Peter 1955

I always hate Willow. Previous tenants next door planted one nearly ten yards from the foul water sanitary pipes serving our bungalows, only a few years ago. I was surprised to find that it had got in there, and was causing a blockage. Our landlady was not amused. The tree's not there any more. Our flowering cherry, which was here when we arrived, has never been an issue in over forty years.

I put Mr Bublé in the same category. Really not my cup of tea, but a consummate Professional. Entertainer with a capital E. For that, I admire him.

Heaven forfend!. Absolutely not. I fear you missed the impishly humorous inference I was hoping to make. Apologies to both gentlemen, and your good lady. Mea culpa.

Well I'm sure one of them is Car Salesmen. Whether the second one is specifically your lady wife, or lady wives in general is unclear. 🤔

A neighbour with a son considerably older than that, ( late twenties, early thirties maybe ) once informed me that we wouldn't be getting any help on our job from the lad that day, as he'd gone off to buy a new " life support system "! 😂

If it comes back with a new O2 sensor, I shall consider a new career, working from home diagnosing small engine faults, with help from Google! 😂 Seriously, hope you get it sorted, and it doesn't cost too much.

Another one for the Makita battery brigade. Bought this a while back, simply because it was offered at a stupid price. With a cheap chinese auger extension, it's making my current fencing job easier. It's a decent drill for big blacksmith drill bits, too, and even core bits if you haven't got mains nearby. It doesn't have the sheer grunt of the petrol auger, but it's handier, and more versatile.

Ah. Then I am missing something. Learn something new every day. Certainly fits with the video you posted.

I could be missing something here, but if it's fuel injection, where's the float? A thirty second Google on Kohler efi suggested that much of the fuel supply is adjusted by an oxygen sensor in the exhaust. A possible candidate perhaps? I know that nowadays just about every malfunction in a vehicle engine traces back to a sensor.

At times it baffles me how some people run businesses. Goodwill is vital when you're dealing with the public. He has now ensured that Stubby, his family and friends will not buy a car there. The correct course of action was to apologise profusely, refund the full £400 asap, and send Mrs Stubby a bunch of flowers/Box of chocolates/Bottle of prosecco or similar. That few quid gift could have rescued a £5k ( for the sake of argument ) sale.

Regardless of the brand, I wouldn't recommend any 18v saw, it's just too hard work for the battery ( unless perhaps it's that mahoosive 12Ah Makita jobby 😄 ). Lower voltage means higher current for the same effort, and high current draw is the enemy.

Dunno, I only have 500s. 😂 Seriously, I'd say similar. I have enough batteries to usually cope with most jobs in the field, and I know that it has enough oomph for bigger logs/branches. Like all battery saws, low current drain = long life. Make them work hard, and the battery life drops off quicker, relatively speaking.

I know we have a few chaps on here from North of The Border, don't know how many of them follow the footie. Just saw a couple of interesting items on Facebook. First one was that tickets for the World Cup are not selling well, as many folk are a tad wary of being dragged off by armed guards to have their nationality checked ( and that's the best case scenario ). The Scottish angle comes from news that Donald is clamping down on granting visas for many Nationals of certain countries, including fifteen taking part in the World Cup. The possible bonus for the Scots is that they could get to the knockout stage without playing a game, if their opponents are all refused entry! 😂😂😂

That Stihl is on the same battery platform as my " beloved 😉" MSA 300, so we're out of the budget category already. With the idea that we're mainly cutting sub 4" timber, I'd strongly recommend the little 2x18v Makita pictured elsewhere in this thread.

Nice idea about the spreaders, presumably something along the lines of the Irwin Quick Clamp/Spreaders would do a similar job. Certainly make life easier for puncture repairs.