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  1. Matthew Storrs
    I honestly can’t see why they couldn’t charge a small fee for say a visit to A&E and GP. I’m sure if people were having to pay £10-15 for each visit it’d cut out the time wasters, raise a little extra capital and frankly if you can’t justify spending that for the sake of your health then perhaps it’s natural selection at work!
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    It’s alright in a living room- but can’t stand a hot bedroom. The Swedes love a hot house and when I’m over there i don’t get a wink of decent sleep.
  3. Matthew Storrs
    Urgh too warm for me! I get in a right sweat if the mercury goes north of 16c!
  4. Matthew Storrs
    That’s some going J! I put ours (only 5kw) on sometime around beginning of October. I reckon 2x loose cube would do us 3 months with it on every evening. Generally a ‘bag for life’ full from the shed does us an evenings burn
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    And thank god for that!!?
  6. Matthew Storrs
    I think polyesterene dissolved into petrol is more or less what Napalm is....
  7. Matthew Storrs
    And a coffee machine! Got to laugh!
  8. Matthew Storrs
    I have Makita chainsaw and strimmer- they’re both pretty good especially if you have batteries already. The strimmer is particularly good- I just wanted one for my garden so got the LXT 18v with the single battery and it will cut overgrown grass for 40 mins or so on one matters- I imagine the 36v twin battery version will be twice as good!
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    I use a fixed grab myself- as I mine is for more general use- rocks/scrub clearance etc. But for pure timber handling a rotating grab is far more efficient.
  10. Matthew Storrs
    That’s what I found too- got the same Makita as Monkeys, but the 1/2” drive was similar price and physical size so made sense to just have an adaptor on the 3/4”
  11. Matthew Storrs
    Middle of Lidl!
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    Yeah as Doobin says- they all seem to have different deals on at different times so it pays to look around regardless of their stereotypes. Are you suggesting Drills are also better for driving screws too doobin? I can see your sustained torque logic when the drill has a really positive connection like a hex head- but can never seem to get drills to stop slipping in a pozidrive head for example.
  13. Matthew Storrs
    Any JCB anoraks out there? Could you tell me whether this is project 12 or project 21? It’s a 4 speed power shift gear box and year 2002 which was the changeover from project 12-21...
  14. Matthew Storrs
    That’s my thinking too- can’t see how grease that has been expelled from the bushes would ever go back in so irrelevant if it gets dirt on it. You could argue that by having a thick rim of sacrifificial expelled grease around a bush prevents dirt ingress into the bush itself- particularly if they have started to get worn. Obviously I can see the perils of over greasing a bearing with seals for sure.
  15. Matthew Storrs
    Does that not depend whether it’s a bearing or bush? I was under the impression that pins and bushes like a digger arm can be greased all you like whereas a bearing can blow out the seal by overgreasing?
  16. Matthew Storrs
    This is exactly my thinking too. Have run all sorts but hitachi and Makita IMO feel the best quality and are value for money, with Makita lasting the longest of the two. Milwaukee used to be excellent but not sure it isn’t really just overpriced now and actually lesser quality than Makita. you can actually get parts for Makita so even though initial purchase price may be slightly more they do last and with DIY use the LXT range would probably last a lifetime
  17. Matthew Storrs
    Steady there- you don’t want to break out in to a sweat!
  18. Matthew Storrs
    Cold- and about half an inch of snow on the ground... aside from that it feels like we haven’t had a dry day since September- or at least not far off.
  19. Matthew Storrs
    Definitely a re-occurring theme. Usually the same culprits too I’ve noticed!
  20. Matthew Storrs
    Fairly sure it’s only the British who find dreadful puns funny!
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    Hmm, I had a similar thing once, the solenoid had failed for the dead mans handle so couldn’t activate the hydraulics. However on that machine the handle didn’t have to be dis- engaged to start the machine... funnily enough machine was same age and hrs as yours at the time...
  23. Matthew Storrs
    I want to put a hydraulic thumb grab on my TB125, however the auxiliary control buttons are an all or nothing affair- which clearly is not going to lead to finesse on the thumb! If I fit some flow restrictors on the thumb line- won’t the pump still be trying to force the same fluid through a smaller diameter and therefore lead to overstraining of the pump and that groaning noise you hear when it does? Is there a better solution? I also have this problem on my other digger with the tilt hitch- it’s controlled by a footpedal- but you have to get the restricting screws set mega accurate for it to work nice and smoothly....
  24. Matthew Storrs
    There certainly doesn’t seem to be a SERPless of them....
  25. Matthew Storrs
    Yeah there is a ‘buzz’ (sorry) to be had when you get them all setup up nice. I’ve always been a bit weary of Adjusting truss Rods myself but happy to fiddle around with the bridge and nuts etc.

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