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Maybe keep an eye out for a second hand petrol? Yes they are better than electric broadly speaking. Rock do some OK electric ones(probably be more than £700 though) but electric wil always be slower as they tend to be heading towards the max they can pull off a domestic socket/lead.

I had this with a 181, mice had chewed through the oil pipe. The cap leaks as well so check its not running from the cap and just dripping out the bottom.

What cage traps are good/suppliers? Or I could visit local store if I know what to look out for/avoid. And what bait works, Gareth suggested peanut butter? Finally, how do you bump off the trapped ones, other than shooting?

£200 - £220 in Sussex

Nice! Triggs broom comes to mind!😂

Could try Greenwood plants in wirral?

I don't know much about fruit trees but our apple trees in direct sun produce way more fruit than those in shade... does it get decent amount of direct sunlight?

Haha gotcha thanks😆😆 I haven't been covering it. Will do with cardboard and plastic, got a load of dpm sheet left over which should be good

What's 4" pipe for? Keeping it moist? My pile is going ok but not much heat, and dries out. Do I give it a good soaking then cover with black plastic?

Maybe just me, I'm a Stihl fan for bigger professional chainsaws, but I've found their lower end domestic stuff which I just use around my own property quite unreliable. Would go battery in future if not using much. I'd personally look at milwaukee battery as think they have got the best batteries, but haven't tried husqvarna battery stuff so can't comment.

I used to get a pile of rings and a tractor with vertical splitter, with the promise of £8 for every bulk bag of split firewood I produced. Remember the owner being a bit surprised that the 15yo did 10 bags on his first day. Boy did I used to sleep well😄 Nothing like piece work at that age, harder you worked bigger the pay packet.

HTS Plant Sales in Hereford have one for hire, its pretty new.

Hadn't thought that through had I, I've got stihl kombi attachments... I like how you're thinking! Clould be an expensive experiment tho.

Nice box but is that a MF135 behind? Nice tractors

Good feedback doobin, they're a great brand and I agree, top of their game. They've put a lot into developing a decent battery which I think always lets cordless stuff down before the motor. I see a lot of milwaukee stuff in plant workshops it seems the most common chosen by plant fitters. It'll take a bit for me to change over on bigger stuff, but for small pruning jobs etc I'd go down this route when I'm next buying. Only have the drills, impact drivers etc at the moment which are bang on. Do they do a kombi setup? strimmer(i mean trimmer), hedgecutter etc?