Dan Maynard

I would just put walls in front to back, to create a series of bays about 1m wide. Logs chucked in will mound up, you just need to line up a little bit at the front to create a wall but this is dead easy as the logs rest on the side walls. This way you can also rotate stock a bit if you empty out a bay completely before refilling.

You can get replacement rods for tents, but maybe they would be too thick? Have to epoxy end fittings back I guess.

Crikey you'll get a lot of logs in one of those. Cheap too for the size.

Maybe you do need an electrician, but in the end there has to be something physically wrong somewhere. The stop switch isn't wearing out normally, should last for years. My suggestion was some rubbed through cables causing too much current through the switch, which will burn out the contacts. If the fuse is 25A then there could be 20A going through the switch without taking out the fuse, this will certainly melt it. Alternatively, bad connections cause a lot of sometimes weird looking electrical faults so it could be that. I'm guessing you shouldn't need to change the switch to sort that though. My brother had a MK2 Ford Escort years ago, all sorts of things would happen like indicators coming on when you braked. At first we would try to work out what strange electrical magic was going on but in the end it was always a bad connection from the wiring loom to the body somewhere so the fix was emery paper and a blob of vaseline to keep the moisture out.

Where did you buy it, have you asked them? When I needed to know about screws and nuts for my harness couldn't find any info online, so I rang FRJones where I had bought it and they contacted the manufacturer and sourced me a few.

I have contacted Altberg and they reckon they can resole my airstreams, I was going to give it a go for £50plus postage. I don't know what your boots are but maybe drop them an email.

Sounds to me a bit like there is a short circuit somewhere, wires chafed through and shorting to the chassis. The old rule with fuses is change once because they can sometimes just blow but if it goes again then investigate for underlying fault.

Depends where you live too, in East Anglia we don't get as much rain and I don't tarp at all.

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Strangely engaging, had to keep watching. But then I'm supposed to be doing some invoices.....

If it's not the beginning of the end it may just be the end of the beginning. Actually on reflection I'm sure Mick Dempsey posted a picture of his slippers once (grumpy 50 year olds?) so maybe it's not as far away for me as I thought....

It is really poor, isn't it. Thing is I've got a 1977 Dolmar 112 and a 1995 PS6000i and they both run great so Dolmar definitely used to know how to make proper saws that last.

Willow is famously high moisture content when green, hence why it likes to grow near water. Dry it out, burns fine. I live near a brook, lot of willow round us, burnt loads over the years.

I remembered Daniel Murphy video about chipper spares, it's Bandit but don't know if the same thing you are looking for

You have to pay for chip with no bark (such as play park chip) because that's a forestry product. Somewhere like Madingley Mulch have a range of stuff to choose from. On the other hand you can have mixed arb chip for free, if you can take a van load and we can just tip it off eg onto the drive. Smaller quantities are possible but that's just a delivery so there are usually some beer tokens involved. If you are on the west side of Cambridge I'll be passing a lot more often so can probably drop some off if you let me know where. Our chickens are fine on the free chip, they don't have expensive tastes.

I've got a 'Drill Doctor' that was about £150. It does a pretty good job at creating the basic shape and the drills cut well afterwards. I couldn't get small drills anywhere near as good by hand, and won't develop the skill now either but that is fine. Personally I would say split point is not essential if you pilot drill, we never had them years ago anyway.

Brilliant. You have to remember to stop before the log is through, otherwise you will be finding out what happens when the un-stoppable meets the un-movable!

One of my engineering customers (make engine parts) have always had free vend coffee machines. They recently stopped putting plastic cups in the machines and issued every member of staff with an insulated mug. Now I have to remember to bring a mug when I go there to do a service or else I can't have a coffee. Not sure that works for you, not very welcoming to guests.

I doubt it predates the extension, pretty fast growing tree could be 40 years old. I'd be inclined to think that is so close there will be problems down the line even if you keep trimming it, plant another tree down the garden and then take it out once the replacement is established.

I volunteer in a Woodland Trust ancient wood near us, it's popular with dog walkers. I forget the exact amount but it's something like a ton a year of dog crap to get rid of from the bins.

About a tenner apparently (according to my teenage son). Think that makes it 4,000,000,000 quid, enough to hire a plane or two to transport it out.

I'm on 13mm dDRT and the Harken Ninja and HAAS both work just fine.

6 pieces? He's got a flock of sheep to do yet! Great job.

Sounds a bit bonkers at first sight but interesting idea as I also have 110 hard top. Not going to get a huge amount of chip in but as you say for smaller jobs may be ok. So far my solution to all this is have a big trailer and a small chipper, can get a few cube in there with the chipper. Just sometimes in town wish the trailer was smaller too. What are you going to chip with? If it's a tow-behind then it's going to have a lot of blow so it'll be hard to stop the cab getting covered in chip as well, I'm thinking floor to ceiling gaps all sealed. Problem that door isn't that big too. Can you get wheelie bins small enough to roll in? Could chip into a couple and roll up ramps, might then be easier to unload. Certainly be interested to see pics if you do it.

Does the engine stall in the cut or just the chain stop?