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  1. LTS went bust years ago. It's just a Honda copy with a 12v battery starting system. If you're getting strange voltage readings replace the rectifier and battery. Or just use the pull start instead. That's literally all there is to it. No manual would help you.
  2. Yup, who ‘firewood’s’ an alder?
  3. You can get an 18” picco bar for the 261. I like it, I prefer picco to 325 for that size saw. Although some of the newer low profile .325 chains are very nice, they are pricey whereas a roll of Rotatech picco chain is not and it fits all my smaller saws.
  4. Weren’t much use the other day were they 🤣 lucky your petrol winch saved us. What a bit of kit that is.
  5. Up to you. My medium size (16” capacity) jappa 355+ runs great behind my 26hp Kubota and the whole lot weighs around 1.7t, same as a mini digger.
  6. Stick it behind a cheap (but quality) compact tractor. Win win, and cheaper. Iseki are good secondhand value.
  7. Yup, I’ll stick with Noco.
  8. My M18 top handle is good, but you do need high output genuine batteries for it to shine, which cost a pretty penny (but no more so than Stihl). It’s considerably better than my 36v Makita, which also took offence at the new addition and promptly gave up the ghost after four years light/sporadic use. So I will be replacing that with a back handle m18 too.
  9. This, or a clone with the same tread pattern. Maletesta Caimen etc. Horrible on the road but about the most grip you can have and still be road legal.
  10. I really rate a 4wd pivot steer for churchyards. I have a Husqvarna with I think a 90 cm deck. Was never a fan of mulcher mowers but this actually does a surprisingly good job on quite long stuff too.
  11. When you're lying in bed, mind blown post-nut with some big titted Sheila, I hope you think of us...
  12. On that size machine the slew force is a limiting factor. You might get a bit more power if you have a tilt on the mast and the foot on the ground, but it's more cumbersome that way I find.
  13. Most brands have 0% over three years. They are keen to sell, particularly at the smaller end of the market.
  14. Funny you should say that- this one has a cloth seat. I got them to swap it from another machine as part of the deal. What luxury!
  15. I’ve known oak happily snap screws as it dries. I gave him the option of the board for £200 and he takes it the English woodlands for drying and his builder does the rest. customer always right and all that!
  16. It’s 550mmx3100mmx70mm Will be supplied to the customer as 8no rough cut oversized 250mmx750mm stair treads, ends sealed. He’s going to bolt them on the steelwork and bring them back once a bit drier after finishing the refurb to run through the thicknesser before final trimming and cutting. Total cost £300.
  17. Finally got this big bastard roughed down with the 881 and then squared off on the mill. I was just planning to have a cant for posts, etc but there turned out to be some nice figuring. Found a use for the top already- an order for stair treads. £250 for a 60mm slice off the top. That pays for dragging the backhoe to site to get it loaded! need to get myself a front quick hitch for that backhoe, would make it so much more useful to me.
  18. Got as far as fitting one to a nice big backplate that drops over the blade. Never tested it. A couple of years later ended up with a PTO winch and compact tractor! What size machine are you looking for one for?
  19. Which kind of machines?
  20. Thats 40v vs 18v. Might as well 'compare' my 881 to your 362!

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