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I have killed my 56cc Scheppach; my fault for letting it run out of bar oil 😞 but basically drive sprocket is fubar and seems to be seized onto the bottom end.  
 

So I need to replace it with something capable of cutting 20” rounds for home logging.  

I could buy another Scheppach from Aldi for £100, tempted by a Husky 565 but £750-800 is strong money for something that will only get used about two or three times a year.  
 

I have also seen a used Oleo Mac 980 for sale locally for £250 which seems like it might be a reasonable compromise - hopefully better build quality than the Scheppach but not as much £££ as laying out for the Husky.  
 

Anyone got any experience of the Oleo Mac / things to look out for?
 

Is the Arbtalk app having issues?  For a few days now, when I try to use it, the App opens but then displays a message of “No topic”

And the neighbour has got a digger on hire so kindly dug the stump out today :-).

Come on then, how much did he charge and was it a straight fell?

Sorted thanks to Luke at LMTrees, top stuff. Thanks to everyone else who replied.

Too far for me to help but it looks like a norway spruce

Hey buddy, give us a shout as I’m only down the road.
 

Anyone interested in either dismantling or felling this larch?

It is healthy but unfortunately sited where I need to put the foundations for a workshop.

Can be either a clear fell (if done before new garden fence with next door goes up) or dismantled. If dismantled, shed and compost bin will be gone so there will be a clear drop zone.

The eaves of the shed are exactly 6’ tall so I reckon the tree is about 30’. DBH 11”.

All waste to stay on site, if it can be done as a clear fell I will do the snedding and ringing up once it’s on the deck.

Please comment for further info or PM for exact location etc.

I hope it will be a pleasure in life and it’s definitely given me something to do this week - BBQ and pizza oven. (Oven still to be cast!).

Bricks, sand etc. all picked up for cheap or free via Facebook marketplace, mixer gifted from my father as he’s decided that he’s no longer likely to do any more building at 80 years young.

I’ve never been shown how to do it and have only laid bricks once before in my life - four or five courses for a raised bed - so up to now although it’s been slow progress I’m reasonably pleased. No doubt a professional brickie would have been quicker and neater, but to have got to this height and still have vertical walls and levels perfect across e.g. the protruding bricks for the BBQ fire tray (left hand side bay) is rewarding.

Casting the plinth and doing the form work for the pizza oven will be interesting though…

I worked for a large earthmover when tenders came in we used to look for the mistakes items where they had got the numbers wrong  ie too much or too little in the bill of quantities then price accordingly items they had over estimated we priced low and underestimations high and sometimes very high but due too the under estimate on quantity made little difference to the final tender price but massive difference too the final account. On an airport job we priced under the expected cost knowing full well they had made a mistake and we could take them to the cleaners on final account and did 

Don't know if I've got the same one or not.... handy little thing tbh.... not powerful etc. Quite quiet. 
 
Ideal for the side of the chipper and nipping off side branches etc. Will cut some bigger diameter wood but that's where your battery drains.... if its for cross cutting don't bother. Snedding for chipper we've had the battery last for a good few hours in a morning. 
 
Chains arnt the nicest. Bit grabby horrible vibe... was wondering if a 200t chain might fit at some point. 
 
Chain tensioner setups a bit of a faff and a bit crap but it all works

Hmm, not what I was hoping to hear. Might as well keep a bow saw in the car instead!

£60 for the bare saw, or £100 for saw, battery and charger. Extra / spare battery a further £25.

Anyone got / used one?

Wow… this is so far beyond optimism I think it might make people laugh!!

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/708486320355013/

In case the link doesn’t work, here’s a screen grab. £20 for three 80cm or so lengths of what looks like leylandii trunk, about 20cm diameter…

London , Liverpool , Birmingham , Sheffield , Manchester , Coventry , Southampton . 

Nice
what are the roof tiles 
home made heavy felt or bought ?

All finished - apart from a dose of creocote or similar. Even better - my neighbour turned up with a Rock 22t splitter that he’s just bought, on the same day as I finished the roof :-)

Here’s one: NOT making the news today…

I just heard an ad on the radio for Barclaycard / Avios card which had an average APR of 72%. I know (fortunately not from first-hand experience) that high street / authorised payday lender rates can be much, much higher - hundreds of percent.

When I was first old enough to start to understand these things, I remember that Bank of England base rate was between 8 and 12%, spiking at 15. And around the same time, I recollect reading a press story about doorstep loan sharks being prosecuted for extorting money with menace and illegal lending, but being pilloried for charging 350-500%.

Clearly in the loan shark example the ways used to recover the debt were horrific, but I wonder how / when the underlying situation changed - when it became mainstream and seemingly politically acceptable to charge extortionate rates? BoE base rate is currently about a tenth of what it was back in the late 80s / early 90s, by contrast.

It’s odd how 17c outside feels really nice but in the house it’s uncomfortable.

Unless it’s the bedroom when as close to zero my idea of heaven and the wife’s idea of hell. 🤣

Page three in The Sun today.

Need a roof and the sides cladding in something, but coming along….

Anyone got any idea where I could buy some second hand road spikes? Ideally like these cheaper!!

True Products 10 x Strong 10mm Steel Fencing Pins Road Pins 1.25m for Temporary Fencing

Anyone on here know which firm is scheduled to do the work?

It is v. close to my house and I’m in need of arisings to stock up for winters to come - so there would be a few beers / few quid in it (and the tip location has good access).

I was quoted £1.47ppl yesterday, albeit for a baby tanker due to access issues, and this bumps the price up. Hopefully oil prices seem to be easing now, so we'll just turn the heating down and wait a week or two. 🤞🤞