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Trying to learn a bit more about how a pheasant shoot works beyond just turning up on a Saturday and shouting. A mate lent me this. Any other book recommendations? Instructional and short preferably. No need for lovely long stories of country life. More a manual.

I'm not convinced that's confined to the leftist politicians. Most politicians appear to be grifters, there's very few that stand out as trustworthy.

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Looks like the kind of industrial estate a chainsaw wholesaler would have a warehouse😅

Cheers bud, already enquired 👍

Just had a look at the engine (same) on my old Stiga, the coils are the other side of the engine to the starter motor and I can't really see how it could be incorrectly fed with current. What you described sounds more like a burnt out or seized starter motor, only a guess mind you.

Morning all, Lovely blue sky here. Chilly but no frost. Having my second/booster shingles vaccine this afternoon. First time gave me a sore arm. Happy Christmas Eve.

Indeed. Hasn’t he shown me.

They wont be genuine at 25 new. Unless its salvaged stock.

Its an interesting conundrum. Id say in the UK, fear of theft etc would deter companies from prominent 'yards'. Everywhere I worked when in the UK was hidden in an industrial area, or down a farm track, never outward facing signage. Here in Canada, theft is not an issue, but you never see big roadside advertising for tree firms, I do wonder if it would be helpfull though, put the company name in peoples heads. Truck signage however is very effective in my mind. I wouldnt know how France differs, Id be tempted to give it a go for a year maybe 2 and see, its only a lock up, not hard to move into and out of.

Used a Forst TR6 and TR8 both are great as usual an 8 inch machine is so much more productive at the expense of being easy to get into places. The vari track 8 inch forst maybe the quickest chipping machine I've used. I've seen a lot of broken forsts in my time though so I wouldn't get one. Greenmech 165 Evo I think is the best of the 230 size chippers. The 205 Evo on tracks is great but it feels like a big unit in the woods tracking about . Jenson 540 is again an slightly bigger than 6" but a great machine. The rocking track base for level is a bit crap Vs veritrsck. Dealer backup is shocking. Check out the greenmech it's great. The bigger timberwolf like the 280 have variable track speed which is a good send it you use it to go rough places. Not sure if it's an option on a 230 tracked as I've not used one.

Some very hard wood is best mixed with softwood or split a bit smaller, oak and laurel come to mind. As others have said, to test the wood correctly, take a big lump, split it and measure the centre. Looking at your picture again, it looks like a piece of some sort of palm...a bit weird.

VID_20251223_171601.mp4 A repeat client, newly retired from a caravan dealership where he worked as a fitter/mechanic, took these motors off a caravan that had been in an accident. In exchange for some tree work and firewood, I now don't need to pop a vein in my neck pushing 1000kg into my garage each evening. Yet to try it on grass but I've a job in January where we can give it a Wang. Just in case it doesn't work, my colleague will bring his 4x4 mower to tow it into place. It this proves successful, I'll look at a more beefed up jockey. I need to adjust a rubber air hose to give the control box under the hood more room. I'll also upgrade the battery for a higher capacity one. VID_20251223_155548.mp4 VID_20251223_121329.mp4

You can leave it alone; eventually, the adult insect emerges. If you’re curious, you could put it in a ventilated container and watch from a distance.

Yes . Since I was 5 or 6 years old . 😄

I am gonna try these next. i have had two pairs of Aku and got 7 years out of my first pair and on the 8th year in my second pair. Only used for pruning though. If the chainsaw boots last as long then they with be worth the extra coin. https://www.aku.com/en-nor/products/cimbra-gtx-orange-blue?srsltid=AfmBOopdBA-UpRC6WOaE4i21zuzx2Bl_ioJ_ynsDdj9-9wown9a_S2Z1yDA

Certainly is a sweet spot of a tree that a customer seems to be massive but you know it is an easy. Getting into those bigger trees I fancy are less profit and more hassle. Easy trees easy money, and plenty of energy left for lifting pints in the boozer, or in my case to do battle with children when I get home.

I have never spent more than £3600 on a tipper, now on my third truck in 13 years. First two tippers I just used three sheets of ply that I would fold up and tie with old rope at the start of the job. Very versatile set up as you could have you full bed back once tipped off and boards removed. Latest truck came with tool box/locker and a shonky drop side bed on the tipper chassis. I paid a local engineer to make me an aluminium high side body with barn doors had it made slightly narrower than standard body and it has definitely helped it fit in places I wouldn't have other wise. Cost £2500. Tipping gear was already present. Had three years out of it so far. Van engine is a little poorly but still limping on, aspirations of swapping body over onto a mk8 transit if I can't sort current tranny.

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This didn't get much attention at the time. It should have. Even a lot of the domestic MAGA don't like it. I'd be interested to know if any of our UK MAGA think it's a good idea. Anyone? Anyone hiding at the back there? Unregulated AI doesn't seem like a wise move to me at all. We're starting to see problems with it on here already. Any Musk fans out there comfortable with him doing whatever the hell he wants with his robots? Trump signs executive order aimed at preventing states from regulating AI | US news | The Guardian WWW.THEGUARDIAN.COM Order, which lacks the force of law, also creates taskforce whose ‘sole responsibility’ will be challenging states’...

Thank you AB. I can see you've got some venerable old pollards there. Very nice. This one is particularly eye catching - I can't offer any advice on how best to bring them back into service I'm afraid. No experience. I'd guess it would have to be a gradual process though, to minimise shock.

Petroleum coke is quite aggressive on any metal work in the stove