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You could search the net for people needing tyres for 'rammed earth' projects. Might have to go 50/50 on transport or you might be lucky and find someone who is willing to buy from you. The more of roughly the same size the better. Makes for uniformly layered walls.

They're hardly likely to highlight bad design and or manufacture with their products. As far as I can gather, (reading through various posts, here on Arbtalk and various other sources) it should be of no great surprise, if on owning either a Husky 550XP or 560XP, one had to replace more than the occasional chain brake. Though the basics of the 550XP are there in the 545, the latter does not seem to share the same mechanical misfortune.

14th Showers most of day - light wind. 15th Glorious - light breeze 16th Piddling down - rain going sideways, with even the gulls being grounded.

I thought that's how they got the fillings for the 'British Rail' sandwiches.

Stake first and weave as going along. But if mostly Blackthorn, I can see that staking afterwards would be easier, quicker and probably safer.

Read a freedom of information report about four years ago. Of the local government and police installed cctv in England & Wales, only 16% on average were even monitored. Of that 16%, only 3% of recorded data was deemed to be of suffienct quality to aid in detection leading to prosecution; and only 1.6% of the 3% could be deemed, as having been crucial in a conviction. The conlusion & forecast was that while cctv was likely to become more widespread, the aforementioned figures would not improve. Moreover, overall monitoring was likely to decrease and recording of data to help with either prevention of crimes or final prosecution, was also likely to fall below 3%. It was also noted, that some courts, (usually local and some county courts) presided over by people who didn't fully understand cctv. Were less willing to accept cctv data, as being of evidential fact or of being any real help in understanding the crime being committed.

Have a friends who live in large bungalow. They've had log burner for several years and recently gone to all electric for heating of workshop, bedrooms & h/w. The burner heats he open plan areas. The roof is plastered with PV and solar-heat panels. They bought the panels and installation outright and had budgeted for full repayment in seven years. But with ever increasing utility bills year on year. They'll shortly, (within last five years) have been repaid the full amount, via the pay-in tariffs and savings on utility bills. Their total, (not per year) utility spend from start of 2011 to date, has been just £6.70. Yes, you read that correctly, 670 pennies.

Is it just me or does that look like a whole bunch of 'Pringles'?

One thing's for sure. If you've got some spare cash, buy utility share now, as the companies are bound to increase the prices.

Could be problematic, I'm supposed to be in a wood 20mls away in Nov. and part of Dec. The comment about the north getting the worst weather, isn't a forecast, it's a racing certainty. And the thought that the UK will grind to a halt, could also be viewed as a certainty. We're not good at Winter. There used to be a time when we were but that time has long gone. We now live in a society, where we fully expect someone else to get us out of a fix. Yet are fearful of being sued if we help another. So in years gone by, side roads and pavements were cleared be gangs of local residents. But last winter was an all too familiar modern reminder. If you didn't live in London or within a short frozen spit of a motorway, you were stuffed. Side roads & pavements were impassable for most of winter and as a nation complained at every blocked turn, while their shovels were cosied in sheds across the land.

No. But you could take on a noticeably old dog. Take it everywhere and apologise for its incontinence.

Say 'Yes' to every question. Or say 'No' to every question. Sooner rather than later, the caller realises they're being wound up and hang-up. If they're willing to waste my time and try to scam me in the process, I'm willing to waste their money. If I'm busy, I just hang-up. If it's an early morning scam call. I say I'm off to work but that they can call me back in an hour and give them a number. The number given is a non-emergency line to one of the local police stations.

Well said there. The given sentence wasn't nearly hash enough. The badgers in his area still aren't safe though. If there's one sick minded man like that, there's bound to be more. Plus the fact that he didn't give info on his friend; and he went to court feigning ignorance of the available evidence. Shows him to be unrepentant in this matter. Also, a curfew of 7-7 is lessened by the clocks going back soon. It'll be dark by 17:00 all to soon and you can bet he'll have access to others' dogs and equipment.

Is that good stuff or indifferent stuff? Depending on your location; could be worth it if I bought two.

