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Personally not seen that one before either, at the point you're at most would bin the machine and buy another which is exactly what 'they' want, all machines need adjusted after a certain amount of use and again they know that.. imo. From that pic you have several options that come to mind.. perhaps the easiest way to get it out could be to try a pair circlip pliers as the hole is eccentric, or maybe a very small easyout or failing that what about 'very carefully' super gluing a pin / nail in the hole and using a pair of pliers.. anyway once it's out carefully put a slot in it with a dremel or a junior hacksaw blade, good luck. PS. acetone dissolves CA glue. 👍

Hi, if you can identify the type of shape needed, spline, D, pacman and several others there are lots of cheap options here. carb+adjusting+tools: Search Result | eBay WWW.EBAY.CO.UK Find great deals on eBay for carb+adjusting+tools. Shop with confidence.

That's my thought as well, I recon with 20 acres you'll need a tractor with a loader and various attachments front and back.. so as have others said I would go for an older model with no electronics in as good nick as you can afford as the backbone of your operation and an investment that really won't lose value as long as it's maintained. That's why I sent that link as it would appear to be a bit of a bargain in comparison to similar buys atm where you'd only get the old tractor for that money or more. I bought my machine a year back in January[ Cat 303 ] , I hoped to get one for for around 12k but had to pay 15 in fair condition just under 3000 hours with a near new quick hitch.. 1 1/2 years later you'd be lucky to get the same for 25k and in a quick search last night there was one in UK similar for near 30k. I'd love a Multione or similar but it would be wasted on me [ old fart ] 😁.. so maybe a Fergie with a loader. Good luck with your search for the right machine[s], cheers.

I'm a bit sectarian with spiders, I'm fine with some and slightly arachnophobic with others... also after many years of wondering I managed to identify spider bites as one of the things that give me a big itchy lump.. caught it in the act but the strike was so fast it was hardly visible👍

Jeez, after a quick search I'd rather just have the slaters than any of these spiders😃 woodlouse+spider - Recherche Google WWW.GOOGLE.COM

Hi Andy, having read through your thread and everyone's thoughts on the matter I thought I'd throw in my tuppence worth { not a farmer ] .. but a couple of years ago I was in a similar position of needing some kind of mechanical muscle and although I have a very different situation to you I swithered endlessly between a tractor with a loader or a digger, both of which would be of help to me... in the end a digger in good nick ish presented itself to me and I bit. So in any case I spent a lot of time browsing and getting a handle on prices and was really surprised just how older stuff holds it's value and the rather large cost of an old tractor to use as a base machine for whatever equipment you want to run. Anyway, as I still can't stop looking [ needing a trailer ] this popped up tonight and I thought of your thread, now I know nothing about this model and I don't think it's 4wd and perhaps others would tell you to steer clear.. but in my journey of searching I just though that this was a very good price with the loader and the tipping trailer... I mean three years ago I looked at dozens of tractors around the same price many without the loader, never mind a tipping trailer. Now I know it's probably nowhere near you as you don't say where you are but this popped up tonight on gumtree and I thought it looked very clean for it's age, all the best with your project, cheers. Oh yeah, it's advertised elsewhere with vat.. Renault 68-14 Loader Tractor & Tipping trailer | in Ayr, South Ayrshire | Gumtree WWW.GUMTREE.COM Renault 68-14 Nice clean tractor & loader with dung grape 10600 hours Year 1987 Starts first turn and runs well Will go straight to work Manual shuttle Good tyres all round MX460...

Top down for me usually with Birch twigs / bark gathered from tidying the garden or splitting block, also admit to using a blowtorch... but most of the year the fire never goes completely out due to the bed of ash.

😁 wind direction.. the Woody was sleepin and only woke up when he got a whiff of ya 👍 Joking aside, they're the flightiest birds around here probably due to being so tasty.. I'd say the Robin's the bravest bird in my garden but not much eating in them, cheers.

This is well worth considering particularly by gung ho young guys... just about everything I've done in life was loud and Tinnitus is a proper bastard👍

Aye, tried one of these on my Kawasaki 43cc if I remember.. it was very good but fairly brutal and I took out one of my own windows with a very small stone from about 40 feet and put a dent in my car not to mention my shins, I think gators required. So although it's a very good tool and in a woodland situation is great and eats the rough stuff I think for small domestic gardens and around vehicles I still prefer the 3mm cord as it's more forgiving.👍

This imo should be the answer to the plastic problem, after all it's still a Hydro Carbon and as far as I can tell every single piece of plastic can be recycled in this way without any sorting at all in a self powered reasonably simple and well understood process.. and given that the stuff doesn't need mined or Drilled for surely it's a valuable resource just being wasted considering the millions of tons produced and dumped every year? Yet another instance of the stupidity of humanity that's being mentioned on the 'making the news today' thread at the moment. Apologies for the derail... but since you mentioned pyrolysis...

+1 for Scots Pine.. got one in my garden or at least I've always thought that's what it is.

Made me laugh... precision bolt mangler👍

I don't know if you mean this one, I find it ok.. there are various different filters to choose from at around £8 each. JSP Force 8 Half Mask Without Filters | Reusable Half Masks | Screwfix.com WWW.SCREWFIX.COM Order online at Screwfix.com. Twin-cartridge, half mask with low resistance exhalation valve, offers protection against...

You just beat me to it😆

Oh shite, I'll have to watch the whole thing now😁

Hi, I'm not a carver as such but a bloody good effort for a first attempt, I would say as far as the cracks are concerned that' probably a trait of that timber, it's very hard to get thin ringed up lumps to not split radially particularly if so fast grown, that lump looks about as tight as the soggy Sitka carrots that grow up here. But as a miller [amateur] I sure appreciate the the frustrations of timber selection and movement.. and think this hard to learn knowledge is the biggest factor in any living lumber to finished product enterprise. You'll no doubt get better the more you do, so good luck and keep posting👍 Are you sure it's Elm.. ?

It looks great standing in place 👍

I think that just the fact that he shunned ties to corporate interests and remained a scientist of independent thought stands him apart from nearly all others these days, whether one agrees or not with him he was at least a great intellect and honest, cheers.

Quite some years ago I bought a billhook on ebay and when it arrived I was slightly disappointed that it didn't look like the photo but was obviously hand made probably in India from an old leaf spring. It didn't take long for me to grow to like it very much, it keeps a cracking edge, feels just right in the hand and kind of matches up very well with some of the old British made Elwell tools I treasure👍

Top notch derail👍 Oh yes, and I made 12 pots of raspberry jam last week🙃

I know it's unpopular to mention the World Economic Forum, but Sunak's up to his neck in it and it's not about money.

In my workshop I use a very strong magnet from a large PA speaker [around 8" dia.] to hold all the little tools like chuck keys / small blades / tiny things that get lost etc, it works great and everything that I keep there becomes magnetised👍 My micro wave has just given up the ghost so I must have a look inside.

I would have said that too until I googled it👍 hedgehog+scat - Recherche Google WWW.GOOGLE.COM

I've got several steeply banked areas that I try to keep neat and I've found that holding a strimmer at 45 degrees is really hard on the wrists and swinging a flymo on a rope isn't great either... so you're suggested solution is also mine.. it can look very good at certain times of year particularly if different wild flowers come up in it as they come into season👍 And to @Drinksloe, if you're determined to keep it cut could a scythe blade mounted on a long pole be a low tech alternative ?