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Thanks for the update....I think. Yup, loose ends are never good but in your case.....😬 I hope you find a more reliable way to cut wood...perhaps a trained, tame woodworm👍 I would say beaver but on a Saturday night, this lot may get excited!!

You should be able to find cheap grab as they are not that powerful machine, even a cheap Chinese one may do.

I think it may be Mendiplogs from his spelling...sorry Jon if you are reading.

I'm looking to buy a used mid-range chainsaw for very occasional use when visiting my parents. It doesn't have to be the MS036 (or MS360/361), but it should definitely have more power than the MS 261. I'm also considering something like the MS 038 or the MS 044 (MS440/441). Ideally I'm looking for a chainsaw that is easy/inexpensive to repair and with lots of aftermarket parts still available. This is the reason why I'm leaning a bit more towards the older models such as 036/038/044, but maybe this assumption is wrong and I would be better off buying a used MS360/361 or 440/441. Many thanks in advance for any suggestions !

Removing the maple because it might get honey fungus would be like killing yourself because you might die one day.

Just goes to show what burning wet wood can do.

Looks like Honey Fungus to me, the ring on the stipe says so to me. The mushrooms are the fruiting bodies of the various fungul mycellium in the soil. Normally the honey fungus will attack its host and then move on and I regularly see it around dead stumps at this time of year. I think the advice of leave the Maple and see is the best advice as otherwise you are removing a tree that may or may not become the host of the honey fungus. That is my opinion. I am sure others will have something to say on the matter.

Ah the pics of Meripilus don’t look like what we had.

Blowing like a steam train without the spark arrestor

It looks more like Meripilus giganteus to me

Sadly not the case. The driver is always liable for the safety and roadworthiness of the vehicle. Towbars are not included in the MOT test except for 13-pin sockets (but not the earlier 7-pin) which bizarrely are tested.

Can anyone please confirm this is honeyfungus? And could you advise… 15 months ago three Burches had to be taken down from this space due to root rot. This month this fungus has appeared on the stumps. You can see there is a big beautiful maple still standing. Do we leave it and wait-and-see? Removing the stumps would disturb the roots of the maple a couple of tree surgeons have confirmed they wouldn’t be happy to remove the stumps. One says take the tree down so that the fungus has nothing to feed on and the other says Watch and wait as it’s a lovely tree and it would be better off dying for honeyfungus than being taken down just in case. I would love your thoughts. We have lots of other trees and shrubs in the garden all of which look healthy at the moment. There is also a liquidambar which we planted earlier this year to replace the birches. It is looking very sad, but then it was a very, very hot summer and it seemed to have an ‘false autumn.’ All your thoughts are very welcome! I am just hoping you all advise the same thing 🤣

Webb are NOT a manufacturer. It is now a name owned by Handy garden machinery who are a distributor. They purchased the Webb name from Bosch over 10 years ago, who owned it back then (Bosch also owned the Qualcast and Atco names. The Qualcast name was purchased by the group that owns Homebase and Argos, and the Atco name was also purchased by the Handy group. The tooling rights and production stock of the then Atco and Qualcast cylinder mowers, were sold off without the brand names to Allett, who now market the old Atco Qulacast cylinder mowers as their own products) to put on stickers that they could attach on cheap chinese imported landfill machines- they aren't even made to their specification, just whatever they can buy that can be painted Webb green and carry a sticker. Their products are no better than anything you buy at toolstation, b&q, argos or screwfix, although if you need spares you may have slightly better chance with a Webb then a titan or any other shite makes they peddle, and Handy did at least import some spares with these machines- and they are pretty generic.

^ Said the man in the orthopedic shoes.

Well, Spud, you complain when threads stop and you never find out the end of the story although in my case you were probably happy to see the back of me. The saw had a couple of years of light use. I had to spray a bit of fuel on the airfilter to get it to take off but it seemed okay otherwise. Then I couldn't restart it when it got hot. Compression was down to 120psi. I took off the cylinder but really couldn't see any further damage. I put the wte1 carb on the super and got it to start and cut a bit of timber but I couldn't keep the revs down. It wanted to go up to 14000 and if I richened up the mix on H so much that it didn't the saw bogged in the cut.13k is the max for this saw. The bar is only 14" so that would encourage higher revs. After that even though the saw still had compression and strong spark I couldn't get it to fire even by squirting fuel into the cylinder or the airfilter. I think I flooded it but after trying to drain everything out it still wouldn't fire. I had enough. I put everything back together, the wte1 on the super, a wt194 on the non-super with the chinese cylinder which got the compression up to 140psi. That started no problem but couldn't tune it. Both sold off cheap now. They will either be the best or the worst thing he's ever bought. I'm going to buy an echo cs-310 for cutting branches and small trees. It will be fine for light use and I'll know what I have, namely new oem parts assembled properly in a factory instead of worn out used parts in combination with new dodgy chinese parts (because the oem ones are unavailable or too god damn expensive) all shoved together by myself hoping that they work and STAY working. THE END!

