Haironyourchest

Nah. You've just been put firmly back in your place by the elite club of plutocrats that rule you (all of us) by consent. Subjects. Subject to their will. Brexit freaked them out, bit on the spicy side for the globalist banking cartel's taste, so it was. Smacked of a peasant's revolt. They co-opted Brexit like they do everything else. The whole world is suffering transport shortages, it's by design. Covid response, if not release, was by design. These people are the most intelligent, cunning and amoral on the planet. I've quit trying to predict the next move or the reasons for the current move, but the general plan is clear. Make humanity suffer until they beg for slavery. Make us accept defeat and the loss of our dreams. Energy rationing, socialist style work allocation, demographic control (eugenics). Ten year plan, fifteen, doesn't matter. Look how they changed the world in 2. They crated an unsustainable system and they're trying to save it from collapse.

What happens indeed? Hope we find out. Stop feeding the beast. Starve the government into oblivion. No more fascist rainbow police - local elected sherrifs and Jonny on the spot, if there's trouble, the lads'll deal with it. No more Facebook and plastic rubbish. Survival of the fittest.

The whole monetary system is so screwed up it's becoming irrelevant anyway. Fake money, fake value. A European dole bum is "worth" a hundred times more to the global economy than a productive African farmer/miner etc. When humanity figured out how to produce food for thousands of mouths with one man's labour, the whole foundation started to slide. We attribute value wrongly because 99.9% of our "needs" are actually "wants". Why is a dollar worth more than a peso? Because it buys a bigger Mac & Fries? Because you might get bombed if you disagree? Fertile soil, fertile women, fresh water, and manly men with better weapons than the other guys - that's the only true value. **************** it, roll on judgement day.

Everybody pays taxes. 24% on everything we buy, pretty much. Carbon taxes on fuel, council taxes, fag taxes, booze taxes, etc etc... What do you say to those who don't earn enough to incur an income tax liability yet pay their minimal social insurance? They get the benefits of a pension, disability allowance, dole possibly, etc?

This is how people used to live, and still do, in rural places other than the West. Back then it was extended families though. The modern iteration is "family by choice" I suppose. It's really the only sustainable way human beings can live, in the long run. Our personal exclusivity has only been a thing for the last couple of generations, and it's only getting worse. Great respect for the lifestyle, but most of us wouldn't he able to hack it, even if we were attracted to it. Everyone involved has to possess a high level of individual maturity, either that, or submit to a cult like mentality of some sort, like the Amish, where the rules and regulations are more stringent than the wider society... Wouldn't he my cup if tea, but the day might come when we all find ourselves living communally just to survive (the survivors, of whatever it is that does for our civilization, that is)...

Yeah sorry, I was a bit unclear- it wasn't bending against that tree in the vid, it was a different tree later, on the ground and wedged in with other trees. The tree had been felled some years ago and I tried to lift the butt end with the spike, just to see what would happen. The spike being a sticky-outey thing, the load on the box was changed from near veritcal to 45 degrees or thereabouts. But I agree the 35mm box is too thin/narrow, generally. It's just what I had to hand, scrap from another job. Thanks for watching!

Good on you bud. I went the same route. Never have paid rent. Its all about getting along with the neighbors, location, location location. And that said, during the boom guys were whacking up spec houses willy nilly without planning and greasing palms for retention later.

Well, she's done and put to work. First test video. Tree hung up though... I've no doubt it will be just the ticket from time to time. I did try the foot spike, to lift a serious butt end later, rest of the tree was lodged with others in a heap, there was no chance of it budging...gave it some crankage and the foot end started flexing! Backed off and it flexed back straight again. So, as I expected, the box tube is the weak part.

Well, sounds like you're all good on the maintenance front 👍 Aspen is good for machines that sit idle in the shed for long periods but are needed at a moments notice for small jobs. You can leave it in, no need to drain or run dry, just shake the tool to disperse the included (colourless) oil. If you already have a saw attachment for your combi system why not just use that? You can buck logs with it, if you're only doing a few, from time to time. Safer. Less stooping as well.

