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Amen. I never thought I'd be the evangelical 'my body is a temple' type. But you only get one body....

Small trailer is the way forward for you, starting out. Literally half the diesel and running costs of a pickup/transit. If you're only doing 1-2 cube at a time, you need nothing bigger. How do I know? I've run both. As soon as I get a small van for the expanding gardening team, that will be doing log runs with a 750kg trailer on the back.

I chased some little scrotes down the road in a tractor in my younger and stupider days after they chucked all the crap out of the window into my bosses fields. They got to the end of the farm road and straight out onto the main road without looking. Good job as I wasn't going to stop- it would have been an 'accident' on a private road they had no right to be on. The reg number idea is genius- a little sticker on every bit of food. Unfortunately the 0.5p cost of doing this on every meal will have a huge effect on McDonald's bottom line, so unless they can justify it with the savings on employing litter pickers (which they are very good about in their car parks to be fair) then I don't expect anything will happen. I still wouldn't eat their crap though

This sums it up: "As with some other Paleo foods, just because it’s Paleo does not mean that you should eat it. People who are trying to lose weight should avoid honey, as well as people who are trying to become ketogenic. Also, if eating honey gets you started down the slippery slope towards consuming other sweet things that are not Paleo, you might want to avoid it for that reason. " From thepaleolist.com Personally I avoid it.

Still better than no forest... They must be expecting a heavy premium on the units to cover the cost of designing and building the tree bits, plus the loss of indoor space. It sounds like they've done their homework on the trees and plants, so it will be very interesting to see what it looks like in twenty years time. I like it. I bet there's be a few takers on here for the position of full time arborist/gardener? I guess they've got a hoist system at the top for window cleaning and tree pruning.

Tenner says the OP is a smoker.....

Sorted. Why have 18 other people read this?

If you're working domestic properties, consider an air nailer? I run both a 50mm brad nailer and a 90mm framing nailer off a 6l compressor with a couple of extension hoses. Can't imagine having to pay for gas or batteries, it's just so simple. Plus for timberlocks etc I just run the 1/2" impact driver- two or three times quicker than my Makita 18v impact driver, and no batteries to run flat. The other major upside is that air tools are very cheap compared to gas or battery. Check this thread: http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/landscaping/53995-best-nail-gun-ever-1.html

I see your point. I think the difference on this thread is that it's not really a case of 'you must follow this exactly and eat only X Y Z'. Hell, we're not really even discussing strictly Paleo, it's a combination of Paleo, gluten free, keto, low carb and carb cycling depending upon the individual poster! Bottom line is, if what you are eating works for you, then fantastic. My labourer is fit as a fiddle, six pack and all, and eats four baguettes a day. When that was me, I was 14 stone. Now I'm 11st 2lb at 6' tall. I will never ever go back, and I'm really pleased to see others saying the same thing. @ Tapautreeman- my advice would be to go for it, and try to kick the milk. You may well develop a taste for bitter black coffee after dropping the sugar- I did. A true Paleo diet would indeed cut out the cheese. However, mature cheeses have pretty much none of the lactose sugars which are in milk, and some people, myself included, believe that as the macros of mature cheese are pretty good (high fat, moderate protein) then it's OK. Either way if you've kicked the processed food, then you're in the top 10% of the population.

Was she good for tea and biccies? I hate it when folk don't provide basic common courtesy to honest tradesman just cuz their 'rich'. :lol: Me? Billy Piper and Lawrence Fox.

When folk say light metal, I take that to mean car bodywork etc. MIG is the way forward for that. 3mm I agree is a different kettle of fish.

Another victim of Stihl 4-mix.... Valves needing to be adjusted after three uses is a total joke (if indeed that transpires to be the problem). Is it particularly hard to pull over? God knows why Stihl are pushing this rubbish for another year. They must have a large stock of 4-mix to use up. You'd like to think they'd stopped making them by now? The air filter being wet sounds like yours has the incontinence issue- the second common fault with these engines.

Despite the 'hardness' of them, my main grip with Vibram soles is that they wear out after a year for me. Admittedly I am on concrete much of the time. That said, I've yet to find a more comfortable safety boot. £180 a year is small change for comfortable feet every day. Perhaps try some of the TimberCats that HoneyBros are supposed to be getting in? Airstreams in yellow with retractable studs. So long as the studs are tungsten, they should provide both much better grip and much better sole life when used on suitable surfaces.

Just to muddy things further, on some tractors there is a detent adjuster, usually a screw knob on top of the valve block. You might find fiddling with this sorts it. As mentioned, baler twine is the easiest way! Just make sure she's not loading up- if the engine revs drop when the spitter isn't being used, then as mentioned the valve is faulty.

You'll need a decent generator regardless (6KVA+) but a lot of the little inverter welders (InverterFusion, GYS ect) are pretty handy for that sort of thing. They will also run fine off a long extension lead.

Why Welsh? What's wrong with the local stuff?

You'll not do 'light' metal with a 70amp stick welder

Just means more gets done in a day....

And people wonder why we don't manufacture anything anymore!

The three cylinder usually starts OK, the four cylinder just won't! 35 is the same money as an International/David Brown and only a quarter of the tractor. Don't buy one for work.

What's WPD authorized mean?

They're OK for tiny areas. Anything else, get a compact tractor. You can buy chippers etc with their own engine for what BCS want just for the attachment, which is nothing special. The flail mower attachments will struggle in anything other than light bramble- leafy vegetation sucks the power of any flail, and the 2-wheel tractors have precious little to start with. The best job for mine was mowing some SAMs (old burial mounds) where we weren't supposed to take machinery (I just assumed they meant BIG machinery!). The locals told me stories about a farmer who tried to plough to close, and the spirits stalled the engine I think they knew we meant no harm, only to improve their final resting place, because the little BCS did a cracking job. :lol: Traction is a big issue- they have precious little weight, and even less ground clearance. Get the biggest wheels you can, and water ballast them Don't laugh, you won't believe the difference it makes. Like night and day. But for what you want, I really think you'd be better off with a small compact tractor. Attachments for 2-wheel tractors carry a hefty premium also, despite only being capable of a fraction of the work.

Everything the Ford or Massey does an International or David Brown will do better and cheaper This thread will help you: http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/firewood-forum/50754-yard-firewood-tractor.html Assuming you don't need 4WD.

Difficult to justify new for the amount I'm going to use it. (two weeks, then who knows! I'd rather second hand because then I won't ever loose money on it.

Then don't moan. You clearly believe you are better than them, so prove it