Witterings

Not just with lawnmowers but funny how many different products come out of the same factory

Funnily enough a name I'd not heard of before and shortly after starting this thread stumbled across thier name. I found a dealer that stocked most brands so they'd be relatively impartial and most likely to give a genuine recommendation and they couldn't say enough good things about them. Not heard of these but will start doing a bit of research! Have also come across the Stiga that are more "competitively" priced than some of the others but they have a hybrid Ali/Steel deck which I have some reservations about .... any ideas how this might compare to a fulll ali deck ... link below STIGA TWINCLIP 55 S-R H BBC petrol lawn mower WWW.STIGA.COM Self-propelled lawnmower with 163 cc petrol engine suitable for cutting and collecting grass clippings with a supplied 80 litre grass collector.

I'm looking for roller mower recommendations around the 21" size give or take. Have been looking at a few and they all seem to have their good / bad points so interested what people are using and any know issues. Ones I've looked at with comments I've heard are: Honda 536 ... doesn't pick up wet grass well Lawnflite Pros .... gearbox doesn't last and is £300 to replace Hayter Harrier 56 ... one dealer said lots of plastic now that breaks .... although he wasn't a Hayter Dealer so wondered if it was sour grapes. Interested in any comments good or bad on any of the above and any others I should be looking at?

I'm looking for a budget pole saw / hedge trimmer .... if it happens to have a strimmer attachment great but I'd rather a better quality with the tools I really need than lower quality with lots of tools thrown in to make it seem attractive. It's for home use so will only be used twice a year. Googling Best Petrol Garden Muti Tool ... the BU-KO keeps appearing fairly near the top of the recommended (link below) but no idea if it's any good, I know people are going to ask what budget I've got .... if something like this is any good ideally I wouldn't spend more but if it's unreliable, slow to cut and hard to get parts for etc. I'd rather spend what was needed to get something that wasn't up to the job ... really looking for the Seat equivalent as opposed to BMW. Any suggestions much appreciated although I appreciate most people in here are probably using Pro equipment so may not of even looked at the budget / home user end of the market. BU-KO 52cc Long Reach Petrol Multi Functional Garden Tool Including: Strimmer, Hedge Trimmer, Pruner Chainsaw, Brush Cutter with 2.4mm Thick Trimmer Line & 1m Extension Pole: Amazon.co.uk: Garden & Outdoors WWW.AMAZON.CO.UK Great prices on your favourite Gardening brands, and free delivery on eligible orders.

Ah OK ... sounds like they've copied the technology from Drones .... DJI have been doing this for quite a while for their drone batteries, you can program how long you want them to stay fully charged (alwyas set mine to 3 days) before discharging to storage charge .... personally I wouldn't want to leave it as long as 30 days but that's better than forgetting about them for 6 months. It says it's not necessary to run down the battery pack as it won't create a memory like the older NiCad batteries do but if you only ever run it down to 30% capacity it'll last longer than running it down to zero every time. EDIT: The reply above got posted while I was typing but confirms what I was saying.

I'm not sure exactly what the difference is but believe they're pretty similar to LiPo's which don't like being fully discharged and ideally not fully charged either and a slower charge rate is better than a fast charge. If you're leaving them for any period of time without being used ideally they should be left 1/2 charged ... leaving them fully charged creates a build up of internal resistance that kills them probably quicker than anything else.

Be really interesting if there was a comparison on how long the batteries last and how much wood had been cut before having to replace + electricity cost for recharging vs how much fuel a petrol one would use .... especially if you're using a fast charger as that doesn't help battery life.

Thought I'd follow up what I did as a result of this post .... bought some of the Husky tongs as they'd pick up larger logs than most of the others and finally got to give them a proper try over the weekend and what a great piece of kit. Cheers for everyone's inout and help!

How big do pear and hawthorn grow ... these were from fairly sizeable trunks and would have thought came from quite a big tree. I always thought (with my complete lack of knowledge I hasten to add) that they'd be relativelty smallish trees / trunks but I could be toally wrong with that?

The bottom one a Fiskars X25, a Husky S2800 splitter and a Stihl hookaroon literally just bounce off of 😄 ... was most shocked about the hookaroon 😨 I didn't get much of that but using 3 rounds cut about 18" long standing on end pushed together as a platform to put a tyre on and split other wood ... and it works a treat 😊. 1st time I've used a tyre for splitting ... absolutely brilliant, cut the time in half.

No surprise no-one wanted the top one - poplar 😄

There are 2 pictures of each type ... if anyone can help with any of them would be much appreciated! ... The last one's as heav as F*^k in case that helps.

Yes possibly hence why I think it's best to stick with the manufactuers recommended.

