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there is a film out 'House of Dynamite' or something - a nuke is spotted in the Pacific coming for Chicago, multiple attempts to shoot it down fail. One actor has the line ' it's like trying to shoot a bullet with a bullet' we don't need to be able to fight more than 20 minutes if there's a real war next time

Thanks for info. I will try to take in what you suggested, electrics are not my thing but I'll have a go.

When i think back 21 year's ago when we had the twins I was knackered all the time as I had my son and the wife had my daughter in seperate bedrooms so they didn't keep waking each other up. Mr daughter had a cry like someone scrapped a blackboard with their nails, gives me the shivers now 😆

Assuming the battery has no warranty, batteries can usually be recovered. Lithium cells like to burn if not used properly so this takes some care. Do it in a fireproof, dry place. AP200 is a 20 cell, 10 series 2 parallel battery, 10x 2.5Ah cells in series to get 36v, two rows of 10 in parallel to get 5Ah. The first check is using a multimeter on the + and - tabs, what is the overall battery voltage? Chargers usually refuse to charge cells that have dropped below about 1.5v. With the battery opened up, the next check is how well it is balanced - check each pair and note it down. If any are below 1.5v they need to be charged slow, at 100mA or so. Buy a cheap RC charger - few go up to 10 cells so you will have to individually charge every pair, or you could charge 5 pairs at a time with balance leads. Once its recovered it should charge normally on the stihl charger.

blue Skys here then passing heavy showers, boys have a dead wood job in a sheltered woodland with coffee and warmth every 1.5 hours. needs must! I was a zombie yesterday but back feeling energised today.

Why not get the Swazi Karona? karona has the hi vis and skirt.

I’m tipping honey fungus. Something looked different though. I’ll check for the bootstraps

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Birthday Bruce Bonus.

No expert of course, but looks a lot like honey fungus. Previosly topped lombardies are usually rotten and hollow after a short while anyway.

Can anyone identify the species growing at the base of height reduced Lombardy Poplars please?

If you really want to make as sure as you can be that the decay is as bad as it looks find a consultant with some decay detection equipment such as a Resistograph or even better sonic tomography such as a Picus. The consultant can then write a tree report and recommend a course of action which may involve felling, or pollarding or retention of a spar for habitat, neither of which look "ugly" imho. From the photos you've posted it doesn't look great, but if you're willing to spend ~£500 for a detailed report you will have the best information available. The last thing you want is to condemn it only to find with the last few cuts that it was viable for a good few years more.

I have a Stihl MSA200c cordless chainsaw, was used 6 months ago and charged up fine no issues. Had a couple of jobs to do which required a cordless saw, battery showed no lights even though battery, a AP200, was left with approx 75% charge when put away. On connecting the charger (AL101) lights up solid green for 3 seconds or so then goes quickly to red, then al lights go out. The Stihl service info I've read does not mention this code situation. Any ideas? New batteries are horrendous cost so trying to recover this one. I have many saws so not stuck for an alternative but find this one very useful for jobs it's designed for. @mark-skyland?

It's normally in the track motor, the feed only goes to half the pistons in high speed, so doubling the rpm and halving the torque. The trouble with increasing the pump capacity is that everything downstream has to be capable of taking the extra flow, pipes, spools and motors, else the oil gets too hot. and of course the motor and spools have to be rated for the increased flow. I had this problem to deal with on a machine my predecessor had had built and he had just added an oil cooler which didn't solve anything really. I found the spool valves for tracking the Forst too coarse and sudden compared with the Jensen and Greenmech tracked machines but we had the first two tr6s I think.

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Remove, grind and replant with an Albizia.

As Steve says above, I wouldn’t put my name to anything other than a full removal there I’m afraid.

Morning all, Stayed home yesterday as rain was pretty heavy. Sunny and mild for next three days. Stay safe y’all.

Looks pretty goosed. Topping it might well make it safe enough to stand up for a couple more years, however you’ll just be left with an ugly tree and 2 bills to pay. One for the pollard and a second one for its inevitable removal down the line . On the flip side if you fell it now, those couple more years you might have been able to enjoy it for can be used to establish a replacement for you to enjoy for many years to come. Fell it now while the firewood is still half decent

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After going to order a Swazi, It seems the Swazi Huron Jacket is out of stock in most mid sizes and has been since last winter as I went to order one then too.. I wander if its stopped being made?

I moved in a month ago and was suspicious of the tree health of my ash I've had someone to look at it and it appears the tree base is rotten I can put my arm up inside the trunk. I am devastated at the thought of having to cut it down. One person said they could pollard the top to take the stress out of the trunk and it might give me a couple if years. The other guy said she to the fact he can get his arm up the centre and it's all soft and rotten it is best to fell it. I am devastated. Note I didn't add the hoop or the electrics around the base.

Morning all. Delayed start this morning, bleary eyed after a late finish on emergency stuff. Nothing exciting came in unfortunately. Don't imagine there'll be much more to come, the forecast is for gusting mid 40's today. Less rain expected thankfully. Have a good one folks.

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Any one think that the taking the worst bits of a jenson and combining it with their worst bits and making a Forst had anything to do with the decline ?