Dan Maynard

I don't know that moles eat slugs, but it's been an absolute bumper year for them and presumably worms, so I guess they've had more food than normal.

As above, nerve damage is cumulative and not reversible, so really if you're getting the tingle after a couple of hours that's a sign more breaks are needed. It's another thing like hearing damage, when you're older and regret it, it's far too late to do anything about it. Heated handles are good if you're working in the cold, as keeping your hands warm helps circulation. Not really a factor this time of year.

Is LA what I'd take to be District Council, ie the planning authority? Where I've done work for Parish Council in conservation area I have always assumed that needed to be notified.

I reckon you've cut your market down a huge amount by not being able to deliver, if you can find a log supplier that's interested in what is effectively arb waste for 200 you'll be doing ok.

Crap I was half the weight. Worrying as I guessed this to be less than 2ton, didn't go anywhere near a weighbridge and it still tipped so can't have been too bad.

I agree, had quite a bit of teenager operated log splitting. Sadly my eldest set up his own bike servicing business in lockdown and I couldn't pay enough to match what he earned doing that!

I'm going out on a limb here... 750kg

I've got factory heavy duty option and that seems to mean double coil springs - has anyone else got these?

You need to start with a 1ml blue crystal vial to concentrate the moonbeams. Dilute that in your IBC and you've got a million to one already.

I mean places like tidal marsh land. The tides vary through the month and year which affects those plants on the fringes. I have absolutely no idea how the moons gravity can affect the apple tree in my garden. Complete hippy nonsense.

The kind of customer who would pay more demands absolutely no proof that it's any different, so no point proving it either way. This just sounds to me like hippies mixing the ideas of tides and summer/winter sap because they have no idea how any of it works. Astrology is about as mysterious and useful. On the other hand you can find lots of plants that are affected by the moon cycle, by the sea.

Not done that exact one, but whenever I tackle a palm I think how much variety there is and how little I know about palms as a species. I guess that trunk will be just a bundle of fibres with dirt and dead fibres in between, which will blunt the saw and the fibres will get wrapped up in the saw round the clutch and in the bar groove. I don't think it's harmful as such unless you try to force the saw on when it's clogged, so just need a spanner and a lot of patience. Maybe buy a cheap rotatech chain for the job? Worst one I've done was a low yukka, just had to keep taking the bar off and cleaning every two cuts. Easiest one I've done was Torbay palm, up to about 4 inch diameter it was so soft I just used a silky to strip the whole thing out, no leaves on the lower stem anyway so dead easy to chainsaw. Stump grinding super soft and easy, never had a problem there. Pretty shallow roots from what I've seen.

Well I've thought about it Donald, and every single time someone uses that phrase in an explanation it pisses me off. My thoughts, when you're cranking tension to raise a piece there is sliding friction between the drum and spindle. Not enough to cause excessive wear, or get hot, but the coefficient of friction will be lower with a bit of grease - so the effort on the handle for the same rope tension will be lower. Not much effort really either, bit of drilling and a quid for a grease nipple.

The lunar cycle affects the tides, when the moon and sun are in line the tidal range is greater (springs), when the moon is at either side the tide range is lowest (neaps). Broadly speaking the oceans bulge towards the sun and towards the moon, yes. The idea that the tidal cycle affects tree sap rising is where it gets loony.

They'll be weakly attached at first, because they have started at the surface of the tree. After a few years though they will strengthen as the trunk puts on layers of wood interacting with the shoot wood. I'd be tempted to leave it a couple of years, then each year take one weakest shoot out so that you end up with a single trunk tree. Fairly soon all this will just be a wiggle buried in the trunk timber as the tree grows on up.

I don't bother trying to chip that kind of stuff, it's not wood. For me, cost of a green load tip off is less than dealing with mucked up chipper. Saw may well want stripping and cleaning in the job, and check it after anyway.

Sycamores are the tree that keeps on giving, when you have a decent one like that nearby you are forever blessed with an endless supply of seedlings in every corner of the property. Paths, drains, gutters, plant pots, anywhere.

There's a 30" diameter tree 36" away from this guy's house, and he's worried about it being removed? He wasn't worried as it got bigger and bigger, and closer to his wall? What's he going to do when the tree gets bigger? It must be nearly pushing the wall down already. Photos would be good.

How the heck did you search up that video? What were you actually looking for? Actually, don't say, don't think I'll like the answer.

Is the hole threaded?

Screwfix would be a better bet anyway, you can take it back when it breaks (almost) no questions asked.

Never quote off a photograph. Say 1.8 long x 1.1 wide x 0.5 high, would be 1 cubic metre pretty spot on. It's softwood but you've sawn it all up, seems fair enough to me.

Fair enough, down to the design of the engine I guess.

Sounds a bit weird, I probably wouldn't go back there anyway.

I can think of Oxdale, AMR, Posch, Thor who make electric splitters in Europe, don't know latest prices but somewhere around 2k. They do single and three phase versions. Maybe the definition of domestic equipment is made in China, which is a bit sad. To me it's the equivalent of buying a pro Stihl for cutting the firewood rather than a B&Q McCulloch , decent machine is where I spent my money. But then I work in UK manufacturing and always find it ironic that people will moan jobs have gone to china one minute, and buy the crap made there the next.