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Thanks McPherson, I got an old 12V tractor battery that should do, to be charged from a panel kit like you linked to. And Then use the car type undervoltage protection kit to safeguard the motor, I can let the pump motor run ad-infinitum, while the sun is shining and the battery is charged, and let the water overflow back down into the "well", perhaps past a waterwheel for aesthetic effect! cheers marcus P.S. How does the solar controller "dump" the excess voltage/current from the panel, after the battery refuses to accept any more charge, simply put it through a resistor and dump as heat? Anyway the 20W Solar panel per McPherson A 12 V battery a "battery Guard" at £18.00 Plus, this pump & see link, https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/DC12V-Speed-Adjustable-Brushless-Water-Pump-Solar-Pump-DC50K-12120A-1260L-H/282909534103?epid=1985627580&hash=item41deb8e797:g:yQcAAOSwTmtawoJn Should work To pump say, at worst 1000l per day = enough

Son(s) should get an ordinary job(s), Re-wild the ground, soak up the grants, and enjoy nature. Perhaps set up as a Charitable Trust? Simples P.S. A local landowner, on a small estate, has set up a charitable trust for their lands/families future, I dont know the ins-and-outs, but he is a shrewd bloke. So there must be an angle. mth

Jesus Fernandaz Salageuro (or sommat like that) a Madrid born Spaniard, stated that the climate in Madrid was; 6 months of Winter, followed by 6 months of Hell. I remember at the time thinking how we all choose to complain about the weather! mth

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Photonic-Universe-controller-battery-caravan/dp/B008BV8CIW/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1525532628&sr=8-2&keywords=5a+12v+solar+panel&dpID=512aYDf%2BQRL&preST=_SY300_QL70_&dpSrc=srch This looks like a likely solar panel, to drive my 4.5 Amp (dry mounted) Shurflo pump ? thanks for the interest and input guys mth

APHH? Sounds like my kinda "engineering", electrical or otherwise, but please explain how the 10p resistor works? I had origionally "picked" a Shruflow 12 V pump, see link; https://www.ebay.co.uk/p/SHURflo-Caravan-Marine-Water-Pump-2095204412/1112679694?iid=171547564513&chn=ps&adgroupid=54682298551&rlsatarget=pla-413984953583&abcId=1133906&adtype=pla&merchantid=101748807&poi=&googleloc=9045175&device=c&campaignid=1058607774&crdt=0 And was looking for suitable solar panels to "drive" the pump directly, i.e. without a battery, because with 600 gall of storage, and only needing water to water the garden when the Sun is shining, I should be able to get enough current/voltage to pump when the Sun is shining, and be able to accept the pump not running during the dull periods. But prob need some "black box" electronics to protect the pump from low voltage, thinking an automotive related "battery guard" device between the solar panels and the pump. a marriage made in heaven, so to speak. cheers marcus

I got a 600 gall water tank situated comfortably above head height, and water about 3.0m below my feet, say a couple of feet deep in a 1.8m dia conc manhole ring. so looking to raise the water say 6.0m powered by Sunlight I had been using a 230V submersible pump, which has died recently. Anyway, Solar is more elegant. marcus

Any EH winch is/should be remote compatible, but better bought(more cost effective) with the remote already fitted. Google is your friend. Though how many of the smaller winches, suited to a 40HP Tractor are likely to be so expensively(radio remote) equipped is doubtful? mth

Yanmar is stitching up Kubota then, as an engine supplier? And, my ears pricked up hearing, in the Multione case, a Yanmar paired with Poclain hydro transmission, nowt better out there imho! cheers mth

But, surely, knots burn better, well leastwise Pine and Spruce knots do.

I presume to attempt to make headway on the vast backlog of illegals. Like eating an elephant, one bite at a time. But, most probably, to allow senior Civil servants to claim "efficiency/performance" bonuses. If the self-set "targets" were met. cynically yours, mth

Wait out . . . P.S. I found a nice image of Hugo-Dog when "finding" the lawnmower image.

In my opinion the Govt. very badly mishandled the whole "Windrush" issue. It was simply a by-product of the much needed review of our failed deportation system. With in-put from the Law of unintended consequences, i.e. the sacking from Government payroll jobs, of those without British papers. Remember all the outcry in the papers when yet another non-contributing toe-rag got to stay in the UK, because of "family" life or somesuch? btw I saw an article very recently where a Judge blasted lawyers for spinning out the deportation process, which in his experience, was done, at the tax payers expense, so as to buy time for the deportee-in-waiting, to get a Brit girl knocked up, so as to claim to be able to stay on "family" life grounds. simples

Now a couple of 3.0m lengths would suit me perfectly, for gateposts, but at £350.00 apiece, perhaps not! Gulp ! ! Guessing piles or dockside waling? beams in a previous life?

