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We have both scag flail & rotary mowers , the flail is best on long grass that is only cut occasionally not as fast as a rotary, out front ride on with a flail deck is the best option better than a rear flail on a compact tractor ,faster and a better finish, as when you have the mower behind you flatten the grass with your wheels first , walk behind mower are good on slopes ,but takes it out of your legs after a full day ,

never before realised all the people who plant Trachs are tasteless idiots. Everyday a school day

Experience of the effect of unsympathetic groundworks? Almost daily, unfortunately. There's several issues here. What would be the adverse effects? If carport is just a roof on stilts, minor risk of a direct hit by a screwpile on a root. Deprivation of rainwater for a large section of roots. Proabbaly minor for a tree of that size. Ground water moves sideways to an extent. A solid concrete floor slab would make loss of rainwater much worse because of complete exclusion of water, compaction of soil, leaching of concrete and loss of gas exchange to roots. Firstly ignoring the TPO... If the neighbour is allowed to build a carport on his own land and it adversely affects the tree, it's your problem since your roots are encroaching on his land. Secondly if he builds it and the tree sheds a branch onto it, even if he knows it could happen, again it's your problem. You can't prevent him using his land lawfully as he sees fit just because your tree encroaches on his airspace. Both these could be countered weakly by arguments about reasonableness between neighbours, but in the end your tree has no right to be in his soil or airspace. No amount of time creates such a right. But with a TPO? If no planning permission is required, also no consent for tree works required. The test is therefore whether the works result in wilful damage or wilful destruction of the tree. If not, there is no statutory offence. It all comes down to what is meant by 'wilful'. Not 'careless' or 'reckless' or 'foreseeable'. Just 'wilful'. Does this mean premeditated, deliberate, intended? Grab your favourite dictionary, because the law will not answer this question for you. Personally as a native speaker of english I interpret it as requiring 'intent'. Others seem to want it to mean careless or 'should have taken advice first'. Again personally I feel the law should be changed to ' careless'. This would change the onus of proof in a way thats would reflect the spirit of TPOs. Whether at common law or TPO, I see a presumption in favour of the adjacent owner unless he is being deliberately difficult. He should do the least damaging thing, but proof of intent is mind-reading that even the courts rarely achieve.

The real muppets were the fools who knew what they were dealing with in regards to the Southport killer and refused to do anything about it. More than likely as a result of tip toeing around for fear of the well used and utterly irrelevant “ racism” slur.

not seen one anywhere as big but the young thin shoots are sunshoots and seem to be a way the stool manages itself with new growth as the older shoots go moribund. This is why it is so suited to coppice.

OK great, thank you.

That took me longer than wordle to work out!

Tommy Robinson Crusoe:

Praise where praise is due, Pete. That sounds lovely. A dewy English summer evening on a plate.

My Stihl seems to be leaking oil rather than putting it in the oil hole in the bar and onto the chain. I saw the chain give a puff of smoke last time I was using it so said I would investigate. See photos attached after a 1 min run test

Yeah I no bout the pressure switch it was more a picture of the filter housing il have a look tomorrow n change oil thanks mate for all ur help

Someone needs to get the Trumpet some new glasses, and possibly a nod that he is loosing his capacity to blag things:

Can anyone recommend a good trailer hitch lock?

Was it you that had the tree guards off me few years back Paul?

And none crime hate incidents!. No real laws behind that, just a politicised woke police force.

County Council are gods really bud, we've had them dictate, work only at night, only in winter and restrictions on times to avoid peak traffic!

Wet all day here so far. Much needed, it's the first proper rain in months. Blessed is the rain, (today)! Good mornings.

Drought maybe?

I know it sounds unlikely but you will not see play on the crank if the cages have gone because all the balls are still there, you do get vibration because the balls are no longer correctly spaced, you could bite the bullet and pull the seals out, you will then see the cages, they are easy enough to to remove ( they are within the bearing) however great care, and ideally special tools to replace them, both seals are the same on the later 560 but different on the early saw.

Who are you with your 15K posts and wot do you know about chainsaws anyway...?

Sorry to hear you are giving up on milling Mark. I hope you enjoy your new life.

£13/20kg bage, 2 for £25, 4 for £45. Collected yesterday.