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Glad you got an outcome but can't see it being genuine at that price!

Hi, is anyone cutting up IBCs for storing logs in? After a couple of valves (in good working order) to replace ones that are broken on IBC tanks I have here ££

The council run site is full of rubbish, but no-one knows how it got there https://www.inverness-courier.co.uk/News/Travellers-condemn-city-site-as-junk-filled-and-dirty-19062018.htm

Another leak I dug up was a long length of now redundant pipe which had just been blanked off at the far end and buried, so still under pressure. Think I dug that out all the way back to the junction at the "main" supply pipe

You'll probably be best off replacing the whole length of pipe. My experience is you don't know what hodge podge is underground. Joins, junctions, redundant pipes blanked off etc. There was one leaking pipe we dig up which was blue MDPE, joined to black alkathene, joined to copper, joined to lead !! You can listen for and locate leaks using a steel rod (like a pinch bar). Some people believe in dousing too.

I would think so, post a photo

Nice day for it

No, Rustoleum, folks use it to paint vans, you will get it from a local supplier https://www.zoro.co.uk/shop/lubricants-and-chemicals/paints-and-primers/combicolor-metal-paints/f/8134

IMO, a couple cans of rustoleum and a pack of foam rollers, and she will look fine, and be easy to touch up

I've got the kellfri tree jack, doesn't get used much, but still handy to have

There's a more basic version called the elephants trunk. I use it up a ladder. Never used or seen an easy lift harness so can't compare

Have you already bought the vehicle?

https://www.kellfri.co.uk/tree-jack

I hope they gave you a pie or a bit of cake for that job outside the bakers!!!

^No that's the plain roundup. The stuff safe for water is ProBio. I was getting some on an account for someone recently, local supplier was charging about £65 for 5l of Clinic Up! The formulations and names changed slightly, Clinic Ace-Clinic Up. Gallup 360-Gallup XL Think the new stuff is "safer" as there's less additives?

Do you still get gatso cameras in England? I got caught in my old van by a gatso on the A9, I was doing 60 on the dot (calibrated speedo) as I had done dozens of times before, without setting the camera off. Anyway on that night, I was towing a trailer and overtaking an artic. I think the gatsos have sensors to detect speeding HGVs, but then the photos will be manually checked by a person who would've spotted me. The A9 now has average speed cameras, which you can't trust as they will be anpr linked. Same as the mobile camera vans.

That scam crowd are doing the rounds again, does anyone else get them on the phone? ALWAYS a bloke with a Liverpool accent

I think you want to try and keep it out of sunlight too, so either a black IBC, or undercover.

Hi folks Looking for suggestions of tools/machines/techniques for reducing a large spruce stump and surface roots. This is for myself so any notion of profit etc doesn't matter! I need to take the height down a good bit so I can put a hardcore track over it. If it ends up sinking slightly at this spot in 20 years I'm not fussed. I don't own a stump grinder, I would consider buying one, but not sure the current finances would get something that was much good? (1-2k?) The obvious first step is dig, clean, and cut with chainsaw. I have a small mini digger (Kubota k008) - I vaguely remember someone on here posting a photo of a knife/bucket for shaving away at stumps? Unfortunately there is a soil pipe to the septic tank somewhere underneath so can't go crazy trying to rip the thing out Is a Terrasaur blade any good? https://www.orbitalfasteners.co.uk/en/products/300mm-x-20mm-terrasaur-carbide-blade-premier-diamond-products-dp16740 Open to any ideas!

Worth saying aswell, that if you are buying right now moisture content doesn't matter so much as you can dry it yourself - you need to build a good log shed!!

Could always get H&M Hydraulics out to have a look/test?

What about some sort of cover - like a shade sail?

Not so bad with the right kit, like a log splitter that can drive right up to the tree, and split your 3-4ft diameter rings without having to lift them , or cut into blocks with the saw

You need a mulching blade with bent ends, makes all the difference. You can even use it on piles of twigs etc. This sort of thing https://www.amazon.co.uk/295508-0-Universal-Mulching-Brushcutter-Husqvarna/dp/B00RZH1MGM

Have you got a mulching blade on the strimmer? Best thing for all that is get a good fire going and pull it on with a rake