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There's something seriously wrong if it's disengaging the drive with any sort of throttle applied. You should be able to feather the throttle a tiny bit to engage the drive and the engine will labour if the chain can't get moving.

MS362 is approx £600.

Legal to tow behind an agricultural tractor at 20mph. Which Matt was contemplating doing with an Ifor, which wouldn't be legal due to having ovverun brakes. You know the ones I mean- like a short bale trailer with a beavertail, usually around the 6 ton mark. Or go the whole hog and get a Cheftian low loader.

Old beavertail to go behind your tractor, with hydraulic brakes. Sorted. Or hire a local guy with a beavertail. Get a good working relationship going so that he just picks the digger up and meets you on site, and it could well save you more in time than it costs. Plus towing etc isn't cheap regardless, there's always a hidden cost when doing it yourself.

As per title, Size 8 (Euro 42) Very well worn but might do someone starting out. Well waxed and still watertight, not much sole left. Free to a good home but collection only from near Midhurst, West Sussex.

You could have bloody well mentioned that when I rang! How much?

Top tip- simply process your small stuff into 7" logs. Then sell it to the old dear with a tiny open fire. It's ideal. She gets a bit more wood than normal (for Pete's sake don't offer to stack! ) but you don't have to do anything other than run it through a chop saw.

Looks nice. I've been getting into watches- cheap and cheerful Chinese jobs though. I've got about two dozen now. I'd sooner be sporting a different £10 watch every day of the year than a three and half grand big brand one. Sad hobby i know!

Just top it up to the top of the rad/mark on expansion bottle. Any excess will be vented as it warms up. Far more important, however, is to check the quality of the fluid with a hydrometer.

If anyone is currently selling kiln dried logs at a serious premium, then this has a lot of potential to increase profit. Take that, Certainly Wood! Horses for courses. Good luck with it.

Xtorque is same as Stihl 2 mix, correct? I think this technology is really good for two strokes, my Stihl 2 mix gear is far superior to the old stuff. Much more power and economy.

No worries! Hope you get sorted.

Not any lead acid type. Plus all batteries only last for a limited amount of cycles.

Right, good. Here's your answer: For the price of a proper leisure battery (which you WILL kill by not recharging enough! ) and the lights, you could buy a small 1 or 1.5KW generator, which would easily run some flourescent bulbs, which would provide WAY more light than 12v ever can. This type of generator (google 'suitcase generator') is light as anything and easy to move. Plus you can run power tools. Cost of petrol? Maybe £1/hour. Don't forget that charging a battery isn't free. And by buying a generator, you're buying an asset which can be easily sold if no longer required.

OK, working on the assumption that all around the Transit cab provides good light, the caculations for your 30ft x 30ft barn are: 36m perimeter. £1/metre cost so peanuts in total. 4.8w/m draw. 172w total draw. That's 14.3 amps. A lot. An 80AH leisure battery would give you maybe three hours before needing to be recharged to avoid damage. There's a problem maybe? You've got a big area to light.

How often will you use these lights and for what period of time?

Mate, you started this thread two months ago! Sh!t or get off the pot ay? Seriously, do as I did and buy a 1 or 2m strip for £4 posted. Try it out and imagine it scaled up. It's a lot brighter than you think. You could go the whole hog and try 5m in one corner. It's cheap as chips and can always be used elsewhere!!! 5m lights up my double cab Transit interior like day. That's an area approx 5 feet tall and it must be 6 feet square. Have you decided what you will use to power the lights?

Any stiff boot tends to be slippy in the wet. I use these: Best Grip Boot Studs UK Buy Best Grip screw in boot studs online, Best Grip screw in ice studs for boots, sports shoe studs, UK sales of Best-Grip screw in boot studs, UK sales of studs for boots, sports shoes and waders, Simms Hardbite Studs Believe it or not my biggest grip with Meindl is how the soles wear out. Vibram soles are supposed to be the best around however. I guess it's all the work on concrete I do. I'm hoping the studs (30 per boot, NOT CHEAP @ £1 a stud!) will prevent the soles from wearing. They improve grip immeasurably on everything from concrete to timber and the tungsten carbide just doesn't wear out. I have had issues with them not staying in the soles. For this new pair of boots, I've put 30 rather than my usual 15 in, to spread the load, and I've coated them in vulcanizing soloution prior to screwing them in. Three days in and all still present and accounted for! For God's sake make sure you don't wear them when working on expensive York stone though!

No such thing for me when it comes to boots. If I had to spend £500 to be comfortable I would. You need good boots, a good bed and a good woman, as if you're not in one you're in the other! I'd like all three at once, but she draws the line at me wearing the Meindls in bed!

I bought an Echo blower and vac brand new three years ago. It was a POS compared to the Stihl SH86's that I now run. It was £10 more than the Stihl also. The Stihls outclass it in every way, vibration, airflow, ergonomics. Sorry! I'm genuinely not trying to make this a Stihl vs Echo slanging match. But I find the price/performance/residual ratios of Stihl kit hard to beat. TCD- I understand the anology. Is it really better than a Stihl? Or equal?

Are the dog's bollocks, the mutts nuts and the canine's gonads, all rolled into one. Why have I not gone for these before? The WoodWalkers are good (I've had four pairs) but these are in a different league. My socks are noticeably drier when I take the boots off, so the air pumping thing would seem to be working. The support is amazing and the memory foam seems much better than the WoodWalkers. No rubbing or pain in the wearing in phase so far. I'm hoping that they will keep their shape around the toacap better than the WoodWalkers. The trouble is I'm always kneeling down, so they bend there and it's kind of unavoidable. All in all, a huge thumbs up. As a general safety boot for all kinds of work, plus chainsaw protection, you can't loose!

Thanks for the link. How do you reckon it will hold it's value compared to a Stihl? It's pretty much the same money, if Stihl made the 341 still that's about what it would cost.

The 270WES doesn't appear to be a current model. The 280WES is unbelievably light as it's a rear handle model of their tiny topper. I was quoted £249 for it. Trouble is it's only 0.9KW. A Stihl 181 at 1.5KW and £200 will outpace easily unfortunately. Seriously light though, and quality seemed good.

Anything 12v will wire up directly, or via whatever switch you chose. Unlike a normal bulb however need to have the polarity correct. You won't kill them if you get it wrong, but they just won't light up. That LED strip is about 5x the price it should be though. Look on eBay.

TCD, what's the best price going for an Echo 610, and from where? I run 2x 034s at the moment, it would be a like for like swap power wise. Fitheach- Stihl chainsaws oil off the clutch also- that's what the little notch on the clutch cover is for, it drives the pump.