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Bloody horrible trees. If pruned they sucker like mad, but it's all spindly crap and no cover at all over winter. I'd get rid.

So? We're all going to get shafted royally for this, might as well have the free lube. I bet there's plenty on here sitting pretty in a house that's doubled in value that they bought with a self cert mortgage from back in the day.

Every three weeks? ?

I like that.

Even with a twin axle caravan on the back?

Five miles or five minutes, whichever comes first ?

Dumb question but why not get an extra long PTO shaft and stick it through a hole the wall?

Nice one thanks **************** that, it’s not rocket science. ID the bearing and replace it yourself. GreenMech dealers (on here at least) have proven themselves to be somewhat lacking in mechanical expertise.

Nominal capacity doesn't really have much bearing upon an engines gross HP these days. I have no experience of that model but I really can't see that the 1.9l engine would be anything less than super stressed towing 3.5t- it'll probably rely upon twin turbos and all sorts of gadgets to make its 125PS. The 3l makes only 25PS more but has a lot more CC behind it. 150PS is barely enough to tow 3.5t happily plus loaded truck in my experience, and with previous Isizu models the more powerful models command a premium secondhand. Seems simple until you realise that the larger engine has both ad blue and a DPF, whereas the smaller engine has just 'Lean NOX Trap'. I have no idea what this is, it might stress the engine further to achieve emmisions as per my first paragraph or it may be a a big step forward in simplifying emmisions control. Not an easy choice!

I really can't see why you'd bother repairing something like that. Donate it to your local steam museum, the volunteers there would love a weekend project!

You’ll have to come over for a coffee soon mate. I’m closer than you think ?

Only for you ?

Efficient strimming is mainly in the hips and knees in my experience.

Same, but the whole MTD is a bit of a cluster****************.

Consider a pro clearing saw such as the FS460 if you need a 'brushcutter' rather than a 'strimmer'. A world of difference in comfort and productivity. I personally couldn't recommend anything with a 4-mix engine, such as the FS131. But yes, the combi tool version with a strimmer head would be pretty much identical to use as the strimmer version. I also don't rate jet fit- to wasteful. We use a 4-way head with 2.7mm cord for heavier growth. Double the cords means in effect half the wear on each individual cord, and I prefer this to a 2-way head with thicker cord.

Agree with dan. Rubble soak away is a pikey job.

Yes but not on a new machine.

What sort of contractor worth their salt wouldn't query such a work order before starting work?

Interesting instruments. What else do you make/play?

To have splayed they can’t have been built strong enough in the first place. Bend them back, then they will slowly splay themselves back the other way. Repeat until failure.... sound like the usual gm crock of shite excuses.

Blimey. Are you sure you're not confusing carbide with diamond chain?

Bloody cash is more hassle than it's worth. You can't use it to pay for business stuff, so if you don't like spunking it down the pub (I don't) about all you can do with it is buy second hand tools with no VAT 'off the books'. Trouble is, loosing the VAT on domestic jobs makes a big difference to the customer, so I tend to loose a lot of quotes this way.

Digger. Any one of them. What you can do with one in an hour would take a gang of blokes all day.

That's how it is though. Just don't worry about it. Now much else you can do, 95% of small tree companies run the same. The trucks mechanically are good for a lot more weight, but UK weight limits on a car licence are not.

Brushless Makita tools are approximately double the tool of their non brushless equivalents in my experience- it's a quantum leap forward in terms of output and battery life. If you are doing a lot of sanding then don't overlook the brushless Makita with the speed control- super helpful for sanding and of course battery life. My second 5" makita has this function, and I wish both did. Don't forget that there are knock off batteries up to 9ah available to help with run time, although I think a pair of 9AH won't fit my brushless circular saw for some reason- might be the same with the 9" grinder. Final thing to consider- do you really need 9" or would 7" be enough (oeer missus!)? I've invested in a 150mm Metabo corded grinder and it's the bollocks. All you need for grinding and you can get 1.2mm thick discs for it similar to the 1mm 125mm ones for cutting quick. Makita offer that double battery grinder in 9 and 7", and 7" will most likely be better on the juice. Hope this helps.