Today's Posts

I'm liking that idea a lot.

The background is that I have a Countrax ride on mower and lost the key. Improvised with a screw driver in desperation and finally got round to buying a new key holder. The new key holder was differently wired. To cut a long story short I managed to put the wrong wire on the wrong terminal with the result that I got smoke coming out of the top of the engine where the starter motor goes round. See photo. The smoke lasted for about at most 10 seconds probably less when the batter was quickly disconnected. Tried to start it again (more in hope than expectation) and not surprisingly it is dead as a dodo. Now I am an old motorcycle guy and am not familiar with a more modern engine that probably has PCBs and my suspicion is that I have blown something serious... but what? is it the insulation on a copper coil of some sort? (I think not) so what caused the smoke to stop the engine firing ? Where will I find a "Haines" type manual to work out how to take the cowling etc off and get to the working parts of the engine? Yrs aye. Chris George

Myself and @Mark Bolam sounding like a broken record……. Kirkland commercial truck bodies in Stoke. About 1:45 from Sheffield- 01782 327700

What is the value of the 'free' advertising that this unit would give you I wonder? If it creates a days work every other month just from the signage then does that make it worth it? Am as above, UK security is an issue... but most of the guys round here have their yards / containers in out of site (ie cheaper) location, end of lanes type of thing... if you are happy using the garage still, keep the van in there with the small tools, and the big stuff in the unit (anything apart from the small machines really - ropes and harnesses can hang in the unit to dry) - and have the unit as the base, drive there in the mornings with all the tools safe still with the van? Till you know if you are likely to have a problem

There's going to be a headline saying TRUMP STEALS HEART OF GOLD before he's out in 2029. I had to look up when he's out. His second term only started in January this year! It feels longer.

Not the dreaded mech🤣

Possibly purposeful. Anyone who spotted it will soon be approached by a man with an umbrella, who remarks that the pigeons in Alexanderplatz are hungry this year.

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History is repeating itself with Trump stealing the Venezuelan oil tankers on a made up idea that they are funding drug trafficking into the US - war mongering on an unproven thought. Same with him blowing up small dinghies blaming them for an international drugs trade, no proof, no trial, no evidence, just attack - an act of war... all on a hunch. History repeating itself over the control of oil.

Morning all, Small local job this morning, should be fairly quick. Just as well by the look of the sky.

You should check the numbers stamped on the side of the existing bearing or the race. Most Timberwolf 125 trailers from that year use standard AL-KO or Knott axles, but the sizes can vary.

One has to ponder, if ai has taken lyrics, in this case from 50 cent, who I agree is quite the wordsmith, and simply rehashed it perfectly into another musical genre or style, and done it very well, how is it we don't get the same level of expertise? instead of the same pathetic loop of nonsense that doesn't address any problem associated with a simple courier delivery. I'm not sure giving a glorified synthesiser endless powers to manipulate and infect other avenues of humanity is a good thing.

Pipe has been shortened but a 12oz does not fit well in 38mm pipe, it really wants to be the less common 42mm pipe. Instead I'm 3d printing the tube. Looking at a tree tomorrow and hopefully suitable to test it out. hmm?

Just like an unusually healthy, well-grown, dense, hawthorn hedge should do ! AND even better for nesting birds, small mamals and invertebrates. ALSO, highly resistant to straying livestock, humans and out-of-control cars, etc -I can report a Land-rover Discovery was impaled up on my (layed) roadside hedge, and was unable to get out, until my neighbour arrived with his chainsaw and massacred the hedge ! 🤨

A bastardisation of a 50 cent hip hop album called get rich or die trying. Ran through an AI song generator in a 50/60’soul style. Sounds amazing and makes you realise that 50 cent was actually quite the wordsmith.

Here, they will give you a clean beer glass, but soft drinks from a can or bottle you can keep it - suspect it is the danger of everyone getting monkey pox

Same the world over though, young and keen can get the job done through energy alone, age and slowing down but years of experience can get the job done just as quick - all physical professions really - but there is a point in them all where the body has slowed down too much to make you - was going to say 'profitable' for want of a better word... but that point is different for us all.

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I was going to say I haven't had one of these completely stripped down but pullers are generally your friend pulling any bits apart but the ball joint splitters look good.

Thanks Mark. It would be good to see what you can find out.

We adapted one of our home-made post punners, adding a return bracket, to stop half-round posts from twisting, while being driven. Quite good for holding any type of post though. Cost: just half an hour, with a stick welder!

Thanks. The 300's should provide full power. If its anything like the Stihl MSA 300 it will only hit about 5,000 RPMs with a standard battery.