flail mowers and I was told they were a lot better. They are hard work, if it's dusty you get covered on dust! But they beat up material well. We used to hedge trim down each side of the footpath, this could be anything you could possibly get a hedge trimmer, then smash it all up with the scag, left a reasonable finish. Also used for cutting grass in car parks, it cut the grass well enough but was only when the zero turn was out of action. Gets a bit tedious stomping round after it all day and if it's undulating the handles rise and fall quite a lot which can wrench on your back. I mainly use a brush cutter now but would have a scag if a cheap one came up but they are never my sort of cheap.

Hope you disinfected your tools 😅

The first AI hedgelaying championship is due to take place in 105 years time. No overvolting

Glad I’ll be dead, or as good as. What is the point of life without work? What are we going to do all day, arts and crafts? Talk to the wife or some other fate worse than death. No harm in it for 10/15 years at the end when you’re old, but your whole life? You are what you do, you go to some sort of social gathering and as soon as you meet another bloke you find out what he does so you can judge him.

Not necessarily unemployed but more time available by letting the robots do stuff

Anyone on here using old vintage trucks,or ex wd type stuff as a useful addition to the operation? when I was younger I had an old J type Bedford with a Reynolds-Boughton 4x4 conversion, proved invaluable in many jobs, in a dumb moment I sold it and regretted it since, If I could find another I would have it, but due to the rarity I expect it would be hard find one I could reasonably afford. I am considering something similar to use just for my own use, and been looking for an Austin K9, or similar 4x4 truck. anyone thinking of selling one, give me a shout. cheers.

Just popped to Villandry to help out with a bit of hedgecutting and pollarding.

Remember that automation started around 200 years ago. Far less time globally is taken up with providing food and shelter than it was then. But our expectations have evolved. You might think that car manufacturing (as an example) would employ less people due to robots and automation. Wrong. More people work in car manufacture today than in 1960. Our needs and expectations have changed. We don’t yet know how things will evolve due to AI; but the fact that millions of jobs will be lost does not mean there will be millions unemployed!

I have ordered a couple of times. Not sure what feedback I can give other than the price was rather appealing and they arrived in swift order, pretty much all one can desire.

@Johnsond That aged well...

For who's interested, I finally got some time to strip the saw down and have a closer look at it. All the flexible fuel lines etc. were fine and on initial inspection so was all the wiring. It was only because I had dismantled the saw and the top handle assembly was hanging off the body did the problem show itself. The black wire coming into the handle had broken about an inch inside the sheath and the weight of the dangling handle pulled it out. Otherwise I'd have never spotted it. Luckily just enough wire left to solder the two halves together and it's running fine again. If the fix doesn't last I'll replace the loom but I surprised myself solving it, so I'm going to enjoy it while it lasts. Happy New Year!

Delicate. Lovely work mate.

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Great looking truck!!! Dunno if this is of help/interest?

Frosty here, just really got up. Tom has a visa application in for the USA, if he gets it, I'll sell up at Shepshed and Caz and I will live together! My only new years resolution! What's yours? Lie, Caver, Gin.

The St8p has been for sale Norway for a while now. The link below is to the Norwegian dealer but Bensin means petrol. Kraftig motor: 57 hk Kubota bensinmotor for stabil og effektiv drift. Först ST8P WWW.STUBBESERVICE.NO Denne flishuggeren er laget for å takle krevende oppgaver med en kombinasjon av styrke, fleksibilitet og...

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Check the pipe size to the spool valve, 1/2" or larger and don't use quick connections or compact 90s as they restrict the flow. Plus check the case return pipe is as large as possible, had an old Leyland with a 1/2" return, bored the nut out and made it 3/4" made lowering the loader less like watching paint dry as open circuit means your dumping into the returning high pressure oil.

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Tip on drive way no156 (next door to hairdressers)

So could by valve block for loader, seal going or plumbed up wrong (your tractor runs open centre if it plumb closed centre will make a difference) Would get someone to check flow rate at rear spool to rule out pump.