SteveA

Looks ace; a job to be proud of.

....and ripping out barbed wire.

Use your cheapo welding mits for a while, then come back, read through the comments here!

Be good to hear your thoughts on the Dolmar 6100, when are you expecting it to arrive? I'm guessing it'll be a bit more powerful than the Husqvarna 560XP. Will be good to have a UK price list

I'm looking at getting a Dolmar 5105 A dealer suggested that I get a Stihl 261 instead as according to him the Stihl has a better name.... but I've looked up reviews of the 261 and have noticed people mentioning having reliability problems. Also been looking at the Husqvarna 550XP and some people (not all) are having reliability problems. Same with 560XP. I haven't found anyone reporting problems with the Dolmar 5105. Thoughts?....

Here's me stood in front of our two year old boys tractor....

My first cordless was an AEG; bought well over 10 years ago and remember thinking to myself "spending over £200 on a drill was stupid"..... but the battery only failed a few months ago! The drill did sooo much work- from drilling metalwork on cars to a 3 storey house renovation. Incredibly reliable. I decided to try milwaukee, for the next 10+ years?? time will tell...

i did alot of research and decided to go with a pro drill. so, about 6 weeks ago I bought a Milwaukee M18 FUEL. Got the best price from Ray Grahams, delivery was very fast and received a text saying about courier date & times. Unfortunately I had a hiccup with the chuck.... but it was good to test out Milwaukee customer Support; they were stunning! A courier turned up and collected the drill and it came back within 4 days with an even higher quality chuck fitted. I guess they had some early teething problems with the M18 FUEL chucks? Hopefully they ironed out the problem. The drill is well built and incredibly torquey. It'll wrench your arm around if you let it! Jobs i've done with it so far are: - Dis-assembled a 100ft polytunnel (hundreds of screws, including some very long ones). - Assembled a pallet wood cold frame - Drilled about 50 logs for fungi dowels (about 1,000 6mm holes, mostly drilled into hornbeam). The battery charge lasts aaaages. I decided to go for milwaukee as they make some other great tools as well and wanted to use the same batteries (the expensive bit). eg, now looking at the M18 FUEL LED floodlight, and circular saw, and..... and!...... Hope this helps.

True, to make it cost effective it would have to be used regularly/ or for part time extraction it could be a useful tool to hire-in. Could also work as a co-operative machine, but I haven't seen any arb co-operative networks.

re| Vintage tractor rules Yeah i agree, Vintage Tractor Rocks, man! .....better get me coat

Ha ha!.... and a skint grinch at that! Certainly is way too commercialised, consumers need to stop consuming all the crap and bring back the green Santa.

Gotta be a con, surely? Are the police investigating this one...... not much time left so they'd better get their bids in! er, i mean skates on....

Is that German for something?

Happy Xmas!!! Here's my tip: Don't wipe your arse with a broken bottle

As i imagined, that is a strong price, verging on Extra Strong.

Looks like a strong tool, and i imagine with a strong price....

Dolmar 5105 with heated handle? ....not the lightest in it's class, but word out is that it's powerful & also reliable!!

Great idea!.... a human spinning top for xmas! 82 metres

Done.

Totally unfair and proves we're getting way beyond stitched up in the UK.

Spill the Dolly beans shavey!...... are Makita reading this? ....ah, you beat me to it. Good idea, and it would make very good business sense for them.

Quote for 18" and heated please TCD. Also,is it easy enough to get the basics...bars, spark plug, filter, etc to fit the Dolmar 5105 from here in UK? cheers

Just tried finding uk prices of the Makita ea5000p but only found one, and that was priced over £540 (rip off) Makita are making a pretty good job at f***ing up. Rewinding back to importing again: How much do i need to pay in total (inc delivery, import tax & vat) for a Dolmar 5105 with heated handle? And does it come with a bar & chain? Thanks

Sorry, I'm a bit confused; the UK flag links to Makita UK.... is the Makita EA5000P38D the same as the Dolmar 5105, but just a different colour? They are both rated at the same power (2.8kw). Makita UK - EA5000P38D - 2 Stroke 50cc Chainsaw

ah thanks! different website, the one i was looking at doesnt list the 6100, see here? DOLMAR - Chain saws gasoline