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Dan Maynard

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  1. Are you saying there was sawdust inside the carb though? Other way in I guess is through the fuel, keep the tank clean around the fillers before you open it to refuel, try not to drop dust in while it's open, make sure the fuel filter is good and change it every now and then.
  2. I would have agreed with this, except maybe the leaf cover looks thinner than it should. After the recent rain and wind though it blew down a load of leaves and quite a few of the ones which came down are brown. Must have been up there but couldn't see them.
  3. Surely this is the answer then? I've had a problem on my petrol chipper of too much air in the inline filter, seemed to stop it building up the suction to get fuel through. Not sure your arrangement but I tipped fuel in to the suction pipe and that got it going.
  4. In the end the 17m Nifty was spot on, clock was at maybe 14m so had the outreach to get it nicely. Also went up and checked gutters. Took the MEWP back early then as didn't have another job lined up where I could get it in.
  5. Obviously I wouldn't ask a lady her age but I'm wondering how old KateH is that she thinks 30 is old.
  6. I have always used the dates which get recorded on the open planning system as the accounts for the weekend, bank holiday, full moon, tides, festivals etc. Not seen any get extended, the end date is set when it get validated at the beginning.
  7. The lichen grows slowly, the branches you are seeing it on are dead and hence bark stops moving so they get colonised - in other words the lichen is a consequence of the branch being dead and not a cause. I would agree the cause is the pruning pattern, branches are being shaded because there is no light below. I don't know who has been pruning the tree, sometimes the cause is a gardener who just keeps trimming the shape back to size, it ends up with growth pattern like a hedge with leaves on the outside and nothing in the middle. I would say it's restorable but over a few years.
  8. Makita were producing pro saws in the old Dolmar factory in Hamburg, I think thats EA5000 and up. Smaller saws such as EA4300 were made in China. I don't know how many saws they are actually making now, as Makita made a corporate policy to move away from petrol tools but you can still see them all on the dolmar.de website. Stihl, I've bought an MS400 recently and it has a Made In Germany sticker on, I'm pretty sure the low cost domestic stuff is made in China. I guess for both companies it's tough to produce a saw for £250 in Europe.
  9. 1m seem more popular in Europe. Jas P Wilson, deal in Posch. Fuelwood in Warwick should have something
  10. I just can't imagine why they thought it was ok to come into your garden without asking? Is there any type of work they do where that is ok?
  11. Can't see 4 squabs staying in the whole time.
  12. What about part of the stem is in the CA? I've had this with some elms, tried to get the council to clarify whether the trees were in or out, they never really did.
  13. Also per the other thread, if you are bringing own tools and PPE and working for a range of firms then you won't be a disguised employee. There is a simple HMRC form on the website to give you a definite answer, go through it and print the result page, keep it on file.
  14. Here https://arbtalk.co.uk/forums/topic/129921-gloves/#comment-1958278
  15. We had a glove thread recently. I stick with Showa 310, they look like other builders glove but they're not - much harder wearing. There were a few others that people recommended, but I can't remember them just at the moment. Try searching Showa on here.
  16. Think this could be a milk/tea discussion. I always put the fuel in first as I don't want the oil to stick to the bottom of the can, rather it swirled around as it drops in. Then I put it in the back of my Landrover and drive home, always reckon that gives it a shake too.
  17. I reckon the technology was bought up and quietly binned by a big secret tree surgeons cartel, really bad for business if conifers all stopped growing.
  18. At least if they TPO then when that tree goes there will be an expectation of replacement.
  19. Isn't that the support flange though Stubby? Seems like the parts in the part diagram are as being fitted, per this one on L&S. My question is whether we know nut to be original?
  20. That's what I said, second idea. Other thing is to cut it and glyphosate sprouts, repeatedly, until you win. I've never done this, usually use the third idea myself.
  21. Few ideas: Stump grind everything, take the money, change phone number, move house. Hire digger and dumper, remove top two feet of soil from entire garden, replace. Say bamboo isn't a tree, you need a gardener for that.
  22. Ah that's a shame - think it's eBay then. Seem to be parts around.
  23. The title says 360, the picture says 460. I'm confused, seems odd.
  24. Is the filter totally missing or is it just broken? I have a Dolmar PS6000i which you can't get new filters for, I blocked the tears in the old one with a dab of hot melt glue each side and it's been fine for years of occasional use.
  25. I started to suggest as a positive idea the AA could develop a scheme for freelancers. Something like NPTC tickets registered, basic organisation, invoicing system, LOLER records, maybe first aid. Then I realised that Steve just set this up, peer review will soon sort out who can do what they say, AA too slow and bureaucratic again.

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