Not a fan of car boot fairs but...

[mendiplogs]

  Logrod said:

If you're not successful at the car boot then ebay have this one ending in 8 hrs with no bids so far

 

Stanley No. 78 ratchet brace 8" sweep old vintage carpentry tool | eBay

 

I prefer an auger bit to a spade with a brace .

 

Hi LOG better with that one then a flat battery one thanks Jon

[Gray git]

  Cae Ffynnon said:

We've also used the Sthil BT45 for Stump drilling to insert eco plugs and to drill anything when remote from elastic-trickery....

 

Me two, thought it was ott for the job but when I did nearly a 800 plugs in a day no worries, filled up the tank and clipped a sig flask full of aspen onto my belt, bag full of plugs and off I went.

Actually used the drill lots for all sort of thing even in the yard for drilling big joint peg holes in timber or on mettle when I can't be arsed to run extension leads out for just 1 hole.

[slim reaper]

  leswold said:

Making myself go to the rubbish exchange today as I'm looking for a bit brace. Anyone else use one to drill for eco pellets, or is it too much hard work? Getting ticked off having to remember & charge a cordless.

I could fix you up with a brace for the cost of postage, On the other hand I would be dissapointed not to pick one up at a boot sale for a couple of quid.

[aspenarb]

  leswold said:

Making myself go to the rubbish exchange today as I'm looking for a bit brace. Anyone else use one to drill for eco pellets, or is it too much hard work? Getting ticked off having to remember & charge a cordless.

 

I picked up this 2stroke drill off ebay a few years ago its brilliant.

 

Bob

 

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  aspenarb said:

I picked up this 2stroke drill off ebay a few years ago its brilliant.

 

Bob

 

 

Hi BOB looks like it has tons of power BOB thanks Jon

[openspaceman]

  CJM said:

If you charge £25 for a 5 plug stump you sharp make your money back.

 

 

I wish

 

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It's not really, it's an excellent way for killing a stump.

 

but how much better than using the raw ingredient or encouraging the stump to decompose with amonium sulphamate?

 

The chief benefit os ecoplug is that it is an"engineering" means of avoiding contact with a fairly non toxic chemical

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Their biodegradable y

 

That is not what is implied on the ecoplug.com site which says "The content degrades by the micro organisms to natural material such as carbon dioxide, nitrates, phosphorus and water." my inference is that they are not refering to the plastic capsule.

 

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For the Eco side of things you can argue that a dead stump and root system is a great place for those beasties.

 

Yes I'm in Surrey and this is the first year since 1979 that I have not noticed stag beetles, so I'm all in favour of retaining dead stumps.

[leswold]

Second stall I saw a Stanley brace for £2. Result...if its not too hard/slow. We don't do a lot so maybe it'll be ok. My old Makita with 1.2ah battery has been next to useless as the charge lasts for 10 holes max.

[CJM]

  openspaceman said:

I wish

 

but how much better than using the raw ingredient or encouraging the stump to decompose with amonium sulphamate?

 

The chief benefit os ecoplug is that it is an"engineering" means of avoiding contact with a fairly non toxic chemical

 

 

That is not what is implied on the ecoplug.com site which says "The content degrades by the micro organisms to natural material such as carbon dioxide, nitrates, phosphorus and water." my inference is that they are not refering to the plastic capsule.

 

 

 

Yes I'm in Surrey and this is the first year since 1979 that I have not noticed stag beetles, so I'm all in favour of retaining dead stumps.

 

Don't use them then, simple

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  aspenarb said:

I picked up this 2stroke drill off ebay a few years ago its brilliant.

 

Bob

 

 

Hi all I'm off to car boot sale today thanks Jon