monkeybusiness

That rootplate is tiny in relation to the size of the tree - I’d be surprised if there wasn’t evidence of root decay there.

I looked at a price for a new Hilux (out of interest as much as anything) - the current one is coming up to 3 years old and I wondered if it was worth swapping whilst it still holds decent value. Turns out a new equivalent is 25% more (after discount etc) than mine was in 2022 - that explains why 2nd hand prices have held up so well but destroyed my man-maths justification to buy a new truck!

Were you using the extension bar on the Makita? You lose a bit of ‘undoingness’ with each additional joint between the gun and the nut. And charged batteries make a difference too. But it does sound a bit wank to be fair!

He wasn’t talking about the lawn….

Reminds me of a lad who used to subby a bit to me as he was setting himself up to go full time on his own - he wasn’t the best climber (but was a really decent likeable fella). Another subby ended up working for both of us and overheard him talking to a prospective new customers when quoting a (not very difficult) dismantle. His price included the caveat ‘Expect some damage’ said with a totally straight face 😂😂😂! It became a bit of an in-joke when quoting awkward jobs - he was deadly serious though!

This is a relatively long but (in my sad life at least) a really interesting lesson in all that is the Jerry can!

Save the dosh and get spannered boyo, that is definitely a better option! If you already have Makita kit then stick with them, you won’t go wrong.

Exactly this! Labour did every possible thing to undermine attempts to slow down illegal immigration when in opposition, and petulantly canned the Rwanda option as soon as they came to power instead of giving it some support and testing the possibility of an actual deterrent working. They are the worst thing that could have happened to this country (which says a lot after the fingers-in-the-till arseholes they’ve replaced).

Yet!!! What will do a lot will do a little….

If you already have Makita batteries and chargers then get one of these - when you pull the trigger the world stops turning until whatever you’ve attached it to comes loose Mark…

Try Digbits

Should work but might make it a bit wide. How about a big lip on the blade to rest them on?

Start a new thread with all the info - sounds an interesting situation.

Peregrine’s favoured nesting site is at the top of a nicely pruned German pine, every twitcher knows that…

They were called shifters on the Australian trawler I worked on 30 years ago.