Baldbloke

I know some of you use Alkylate (?) pre- mixed fuels, so this maybe won’t be of interest. A 5 litre container of 2 stroke oil lasts me a long time as I’m now a small time saw user limited to my own firewood cutting to keep a 60Kw biomass going. I’ve recently run out of Husqvarnas own brand oil and was wondering over the benefits or concerns of changing to another brand? Up here it appears that stihls one shot option is ultra expensive and a bulk buy in 5 ltr is not available. Likewise Husky oil now appears to be being sold in 1 ltr lots. Anyone happy with using Oregon’s oil in their Saws?

It’s why I’m hoping my 10 year old saws will continue running until I’m past it[emoji3]

Rosit/Resin [emoji3]

Even up here it’s been heavy going[emoji3]

I have always removed it from the digger (used for moving) and jacked the wheels off the ground with the extending legs.

Some sort of Cyprus

Four acres is a lot of strimming[emoji3]. Trust the God squad is remunerating you well?

A lot of money but handy for not having to wait for a tradesman, doing gutter cleaning, and not having to use ladders is a real bonus for me. I also have farm out buildings including a big new barn that needs painting. Another thing is that (like an older digger) it will probably not lose me too much money if it's still operational when i decide to sell it. Scaffolding is great but still requires ladders and more hassle to move for each job

Niftylift 120, which has a vertical lift of around 10 metres plus however high you are, so around 12 metres in total. 5 metres outreach max, but certainly not when it’s fully extended. 4.5k

Got the paperwork that shows the outreach. Presently it’s broadside onto the wall but limiting me to a small area to work on

Great stuff! Really impressive piloting. Does the tree move much while the slack is taken up or is the pilot that sensistive? How does the pilot know which way your cut is taken, or do you as the cutter start on the opposing side to the copter?

As a novice on access lifts I'd really appreciate some advice. I've recently bought a second hand lift for general maintenance work on my house which has three floors. Apart from having gone up in it and made sure I know which levers do what, I'm not knowledgeable in how to get the best out of it . I'm wondering whether it's best to reverse a towable cherry picker arse first towards the wall or have it side on to the wall in order to repoint and possibly re-harl it afterwards. Which position will give me the most allround access to the wall without having to continually up the jacks and move it? It's a Niftylift 120. Cheers

My little pond all but dried up so got the digger in to remove the iris I stupidly introduced. Just have to keep my eyes open for any I missed

