spandit
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Ah, yes, but the one the hire company has is the more powerful model Not really, it's about 1/2 acre but surrounding a barn and an orchard so too narrow in places for a tractor.
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From what I recall, to hire one for a weekend cost about £75. Considering they are £3,200 new, that's a fair amount of cutting before it works out cheaper to own/service my own unit. They are cool, though, a real beast of a machine. I can't work out why a Billy Goat with a 13hp engine will go through 2" trees whereas my ride-on with a 13hp engine will barely get through ankle length grass...
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I don't think belt tension or dressing would help much, but I'll give it a go. The difficult with this mower is that to tension the belt you have to move the two halves of the chassis apart, using plastic spacers (which I can't find anywhere). I need to make some for myself but think with the design of mower deck, it's never going to be that effective. With a gap cut in the rim of the deck it would let the grass out rather than it just being forced into the small gap between the blade tip and the rim
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Yes, you're probably right. I might hire the Billy Goat brushcutter from our local place as have some brambles to deal with too...
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Could tow one behind the Jimny
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Tried that...
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Thinking about this... Garden Machinery From PP Estates Sussex UK | Billy Goat HW651HSP
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I've tried hitting it fast and going in slow, I've tied the flap completely open too but the grass still gets jammed around the rim. I'm looking at better mowers now
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How do people normally balance blades after sharpening? Horizontal nail?
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Frankly I was on the verge of shooting the bloody thing...
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Can hardly make it any worse...
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I was planning on measuring and then balancing the blade, grinding small bits off the heavy end until it's even. Mower vibrates a lot anyway...
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It is a collector mower but I've taken the collector off so it just shoots grass out the side (when it actually cuts). I'm just disappointed because with a big heavy blade and a pretty powerful engine, I thought it would be unstoppable but apparently not. I do have the old blade with chipped ends - might try cutting that down and trying it to see if it makes a difference
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I'm not talking metre high pasture, the grass is, in places, about 8 inches long. I'm using a Snapper 33" 13hp rear engined ride on, with a newly sharpened blade, on the highest setting (actually one higher than that - you can latch it above the teeth) but every time I get grass wrapped around the ends of the blade and it just smokes the belt (which aren't cheap) I'm wondering if fitting a shorter blade to give more tip clearance might be a solution or failing that, cutting the guard away to let the grass out (possibly not the safest solution). Ideally, I'd keep the grass regularly mown but that hasn't happened and short of buying an Orec Rabbit (REALLY expensive), I'm getting fed up with stopping every few yards to remove the jammed grass from the blade ends
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Looks like it's been espaliered at some point but hedge laying is more likely
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My satellite cable got cut a couple of weeks ago... I've joined it back up again but sometimes when it rains it cuts out again. My MIL, who was trimming the ivy round the porch, was apologetic and did buy me a carrot cake to say sorry
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I've got two of their spitting axes. Haft is a little short but I haven't had to use the spare yet
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Doh! I've planted some of this at home too! Thanks... This is in my father's rather overgrown garden where even the nettles are 6' high...
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A lot of quality tools are made by Danaher in China. Hellfrauds Professional and Draper Expert for two (hence they look the same). Britool and Facom are the same company too, IIRC. Hellfrauds does have the advantage that they are open on Sundays and sell them individually but buying a set will work out much cheaper
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I do love willow propagation:D
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Thanks. So I'm right to cut them down this winter? They're fairly well sheltered by the osier (and in spirals too). I'm guessing the off cuts can be propagated like normal willow?
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That's because it's not under the leak!
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Earlier this year I planted a few almond willow (black maul), some of it in a high density plantation to hopefully produce long straight shoots for basket weaving. However, it's struggled to get to 5' whereas the common osier puts on nearly 3 times that. Is it just a case of not being in the South West or are they likely to accelerate next year after I've cut them down?
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People have different sized stoves and don't all want logs the same length. Also, nicking a bootful of logs is easier than taking billets
