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You are obviously confusing "small pond syndrome" with big pond envy", a rookie mistake imho.

Too fornicatingly long, the fornicated about wi a billdozer in the rain and only made a hash, then had to bring in a digger as well, it was so bad I cut my losses and reduced the size of the pond by 33%, it was meant to be 20m by 30m but is now 20m square(ish) And they were there a wheen o hours then went somewhere else, and came back days later, then a burst pipe, then more rain etc etc, etc etc. So I might now dig a 3rd pond in the gap between me other 2 ponds? P.S. The frogs were also fornicating today in the origonal small pond, which is nicely fringed with rushs for privacy.

Sigh, I suffered from small pond syndrome last night up at the gun club. There was some chat about catching trout, so I quipped I got my own private trout fishery. Then the bloke sitting beside me showed me the 1.5 acre grant aided pond complete with island and rather nice bridge that his retired farmer father had constructed next to the rather attractive brand new fuck-off lovely big retirement dwelling. Sigh.

About a foot to go, fingers crossed, and how far it will drop during a druth is hard to know. Still dithering re the outfall solution, I may simply strip the peat away, and use the underlying clay to construct a large/deep/wide channel over to the origonal pond(which then has its own outfall) this channel will in the worst case still be a "wetland" environment, even if the pond only overtops sporadically. I also started thinning out the naturally seeded woodland, to let a bit more light in, only got Birch and Rowan, and Sally bushs aka Goat Willow hybrids. A Log Cabin, where the blue chair is sitting, would be a long term goal, the 2nd image was taken from the chair, looking near-enough due North, but a lovely sheltery place to sit. P.S. I have just emerged from 3 months recuperation/winter hibernation, as of this last 3 days, I feel like a new man! But I definately feel like an old stiff man in the evenings! Anyway 40 brown trout put in on Tuesday, and a few images from this morning.

Anyway, there will still be Kero to abuse, especially since, at least here in NI, it is so widely sold at the pumps at filling stations!

Sigh, an there was honest me paying for clear for years, when ah cud ave bin, rather profitably, running on red! BUT Long overdue, a level playing field for all, and surely possible to offer a rebate for the clear diesel purchased and used by bona-fide commercial or industrial users, but now post purchase, or even link in such a way that only VAT registered firms can claim the rebate. Like it WILL hurt me, being used to using red to run my tractor(s) to cut sticks. Better stock up then!

From the brother who farms; "heat's half meat", meaning anyone with live stock will have ruefully observed how much more their animals eat when it is cold.

The Elephant in the room in the respect of district heating using biomass, is the incineration of household waste(plastic and paper only), a "free" high energy source, IF seperated at source. And any waste flue gas heat used to heat glass houses to grow exotic fruit and veg that are currently imported. Simples!

Blanks, sigh! A wile pity it warny live ammo mind you!

On a fixed amount of HP, for more flow, there must be lower pressure, or visa versa. No free lunches. Mr Bernoulli had it all sussed away back. cheers m

Now for washing the yard down, this bes the biz! And I got a big fire hose reel stashed away this 20 years And a collection of(slightly rusty) 500gall steel tanks

Not only is it not unusual, but kinda contrary tay the Laws o Physics per wor Engineer Scottie!

As I mentioned earlier in my post, I knew that for cleaning concrete, flow is what is needed. I will prob buy a petrol engined washer, and was certainly not hung up on a gazallion psi. I am also toying with a tractor PTO pump, for better flow and pressure. cheers Marcus

A good question? This an that, washing vehicles and a concrete yard mostly. My 20 year old Nilfisk Gerni only works intermittently, which I find odd, as when cold it works as it should(in so far as I can discern) for say 10 to 15 minutes but then, while it continues to run, does not put up the right pressure, but can sometimes be "tricked" into doing so by releasing the trigger and restarting, all most odd. And push come to shove, leave it to cool down, and away you go again, for a while. I.e. the motor works, and the pump works, sometimes, but not consistently But the last time the local Nilfisk agent fixed it, he basically said not to bring it back as parts were no longer available for the integeral motor-pump unit. Cheers mth

I am only looking at 13l/min at 150Bar, and with a 240 litre wheelie bin and a hose, should be OK. Or start drawing off from the 800m3 capacity crystal-clear pond! Anyway, looks like a choice between the Loncin or the GX, since the GP is probably built in the same factory as the Loncin! P.S. I was tickled to see the use of Chonda as in "the usual Chonda engine" to describe the multiple brands of Honda clone engines coming out of China. Cheers all mth

Looking at flowjet.co.uk which offers a choice of Loncin, GP Honda, or GX Honda. But What are the differences between the GP & GX Honda engines? Or Why do they offer a choice of GP/GX with the same performance and with only nominally £50.00 difference in cost? mth

Well, no, the MX20 engined lawnmowers were operated by a pair of brothers who cycled to work, and were particularily particular about these 2 (Victa I think it was) lawnmowers, all they got was blades, and while the engines were untouched, the hard plastic treaded wheels were worn absolutly smooth. cheers mth "particularily particular", like when digging the graves they wore wellingtons, but when they returned topside, the wellie boots were taken off and a clean pair of boots put on to walk across "their" grass or the bitmac paths.

Assuming run on the correct oil, correctly mixed etc etc. Pure curiosity on my part. Actually I just recalling, as I typed, the Suzuki MX20 2 stroke engined lawnmowers from near 30 year ago, which lasted several heavily used seasons in our Cemetery.

This is better than a lot of the "Moab" rock crawlers in the US.

Oops!

Ah, but, I understand the MOT blokes look for the full display of warning lights when the ignition is switched on, before starting the vehicle, and then check they extinguish after starting. Or they should.

Well as wor Vicky so eloquently said, Yes, but no, but yes but no, but YES!. So the fault code reader computer thinngy, still says it is STILL the sensor that has already been replaced. On scouring various fora? it appears the best solution is to remove the DPF, but surely the van cannot get through MOT Emissions with particulates present?

The daughters boyfriends 4 year old Vivaro van with the 1.6 diesel, has been throwing a fault code, he changed the faulty sensor(the differential pressure sensor for the DPF) for a new one, then took it to the local electronic guru for an electronic talking too and then drove it at the proscribed speeds/revs/duration. And Still getting the same fault code. On a brand new sensor.

Well I measured a scrap of firewood at 9.5%,(multiple deep probes, some were 9.6, but more 9.5's) then weighed it a few times on small digital kitchen scales and consistent at 31g, I gave it a few mins in the microwave(zero steam), then spent hours and hours toasting on top of the stove, I cannot get it below 28g, and mostly giving 29g, but I picked the lower figure to use. The scrap is only about 10mm thick by say 40mm wide, so I figgered it should be dry by now so 3/31= 9.67% compared to my 9.5%(and sometimes 9.6%) with the moisture meter. So near enough.(depending on the underlying accuracy of the scales) I went back out to my log pile in the shed and a few random samples were 13.5 to 15% max. I cannot explain this,(perhaps my shed is situated on ley lines or sommat black-magical) but those are my figures. Cheers Marcus

? Measure it or weight it . . .