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Don't know him, but it's apparently Murray Machinery selling the Kubota, and going by streetview, the ebay photos are legit.
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Take photos before you start, and as you go, always nice to look back and see the progress
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USA based "Chainsaw" type brush cutter disc - anyone seen one in the UK
scbk replied to cjdg's topic in General chat
Yes I know, I was meaning in reply to dumper's post Here's the link: http://www.hse.gov.uk/safetybulletins/brush-cutters.htm IIRC the guy who died wasn't even using the strimmer that the piece flew off, he was a "bystander" on another machine. I will read any literature but I don't really care if something is classed as legal by the HSE or not - they pretty much say only to fit blades that are OEM. To me the blade in the first post doesn't look safe, after some hard use, how much will be left of the rivet heads -
USA based "Chainsaw" type brush cutter disc - anyone seen one in the UK
scbk replied to cjdg's topic in General chat
They were banned 6yrs ago, a poor guy died after a piece flew off " The European Commission (DG Enterprise and Industry) has required Member States to prohibit the placing on the market of flail-type cutting attachments consisting of several linked metal parts (e.g. chains) for portable hand-held brush cutters. Non-standard metal brush cutting accessories fitted to petrol driven brush cutters can fail catastrophically in-service. There is a risk of death or serious injury to operators and others in vicinity from ejected metal components. These accessories are manufactured from more than one component and rotate at high speeds" -
Thinking about it, I've probably had more stale fuel problems on 4 stroke machines than 2 stroke. Ps won't be buying aspen again.......now got a battery hedger.
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USA based "Chainsaw" type brush cutter disc - anyone seen one in the UK
scbk replied to cjdg's topic in General chat
I've cleared a large amount of bamboo before with a plain 3 tooth blade. You'll need to dig the roots out or lots of glyphosate on the regrowth. It was popping up for years. -
I reckon they'll do it for the firewood
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To me a stob is a strainer, or sometimes just fenceposts in general
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I probably consume too much sugar, but can't admit to any of the other things on your list ps you forgot to say bacon gives you cancer
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Oh and to top it off, turns out the hydro power scheme won't actually generate any electricity!! It is pumped storage, with the headpond above ground level, and nothing feeding in to it
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Proposed Red John hydro power scheme above Loch Ness rejected by Highland Council as "worst planning application" ever encountered; councillors slam lack of flood danger information in wake of Whaley Bridge dam damage in Derbyshire WWW.INVERNESS-COURIER.CO.UK A PROPOSAL for a new hydro scheme above Loch Ness has been rejected by Highland Council as “the worst planning... “We have got a three paragraph section which contains the bemusing phrase that ‘based on estimated annual probability of failure of the embankment the fatality rates are classed as being within a broadly acceptable number’. Could I ask what is a ‘broadly acceptable’ number of fatalities?”
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Can you not fix the old mower? I've never used one, but for a small patch of grass I think I would be quite tempted by a battery powered mower.
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Surely, the stakes in this case are to support the tubes, to protect the trees from deer
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There is a drain, I usually end up having to rod it once a year. Comes from a toilet in a shed so mainly used for jobbies. Aside from possibly not being the best constructed, I think half the problem with it is lack of water going through to clean the pipe out.
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Caithness is flagstones, each piece is usually a few foot wide Caithness flag fence at Nipster (C) Alan Reid :: Geograph Britain and Ireland WWW.GEOGRAPH.ORG.UK ND2158 :: Caithness flag fence at Nipster, near to Gillock, Highland, Great Britain by Alan Reid
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That's more like what I pay, you can sometimes get cashback too. Once you're found the best deal (not necessarily the cheapest) search on https://www.topcashback.co.uk/
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I bought a new cheap generic farm jack off ebay a year or 2 back, it was something silly like £30 delivered, with an adaptor to lift wheels. Bare in mind numerous online retailers (including some that advertise on here) will charge £20-£30 surcharge just for delivery to here! Anyway the jack does the job fine, has pulled out big posts, mesh, roots, lifted machinery, sheds, clamped wood etc. Ps have never heard of or seen a slate fence before, looks beautiful.
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Nevermind drones disrupting aircraft, they're after the busses now too!! Near-miss for passengers as drone hits bus travelling from Fort William to Inverness near Loch Ness WWW.INVERNESS-COURIER.CO.UK BUS passengers and their driver had a lucky escape after a drone crashed into their vehicle close to a major tourist...
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Did hear of someone locally sending a couple loads of good elm logs down south to England on an artic though. Ps will be off to the Black Isle Show soon......
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Yes big dead elms everywhere, most of it goes for firewood. But is that a bad thing, considering how much saw mill quality softwood gets incinerated by balcas, just to make a few watts of electricity so someone can sit infront of a telly watching love island. Renewable innit.
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I like flowers, and most of the time will go out my way to avoid cutting them, deliberately left some decent patches of clover in the "lawn" to go to seed. But there's no feckin way I could drive past those verges every night A mower's width strip would set it off nicely, and keep the weeds off the stones
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Don't like the smell of aspen, but the fumes aren't as bad as normal petrol. Need to look at battery powered stuff soon.
