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How old are you??? The UK had a dog tax (licence) It was abolished in the late 80's but its back now in the form of mandatory chipping. If they find your dog without a chip it will cost you to get it back.

The black plastic square with the wire (there are 2 in there 1 live 1 earth) is called a coil pack. When the coil gets or looses a voltage the field change and/or an internal spring moves a magnet inside that's connected to the operational part of the valve. In simple terms when it gets a voltage the valve sends pressure to the operation (feed rollers) In the UK, chipper controls need to "fail safe" so the usual default (no voltage) system sends the hydraulics back to tank. When the valve gets a voltage it sends the hydraulics to the operation (feed rollers). Its why you have to press a button to start the rollers on most modern chippers. Chipper owners with a machine problem often look to the wiring under the assumption that they ought to find a live. This will only be the case if the reset button has been pushed.

You have nailed it in one, its a valve with a little brass screw in it To be more accurate its the solenoid actuator for the hydraulic valve. Its the business end of the stress management and any in feed emergency stop

Or take it out and "stellite" (other hard facing products are available) weld the corner back, its a bit more work but its a job you would only need to do once

What machine is it, slipping on small stuff could be because the roller is blunt

To operate a tree surgery outfit you need to go big enough. In an ideal world you would get a tipper and a small chipper, you cant operate competitively without a chipper of some sort. With the tools you have and perhaps a saw or two, you could be up and running with a freelance climber in short order. You can learn a lot by observation. If money is an issue I would scale back the tickets to cross cut and fell and buy a chipper and tipper. Other certification can be taken on, as and when.

In a word, no You can get expensive carbide tipped chain that will need sharpening less often but when you tear the tips off it wont cut at all

The certification thing grew out of the fear of getting sued and we learned ambulance chasing from the USA when Thatcher de regulated the insurance industry No one to blame but yourselves I am afraid

Any oil will stain, the point of bio oil is that in the event of a spill, its not dumping mineral oil into the environment.

Provided you have the entitlement, you should be able to find some work but with the raft of certification required in the UK, you will be lucky to get anything better than general labouring and temporary brash rat for 2 weeks isn't going to get your air fare paid

Can you point me to the legislation that says that so I can print it off please

I doubt a rotator would have the torque needed

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Yes, make a bonfire, you cant polish a turd.

If you like well decayed willow for firewood:thumbdown:

Misread the title and now I am all disappointed

Nope, most of that is wrong. Adding an intercooler wont mean you can run more PSI. The pressure the turbo makes is a function of its geometry, its a usually fixed constant. The intercooler simply means the air getting to the cylinders will be cooler (hence the name), dense air holds relatively more oxygen than warm air and more oxygen just means a cleaner burn, unless you start messing about with the pump. Don't do this if you don't want to be picking bits of con rod out of the gutter. Closed, you want the waste gate to stay closed, open waste gates make for slow engines. Again, you cant add pressure but tinkering with the waste gate may give turbo pressure for a second or two longer on lift but it is a second you don't actually need because you lifted. The waste gate is there to regulate turbo pressure and primarily to relieve it when needed. An open waste gate is the nice whooshing sound performance cars make on throttle lift. When you lift, fuel stops and there is temporarily no need for all that nice cold air so the waste gate opens and "wastes" it to atmosphere, get back in the pedal and the gate closes and restores the max air flow. "Wasting" it stops the turbo blowing hoses off the air system.

This foreign workers thing gives a false impression. The workers we see coming to the UK are, by the very nature of things, the ones with a bit of get up and go. There are plenty that don't come to the UK, that would give any of our scrounging layabouts a run for their money (figuratively speaking)

A suitable intercooler wont add turbo lag. Adding an intercooler will feed the engine with cooler (denser) air allowing it to get the best out of the fuel its currently getting. It would make it cleaner but in itself its unlikely to make much power difference unless you tweak the pump to add more fuel. That would be like giving your granny a pair of running shoes, she will do it but for how long??

Not for quite some time now

Mine gets smaller when its cold but not by much

And they don't fit in your wheelie bin

The man that puts things on the cutting room floor knows nothing about tree work, but clearly knows what makes good viewing.

Here is a link to the episode, scroll to 14:00 where the fun begins BBC iPlayer - Natural World - 2011-2012: 3. Heligan: Secrets of the Lost Gardens

I don't think you can run fast enough, particularly in those big shoes