The relevant section below. Much use of the word "may": PART 2 TRAILERS Trailer registration 13 Trailer registration (1) Regulations may provide for the compulsory or voluntary registration of trailers kept or used on roads in a register kept by the Secretary of State. (2) The regulations may— (a) require or permit the keeper of a trailer to apply to the Secretary of State for its registration; (b) make provision about the procedure for applications; (c) make provision for the purpose of ensuring that each registered trailer has a number which is recorded in the register; Haulage Permits and Trailer Registration Act 2018 (c. 19) Part 2 — Trailers 9 (d) make provision about the form of the register and the information to be included in it; (e) provide for the giving of registration documents; (f) provide for the transfer, surrender or production of registration documents; (g) provide for the expiry of registration documents; (h) require the destruction of a registration document in specified circumstances; (i) make other provision in connection with— (i) the registration of a trailer, (ii) the transfer of a registered trailer to a new keeper, (iii) the accuracy of information included in the register, or (iv) the enforcement of provisions of the regulations. (3) In this Part— “motor vehicle” means a mechanically-propelled vehicle which is intended or adapted for use on roads; “trailer” means anything on wheels which is intended or adapted to be drawn by a motor vehicle; “regulations” means regulations made by the Secretary of State. 14 Inspections and information (1) Regulations may, in connection with any provision of regulations under section 13— (a) provide for the inspection of trailers or registration documents by examiners or stopping officers, or (b) require a person to provide information or things to the Secretary of State or another person, or to make declarations. (2) Regulations under subsection (1)(a) may, in particular, make provision about— (a) notification of inspections; (b) inspection of a trailer in the absence of its owner or keeper; (c) certificates as to the outcome of inspections; (d) record-keeping in relation to inspections; (e) the giving of duplicates or copies of certificates. (3) In this section— “examiner” means— (a) an examiner appointed under section 66A of the Road Traffic Act 1988, or (b) an examiner appointed under Article 74 of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/2994 (N.I. 18)); “stopping officer” means an officer appointed under section 66B of the Road Traffic Act 1988. 15 Registration marks and registration plates (1) Regulations may require or authorise the Secretary of State, when registering a trailer, to assign a mark (a “registration mark”) to the trailer. Haulage Permits and Trailer Registration Act 2018 (c. 19) Part 2 — Trailers 10 (2) Regulations under subsection (1) may make further provision about the assignment of registration marks, for example, provision authorising the Secretary of State to— (a) assign a registration mark to a trailer to which another registration mark has previously been assigned; (b) assign to a trailer (on its first registration or later) a registration mark previously assigned to another trailer; (c) withdraw a registration mark for the time being assigned to a trailer; (d) re-assign to a trailer a registration mark previously assigned to it but subsequently withdrawn. (3) Regulations may prohibit a person from keeping or using a registered trailer unless a plate displaying the registration mark assigned to the trailer (a “registration plate”) is fixed on it. (4) Regulations under subsection (3) may— (a) specify the size, shape, material of manufacture or other characteristics of a registration plate; (b) specify the size, shape and character of a registration mark; (c) make provision for the purpose of ensuring that registration marks are easily distinguishable (by day or by night); (d) make other provision about— (i) the display of registration marks, or (ii) the fixing of registration plates. (5) Regulations may prohibit a person from keeping or using a trailer on a road where a plate fixed on the trailer displays a mark which— (a) is not assigned to the trailer under regulations under subsection (1), and (b) is of a size, shape and character specified in regulations made by virtue of subsection (4)(b). (6) Regulations may permit or require registration plates to contain or display information other than registration marks. (7) In this section “plate” includes any other device. 16 Marking of trailers (1) Regulations may make provision for the marking of registered trailers (otherwise than under section 15) or of trailers in respect of which an application for registration has been made. (2) The regulations may include provision— (a) as to the persons by whom and the times at which trailers are to be marked; (b) as to the form of any mark and the manner and position in which it is to be made; (c) requiring information about marks made under the regulations to be provided to the Secretary of State. Haulage Permits and Trailer Registration Act 2018 (c. 19) Part 2 — Trailers 11 17 Fees (1) Regulations may authorise the Secretary of State to charge a fee of a specified amount in respect of— (a) the registration of a trailer; (b) the giving of registration documents; (c) the inspection of a trailer; (d) the giving of a certificate as to the outcome of an inspection of a trailer; (e) the correction of an error in such a certificate; (f) the giving of a duplicate of such a certificate. (2) The regulations may— (a) provide that anything for which a fee is payable is conditional on payment of the fee; (b) make provision about repayment of fees charged under the regulations, including provision— (i) that repayment is to be made only if a specified person is satisfied that specified conditions are met or in other specified circumstances; (ii) that only partial repayment is to be made; (iii) specifying the amount of any partial repayment, or providing for the manner in which that amount is to be determined. 18 Offences (1) Regulations may create offences relating to— (a) keeping or using an unregistered or incorrectly registered trailer on a road; (b) the breach of a specified provision of regulations under any of sections 13 to 17; (c) obscuring a registration mark, or causing or allowing a registration mark to become not easily distinguishable; (d) the provision of false or misleading information, documents or declarations under regulations under any of sections 13 to 17; (e) the keeping or use of a trailer whose registration document has expired without being replaced; (f) obstructing a person carrying out an inspection of a trailer; (g) pretending to be entitled to carry out inspections of trailers. (2) If regulations under subsection (1)(a) create an offence of keeping or using an incorrectly registered trailer on a road, the regulations must provide for it to be a defence for a person charged with the offence to prove— (a) that there was no reasonable opportunity, before the material time, to provide information to the Secretary of State for the purpose of correcting the register, or (b) that the person had reasonable grounds for believing, or that it was reasonable for the person to expect, that the trailer was correctly registered. (3) Regulations may— (a) require a person to provide information to a specified person on request about the identity of someone who is alleged to have Haulage Permits and Trailer Registration Act 2018 (c. 19) Part 2 — Trailers 12 committed an offence under regulations under subsection (1)(a), (b) or (c), and (b) provide for it to be an offence to fail to provide the information. (4) Regulations under subsection (3)(b) must provide for it to be a defence to prove that the person did not know, and could not with reasonable diligence have ascertained, the identity of the person concerned. (5) Regulations may— (a) authorise a court to accept as evidence (or, in Scotland, sufficient evidence) that a person is someone alleged to have committed an offence under regulations under subsection (1)(a), (b) or (c), any admission of that fact which is proved to have been made by the person in information provided under regulations under subsection (3)(a), and (b) make provision as to the manner in which it is to be proved that an admission was made in information provided under regulations under subsection (3)(a). (6) Regulations under this section which create an offence must provide for the offence to be triable only summarily. (7) Regulations under this section may not provide for an offence to be punishable with imprisonment or with a fine exceeding level 3 on the standard scale. (8) For the purposes of this section a trailer is “incorrectly registered” if— (a) the register kept under regulations under section 13 does not include all of the information relating to the trailer that is required by regulations under section 13(2)(d), or (b) the information relating to the trailer that is included in that register includes any incorrect information. 19 Records (1) Regulations may provide for records maintained by the Secretary of State in connection with the Secretary of State’s functions under regulations under any of sections 13 to 17 to be admissible in proceedings as evidence (or, in Scotland, sufficient evidence) of facts stated in them, subject to specified conditions as to authentication and any other specified conditions. (2) For the purposes of this section “records” includes— (a) a copy of any records, and (b) a note or other representation of any information contained in records. Trailer safety 20 Trailer safety: report (1) The Secretary of State must prepare a report on the number and causes of road traffic accidents occurring in England, Wales or Scotland during the reporting period which— (a) involved trailers, and (b) caused injury or death to any person. (2) The report must contain an assessment of whether— Haulage Permits and Trailer Registration Act 2018 (c. 19) Part 2 — Trailers 13 (a) regulations under section 13 should provide for the compulsory registration of relevant trailers; (b) regulations under section 21 should be made. (3) The report must be laid before Parliament within the period of one year beginning with the day on which this section comes into force. (4) In this section— “relevant trailers” means trailers which are kept or used on roads and— (a) if constructed or adapted to carry a load, weigh more than 750 kilograms when laden with the heaviest such load; (b) otherwise, weigh more than 750 kilograms; “reporting period” means a period determined by the Secretary of State, which must be a continuous period of at least 12 months ending no earlier than 18 months before the day on which this section comes into force. 21 Trailer safety: testing regulations (1) Regulations may provide for periodic testing of the construction, condition or safety of relevant trailers. (2) The regulations may amend provision made by or under Part 2 of the Road Traffic Act 1988. (3) The regulations may, in making consequential or other provision as mentioned in section 25(1)(a), amend any Act (whenever passed or made). (4) No regulations under this section may be made before the report is laid before Parliament under section 20. (5) In this section, “relevant trailers” has the meaning given by section 20(4). Supplementary and interpretation 22 Supplementary and interpretation (1) The provision made by regulations under this Part may be limited in any way provided for by the regulations, for example— (a) to trailers of a specified description; (b) to trailers kept or used in specified circumstances; (c) to trailers kept or used by a person of a specified description. (2) In this Part— “inspection”, in relation to a trailer, means an inspection under regulations under section 14(1)(a); “registered trailer” means a trailer registered under regulations under section 13; “registration”, in relation to a trailer, means registration under regulations under section 13; “registration document” means a registration document given in accordance with regulations under section 13(2)(e); “registration mark” has the meaning given by section 15(1); “regulations” has the meaning given by section 13(3); Haulage Permits and Trailer Registration Act 2018 (c. 19) Part 2 — Trailers 14 “road”— (a) in relation to a trailer kept or used in England, Wales or Scotland, has the meaning given by section 192(1) of the Road Traffic Act 1988; (b) in relation to a trailer kept or used in Northern Ireland, has the meaning given by Article 2(1) of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 (S.I. 1981/154 (N.I. 1)); “specified” means specified in regulations; “trailer” has the meaning given by section 13(3)

