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You all forgotten my Efi saga then? It started the same way... Stuart

I use Andrews Rozes wood for Summer. They don't have a waterproof membrane and sre noticeably cooler that the other Andrews I use for Winter. https://www.elagage-hevea.com/fr/chaussures-de-travail-rozes-wood-andrew.html

Post reported. Online harassment.

I sub my larger stump jobs out to a guy with one of these. Totally screwed up my first estimate. I thought a day and half. Took Stephan 4 hours. Wide deep sweep, expanding tracks and radio control. Cost him €75k ht, a cool grand for ever horse. Two years in I asked him about reliability. Nothing to report. Machines like this needs some networking behind it to feed them. I know my man is far from full time and often accepts quite small jobs just to meet his payments. Facebook M.FACEBOOK.COM

Bear Valley tops and a helmet with a neck cowl.

According to this sticker, it was last inspected in 2016...

Hello, We hired this in for a dead beech today. First time with a tracked machine. It is a 2016 model. It was a devil to get level then weirdly sluggish operating and capricious. At 3pm it burst a hose. To the credit of the hire firm they sent a hydraulic repair guy out and it was back working in an hour but we'd had enough of it's shenanigans so called it a day. It wasn't a great machine to operate with lots of movement and as the boom got higher, a pronounced lean. Is this a normal amount of play? VID_20230615_155552(0).mp4

At the heart of the dispute was the cutting of trees to make a childrens play area...

Here: France shooting: British schoolgirl, 11, shot dead while playing on a swing | Daily Mail Online WWW.GOOGLE.CO.UK Solenne Thornton was playing in her garden in the hamlet of Saint-Herbot, in Brittany, France, when a neighbour brandishing a...

I wonder how much they are in Slovakia...?

Seems to be a French tradition to plant Gladioli to mark rows of veg. I was sent some everytime I ordered seeds n shit. I go up to the place every couple of days to water, weed and to be. I find being there incredibly relaxing. I left at 11pm a few nights ago after getting there at 8pm after work. I've inadvertently entered into a conflict with my neighbour over cutting back his invading vegetation. I put in a root barrier on my side to stop his bamboo from encroaching and with his verbal permission cut back everything that crossed the boundary. I did rather go to town on the cutting back and this is what has angered the neighbour as it exposes an area of garden he uses for growing cannabis (last image)

Skinny urban birch removal. I used the dull side of the teeth to clear the area around the stump of surface roots before turning the lead teeth and demolishing the stump in 6min. Clay soil, almost moistureless and it is only May...

Looks like I'm going to run out of work just in time for my 2 month Summer break. Still no finance to burden our affairs thanks to my wife's short leash on my aspirations. I was recently invited to bid on a construction project site clearance, a drainage pipeline under the main Paris-Rennes TGV line. 4 days work for 3, submitted my bid, nothing heard back. Surprised I was asked to be honest as public works ain't really my bag. I don't rate highly credibility wise not having much in the way of larger machinery and relying in subbies. I recently started asking a few people I'd quoted for and got along with but didn't win, about the winning price etc. Had a few honest replies. The winning bids have been very lean in comparison to my own and I wouldn't consider matching let alone beating them. I utterly dislike working for turnover alone. The Moroccanese accountant says "this is just the beginning" The building industry is increasingly suffering in France. Mortgage rates are 3-4 times higher than 12 months ago, material prices still painfully high. In the news again, construction companies closing down, often having taken much of peoples house money up front and leaving a string of part completed houses that the owners cannot access to finish them off themselves. There is merde ahead... Stuart Stuart

Grinders certainly jump in price from pedestrian to self propelled... Stuart

Are Bandit SG40 around the same price?

Curious as ever about new kit. Only 26.5hp engine coupled to a hydraulic motor at the wheel. Tracked, compact, wide swing. I rather like it on paper though I once rented a Vermeer tracked machine with a similar hp and was very disappointed with it's performance. Misbehaving controls leading to delays in moving, creep and a stunning lack of power I felt. I wonder if this new offering from FSI has better performance or is just a safe idiot proof machine aimed at the rental market? I've a colleague to call on with a Bandit XP75 for larger stump jobs but I need to arrange at least 2k worth if I want a decent margin from his services. My FSI B20 owes me nothing and earns great money with low running costs but is tiring for jobs more than a couple of hours machine time. Any-one know the U.K price of an FSI B31? Stuart

I recall All Seasons being quite vocal at the time as he too had a shonky 150P

My ill fated GM190 did this at around 28 hours on a recently laid driveway. I recall the dealer telling me I should check all connections daily.

Put this El Cheapo polytunnnel up yesterday. If it is even moderately successful then Mrs Lee might well give the nod for an 8x4 then we can really go to town on the 🍅🍅🍅🌶️ 🌶️🌶️ and 🍈🍈🍈. Need to then prepare for preserving, especially tomatoes as prepared puree and sauce. I lost all my Giant Mongolian sunflowers 🌻🌻🌻 to slugs as well as the emerging tops of my Jerusalem artichokes. I've now treated the area with organic slug pellets. Weird thing is you don't see dead slugs or slime trails. Apparently they feel crook, return to their hideout then discretely die. Nematode treatment next for carrot fly. My latest plant order has been lost in the post...

Hey! I'm an mediocre climber too but still better than the "I can cut it from here boi's" (And Mark Bolam...)

Blown 50 year old concrete posts set into concrete plaques built by Frenchmen that saw service building blockhaus and submarine pens for organisation Tod are a nightmare to replace.

Quite understandable once a business grows past the one man band stage with credit and employees. Otherwise, surely going out on the odd Saturday morning, 200t in hand and bagging cheeky amounts of filthy lucre for very little outlay, is one of the great perks of our trade? Also, those who find liquidating cash an encumbrance need more imagination. Holidays, hobbies and 'hores are all great ways in which to dispose of filthy lucre.

I'll be watching the plants for signs of deficiency or stress as they spread their roots.

It's a fine balance, mustn't be too greedy...