Hmmm, Why am I picturing a hinged hydraulic extendable counterweight, of sufficient, but low enough mass so as to be towable, but when extended giving extra lift-at-reach capacity. MTH

One of the last of the single speed models, but at £700.00 incl VAT, brand new & included the mulching kit, I am not complaining. Built like a brick outhouse, and perfect for mulching Blackcurrent stumps and the recently pruned and discarded Raspberry canes in the fruit garden. Being in peat, there is no need to worry about hidden stones. I am most impressed. It also cuts grass btw. mth

As someone above said, it is ALL about the tyres, even a single set of new oversized radials (and split and extend the rims if needs be, to accomodate the extra width), running at 10/12/15 psi will dammned near float. And yes if wishing to use a loader, you def need 4WD, with the larger diameter/width front wheels, to carry the weight over the front axle. marcus

Same every time. imhuo

P.S. Nightingale stew . . . Reminds me that one summers night a few years ago, I was restless, not sleeping and heard a bird singing outside. Not having heard such beautiful birdsong before I went outside(stark naked btw.) and listened enthralled. When I came back in I searched on-line for such birdsong. The only similar song was that of a Nightingale, wow! N Ireland is usually outside their range, but I remain convinced that is what it was.

For cranework experience is everything, incl knowing when to ignore the over-safe auidable warning systems. Having watched a wee Kato, very very safely lift a fully laden binlorry out/off a soft verge, with the rear jacklegs clear off the ground and the alarm constantly warbling. i.e. the crane was operating way outside its lifting capacity. But The driver was using the inertia of his crane to incrementally ease the truck back towards the hard. Technically it was breaking all the safety rules, but conversely it was absolutely safe, as the binlorry never actually left the ground. The driver merely grinned at me. I approved. Marcus P.S. I can only presume re tree work the driver should know from the trunk section, the likely max weight in any lift, and have discussed weights and section lengths to be cut with the guy on the chainsaw. Seems obvious? Marcus

For me the main gripes were; (o) The very poor unbiased information available, like the standard link between boiler kW capacity and heat-store capacity, not , more correctly between the boiler firebox capacity and heat-store capacity. i.e. they were always recommending minimal heat-store sizes to keep the cost and footprint as small as possible, plus the stupid short flues to keep installer costs down. (i) The grant monies simply going to line the pockets of the mostly snake-oil salesperson type suppliers, via grossly inflated installation quotes. (ii) The absolutely shite Government/Council run admin, with zero balls or interest in tackling dodgy suppliers, or dishonest applicants. (iii) The daily grind of sourcing and stocking firewood and firing the boiler. (iv) The lack of on-demand heat in our very fickle changable climate. I had toyed with installing a ground source heat pump system, under our RHI system, which with our underfloor for base-load heat demand topped up with a good woodstove, would have been a better fit. But hey!, we had 40 acres of "free" timber to burn. And as part of that GSHP install I would have paid for a 3PH power connection, which would have been useful for various electrically powered pieces of machinery. I might yet go down that GSHP route. sigh.

Absolutly excellent link kj. I have been spouting about "benign neglect" this past 25 years. And what nature will achieve, and so very quickly, if left alone. As witnessed on our own peaty acres, mostly the hum of insect life, supporting numerous birds, that were not here when we purchased the acreage But! To no avail. marcus N.B. Stonking grants on their 3500 acres I do not doubt.

If? I make it to the end of May next year, I plan on my first big birthday* bash, for my 60th. Also to celebrate being retired and finally getting the house/grounds completed, (like the build I/we commenced in 1996!) cheers mth

That sounds like Sylvester Stallone was involved!

While we were still attending our local Presbyterian church, the treasurer told me the pay the clergy got, a bit like those on benefits, its all the freebies that add up A , generally large manse supplied Heating oil supplied, sometimes as required, i.e. no budget set telephone a car their stipend etc etc but then many churchs have generous bequests, that is funds invested to provide additional income for their clergy. Over here, many of the larger Presbyterian Church's provide a very good living And in days gone by, when the clergys wife was part of the package, perhaps understandable. but now with so many clergymens wives choosing to work, generally in well paid/pensioned jobs, and indeed, sometimes not be involved in Ch life. Perhaps a re-think is required. mth

My maternal grandmother was a hard working Church going Presbyterian country woman, who I never heard utter an ill word about anyone. Yet in respect of one of the Elders in her Church, she confided in my mother, who recounted the story to me many many years later. "The bigger the Bible, the bigger the barstewart hiding behind it" I suppose over here "Big Ian P" would fit that particular description, never mind the rascal of a scheming property wheeling dealing son (making full use of his MLA knowledge and connections) he reared. I also distrust the Ego driven nature of many of the Clergy, especially those from good backgrounds who choose to enter the Church, as a career choice for a respectable guarenteed comfortable living, however I have also met a few clergy I like and respect as human beings, and as far as I am aware all these guys came to the Church late in life, after a career in the real world.