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Time flies, been using this for 5 years now, great strimmer 535iRX

You any good at plumbing? My mate in Edinburgh has a wee job for you

Interested to hear how you get on, I've seen some chinese machinery where it was just generally poorly designed, flimsy thin steel that shears See if you can find out the actual weight of the machine, and compare it to the weight of a known brand of the same size

I wonder if there will ever be a go at some sort of on board powertool battery charging on a chipper. For Stihl/Husky etc batteries. The normal 12v charging alternator wouldn't be up to much, I'm thinking some sort of pto/hydraulic alternator at 36v (or actually 42v), with cooling and all normal battery protection. High power/high speed charging. Or even a wireless charging dock, the saw has only a small (lightweight) battery inside, with a little shelf on the chipper where you can leave it between snedding, and it gets a charge. The chipper saw is kept in a safe place, and will run all day with a tiny battery.

I think someone like Charles Dowding is regularly adding large amounts of green material, which is full of moisture, so a roof works for him. I had some old corrugated iron so I built a roofed compost area but it was far to dry, even with the holes in the tin. So I'm trying to run that down, and will use the building for something else. New diy compost bins are timber & mesh panels that screw together into cubes, and they're position partially under large trees, so they get some shelter and some rain, will see how that goes.

If you want to, you can go back through the years in street view and watch the trees change https://www.google.com/maps/@51.707,-2.2005779,3a,75y,74.89h,70.05t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sgK5t4RWFXAGQP2HZ_YiLjw!2e0!5s20190301T000000!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26pitch%3D19.95281725573716%26panoid%3DgK5t4RWFXAGQP2HZ_YiLjw%26yaw%3D74.89463267935798!7i13312!8i6656?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDQxNi4xIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D Ps what a town name!

Got given some 60 litre drums that were being chucked (from a candle maker), they must've had the essential oils in them as they're very floral! Thought they would make good pots for the tomatoes, so cut them in half and added handles. Not gone crazy with the drainage holes as they are going in the greenhouse. 30l should be a good size for water retention Next to a B&Q 12l bucket for scale

Someone will buy it for firewood, for the right price. Might involve a weekend warrior ringing it up on site and carting it away a trailer load at a time, so don't get involved in that. Does the person not burn wood themselves? Or a neighbour?

Just stick on a hi vis jacket and go dig up the road!

The one on the left has been pruned already. I say just go along with a polesaw beforehand and trim off whatever is sticking miles out. How wide is the transformer?

Not bought any for years, I found the Creoseal branded thick and gloopy, and the Barrettine branded thin and runny, soaked in well, almost evaporated Traditional Creosote: Dark Brown 20L | Palatine Paints WWW.PALATINEPAINTS.CO.UK Barrettine Traditional Creosote Dark Brown - Timber preservative and treatment against wood destroying insects, rotting fungi, for external use only.

Being civilised is boring, I built a compost toilet down the garden, beautiful place to go for a dump on a spring morning, sun coming through the trees, birds tweeting away, etc

If the machine is running fine I don't think I would change hydraulic oil. If there's a filter, then yep change that.

I think somebody on here years ago posted photos of IBC liners they were using as raised beds, with a simple strip of wood screwed round the outside to keep the shape Edit - it was @Woodworks page 2 of this thread

I know of a guy, someone living maybe a mile away planted some conifers (spruce I think it was) along the side of the road on their boundary, blocking the nice view for the public. So him and another local made a pact to go out at night, and they would start at either end felling the trees, and meet in the middle. They never got it finished, but the trees owners did get the police out when they discovered it, no one was caught.

I planted more willow cuttings this winter by a roadside (in the dark) driving/cycling past you can see the new shoots, they're coming on well.

Sell it If the access is wide enough, can it not be dragged or rolled round to the road?

If you spent circa £5k on an automatic chain sharpener then you'd never hand sharpen again in your life! I like the Pfered 2 in 1 file (it was about £30) but I would say it sets the depth gauges more for softwood than hardwood. You can also get knock off 2 in 1 files, I got some for about £7, and they don't feel much different to the genuine.

Not got one, but this looks pretty easy:

You can get them for a few quid on aliexpress https://vi.aliexpress.com/item/1005006484972990.html I rarely use it, most of the time just a normal file, one end of the bar on the workbench, and at an angle

Toolstation sell a little top handle chainsaw, gets a mix of reviews, either terrible or fantastic https://www.toolstation.com/hawksmoor-254cc-305cm-top-handle-petrol-chainsaw/p23253 5 out of 5 stars. Lightweight easy to use compact chainsaw 3 months ago Perfect for using when not so much strength in hands 4 out of 5 stars. Hawksmoor top handle chain saw 5 months ago Great little saw for the money, handy for heavy pruning and light logging, would recommend, 5 out of 5 stars. Hawksmoor petrol chainsaw nice and light 2 years ago Bought this for a gift as we were needing a few small trees and bushes cutting down. It is nice and light just what my husband needed. He has tried it out but never put it to any good work as yet, but thinks it should be ideal for him.

Wow decent pots! I'm very jealous!

If you're feeling really posh you can buy the pump dispensers for 5l brand new, either internet or a janitor/cleaning supplier My mate has an Oil Safe pump, I borrowed it once for filling up axles on a machine. Great bit of kit but what a bloody price

Take an old swarfega bottle with pump dispenser, wash it out REALLY well (to get rid of all the abrasive granules). Find a suitable sized piece of hose in amongst the mountain of useful junk in the shed and ram it on the end of the pump Ideal container for dispensing engine oil in small engines, particularly Honda GX type Poor mans "Oil Safe" container https://www.opieoils.co.uk/c-1763-oil-safe.aspx?srsltid=AfmBOoq46hSsGnPkn8tidwwuK_oQBQnvYhZ_0Pt3SCClMNiBwwcDqmk4