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Canal Navvy

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  1. A builders bulk bag is typically around two thirds of a cubic meter. A loose tipped metre cube could with care be tight stacked into a builders bag though.
  2. Cutting well with a pushing chain but having no power with a pulling chain suggests to me that the relative movement between saw body and its vibration isolated handles is having an effect. Restricted throttle movement? Pinching a flexible pipe? Rubbing ht lead? Wonder if any of the rubber antivibration mounts has failed.
  3. I'll certainly be proper jealous of seeing pics of you on a snow groomer 😁 , something I'd love a drive of ......... as would many others on here too I'm sure πŸ˜† It's really quite refreshing seeing your new life and I'm looking forward to your machine arriving and the start of a new episode. Good luck for the new year πŸ™‚
  4. Pairs of neodymium magnets sewn into pouches could work, it doesn't take that much jiggling to get them to join around a stem. I've only ever used them to get a pull rope around a tree branch that was stuck in a fast flowing river πŸ™‚
  5. With the caveat that a historically underpinned building with its new foundation on desiccated clay can heave. I've only ever seen it once though and haven't read about it either, so not a significant risk πŸ€”
  6. Waste of good ratchet straps πŸ˜•
  7. Thanks for the update, it really is helpful for future searchers πŸ˜€ I found your observation on the pm2.5 being higher than in the city sobering and thought provoking πŸ€”
  8. Air con is pretty power hungry, a fairly common hatchback like the VW golf has 8kW of cooling while having an alternator of 2kW.
  9. The alternator on your vehicle adds load to your engine which adjusts by burning more fuel. The fuel you are burning carries road tax and electrical generation from internal combustion is reckoned to be 30% efficient on a dedicated direct coupled set πŸ˜’ Currently the most expensive electricity is coming from gas fired power stations that are up to 60% efficient and don't pay road duty. You have further inefficiency by having to convert the nominal 12 volts DC to 240 volts AC and then back to the charge voltage of the batteries on your tools. Having mains voltage out on site can give operational efficiency but in itself can't be cheaper, conservation of energy and all that .....or don't get owt for nowt πŸ™‚ Cheap inverters are cheap for a reason and their "dirty" waveforms don't go well with electronics, a lithium battery charger is most definitely electronic 😁
  10. Being able to charge from a vehicle is for convenience, it's never going to be less expensive than plugging into the mains πŸ™‚
  11. Quite definitely the best hat stand I've seen on arbtalk πŸ™‚
  12. Have you tried a hot pressure washer/steam cleaner ? , they usually seem pretty efficient at taking paint off machines πŸ€”
  13. Seen it this year in a still establishing mixed species farm hedge, be very surprised if the bird cherries survive 😐
  14. Fascinating observation Wondering if the white combusts with less knock than the red and the drivers are subconsciously using more of the right foot πŸ€”
  15. Worth being aware that the standard snap in rubber tubeless valve is only rated to 65 psi πŸ˜‰
  16. I'm on the same tyre but 255/85 r16 and on a 110 hi-cap. I run 35psi front, 50 psi rear. I started with getting the front tyres to a pressure that they looked and steered nicely then upped the rear pressures until the rolling radius was the same.
  17. When she's finished you off ................................................................... ................. any plans for Daisy's future ? 😁
  18. Generic 1600 kg tirfor, ifor tipper behind land rover with mini-digger aboard, cut stems to five foot , track up ramps with stem πŸ˜€ Distance is always the killer with bulk on haulage πŸ˜”
  19. I wish somebody would offer me free standing firewood for the pleasure of felling it πŸ™‚
  20. If you remove it now pre-planning you'll remember it with a gentle regret πŸ₯² If you leave it and try to work round it you will certainly grow to hate it with a passion πŸ‘Ή
  21. I used to think that the Duddon Valley was where I ought to be, trouble is all of the other visitors thought the same and now it's dead. Twenty five years ago there were two school minibuses and the pub had local accents in. Virtually any property that comes on the market gets snapped up by those who visited for all night drinking sessions and a good campsite when university students πŸ˜’
  22. I was not totally convinced of the test, petrol car filled and returned to the same spot for refill (pretty standard practice), EV have a squint at what it's showing and take it back for another squint. Would have been much happier if the producers had used a site where both vehicles could have had consumption measured to weights and measures standards πŸ€”
  23. In the past I've had some very nice brushed stainless steel thin sheet recovered from old redundant farm bulk milk tank πŸ˜€
  24. They always used to be November the 5th specials ........ and when you see how quickly and how hot they burn you'd never want to live in one. The axle and wheels are worth saving if it's been boxed in out of the elements πŸ˜‰
  25. That is just trawling for a bite ....

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