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We like our Binderberger TWS700Z

You're right - I should have been more specific - it's always the clutches. Thanks - we'll try the 'firm and quick method' or for the 'push and engage method' I'll get a midwife to give me a demo

Give us a call if you don't buy Nick's

Really pleased that you're happy Sales are going well now - and picking up towards the Spring. We're always amazed that people didn't know they needed one until they got one. I think they're still a bit of a secret

I hope that comes with clear instructions on how it's worn - it's the dead ringer of my old grandfather's truss Eye watering......

You buy petrol/diesel/paraffin by litre - very easy to retail accurately You buy electricity by kw/hour very easy to retail accurately You buy logs by ? not easy to retail or measure consistently Needs nationally agreed standard .......bureaucracy not required i'd say you need agreed mousture content and volume prices would rise to match This leaves the tried and tested 'trust the retailer' - and most people do. Supply crap or poor value for money and you'll be lucky to see that customer (or their friends and neighbours) again. Supply good product and good value and you'll preserve your customer base. There's something about clean, well cut and split logs that briquettes just can't match. Ok it's a good use of waste product but I think both can exist side by side. I don't see Adolf Briquette taking over the world just yet

Sainsbury's 're-formulated' firelighters 'Kerosene removed, more sustainable palm-oil added' 'may take a little longer to light; but just as effective' After ten minutes, a couple of boxes of matches and third-degree finger burns, you won't need the fire as you'll be out for the evening. Waiting in the three hour queue in A&E

Are you me? Have two Hondas - brilliant overall reliability and ease of use - but..those gearboxes Now use a Hayterette for anything rough or tough then finish with a Honda. So far so good

It's an interesting one this. Everyone on the slopes and particularly the youngsters are donning helmets - even before the MS incident. But, like everything in our now litigious world, ask a helmet manufacturer whether it's 'safe' to bolt on a GoPro style camera and whether they would be perfectly happy etc, etc and I reckon they'll run a mile. And now it's broken out in the press, the next thing will be the winter sports insurance companies adding a caveat that 'your policy may be invalidated if'.......

What does this post mean IBL?

We have people, even with large 12-14Kw fires, who think that 2 x 6" logs delivered is better value than 1 x 12". We want to deliver as big as their stoves can take with a few smaller well split for good measure. Less handling for them and us. It also depends how they run their stoves?

Your lawn mower - not mine

Email your pics to the Stein technical customer service reps at [email protected] and see what they say. If they agree there's an issue return them to the dealers saying Stein thinks there's a problem too. Job done p.s. I'd return them if you're not happy - whatever

You should have said..... You're me..

I think long term you need to keep them in the cage... Like walking home after 10 pints at the pub

Speak to Richard Olley at Kingswood - he's a friend of mine. Advice and smiles (not beer) for free. Give him a call and chew it over. He's not going to 'sell' you training. Talk to him first about concerns, prospects etc. Getting your tickets will not be a panacea to employment / unemployment. I'm not a tree surgeon but know plenty outside of the forum. It is tough, all weather etc etc and running your own business it that's what it leads to eventually 'ain't going to be easy either. But neither was your former career.

I must declare a Hycrack interest - but having said that we've heard the Eagle suffers from belt slip?

They're the best. My larch one wore out.

Did anyone see that programme on BBC2 after Songs of Praise last night on industrial plastics?

Like my old granny

Spits too much really for open fires even when seasoned - but good for woodburners. Burns well at high temperatures. Used in traditional charcoal and also the iron industries of Kent and Sussex grew up in part because of chestnut. That was the beginning of many chestnut coppicing operations. Straight lengths are still valued round here for fencing products and firewood.

You get out what you put in - and as others have said whilst you may not always agree, the opinions of others in the same or parallel industries are always worthwhile. It's like having 10,000 mates down the pub only it's never your round Everyone learns everyday in this walk of life and this is a valuable resource. The whinge was unnecessary though

James, nice website, nice business. Well done

There are well over 6000 Hycracks out there in the UK - and I would reckon from the feedback we have that the majority are in constant use. They've been around for over 30 years and we have people every day of the week asking how to convert the old, obsolete styles: Spenco, Sparex, Wilson, Bark Buster etc to accept Hycrack cones and tips. As I said in an earlier post, they are the Marmite of splitters and posts like this run on every forum that has an interest in machinery. They are efficient and well built and as I've said before the plethora of copy cones, open shafts and bearings and all sorts of drive mechanisms are the real concern if a d.i.y. machine is sold on (as some have been) - we saw one recently that had an imported cone welded (out of true) to a shaft with plummer blocks bolted to a plate and the customer brought it to us 'to try and see why the bearings were worn out'. As a pure side issue, the Hycrack is one of the only machines I know that in a well worn state, some twenty years after it was purchased, is worth almost twice what the original owner gave for it. I see both sides of the story but it's each to his own; you either love 'em or hate 'em

Not to cast too many aspersions here - and I know that alot of the kit that's made at home or in the workshop is made well - but I've seen some shocking screw type splitters cobbled together.....