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I wouldn't worry if it's bent, do the nuts still move easily enough along the thread?

Yes it comes as standard with the 200mm clearing saw blade, it works really well. I had a job a couple of weeks ago cutting gorse and broom away from a wire fenceline, I was using it alongside the husky battery chainsaw. A days work and not one drop of petrol used, only diesel to get to the site! Fresh air

It's only really the paths there that need mulched right down. Mulch/shredder blade works better than a plain one for that material as it has more "bite"

Here's the Husqvarna 535irx with the Oregon 3 tooth mulching blade (3mm thick) I didn't have a tripod with me, the camera was just resting on the van, I was also cutting gorse and broom with it later on. The guard is the grass guard, which gets in the way slightly, I didn't have the blade guard with me.

The virologist dr Chris Smith was on BBC Radio Scotland today saying he thought that the general population - and in particular school kids - wearing masks was a bad idea, and may cause more problems than it solves.

Have a look at https://www.beltingonline.com/search/results?search_in_description=1&zenid=ftep6aev7a3760gpik5n3ehqa2&keyword=condor&x=0&y=0. I've used them before. If you search on google you should be able to find a manual for the mower, which includes info on the belts.

I'm so glad that the taxpayer is subsidizing coffee and cake for Russian billionaires Oil billionaire takes advantage of Eat Out to Help Out scheme at Nairn cafe WWW.INVERNESS-COURIER.CO.UK A NEWLY-OPENED café in Nairn is claiming an oil billionaire among its customers taking advantage of the Eat Out to Help...

I was gonna suggest try a trampoline

Got the Honda UMK 450 XE yesterday, appears to be a nice smooth strimmer. Seems ideal for running a blade. The head that comes on it is a large Sugihara, which you reload with it on the machine, feed through the eyelets then wind it round, and it takes 3.3mm square line no bother. It will get put to some proper work next week.

Does it say anything in the manual about blades? I would give it a go with a standard tri blade (non mulching)

At 273 miles, the A9 is the longest road in Scotland! It's not far away.....

What are you wanting to carry with it? I always thought it would be handy to make a wee body with timber bolsters, have never got round to it yet. I've got a spare skip off another power barrow sat here.

After more searching, managed to find the online manual for the Honda UMK450 The bottom one, XEET, is the model with the anti vibe handlebars

Yes the GX35 I had just sipped petrol. Probably seems worse as it only has a small tank. It's now been replaced by a husky 535 battery machine which is quite good on fuel

Makita one is 43cc vs 48cc, with about £100 price difference, so much and such the same. The Honda is 9kg I tried phoning up Honda themselves to ask about the vibration figures, a phone number from Bulgaria called back, he's going to try and find out and maybe get back to me next week

Has anyone used one/got one? It would mainly be for running a mulching blade. Used to have the 35cc honda and it was great for running a blade, better than 2 strokes. It didn't have the anti vibe handle though.

I see that Honda have brought out a new 4 stroke strimmer, with a bigger engine, and this time with an anti-vibe handle (can't see the actual vibration levels anywhere though) Honda UMK450 XE Strimmer WWW.HUGHIEWILLETT.CO.UK Brushcutter Honda UMK 450 XE with Honda 4-stroke mini engine with lower consumption, noise and emissions. Clean...

Around here having a valid mot and white diesel is "posh"

Oil price isn't too bad at the minute, and a few locals say it'd be a no brainer. But in mind mind the price will only ever go up

I've been giving giant courgettes away to any poor sucker who'll take them! A few tomatoes just starting to ripen now.

Oh and we have suspended timber floors, so could lift floorboards and insulate, but don't want to do that yet incase I need to run pipes for central heating etc

We have the space for ground mounted solar, but when I looked the feed in tariffs were now next to nothing, so the panels might struggle to ever pay for themselves?

We're in the same boat sort of, we live in an old stone house with not much insulation but storage heaters (and a small stove in the lounge). We avoid using the heaters at all costs as you may aswell be chucking £10 notes on the fire. Haven't been able to come up with much of a plan so far. Just recently heard about a new scheme for "first time central heating" through the government : https://www.highland.gov.uk/info/1210/environment/829/energy_and_sustainability/2 But as per usual, not easy to get info on it, and in the end it turns out it's for low income households. Would be good to have a bigger stove running a couple of radiators and the hot water, but it would all have to be plumbed in from scratch. Did wonder about having a standalone air-to-air heat pump (ie air conditioner) but I think a decent one like a Mitsubishi Ecodan is £5-£10k?, which is a lot of money for a room heater

There was one in Aberdeenshire, burnt for 10 months. Not sure if it was woodchip/green waste/compost Compost fire to be extinguished after 10 months - letsrecycle.com WWW.LETSRECYCLE.COM Keenan Recycling claims that the fire smouldering since June 2012 at its Aberdeenshire composting plant will be...

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