I have looked into it a bit and posted a query in another forum about using 50:1 on a machine that stipulates 40:1 and there's no concensus .... people seem pretty 50 / 50 split on whether you should / shouldn't. There's quite a large percentage saying they even run their 50:1 machines on 40:1 as it gives "greater" protection so in the end as I couldn't find a definitive answer I just decided to try and run them as recommended by the manufacturer. I may ping an e-mail over to McCulloch and see what they say and if with better quality oil their older machines should now be run at 50:1. I am running it on Aspen 2 and just add a small measured amount of oil to bring it to the 40:1.

I'd seen those .. I wasn't sure from pictures how easy it was to do the lid up tightly although I guess I'll always have a combi tool to hand as a lever through the hole in the lid if needs be. I was also looking at the Trangias ... although the size of the opening looks like it may be a bit narrow for easy refilling. In an ideal world it'd be nice if you could see the fuel level as well so you know when it needs filling. Really only want a 1 ltre and no bigger ... it's for a smaller saw that may be useful for limbing but takes a different mix to the others.

I've got a couple of these style mixing bottles https://www.screwfix.com/p/no-nonsense-hp-120-2-stroke-engine-oil-mixing-bottle-1ltr/46908 The measurements on them are way out but more importantly they leak fuel and it evaporates quite quickly. Does anyone know of any decent ones .... I had a look at the Stihl and some of the reviews aren't great. I don't even need the measurements just something that will take a litre and doesn't leak, was having a loook at these FuelFriend®-PLUS - Jerrycan 1.0 liter: Amazon.co.uk: Car & Motorbike WWW.AMAZON.CO.UK Buy FuelFriend®-PLUS - Jerrycan 1.0 liter at Amazon UK. Free delivery on eligible orders. but open to any other suggestions as well.

Cheers guys ... thank you for that 😄

Resurecting a thread from beyond the grave but just saw this comment .... I was up for either but maybe leaning towards the Husky as I thought it'd out perform from threads I'd seen. I rang 3 main dealers that sold both and asked all which is more reliable and they all said if that's a key issue buy the Stihl as we see a lot more returns / major issues with the Huskys.

Probably add to it's value 😁

I've been meaning to pick up a tyre for the last couple of weeks to do this ... what do you guys use as a block, just the biggest round you can find as long as it's wider than the hole in the tyre or do you make something specific?

So it's not me going nuts ... it's "The Others" 😄 😃 I'm not a regular user .... tends to be a gap and then lots of use in a short space of time and them a gap again although I had a big operation in the latter part of last year so hadn't been near a saw for a while and whilst I've been convinced it happens for some time probably the extended break was what made it more noticeable. Cheers for the input and believing me 😄

Gosh ... it must just be me ... had forgotten it also happened with one of these as well 2 Stroke Oil Fuel Petrol Mixing Bottle for Strimmers / Chainsaws WWW.EBAY.CO.UK Spear and Jackson Ergonomic Tubular Carbon Steel Taper Mouth Shovel Spade. 2 Stroke Fuel Mixing Bottle. - This bottle enables you to mix as little as one litre of fuel with the proper... Maybe I'm just not using it quick enough 😃

I only use my chainsaw at home for cutting up logs for wood burner so not that often and I'm losing more fuel through evaporation than I am running the saw and when it's Aspen at a premium cost it feels a bit like insult to injury. It's still in the plastic container it came in and as I'd noticed it a couple of weeks ago tightened the lid down in case it was that but it's still happening. Is this usual or is it just the container I'm keeping it in, wonder if it also happens with the fuel can for the lawnmower and also evaporating out of the mower itself but not quite so aggressively. Was thinking of getting one of the Husky Combi 2 in 1 containers ... will that make any difference or does it just happen with all of them.

An old thread resurrected 😄 It's funny reading it now and over time have learnt more how to use the fire. I think I had a couple of bad pieces of wood that had creosote or something in them and what they gave off was really stubborn to get off the glass (removed it with a damp kitchen towel dipped in the ash but took a while) and I probably used to throttle it back too much which didn't help. Ever since then I've just used a single damp piece of kitchen towel and cleaned the glass every time I re-lay the fire, because I'm doing it regularly it literally only takes like 20 seconds if that and no build up at all. Not that we're huge socialisers but have loved having the wood burner this lockdown especially with the recent cold stretch ... it's made "something" of a Friday / Saturday night to light it and put a film on when you can't meet up with friends at all.

Cheers all ... sounds like the perfect set up would be a pair of lifters and a hook. I've seen other positive comments about the small Stihl one, I'm guessing it's long enough to stick in the end of a log without having too bend far ... that said I'm not tall anyway.