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  1. 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.
  2. Peter 1955
    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.
  3. Peter 1955
    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.
  4. Peter 1955
    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. 🤔
  5. Peter 1955
    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 "! 😂
  6. Peter 1955
    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.
  7. Peter 1955
    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.
  8. Peter 1955
    Ah. Then I am missing something. Learn something new every day. Certainly fits with the video you posted.
  9. Peter 1955
    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.
  10. Peter 1955
    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.
  11. Peter 1955
    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.
  12. Peter 1955
    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.
  13. Peter 1955
    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! 😂😂😂
  14. Peter 1955
    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.
  15. Peter 1955
    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.
  16. Peter 1955
    Firstly, if you have a lot of batteries for power tools already, look for one by that maker. I got a little Makita for that reason. Second, whatever you get, keep the chain razor sharp. Don't put a longer bar on than you really need, that also saps power, and with batteries, that power is finite. Also, fit the biggest capacity batteries possible, or you'll be swapping very quickly. If you've got a blank canvas, consider where your nearest supplier is. Others will probably give recommendations for machines.
  17. Peter 1955
    HSBC. Can't help feeling that I should have a claim against them for mis-selling, but have never spoken to anyone who says it's their department. Funny that. 🤔
  18. Peter 1955
    Many, many years ago, my bank pestered me to change my free personal account to one with a monthly fee, but which would give me in return, travel insurance, breakdown cover, etc. Eventually, I gave in, and switched. Only when I needed the vehicle assistance did I find out that commercial vehicles were excluded. Grrr. 🤬
  19. Peter 1955
    That's interesting. I used to work on a farm, and for a long time, our largest tractor when coupled to our largest trailer, fully loaded was over the then weight limit of 24tonnes. We weren't alone in that, either. Effectively, they then came under most of the same regulations as an HGV, full suspension, air brakes, etc. I didn't know ( until I just googled it ) that over ten years ago, the limit was raised to 31tonnes.
  20. Peter 1955
    Bit late to the party folks, sorry. From the few pages I've looked at, it seems chainsaws can cause serious alcohol problems. 😁 Right, if these have been suggested before, sorry. No actual pictures, links only, apologies again. Petrol station/supermarket red. So easy to drink that even She Who Must Be Obeyed loves it: Jam Shed Shiraz Another great offering from the brewery which made Pale Ale fashionable( I saw his first barrels being delivered many, many years ago ) : Very dangerously drinkable. Now we're getting serious. Imperial Stout. First one is excellent, second one is something else altogether. 1): I love Atom beers 2); Now we're talking.
  21. Peter 1955
    I would love to oblige, but despite my best efforts with the search facility, I believe I have never mentioned Biden on this forum at all. If you are suggesting that I should have done, well in my humble opinion, he never approached Donald's level of danger.
  22. Peter 1955
    This topic is entitled " Next POTUS ". I'm thinking I want to see him/her very soon, as the current one could go down in history as the man who caused NATO countries to be in armed conflict with each other! 😲 Every day, you think he can't do/say anything more unbelievable, and every day he manages it with ease. I'm genuinely not sure he's got all his chairs in the ( new ) ballroom!
  23. Peter 1955
    aloft? Sorry, Pavlovian reaction to a typo. Just call me picky.
  24. Peter 1955
    Nightmare? More like racing certainty. I think it's a given that Reform and the Tories will split the vote ( probably in Mr Farage's favour, I reckon. He has the appeal of something we haven't tried before ). I also think that Labour is currently unelectable. I have never seen a government alienate so many people so quickly. Greens, Lib Dems et al will take their share, And my money would be on a hung parliament. ( I'll set 'em up. you knock 'em down ), total chaos.
  25. Peter 1955
    Absolutely correct. However, personally, I haven't found any advantage running at level 3, and I didn't think I could detect a performance improvement. I've seen Youtube videos where it cut faster on level 2, and I wonder if it's a question of the battery needing to be absolutely in tip top form to cope with the presumably higher current drain. Again, it's only empirical, but at level 2 it seems to me to almost pull in extra power when it's made to work hard. I've seen cordless drills where simply putting a higher capacity battery on allowed higher performance, which seems to fit that theory. As an aside to what someone posted elsewhere, when using my MSA 300 in cold weather, the battery performance went through the floor. Enough to make me change to the 261 for a time.

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