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  1. Dan Maynard
    Maybe they thought you'd made it for views on the 'gram. Should have replied at least though.
  2. Dan Maynard
    Stem failure, looking at it as an engineer I'd actually say not that likely since there is a reasonable wall thickness and enough support from the inside to stop it buckling. Decay proceeding down into major roots would seem to be the biggest concern to me, then whole thing falls over.
  3. Dan Maynard
    Hmm due diligence, or a brief consideration of the laws of physics. I am confused how they keep operating given it's patently bollox, but apparently they just keep closing down and reopening under new names.
  4. Dan Maynard
    Look at the colour and condition of deposits, Google it up for a chart. Used to be one of the only colour print pages in Haynes manual back in the day. https://ngksparkplugs.com/en/resources/read-spark-plug
  5. Dan Maynard
    And I'm sticking with my 201...
  6. Dan Maynard
    Not a problem, you don't need a diesel heater at all - just seen a plug in heater on YouTube that can heat a room in seconds and costs almost nothing to run, invented by some very clever chaps from Edinburgh University in London. The energy companies just don't want you to know about it though....
  7. Dan Maynard
    Which Bandit, so is it a petrol or diesel engine? I've got stuck in the back of my head that high exhaust temperature can be an indicator of lean running, if it's petrol, so I'd pop the plugs out and see what they tell you now. If you had it serviced they might have put new ones in anyway but I think you'll quickly see evidence if they are overheating.
  8. Dan Maynard
    Put the £20 towards a new silky, will cut faster.
  9. Dan Maynard
    I had an office in the garage for one winter, made a cubicle from dust sheets stapled across the rafters and dropped down around the desk - was really surprised how well it worked. Also some carpet offcut so not standing on the cold concrete floor. So even if you just stapled dust sheet across the rafters would make a lot of difference. I also worked in a place once with a big gas heater from Machine Mart running off a bottle, was really effective, simple setup and no problem with smell etc. It was a bigger one of these https://www.machinemart.co.uk/p/clarke-little-devil-2-propane-fired-space-heat/ I guess the running cost would be lower with diesel but surely you need to put part of it outside else it's going to smell of diesel? If you're determined to heat rather than insulate, just don't tell @Big J
  10. Dan Maynard
    Reading that reminds me of the old joke, if there are ten blackbirds sitting on a wall and you shoot one how many will be left.
  11. Dan Maynard
    He slipped away on the quiet so people would stop dumping saws on his doorstep...
  12. Dan Maynard
    If it's an up and over door I'd get a couple of sheets of celotex and prop them against it with some battens and maybe dust sheets to cut draughts, even plywood. If heat is pouring out the door it's going to be difficult to heat the place evenly. I used to work at a place where the workshop door was a garage up and over, we had a ply second door inside and the workshop could then be heated ok .
  13. Dan Maynard
    I've a regular customer who has a December hedge cut and shrub tidy, she makes fabulous flapjack. Her teaspoon is still on top of the dash from last year, hoping I can stick it back in the cup this year and she won't notice.
  14. Dan Maynard
    If you have Makita batteries then one answer would be buy a Makita saw, then 1/4 bar and sprockets definitely available.
  15. Dan Maynard
    Wow, even better plan.
  16. Dan Maynard
    Sell it for 200 quid?
  17. Dan Maynard
    As said, it's not a garden so that exclusion on felling license does not apply. If it's "some trees" you could exceed the amount to require it.
  18. Dan Maynard
    He posted on the digger thread the other day @aspenarb
  19. Dan Maynard
    Had to open the case on mine recently to change the trigger switch, just a good blow out of sawdust seems all you can do in that side.
  20. Dan Maynard
    Reckon my Makita battery saw has a drive shaft like that but the sprocket is separate to the brake drum. If you were really brave/skilled maybe you could grind that sprocket off and braze a new one on?
  21. Dan Maynard
    This bit however might get you laughed out of town, willow is great to burn when dry.
  22. Dan Maynard
    I usually ask for tea as I think it's more reliable, but the other day we had one where I wasn't sure if the customer had used UHT milk, oat milk, or just gone off milk. Both of us tried it but dumped it behind the garage.
  23. Dan Maynard
    I don't think the Echo are as reliable, but for the amount of work it will do and what they cost people put up with that and replace when needed. It's not a 660, don't plan on keeping a saw like that forever. The other serious option is the Echo2500T , but if you're in bigger trees and going through several tanks a day with your 151 then I think you will find battery life an issue.
  24. Dan Maynard

    D-Max

    Dan Maynard replied to Donnie's topic in Arb-Trucks

    The wheels will fall off the Dacia much sooner.
  25. Dan Maynard
    I ordered a maul from amazon.de before Brexit, don't think that works now. Wouldn't have thought of amazon.jp ,maybe they have Silky cheaper too?

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