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  1. WOW!!
  2. Seconded, and I must have used well over a hundred.
  3. Gone.
  4. I’d imagine you can, but I’d also imagine it will be much cheaper to knock a garden wall down and rebuild if that’s what’s stopping access. It would probably be cheaper to get a monster mewp in and reach over the house. pics would be good. If it’s been left to rot and is as bad as you make out then the outhouses are at risk anyway- how special are they?
  5. Palestine outwits Israeli intelligence and is able to launch a large scale surprise attack. Potentially about to kick off big time, with Iran's 'supreme leader' giving his backing to Palestine. " "We congratulate the Palestinian fighters," Rahim Safavi is quoted as saying by the ISNA news agency. "We will stand by the Palestinian fighters until the liberation of Palestine and Jerusalem”, he says." Israel Gaza live updates: We are at war, says Israel's PM, after major attack - BBC News WWW.BBC.CO.UK About 545 people have been injured in the attacks, with at least 22 Israelis dead, according to Israeli officials.
  6. If you used to be an engineer then you should have an understanding of cooling. The grinder isn't really 'air cooled'- it has no cooling at all! 'Air cooled' would suggest forced air somewhere, such as the fan on a chainsaw. You don't need coolant everywhere as the heat generated is nothing like that generated taking a heavy skim off 50mm metal bar in a lathe, for instance. A mist coolant using just water and an airline is simple, cheap and incredibly effective. 8mm Air Pipe Mist Coolant Lubrication System for CNC Lathe Milling Drill Machine WWW.EBAY.CO.UK Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for 8mm Air Pipe Mist Coolant Lubrication System for CNC...
  7. Some coolant could have prevented that!
  8. And still not right?
  9. Anytime you need to take more than a smidge off you'll get heat build up. Small tooth and nowhere for it to dissapate to easily. Small dabs are all well and good but you're still waiting for the heat to soak away. Far better to add coolant as any engineer will tell you. A CBN wheel and water coolant via mist unit transforms it. I posted on another thread about it.
  10. I’m hoping you mean whilst tracking it about 🤣 yeah it’s all a compromise but I’d rather take a bit of Time to level up the path and be able to fit through a gate.
  11. Only a little one (ooh matron!). Not much use for trees I know, but really I bought it for property maintenance and the odd large hedge reduction or little dead ash. Did a bit of research before buying but mainly bought it because it seemed cheap and I found myself with five jobs lined up for it. It’s an older machine (2003) but has only done 250 hours. Nice and simple. Found a great firm near me who came and did its 6 month inspection yesterday and said it looks a nice tight machine with genuine low hours. Great service from Aerial and Handing Services Ltd. I need a few bits to tidy it up and I’m also very impressed with how proactive the spares suppliers are. Not bad prices at all on the basic parts either, and hopefully nothing too expensive to go wrong with such an early model. Oil and Steel Octopussy 1250. £8.5k. 890mm wide which I think is about as narrow as a mewp gets? It’s also the twin boom model which I didn’t realise but I see that gives more ‘up and over’ reach for buildings etc. Managed to get myself stuck against the barn wall at the yard which was embarrassing so there’s something not quite right, possibly operator! I’m assuming that it was trying to lower the parallel lift ram of the twin boom before the one that pulls you back, which isn’t ideal. Managed to coax it into dropping the right ram by pushing the teleboom out against the wall which is even less idea.. Learning curve! I’ve always hated renting the cumbersome trailer mounted units. Now I own one it can sit on site until the job is done at leisure. Photo of the tree work is from the listing, not me.
  12. The 500i anti vibe is probably quite a lot better than the older 461 (although I can’t be sure). Another factor to consider if you are looking to help your arm heal.
  13. Useless things. A great way to rip the bottom out of a bucket and trash the load by lack of visibility. But above all, the extra leverage has the opposite effect, greatly increasing the weight of the load.
  14. 100%. You'd need to be mad to touch anything with a Briggs 37hp EFI. Get the diesel kubota and pay someone to open the injection pump up a bit. SOmeone was discussing this on Arbtalk FB last night and it's something I need to do one two machines also.
  15. A better bet would be to use a skitsteer quick attach rather than Euro. The Kubota compact loaders that are quick connect (35hp+) use skid steer brackets. Skid steer attachments are generally smaller and lighter than Euro. An even better system would be Avant/Multione, but a harder hitch to fab as you can't just get one off eBay. Cast mini loaders use this system and their attachments would be perfectly matched to your loader.
  16. It’s actually very hard bordering upon impossible for a landlord to terminate a three generation farming tenancy from the 70s.
  17. This design is excellent, I’ve had over a decade out of one. I still have an old Wolf branded one, from back in the day. If you’re feeling mechanically sympathetic you can change the oil and air filters on it to prolong its life. My current workshop model is a belt driven SGS 90 litre. Excellent machine, belt drive is quieter and also means it runs to a higher pressure. So more air stored overall for the same size cylinder once you regulate the output via the built in manifold. Avoid Stanley, you’re paying for a name which isn’t worth a wank anyway. I wouldn’t waste my time with an air impact wrench, it will be outclassed by even the cheaper battery guns out there these days!
  18. This 100%. Anything with a Honda pump will generally be mated to a decent quality pump. Interpump are best but Antonio Reverbi also excellent. You simply cannot get spares for the cheapy models. If I had a quid for every Draper model I’d been asked to fix! If you are limited to electric then you will get much less pressure, and more importantly flow for your money. . Anything with a circuit board will die on you prematurely. I use a Cleanwell steam cleaner which is basic and excellent- you want the biggest motor you can run on a single phase supply which will give you around 12 litres per minute at a sufficient pressure. flow is what cleans, not pressure. you only need enough pressure to lift the dirt and with paintwork you’re best investing in a good snow foam gun and can of TRF as this will do most of the work. Trying to clean paintwork with the highest pressure model you can find is not how it’s done- that’s for cleaning stonework where you actually want to abrade the surface slightly. post anything you’re thinking of buying and we’ll give you the lowdown.
  19. Even if a sole trader this is true, as well as providing employers liability insurance.
  20. Just to cheer you up further....that absoloute monster that we looked at? A relative is going to rent a cherry picker and take off the worst bits apparently. You couldn't make it up. I'll post the news article when it happens...
  21. This is actually a well known business technique called the 'client ladder'.
  22. ??? you’re going to have to explain a bit more. are you saying the tenant had timber rights and felled this before his tenancy lapsed to spite the landlord for not renewing the lease? If the tree wasn’t officially protected then this might actually be legal!
  23. A relative was involved in that as an ecologist, and walked off site. Ecology for HS2 is simply a box ticking exercise.
  24. The government can do a compulsory purchase though.

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