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Blades can't be recycled apparently due to the composite material they all go to landfill.

Saw some looked about 5ft for £50 each at a garden centre.

Get Daily Mails & telegraph papers from neigbours. The Telegraph paper seem to catch better than daily mail must be of a higher quality?

Magnolia? Bit of wild guess as hard to see detail in photo

Longer is better as takes less longer strokes & effort to cut the branch but it might not fit in the pocket as easy is the only downside. Breaking/ bending blades i reckon is only an issue if user is cack handed & tries to cut larger diameter stuff its not suited to tackling and gets the blade jammed etc

Max branch dia is listed as 23.5mm on that 40v makita i think Anyway the 18v does yr old blackthorn & pyracantha (dense woods) no problems which is enough for me Makita - Product Details - DUH602 18V LXT Brushless 600mm Hedge Trimmer WWW.MAKITA.CO.NZ Makita Power Tools. The preferred brand of power tool to the trade Two year growth plus blackthorns etc needs loppers/chainsaw etc

Not used thoose two models but since switching to 100% battery now for hegde cutting much prefer them. I think if investing in new tools for hedge cutting that battery is as good as the best petrol now? This is latest makita 40v battery tool looks like the eqivalent to the stihl petrol would be nice to here any reviews of it comparing them .....head to head? Much more impressed by my battery trimmer than the battery chainsaws with regards to being light and the battery run times being alot longer than the chainsaws and not seemly being underpowered with regards to power to weight ratios. Think hegde trimmers inherently suit batteries. I also have a makita battery strimmer rated 1kw but 2x18v 5ah batteries only lasts 15mins One 18v 5ah battery will last near 1 hour cutting hedges on the makita trimmer must be a fairly low KW motor but doesn't feel underpowered

Other options for 40cc are the very expensive new echo 4301 or the cheaper makita ea4300 Both are near the same as ms241 in power.

Anyone use this stuff - Optima Racing Two Stroke? EXOL HIGHEST QUALITY JASO FD FULLY SYNTHETIC PERFORMANCE TWO 2 STROKE OIL 5 LT WWW.EBAY.CO.UK Mobile Description Summary. £26 quid per 5 litres seems very cheap for a fully synth?

Think this is the traditional method without a propane torch:

Yakisugi (焼杉) is a traditional Japanese method of wood preservation. Yaki means to heat with fire, and sugi is cypress.[1][2] It is referred to in the West as burnt timber cladding and also known as shou sugi ban (焼杉板) which uses the same kanji characters but an incorrect pronunciation. The ban character means "plank". By slightly charring the surface of the wood without combusting the whole piece, the wood becomes water-proof through the carbonisation and is thus more durable.[3][4] It also protects against insects, as well as making the wood fire retardant.[5]

Im pretty careful theese days not to too often jump straight into blackthorn or brambles that destroy clothing tend to use a brushcutter to gain acess first maybe thats why this pair have survived well.

Beaver extreme ones Lasting me ages atm DYNAMIC trousers - With Design A / Class 1 protection and imrpoved sizing WWW.STIHL.CO.UK Work trousers with certified cut resistance to BS EN 381-5, Design A. Preformed, double reinforced knee areas. Trouser...

Think that may be something. All chains have considerable side to side lean action/chatter even new & esp as bars wear narrower drive links may keep em on the straight and narrow better?

Drive links would be very loose in the bar groove probably fly off the bar or something....?

No a very small "smallholder" atm no animals apart from some chickens used to have a few sheep goats etc. Can't see the land tax idea ever happening way to radical.

I agree but If there no SFP then it may not be worth farming most of "marginal land" Wales of Scotland anymore or would the market self correct and drive up food prices? Then George moiboit can rewild then lot ? Remember UK argri is competing against subsidized global imports. Just had George eustice come out and admit the aussie deal he did was shite for the UK. Not sure what the answer is.

So (NK .325 .050 v "regular" .325 .063) no difference in teeth width? but oregon says... Must mean v the 3/8 abit misleading

Mild - daffs are up and lawn still needs mowing

There are alot of peope with income from second homes rented out and/or a partner that has a well paid job. Ladies who lunch etc.

Thanks good explaination understand it better now. Is the automatic electronic fault diagnose software not that reliable?

Is this abit like ebay dropshipping? Suppliers>wharehouse>online shop front (now outsourcing the warehouse part & delivery part)? Less vertical integration?

I still don't fully understand why that has to be the case apart from a lack of expertise in fixing them or by manufacturers, (possibly by poor design) making the spares & maintenace uneconimical compared with parts for petrol ones. Think part of the problem is a faster obsolescence as each new gen comes out. I like makita as the 18v platform has being arounds for ages and a big % of total the cost is in the batteries. Have read that electric cars will need less ongoing service work than ICE ones as less to go wrong so garages will lose out. So they are kind of claiming the opposite for electric cars - cheaper and more easy to fix, but maybe that will be less true in reality.... Im not sure if they are also designed to not last as long ICE ones and be scrapped/replaced faster? Being green would be keeping & retro fitting upgrading older cars for as long as possible. (Bit like Cuba)

How about (cut to size) the rubber matting they use of horse box ramps etc

Remember that huge bog oak table think was a thread on here about it: Our Story — The Fenland Black Oak Project WWW.THEFENLANDBLACKOAKPROJECT.CO.UK