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Dan Maynard

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  1. Dan Maynard
    Well we're up there for a week soon so we'll have a look round , never know....
  2. Dan Maynard
    Fair enough, I think about moving to Germany or Canada as a theoretical exercise sometimes.
  3. Dan Maynard
    I don't think I'd take EV either at the moment, I'm a little bit similar in that I've a 7 year old diesel car and what it does is the longer journeys when I'm working away. I guess I just meant that it's not that much of a jump to the EV though, so maybe less than it would be to drive a new diesel the same mileage.
  4. Dan Maynard
    But you chose France-shire didn't you? I always say watch the feet if you want to know what someone thinks, much more reliable than listening to what they say.
  5. Dan Maynard
    We've been discussing where we'd move to if we could pick anywhere, we sort of landed here due to jobs and then had kids so stayed. They're now 17 and 19 so not a tie for much longer. I grew up Hampshire/Dorset border, near the sea. It's bloody busy now, traffic and people, New Forest a national park with 40mph speed limits everywhere. To be fair maybe not as bad as Kent though. I'd say Yorkshire for countryside and space, but I'm not sure if I'd like the winters. Derbyshire a compromise? Like the idea of Northumberland, there is something about being near the sea.
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    So in round numbers, £20k to run 10 year old cars and £30k to run brand new ones? To what extent are these car prices still subsidised? We were thinking of what to do with wife's 10 year old Yaris a couple of years ago, the comparable EV were around £30k to buy. Yaris stayed.
  7. Dan Maynard
    Fairly young ash I saw today whilst walking the dog. To me doesn't look the same tree.
  8. Dan Maynard
    My heating goes to 10C from 11pm to 6am, would be much cheaper to get a really good duvet than heat the house. Trying not to sound like a Yorkshireman but I do remember when we had naff all heating upstairs as a kid.
  9. Dan Maynard
    Heard today from a chap doing our tiling that fibreglass insulation cost is up 100% since the start of the war in Ukraine.
  10. Dan Maynard
    There's a corner of the internet for every taste.... (apparently)
  11. Dan Maynard
    I'm wearing them right now under my long trousers, snow has melted and sun coming out so will whip 'em off and be cool this afternoon.
  12. Dan Maynard
    Interesting, I would have said 50% as good for half the price so I just buy them for cutting stumps down really low before grinding - no point filing out really bad damage just bin. I buy Stihl for arb work, but I also reckon chains are a tiny percentage of arb overhead and it makes no real difference to overall profit. But each to their own, as they say.
  13. Dan Maynard
    I filled in a BMI health questionnaire for the doctors the other day. Apparently I'm overweight, need to do more exercise, and my waist being 40" means I'm at very high risk of heart disease, diabetes, and stroke. I should buy those 32" trousers to make me healthy again.
  14. Dan Maynard
    You're probably right if you don't leave it wet that much not a huge problem, it's just that your soapy water has the potential to be conductive so you can get much faster corrosion from the pair of metals effectively forming a small battery. Pairing zinc with stainless leads to the zinc being corroded away, so ideally use stainless screws if you have to screw the tray down and you might find the bottom edge of the galvanised sheets rust out faster by being in contact with the stainless.
  15. Dan Maynard
    Maybe put some pictures up? Reclaimed beams can be very hard on bands and also contain nails so not very appealing stuff to work with. Other way is approach some millers yourself https://sawmillers.co.uk/
  16. Dan Maynard
    That's a good shout. Wonder if I can find a scrap Caravan anywhere nearby. Aluminium would need to be hard anodised, my fear would be electrolytic corrosion around fasteners when it gets wet with soapy water. The great thing about galvanised roofing sheet with zinc plated screws everything would be the same corrosion potential. I think it would last ok, especially if you take care to paint the cuts and holes to prevent water getting at the bare steel on the edges. Ideally don't let the zinc touch the stainless shower tray. Obviously the ideal will be to get the thing dried out as soon as your shower is finished, won't corrode when it's dry.
  17. Dan Maynard
    Is that hydraulic? Presumably that limits the hp going to the machine, compared to PTO shaft on a tractor?
  18. Dan Maynard
    Fastfix are having a sale on, EA4300 at £295 and EA5000 at £460. Really tempted, it's so much less money than a 261. Slightly down on power, 2.8kW vs the 3.0kW of the 261 but can fit an exhaust from the previous model to get rid of cat. Then again my old 261 keeps on going and it's been a good saw. But at least I know not to buy an Echo.
  19. Dan Maynard
    Better to clean it first, yes. White spirit and toothbrush, WD40 will probably work but obviously more expensive. Ideally an airline to blow the crud out too.
  20. Dan Maynard
    My opinion would be the dead bark is a symptom of something going on, rather than the actual problem. My suspicion would be root damage, 8 years would be the right kind of time for it to show, and as said the reduction not helping. Id be digging to check but it looks like you may have dead roots all round that side of the tree, in which case yes it's terminal and possibly unstable already.
  21. Dan Maynard
    You know it's not that common though.
  22. Dan Maynard
    I was thinking either power rangers or Spiderman....
  23. Dan Maynard
    What about that chap on Etsy who makes rope bags, he could knock you one up? Tesco bag for life does me day to day, my truck isn't very tidy tbf.
  24. Dan Maynard
    I'm in East Anglia never cover the logs for seasoning, just put enough in the woodshed to keep dry as I'm using through winter. They season perfectly well outside but do get coloured, so if you want tip top product to sell then covering is probably better. Danger of covering is of course holding moisture in so ideally some air space above the logs to let the wind blow through. Maybe as you've Welsh in your username you should be covering with something.
  25. Dan Maynard
    There's plenty of work around at the moment, if you have experience I would try ringing some firms up because you can still work under supervision before you get the tickets - should be able to pick up days here and there. You're a bit far from me unfortunately.

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