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And plastic parts instead of metal

Any experts? @Alycidon

Sorry 😁 but ‘drop starting’ a chainsaw just conjours up an image of a fat pikey (is there any other kind?) in shorts, holding the rope in one and and throwing the chainsaw with the other. I start all my saws, even from cold by holding the handle between my legs.

Cowboy 🤣

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I have no idea where that is, but that is one cool town name.

If there's one thing worse than neighbour tree disputes, it's neighbour fence disputes. If there's even a hint of a boundary issue when quoting a fencing job, it's always all the money up front and a decent email trail. Sometimes I like to send some of the 'rougher' lads and unmarked vans for contentious hedge jobs, just to stir the shit if I don't like the neighbour either 🤣

If it helps, I wanted to do right by the planet and switched to Norther Arb bio oil. Ended up burning it in the yard stove, it was just useless. Would have wrecked bars in short order had I continued. Now back on mineral until someone finds a bio that works! 😞

What do you think the can the oil comes in is made of? Manuals are for the guidance of wise men and the unswerving obedience of fools (but mainly for 101 different get-out clauses for the manufacturer)

Think you might need some new tracks mate!

I'm a huge fan of the MS462, but wouldn't pass up a go on a 500i to see the difference.

Every time I get on my Multione or my Sherpa I think ‘I love this machine!’ Loaders are so efficient. I loaded these monster oak logs with it the other day.

I have worked out that my pto grinder will fit almost as if made to measure onto my Sherpa loader. Add a 29hp Loncin engine… 😎🤣

Thanks. I’ve not done any ‘proper’ stump grinding, but I’m amazed just of ‘sharp’ these are. Less grinding and more cutting when you lower it into the work.

Not the best pics (camera buggered) but here you go

It's cheap shite from Aldi, what did you expect? And as regards the stripping screws issue- sounds like you are trying to drive Phillips heads (old screws from the Dad style box of scrap screws) with a Pozi bit. Get new screws, and get reasonable quality PZ2 and PZ3 bits. You're asking a lot from a drill driver to drive long screws without a decent bit and also a lot of pressure behind to keep it in the head. The whole reason for impact drivers (as opposed to impact wrenches) is that the impact prevents 'cam out'- when the bit strips the screw head. This is different from an impact wrench, where the socket is not going to slip and the purpose of the impact is to loosen a tight machine thread. People think an impact driver is for more torque- it's not. It's to deliver sufficient torque in a controlled manner (without cam out). If you are putting a coach screw, timberlock or similar (with a bolt head) into timber, a heavy duty drill will do it quicker than an impact wrench so long as you can hang on. To be honest, you should have just bought a budget level drill and seperate impact driver from one of the big brands and you'd not have any of these issues. If you insist upon persisting with the Aldi drill, screws are available with a Torx (star type) head. With the right bit, you'd be able to drive these in with just a drill without suffering from cam-out nearly so much. Trouble is, a few boxes of them will cost as much as you paid for the drill! 🤣🤣

I did six oak stumps ranging from four feet to two feet yesterday afternoon with my PTO grinder behind the 26hp Kubota. Took around three hours- but I did have the forklift broom on the Multione on site, so I swept the grindings out the way to keep a clear view of proceedings- worked wonderfully! Very impressed with the square razor teeth (I think?) on the Rock machinery grinder wheel. Used barely 6 litres of diesel too, which I thought was pretty good.

So you can no longer use 100% renewable wood to heat your water? What a bullshit country we live in. Bring on the crash and some anarchy.

A big bushy 10/15m leylandii? So that's 10m as it's a homeowner height estimate 🤣 'Reduced' on one side? It's going to look shit whatever you do, I'd get a gardener or fresh out of college tree surgeon to do it with a decent A-frame ladder and extension plus a polesaw. No need for MEWPS.

If you are looking at a car derived van, just get a car! Apart from anything else, you pay the car tax rate (often zero for an 'eco' model rather than full whack £245 a year for the same thing without windows.

It works just fine for a cheap bulk log store. mind you, it was better when panels were a tenner not £35 each!!!

There are scaffold poles driven down the sides for support, which also support a scaffold tin roof easily once filled. Method in the madness 😉

Even a sterile garden like that will have plenty more work down the line...those softwood sleepers will be rotted out in five years!

I’ll let you know in a few months? Done a couple for customers recently, the theory is sound. More airflow than just in a pile.

Another foreign holiday? Who says there’s no money in Arb? 🤣🤣 What you can’t see in that photo is the pile of chip it’s sat on!