You probably tried the previous gen Florabest saw, clamshell build. They were supposedly rubbish, seen plenty of non runners cluttering up people's sheds. The new ones are all metal body, 55cc 18" bar. Bar and chain alone is worth 40-50 quid... Agree about getting work done on them etc, forget it. Not financially viable anyway, even assuming parts could be got. Things like replacement air filters are available though, and probably enough of them lying in parts piles to scavenge clutch covers, fuel caps, carbs etc.

Yeah, some are garbage. The Lidl ones are ok. As long as the chainbreak works and the chain tensioner works, that's as safe as any saw can be (and fuel cap doesn't leak, obviously). Where casual users go wrong is maintenance. You got to use Aspen or good fresh petrol and really good 2-stroke oil (HP Ultra). Clean out the clutch area after use. Emty tank and idle the carb dry after use. Know how to clean air filter without letting crap fall in the carb intake. Learn to tention chain properly, file chain properly, etc etc etc. There's so much more to keeping a saw in running order than a strimmer or similar.

He's Craig Eastwood, Clint's reclusive kid brother.

I got one of the Lidl €99 specials, as a loaner and beater saw. Alloy crankcase and all. It's been really good! Leaks chain oil something savage though.

"Mock" was the operative word there! That fellow really took the piss. I'm thinking anyone who has money to burn on a stunt like that isn't in dire need of a home. Most unofficial dwellings are completely inoffensive, if not invisable, by the nature of the game.

Gotta exercise due diligence. Pull the muffler, feel for compression, etc. I got a pro long reach hedger half price, ex hire, only a year old. They were quite happy to let me play gynaecologist with it in the back workshop. Blades were trashed but the motor hadn't even been run in yet. Got them to throw in brand new blades at half price. It's been excellent. Bought a rebuilt consaw from my local guy, just perfect. Hard to start but they always were. Same guy rebuilt my 254... He had a brand new ms251 one time, been run all of a day. Some old guy bought it new and couldn't get along with the elasto-start. Traded it for something else, that saw was going nearly half price, I didn't want it though.

I get it now. Bottom of the file is smooth. Genius. Leaves a proper gullet and everything.

Ah, the old barny-housey game! 😉 Just keep it a barn and live in the hayloft - more room for projects.

Amazon has a productivity monitoring system which combines wearable tech and cameras to assess their employees body movement. A.I can tell if the workers are scratching their arses too much. The day will come when this tech can be applied to any jobsite... Satellite surveillance, wrist and ankle trackers, a central site sensor up in a tree etc. Algorithms will be developed for different trades and jobs. Select "conifer hedge (dimensions)" from the drop down menu, number of men, distance to chipper etc...

The planners are agents of a rigged system. The system is crooked. So when the "mafia" deem building shelter for yourself "illegal" - unless you are wealthy enough - many folks give it the middle finger. At some point we have to ask ourselves, do we want to exist to serve the State and the investor class, or do we exercise our moral rights as men and women?

I done about a hundred eight hour night shifts back to back in a hotel one summer. Just for the craic. Good times...

Why not? Bad experience?

I can count at least 20 people/families within ten miles of me, who built their own homes "illegally" (myself included). Wildly different styles, varying outlay, all way way below market price. They all bought land though, or have the use of land. I built my home at 18 and lived there for 8 years. Off grid. Cost 3 grand and about six months of labour, total. It's still standing, 20+ years on....helped a family member set up his first family home, ten grand cabin. Raised two kids in it for years before the main house was finished...three neighbours built illegally, raised their families, paid no rent and no mortgage, shat in buckets for years. One crowd got hassle but brassed it out and saved enough to build several legal houses and now they're landlords themselves. It can be done, but requires a big mentality adjustment. Area dependant as well. Not gonna fly in SW UK obviously...

Best find an honorable small engine repair chap and buy an older reconditioned pro saw.

Depends where you want to live and what kind of work you do as well. Can buy a house in Italy in the sticks for a couple of grand. (relevant before Brexit, obviously). Actually earning a living there is a whole nother story though. All fine and good for successful YouTubers and suchlike... You could get a whole working farm in Poland for ten grand a few years ago. Beautiful fertile soil. Could go self sufficient, as people had done for countless generations.