As to gaining/losing 1,000ft - if you live in the fells or valleys, a 1,000ft isn't much. Years ago I had a bored morning and employed myself in the task of find out my actual altitude at birth. I got it wrong by 10ft, as I later found out the delivery-room was on the ground floor and not the first. So my actual birth altitude was 950ft. And before some bright spark says, "What about the bed..." I took the trouble to find out the internal dimensions of the hospital, the average height of NHS beds and thickness of mattresses at that time and also the average height of delivery equipment in general use at that time. And this was before the Internet age. As I said... I was bored and needed something to occupy my mind.

As I said, I have to admit to only having calibrated the saw once. After looking through the manual, such as it is, I got a bit worried, so I contacted the dealer who said to just work the saw and it only really needed to be done once. So I worked it from new and I've not had a problem, despite cutting at differing altitudes. Also from new, it was on pump-mix. Shortly after 2-3 tanks, it went onto Aspen without missing a beat. I've also run it dry a number of times and after refuelling, it just starts up without fuss and carries on cutting. Despite how I view Stihl's 'M-tronic' as being easier to calibrate, I still like the Husky and am happy with it so far.

I grant you have a fair point there. Cutting is better than idling. However, I cut in a number if differing locations and can easily change attitude by more than 1000ft from one day's cutting to the next. Also, there may be thick logs in one place and small trees in the next. Now I admit I've only calibrated the saw the once and thus far fingers & toes crossed, all is good. But I sometimes wonder, would the saw be cutting better if I could calibrate it every different day.

Yep. Husky do make the M-tronic module thingy. But even taking off & refitting the b+c, with 30secs. of running at idle in between, is quite a bit easier, than finding "a thick log" to spend 3-5 minutes of non-stop cutting at "full throttle... for the entire time", that a Husky needs for calibration. I find it akin to two fighter jet manufacturers making similar aircraft. But one choosing to only release their bi-planes into the market. There must be a good reason why the Euro Fighter wasn't made be Airfix.

So no shortage of readily gathered building stone round your place. Sometimes Hadrian's Wall and sometimes Offa's Dyke ;-)

I wondered if "... (3-5 min). " meant cuts or minutes and there's a thread on here somewhere. I also emailed Husky UK, who eventually got back to me. The definitive answer being, calibration time takes 3-5 minutes; and is done when: First out of the box Whenever you change altitude by 1,000ft When a new air filter is fitted When fuel type/octane is changed On the other hand, you or I could have got a Stihl M-tronic. To calibrate one of these, you just remove the b+c, refit the clutch cover for safety, start the engine and let it run for 30 seconds with no operator input, then shut off the engine and it's done. All one has to do then, is refit the b+c, tension the chain and away you go. How the heck can Husky's 'AutoTune' be so far behind Stihl's M-tronic?

Third is more in keeping with the shape of honey. Might be something else but honey fungus is orange-yellow honey coloured.

When I knew I was going to Aspen, I thought about getting an 'A' nozzle but also figured, that since I already had a combi can, I might as well stick with that, as I'd still need to carry oil. I know 'A' do a nifty gadget to enable the carrying of their 5L mix+bar oil+a scrench. I saw one at 'The ARB Show' but thought it a bit square. As to running 'A' - from new, the saw had two maybe three tanks of pump-mix and then the big A. Not enough time for seals or pipe to harden and the 'AutoTune' didn't miss a beat.

Second 'Moor Valley Country Park' for family day and the 'Alice lisle' for atmosphere & welcome. If you find yourself in B'mouth, 'The Ink Room' does excellent food in an unusual setting. Not cheap though and if you're thinking of an evening meal, you'll have to book.

Likewise, only I know what 'Liking' something gets one.

Whatever you eventually decide on, go for fuel efficiency over initial cost. As during its lifetime, it's the fuel which may be the most expensive part of ownership. Currently, the most efficient wood/multi fuel stoves produce useable heat from around 90% of the fuel. Some of the cheap stoves, (£260) only convert around 35% of the fuel to useable heat.