Some great trout there Spuddog! Are you part of a Ferox fishing club? I started off fishing as a kid in ponds around Kent but on return to Scotland fished for trout and pike at school. Got a pike out of loch Rannoch at just over 25lb but never got a trout over 4lb. A friend did catch a Ferox of 16lb from the loch though. When I left school I only worked enough to fund fishing time. I worked all winter and very little in the summer. [emoji3]prior to eleven years ago I was the fishing ghillie on a sporting estate in Angus so had plenty of fly fishing opportunities for salmon and seatrout. Best salmon was a returned fish of 33 1/4. Our sea trout were not like welsh ones and the biggest ones we ever saw maxed out at around 11 lbs and averaged 2 1/4lb. Happy days but too much alcohol ? Someone was looking for ideas on Artic Char fishing. Pm me if you need help in Scotland

Presume it’s a dinky wood wasp? This one is about the length of a standard wasp but thinner.

Strangely 2000 odd beech and oak I planted 5 and 6 years ago seem to be doing fine as are 30 flowering cherry trees, although the latter have now got some leaf curl

Don’t think it has been as dry as this for a long time. A well in my garden which normally refills from empty within an hour (submersible pump emptying recently to renew old clay pipe work) is merely wet at the bottom. Old locals have never not seen it flowing from the outlet. They now suspect that my pipe works have sabotaged their access to water downstream [emoji3]

As per the title. We are up in the NE of Scotland. Trees are quite a bit older than their height suggests as they’re in an in exposed site. Normally quite a damp area (marsh grass evident) but heavy clay ground cracking up after the prolonged dry spell. Might these trees rejuvenate next spring or do you reckon these are done for?

That’s some Lilac[emoji3]

Badgers certainly open up the banks on my ground to access underground bee hives. Next morning there’s a sweet smell of honey on the air which the dogs go to investigate....

Drawing air in? Weak mixture? Wondering if it’s a problem elsewhere on the carb/induction.

[emoji23][emoji1303] way to go

Some lodge pole long needing logged this afternoon