miker

Falken Wildpeak are apparently worth consideration...

my misses has those on her x trail,ok for an occasional jaunt up a muddy track with the dogs etc, not a serious contender but not bad

solid saws, they have been in the game for many years now, probably not a screamer but more of a torquey plodder

just trying to find some for my landcruiser, think im going to go with cooper at3's, always had grabbers at on my pick ups tho,good tyres on and off road, but fuel rating not good , so going to try the coopers

i have an old 380, 2 x br 430 and a big tanaka 78cc, but always pick up a 430

These guards have been left on a little too long as well I think.

Best advice in the last post. All you can do is remove them and give the trees a chance to sort themselves out

 

 

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Devils foot ! old estate railing

Ask the neighbour for half the quoted price and do it yourself!

yeah, see what reaction you get, something a bit underhand going o n here i reckon

Ive been in the game for many many years and this is a typical scenario, can you not get an independant quote without the neighbour knowing ? This fence should be £700/750 tops

seems to me max that your mum is paying for half the retaining wall aswell !!!!!

Agreed, should be half that price, £12 a post,£4 per rail, £2 per paling,concrete and nails, if you said £300 materials tops,easy days work for 2 blokes, £400 tops = £700

we always plant november till march as long as the ground isnt frozen, suppliers usually start to lift plants early november

used to have one, cracking saw, had a 30" on it most of the time, 36" now and again, worked great on either

Thanks. so really I don't need another small saw. Husky 365 is the best but I guess it is too much for my current needs.

husky 365 is the best all rounder,tried, tested has the t shirt,will work with 15"-24"bars quite happily,a good investment imo,a good 50/55 cc saw will also tick most boxes, fr jones will do a good finance/monthly deal

mike

Thanks guys I think I need 50 cc saw.

I did compression test today on my MAC, it is 38cc and after 5 pulls it read 150-155 PSI.

Is this good? Never done compression test before.

That reading is very good,less than 120 not good

Just buy a husky 365. Job done

 

 

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yeah,ticks all the boxes

i would seriously consider at least 50cc + saw for cutting hardwood,as said before check out dolmar, echo are also highly recommended, an 18" bar can cut a big bit of wood but you need some cc's !

Mike

Ihave an auto landcruiser, can you shift from say 2 back into d on the move ??

 

Same, done these monster hedges and a few more like them with a single sided sthil with a catcher plate for 3 years now and still cuts as good now as day out the box

 

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Looking good mate:thumbup1:

Agreed. The Stihl or good for cutting rough hedges but won't trim a Conifer nicely after its fourth day out!

 

An Echo will still be cutting conifer nicely after three years.

im going to disagree here, i cut this yew hedge every year with double sided 81 r's

sorry to hear this mate, eyes and ears pealed

i haven't found a glove yet that will stop pyracantha from entering a knuckle,might be worth a go

Hire a ride on. Mow with the collector off on high. Then mow with it on. If very heavy going mow only half width. Once you have got it down use your own mower. Saves flogging your mower on heavy going

cant get ride on through gates !

forgot to say, site is a brand new care home so has to ultimately look good, i know its gonna look sh!te for a while

i have lawnflite pro hi speed roller mowers but they will struggle

Area 2.5k ish sq m, brand new turf laid in july,only had 1 cut !!!!

long,dense,soaked and ground feels like a pudding

Budget = whatever i have to spend, ongoing contract so will pay for itself

will look at viking but i think the way to go is strim first then collect then mow

cheers

Need to buy a mower to tackle 9 inch high new grass, need to bag it, cant get ride on through gates, looked at the orec, they have a really good collection,

im thinking that i may need to knock it down with big strimmers first ,rake/blow to piles then cut, any thoughts

totally agree, also looking back through the diary, last december cut grass on the 21st, then January this year cut grass on the 18th, havent really stopped since