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Anyone who can’t cut at a union after the first day is sacked. No exceptions.

I like it. Those Loncin engines are cheap and much more reliable than Briggs or Kohler. Turntable on an entry level chipper is fantastic.

Making light work of moving four grabs worth of dirt. Five hours on my own, jumping between machines. Incredibly efficient.

Tractors are pretty cheap, and yes you can't beat having a loader free.

What you need for sharpening is a fibre backed ceramic disc. Cuts clean and cool and can follow the contours. Either on an angle grinder or on a 50mm roloc on a 90 degree die grinder. 36 grit ceramic and you can sharpen a blade in seconds, leaving deep scratches but no heat build up. Nitro Ceramic Fibre Discs, 50/Pack - SAIC Ltd. SAIC-UK.CO.UK Buy Nitro Ceramic Fibre Discs, 50/Pack Premium quality ceramic, 100% ceramic grains. Topsize layer... A bench grinder is no use whatsoever for mulch type blades in particular. I’ve never found balancing to make any difference to bearing longevity so I don’t bother on either the John Deere ride on or Kubota compact mid mount.

You and me both mate! you have to buy old to get a view too. The ‘view’ from the other half’s friends new builds always makes me want to slit my wrists. Brick walls and purple fences 🤮 Listed buildings might be restrictive in what you can do but why would you want to change them?? Old houses with a view- they don’t make them any more (literally). To be able to buy a small one for the same (or actually less!) than the equivalent sized new or mid 70s build estate Lego block seemed like a bargain to me.

You’ve got no visibility at all with the collector box in front of you! With a rear mount you’ve a chance of seeing some thing you want to keep and lifting up as you pass over it, no chance with the box in front of you. Compaction levels- the tractor weighs less than the loader on a similar footprint. The tractor is more nimble than the loader with its independent brakes and in this case bi-speed turning. I do tons of cut and collect and all the loader is good for is clearing up and pushing the dump pile up imo. I don’t get why people are wed to using their loaders as an inneficient hydraulic tool carrier when direct drive pto compact tractors and implements are much cheaper to buy and run. above all, a tractor is far, far quicker.

That weight saving you refer to is the anti-vibe. Rather you than me.

Totally not the case, sorry. a blade only requires the revs to be tickled enough to keep the momentum. A four way cord head takes far more power.

With Sonia swap rates at over 5%, mortgages will soon be 7%. as with all percentages, it depends how small the original number is. The base rate has risen by well over 1000%, but then again, it was 0.1% for a while.

Gas is dirt cheap for cooking. It’s central heating that eats it.

We always make wild garlic pesto with pine nuts. It’s incredible. Also- make yourself some some garlic salt next season- it’s amazing. The other thing my foraging girlfriend makes is wild garlic butter. It’s exceptional spread on bbq venison, for example, to stop it drying out too much. You’re a man who will appreciate this I’m sure. Industrial stock manufacturing. 10kg of lamb bones plus garlic, onions and sea moss in a pan with a tap and filter. This will settle in the takeaways tubs to around 80% stock and 20% fat on top. Use the whole tub into a pan, or snaffle the dripping off the top for frying veg in. Good stock, as far as I’m concerned, is THE key to making any recipe into something exceptional. OXO cubes just don’t cut it, not even close.

Must be a mistake in the spec. Go for the FS461. They are totally bombproof as mentioned. The price difference is so little that you might as well have the power- you don't have to use it, but it's nice to know it's there for things like the 4 way head. The 490 is not as good. Different chassis and much more vibes.

I wonder what sort of early years these brothers had to make them turn out the way they both did? Bring back hanging for fathers who abuse their children.

Like I said, I;m glad you're happy with it. Enough of this cryptic crap. Who manufactures them in which county?

Much the same as Lumag stuff. Lots of 'Germany' stickers on the machines but ommitting the crucial preface 'Made in'! Plus a nice website with lots of photos of German looking men in overalls, if that's your thing. I'd wager that's the same drum unit and skid as you can buy by the dozen on Alibaba.

I was wondering! Sounded a little spammy. They can't be selling many at that money.

Really? It looks identical. Is this a case of a european manufacturer copying the Chinese for once? 🤣 Where are they manufactured?

Trouble is then you're up against us contractors with actual tractors 😀 What does an Avant flail collector cost to rent? I've always thought it an absoloute abortion of an attachment, as well as horrendously overpriced. No visibility, shit laods of hydraulic losses and knocks the hell out of the loader when you lift it up to run it to the collection point. I guarantee I could cut any meadow you cut with it in less than half the time with my cheap compact tractor and secondhand flail collector. If you're getting plenty of that kind of work you could buy a secondhand tractor and flail collector for around £5- £4k for a 26hp Iseki or Mitsubishi and £1k for the collector. You'll quickly see just how much more efficient the tractor is for all other mowing also. Flail mowing possibly an exception as front mount is nice, but thats why you buy a reverse drive tractor! McCormick G23 reverse drive hydrostatic alpine tractors come up occasionally for around £4k.

He already pays for Eggs to plunge his arms into shit, it's gotta be extra for the kinky shit?

Not to piss on your chips (ok, I'm gonna piss on your chips) but- £5800 plus vat for that???? It's a Chinese trolley chipper with a Briggs and Shattem! I could stick a new twin cylinder Loncin engine on my Chinese chipper and still have change from £2k all in. Glad you're happy though, that's all that matters.

Yup, but kit will hold some value and cheaper to keep kit on the team than staff!

To collect regularly on such an acreage I’d look at a ride on mower with a powered vacuum collector. Mine is on a tractor but they are about second hand as just a mower and collector.

It’ll be gone and on to the muck heap once it’s wilted a bit. But yes, if you want to do no mow may and have a nice lawn, there are consequences.