The Andrew’s are great boots. The Meindle are a bit hit and miss these days or so I hear. I have used both, 4 pairs of Airstreams and for the last eight years (since I moved to Norway) I have had 2 pairs of Andrew’s. In need of a new pair now as the mid sole has started to perish a bit.

That’s awful, Iain. Really sorry to hear about that. Keep an eye out on Facebook Marketplace and eBay for anything matching your list. Hope you get some leads soon and the gear turns up.

With free burn holes, too. You may have more luck if you get a patch sewn over the damage.. it will catc and rip on bramble otherwise. When I started I was given a pair of medium Arbortec's that have always been far too small for me, waist fits but the legs too skiny, nearly new with a single 1p sized burn hole. Solidur have type A class 1's for £65 upto £180. Unsure from reading the listing what the difference is. I'm sure the more expensive are more comfortable and a better fit perhaps. The cheaper ones dont have a phone pocket. I couldnt see any other brand with class 3 but Solidur do them. Andrew's, mine have been durable. Perhaps not the best, but always kept my feet dry.

No idea, this was 5 years ago. The hospital tested me for loads of things, but all came back negative

Ooh no, Mr Dempsey, no. Merely someone who can't understand why we're all telling him to spend thousands of pounds on Professional gear, or get the professionals in. That's because he hasn't yet been there, done that, and got the T- Shirt, like we all have. Someone in another sphere once asked me how I knew all the things NOT to do? That would be Experience.

Right Jimmy, first of all, put out a request on Facebook or use Google. You are looking for lads who advertise " Garden Clearance". Try to pick a reputable one, that won't tip the resultant waste three streets away as they leave. Let me tell you a story about machinery, and a man with a lot to learn. Once upon a time, I was made redundant, and having set aside a sum of money for the purpose, I went to a reputable Stihl dealer to buy a Kombi unit. Negotiations went well, until the salesman asked me what I intended to do with the machine. " Why, earn money of course "says I. Salesman immediately refuses to sell me the machine. Informs me that despite bearing the legend of a Professional brand, this is the Domestic model, and not designed for me to beat the living daylights out of it in a concerted fashion. I will thus break it quickly, and come back and yell at him for selling me something unfit for purpose. He then sold me the Pro model, for £100 more, but he was totally and absolutely right. Thus began a relationship with that dealer still going today. Hawksmoor, Titan and other brands sold by Screwfix, Toolstation, B&Q and the rest are one of two things. 1) A lottery. A good one will last far longer than it has a right to do, and repay you well. I had a £20 9" angle grinder which endured years of abuse until I got a Stihlsaw. A bad one will refuse to start out of the box/second time you use it. The reviews on the sites will reflect this. 2) Disposable. Bought for one off jobs which you will never do again, and as long as it last long enough to finish the task, you've saved hundreds of pounds over hiring a professional, or buying an expensive piece of kit. Tears come to my eyes when I realise that one of my Kombi tools has cost me a thousand, yes a thousand pounds. Love it to bits though. ( And for those who haven't done the sums yet, in round numbers, just short of £500 for the big battery Kombi, £350 for the battery in it, and £150 for the bit you then screwed into it ). Believe me, if I could get away with £150 from Toolstation, I would do. Draw your own conclusions.

I was happy with V6 Ranger - better mpg than the previous 5 and 4 cylinder units. Simple adage for purchases, buy the best you csn afford! They are all a bit of the same tbh and you'll not get a 4x2 crew cab either! Trucks are such an emotive subject, so asking for subjective answers or examples would be better. Also think about maintaining this purchase - who is local to you and can they look after it for you?

Apart from that the socket and lights must all work there is only a legal requirement that a telltale in the cab must work in unison with the indicators, to show the bulbs are working, isn't there. I do wonder how they current sense?

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