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Wordle 1,636 3/6 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Very apt.

Watched all this crap up in Scotland for years now, Sturgeon and the Greens were mad for it. Pure lunacy and anyone supporting it should be seeking help.

Think @Mick Dempsey 's tip to use a 4mm file, works ok at the start and much easier than the recommended 3.2 which is really bendy.

Seems like there would have been so many scrapped 261 for crankshaft around a few years ago, maybe there's still one under a bench somewhere you could swap all the bits? My 261 still running so you can't have my starter yet.

Yup....unless you do it manually, don't bother trying with an approved grinder like we have in the workshop.....takes too much meat off in a pass, so at the end of it you may get one more sharpen out a chain thats needs its first sharpen after dulling off...plus the locking guide on the machine is quite proud, so you actually take a knick out of the guide with the wheel on its way down to meet the cutting tooth edge. For that reason we don't bother offering a sharpening service for 1/4" chain. Either sharpen it manually yourself or replace as and when with new..they're not dear

The flywheels are different between the standard recoil and the c-be 'soft starter' which like you say, should never be dropped started due to the twin recoil spring system. Probably no help , but the part number for the standard recoil starter flywheel is 1141 400 1200, and the complete standard recoil starter to fit it, is part number 1141 080 2104. Ironically you CAN buy the outer recoil housing without the guts of it, only for the standard recoil system, but NOT for the CB-E soft start (twin spring recoil) Part number for the soft starter flywheel is 1141 400 1202, and part number for the complete soft starter recoil assembly ready to bolt straight on is part number 1141 080 2103, with a rrp of of just the starter alone is (wait for it.....) £144.00 inc vat!!

Better than a TR8? Genuinely in the market and looking at all options

Im in the market for a Lucas or a Peterson. Ive messaged about this Lucas but if you have the details regarding the Peterson Id appreciate it.

Haha , no , but they are a good chipper.

Josh, Can't you get anywhere near it, using a Quad/scrambler/Off-road scooter type thing instead, perhaps with panniers or a crate strapped on ? Might be more fun than a sweaty walk with a rucksack full of gear and sandwiches.. 🤔

Have you negotiated a commission with the old firm?

Yup on the tablet unless you like the finished wine slightly fizzy or petillant as us buffs call it😂

If anyone still thinks our judiciary and tribunal process are sane they need to look at the tribunal decision for the nurse in Fife (Sandie Peggy). If you don’t know the case she was disciplined for objecting to a man in the female changing rooms at work. The judgement stated that there is no evidence that a man in a woman’s only space is any more of a threat to a woman than a woman would be. Here is a verbatim quote “In our view, having read all the documents, there is very far from sufficient reliable evidence to establish as a fact that a trans woman who is legally and biologically male is a greater risk to any person assigned female at birth within a changing-room environment at a workplace than another woman assigned female at birth” What planet do they live on?

GreenMech EVO205 ? Fixed track , SafeTrack or SureTrack ?

Apart from that, how do they chip compared to an ST8 for instance? The forsts chip very well from my experience, only let down by the build quality.

I also use those round Courant ones. The Stein cube folds itself if there is a puff of breeze in the next county, then it pushes a rod through the webbing after 10 minutes. I've never had a favourite throwline. I hate them all! Especially that "sushi' line. I bought that because I thought it would be twice as good because it's twice as expensive. It's twice as hateful.

Fekin strong bourbon and coke. Shite day at work.

I agree. I had a V6 Ranger at GreenMech and that was a better ride and more/smoother power delivery and a great gearbox. The Toyota is a tad agricultural but it works well enough. Ineos did tell me that fitting a taco wasn't doable which kind of kippered that idea of towing etc!

After a 8" tracked chipper, new. Any opinions, or suggestions ideally from recent use of new models. I ideally on build quality, performance, value and warranty/service

I have a 2010 MS261c non Motronic, non decompressor model, fitted with an easy start system which contrary to a lot of views I'm ok with as I have a few Dolmar / Makita saws fitted with easy start system so used to them. However I bought this saw recently from a tool dealer who used it himself for a while. When I went to look at the saw he drop started it a few times which is the best way to damage them! Anyway I went through the saw to repair / service anything required and when I took the starter housing off the pull start bits fell out! The very end of the shaft which the easy tart bits are fitted has a circlip and this end piece of the shaft has broken off. Question is, what is involved in replacing the easy start housing with a standard start housing? Is it just housing swap? is the flywheel the same?. A replacement easy start housing is a bit pricey, second-hand ones are not that common.

I used an A 550 extensively ( not tracked but road tow ) and the only thing that pissed me off slightly was that sometimes bits of brash ( mostely connie ) used to get stuck under the right hand floating spigot of the top roller . ( RH as you look into the rollers ) This could usually be cleared by wanging a big log through but iff not hit the stop button when a log is part way through and the top roller will be lifted up and you could dig it out with a flat blade screw driver or similar .

Got the Swazi jacket through, seems nice, fits well... not rained at work once since it's come! Thanks for the recommendations

These double cab trucks all seem like they tow well, until you tow with something better. My Ineos Grenadier hauls 3.5 ton like it's not there, but even new defender/disco/range rover, cayenne V8tdi, American pickups as mentioned.... you go back to the 4pot trucks and it's no competition

I know that Lucas mill, had a lot of new parts thrown at it about 10years ago. Should be a good mill for someone.