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That sounds pretty good to me! You could always have yourself a cheat day on Sunday, for your orange juice and bagels. You're still streets ahead of most people stuffing themselves with bread and sugar daily (that used to be me!)

OP, what do you mean, you took a job 'out of respect for the wife cuz she works full time'? Were you struggling to match her income when self employed? Surely not. I think you mean she felt you were dossing around S/E whilst she was working 9-5 for the man. Which is not your problem- she's free to start her own business. Anyway, the answer to your predicament is simple. Use your experience gained to your advantage. Look back over your old books, remember all your old jobs. What made you the most money for least hassle? For me it would be strimming. From whole gardens at a tenner a go to day rate for local nature reserves, £150 a day for a bloke on his own with a brushcutter is easily achievable. For you it may be hedgecutting, I don't know. Do whatever it takes to borrow or buy that bit of kit to get you started. Then use your weekends to get out there and start doing that again- make the contacts, find the jobs and nail them. You have to be dedicated, cuz you'll only have the two days to begin with. It sounds like you are keeping your head above water but only just- an extra £200 every other weekend (one weekend advertising, one weekend doing the job) would make all the difference? Then take it from there, you know what to do! :thumbup!:

You're on. MS 660, 24" full chisel bar... :lol:

I hate to be a killjoy, but fruit sugar is still sugar. There is an awful lot of it in orange juice, and if you are drinking any normal amount of it (glass or two and a banana on the side) then that is way too much sugar/carbs to allow you to feel the benefits of a low carbohydrate diet (which is in essence what Paleo is). I'd say you're not 80/20 on the diet, more like 50/50. But if you feel better, that's still an improvement over the donuts! This may also be why you are struggling to give up the rice and pasta. Same with the sweet potato- sugar. Carbs are sugar to your body. Your body is craving it and you are relenting, convincing yourself it is healthy because 'it's natural sugar'. You will know you are sugar adjusted when broccolli (which is 1.7% sugar) tastes sweet. Orange juice is the same to your body as CocaCola, it's readily available sugar- Wean yourself off orange juice, says government health tsar - Telegraph My advice if you really want to ditch the wheat, rice and sugar would be to stuff your face with steak, scrambled eggs, mature cheese. Eat as much as you like, don't go hungry. Once your body adjusts to lower carbohydrate intake you will find yourself eating less and less and still being full. Well done on the no alcohol- this alone is half the battle with loosing weight.

The van won't get the Saturday jobs rolling in. Not a chance. It will however make life easier once you have put in the hard word of making contacts and getting your name about. Good luck with it.

That's incredibly clean, does it look to have been repainted?

This is also my preferred approach. It's amazing how much easier it is to sharpen accurately in a heated workshop, with a good light over the chain, some good tunes, a coffee to one side and dinner cooking on the stove As opposed to on the floor in the mud with the water soaking into your chainsaw trousers.

LDV tipper would be cheaper, no trailer license needed either. With the cash saved you're well on your way to buying a chipper which you already have a suitable tow vehicle for.

Cheers. I have obtained similar from car boots etc (probably the Rolson ones). Have you a link for the 3/8 eBay ones?

Whilst I agree with certain points, I think you will be hard pressed to find a pro cutter who doesn't agree that the chain brake is a useful thing to have. Mainly as it allows you to stop the chain dead and start moving straight away to your next cutting position, without the risk of serious injury which can and does occur when you trip (an unavoidable hazard in the forest environment) and either land on the saw or touch it to your body with the chain still on the rundown. I wouldn't use a saw without one, and to be honest I think anyone who makes a point of doing so is being cavalier for the sake of it. I agree it's not a substitute for careful/skilled saw handling, but it's an important failsafe even for the pros.

Where from Bob?

Always tip the mower towards the oil filler, otherwise the oil will end up in the air filter and carb. Threads are always normal AFAIK, like angle grinders. Folk often think they need to be reverse thread to stop the blade coming off, but that's not the case.

Even the modern Same tractors are modular air cooled engines. My buddy has a 6 cylinder 4WD. Piece of piss to renew one piston liner.

Nothing on that scale will be cheap! Why not reduce the bigger timbers into manageable billets to put through a normal processor??

Will check it out, thanks.

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The way I heard it from my local dealer was that Lawnflite/Kaaz bought the design off Honda? Are Kaaz are still selling their varient? Mine has Lawnflite, Kaaz and Honda labels on various parts of it

Surely any ladder of that size will be cumbersome? IE. if you need the height, you live with the weight for that job. This is why I want a tripod set too.

I made up a vice mounted on box section to drop into the dropside post holes on my truck or trailer this very afternoon. Sharpening on the ground is horrible, I hate it. I also made up a similar dropside hole mount for the cement mixer, to save lugging the stand about. You gotta get up on the truck to shovel the sand outta the bag anyhow!

The Briggs engines are OK, but not a patch on Honda. But then, they're about half the price like for like. I have Briggs on my shredder and billy goat, they're OK ish. If I could swap them for a Honda for say £50 I would do so in a heartbeat.

Does it suddenly recoil once you slacken the bolts a certain amount or do you have to take the cover right off again?

Is something jamming it against the fan?

OP, did you have an alarm or any sort of security? Sounds like a well planned job

Why do you want larger teeth (= larger kerf, more work for the saw) on such a small saw? I use 181s over 171s as they are that little bit more robust. However, I always buy them with the 1.1mm chain rather than the 1.3. In a straight test, my 181 vs a mates 181, about the same age, cut twice as quick. Mine- 12" 1.1mm bar. His, 16" 1.3mm bar. Just goes to show the difference a smaller bag (both kerf and length) makes. The 1.1mm chain is also very quick and easy to sharpen, even in the field. I even get away with being a bit careless when sharpening it to be honest. Don't know why. If you buy 1.1mm chains, buy Stihl. I had three Oregon ones and they all lost their teeth very quickly. No such issues with the Stihl ones. Not sure if Stihl do 1.1mm chain with the anti kickback bumper tie links, but I buy Stihl 1.1mm without and it is fast and efficient.