Today's Posts

How do you know? I think you are right but it is very rusty and the makers name may not survive cleaning.

I remember seeing an early demonstration of a becker in around 1988, impressive at first but soon blunt? I had the same thoughts about the Dipperfox, how do you keep it sharp and what weight does it need to feed it down? With a conventional TCT cutter tooth you can normally keep going through something nasty and then swap the tooth for a sharp one.

If you want to gamble on new coins before they go mainstream, yes.

Thanks for the replies. Our local builders yard on Uist is selling 6x2s at £35 or possibly more now. I've been treating the timber I use myself with Boron and so far it seems to be ok. It's only sprayed on though. We burn all the off cuts ourselves and if theres too much I can easily sell it. My wife has horses so the sawdust gets used up no problem. Horse shit and saw dust makes great compost for the garden.

Avoid anything caustic - very common in ultrasonic cleaning fluids. It will turn cast alu a nasty black colour.

The Honest eSIM allows you to roam quite a few apps including nav and messaging, I don't have it but was working in Lincolnshire this week and the phone signal is rubbish on my network up there. From £3.75 a month might be worthwhile in Wales? honestmobile.com/smart-sim

Another day, another handle.

Big fan of Steve, national champ Devon style last year and reserve supreme champ. Really passionate and an excellent teacher

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Feel a bit beery, on account of three pints in the pub then a bottle of wine and a late, salad supper. Now lying in bed watching YouTube videos of the stupid idiots following the Sovereign Citizen ideals. Weather decent here but have a look at the Lyme Regis webcam of The Cobb! Could sit in the pub/cafe and watch that for a bit! Penne, Trait.

The head on it was crispy, and over the fence and Llama pen below. So dropping branches was a limited option without rigging, which was also limited my 60m rig line, the rigging point would have been about 32m up. The stem and whole Tree was also weighted quite a bit towards where the wagon is sat. So free falling logs would have also been a pain to get them going without tag lines. As well as needing to put a gob in from both sides on the lower half with a 661, which is hard. We also looked at a straight fell, but to consequential should the slightest thing had gone wrong. Primarily an unknown hing quality, it Autumn the lower 1m of the stem was a Honey fungus garden on all sides. So the short answer, a crane had it done by 1330 with no damage or stress and way less fatigue.

Shudders..

Vertigo Trees Ltd has an opening for an experienced climber. Based in Squamish, BC, working from Vancouver up to Whistler. Small company, decent kit, mostly good jobs, cracking work sites! Plenty of time to go skiing, biking, rock climbing, whatever outdoor pursuit floats your boat. You will need the legal right to work in Canada, that probably means a working holiday Visa, obtained via the IEC program. Pay range, $28-$45 Cad$ per hour, 25-40hrs a week. You might even find a bear in a tree onsite!

Passed by the management! Several times if they live by the Trent!

😂😂 You need the site mystic

What was the machine? Not just the engine........we price up for a full service, a chassis service or an engine service, so the customer has a choice. Particularly where cylinder mowers are concerned for example, whereby the customer may just want the cylinder and bottom blade ground (which the average joe doesn't have the equipment or skills to do) but the engine may well be fine, so thats a chassis service only. If you're suggesting that cost you quoted was just to service the engine alone without touching the rest of the machine, and assuming it is an annual preventative maintenance service and not an engine with a load of pre existing issues, then that's steep. Aside from changing the service items, We drop the float bowls and drain any fuel, clean the float bowl out and blow through the jets, but unless there is already an issue with the carb, we wouldn't automatically remove it or fit a carb kit as that is pointless if it's running fine. New plug, engine oil and air filter. Plus fuel filter and oil filter (if fitted) are the service parts we would automatically fit. Governor/choke/throttle mechanisms and lubricated and adjusted as well, which a lot don't do. Then you have rope/recoil inspection and clean out etc etc. A lot more than an oil change and a wipe over with an oily rag. And a lot more than your garage does nowadays on modern cars, which are just plug and play, with maybe an oil and filter change thrown it, sure for maybe less money, but they proportionately are actually doing less for them money paid...ask them to do what we do on these small engine, but on your car and watch the size of the bill you get! Had a guy said same to me the other week....'my BMW service was only £10 less than what you've charge for my mower' I said, but what did they do as part of the service? He went and got his bill out the car....they charged him an hours labour of £95 PLUS VAT, plus £45 oil, and £25 for a filter....plus a downloaded plug in health report...that was it, so it really irks me when people come out with that old chestnut. Compare like for like....same labour, same parts etc. Our Labour would be to do that Honda engine service would be around 1.5 hours @ £55 per hour.

American sizing large is that the same as size tent for most other countries?

With a bit of luck, cheaper than a hydrostatic drive M500.

Can I have an ID on this please. On Rowan, higher mainstem.

Some escaped from a council owned petting zoo near where I lived in Lancashire, late 80’s. They survived some pretty harsh Winters and eventually settled in a privately owned woodland, where they multiplied and where noticed by the local poachers. They are pretty fast, but unfortunately, slower than a lurcher, they are all gone now.

I had a quote from a dealer in Bellac for the same saw, it came in at €1900 with the unit, charger and the bigger battery. I went and had a demo, first thing that struck me was the weight, it actually weighs about the same as my 572xpg. The performance was pretty impressive to be fair, certainly the best battery saw that I have used, the new large battery IS essential though. Unfortunately, gunning it through bar length hardwood sapped a fully charged battery in around the same time it took for the oil tank reserve indicator to flash on, so I would need at least 3 batteries and the ability to charge them to do a days cutting, I left with a 592xpg.

Converted the splitter today. It was a doddle, no drilling or grinding required, just had to rotate the valve rod 90 deg with a socket. Handle from Flowfit via eBay. IMG_0320.mov

Hello all, My name is Robert Cole, I'm an ex-tree surgeon and now a PhD researcher at the Countryside and Community Research Institute, University of Gloucestershire. I'm currently exploring woodland creation in the UK to better understand what is driving who to plant forests. I'm currently looking to talk to those that have planted woodland to hear about the decision making that went on before the work started. It would be great to hear about things such as what factors were important in this process, any trade offs that were made, and whether any other plans were being considered for the site. I'm equally interested to talk to anyone who might have been looking into planting but decided against it to get a sense of what stood in the way of your plans. If you, or anyone you know, would be open to talk I would really appreciate it. I would be more than happy to email over more details about the research or introduce myself over the phone. I've put my university email here and am happy to share my mobile through a private message. All the best, Rob. [email protected]