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Someone will correct me if I'm wrong but I understood that most rear handle saws run at the same speed, it's the torque that varies. However top handle saws run at a faster chain speed as designed for small dia cuts, but top handle and faster chain speed increase risk of kickback. So hence not recommended where you don't need to be using one, but no one is going to stop you if that's what you want to do and you seem aware of the risks

Where was this from? Have milwaukee stuff but might look at mixing some makita in if they did a battery deal.

There was that bloke that posted on here a few weeks ago looking for big lumps for his biomass boiler. Offering to arrange artics to collect? Edit; @Woodwanter

In fairness a sherpa isn't a 90t machine with a 5ton demolition shear, so you may well not run into any issues

Hydraulic fittings are measured by inside hose dia(!!) in imperial. I'd reckon on these small loaders being 3/8" or 1/2". Same size fitting just different thread size. They come with a female bsp thread but you can get a male to male adapter for a quid or so if needed. As a side note be interested how you get on if you're using Holmbury, they're not the fitting they once were. Was made by a different manufacturer in Europe now they've moved to China the quality has dropped (I think). Although they insist nothing has changed. Manuli for the absolute best.

Presume a building survey a house buyers survey type thing? If so its very unlikely to tell you anything, other than 'trees near the property we recommend getting a specialist tree survey done' You'll need to find a way of getting a tree survey done if you're worried. Regarding the cracks they'll note that there is cracks but I doubt they'll say what is causing them. But I may well be wrong!

Don't feel we have enough evidence in such a short period, please could you report back in another 25 - 30years so we get a better idea if there's any risks associated with putting fuel and oil in a can and mixing together?

Why try and simplify it, it only complicates things🤪

I have one of these, I've drawn a line with a permanent marker at correct level so I never fill to wrong line by mistake. Measure 2 stroke oil in here, pour it into 5l fuel side of combi can. (Or use 1 shot bottles) Add 5 litres of fuel and a small shake job done. I'm struggling to see how I can complicate it if I tried, it takes seconds. Don't think you need to 'pre mix' it? It doesn't need much mixing or shaking, if you add fuel onto the oil it pretty much does it itself.

Mecalec take forever to deliver parts and don't give lead times so dealer may be waiting on them. I'd be chasing them though otherwise it'll just sit in their yard. Why don't you politely ask if they can lend you a machine until yours is delivered, you never know. Even if they refuse it might speed it up!

Practicality Brown are in Iver I used to deal with them. They'd do this kind of volume in a day I'd think.

Doesn't exactly work like that. They're pretty prompt to get their legal team involved. If you don't pay it gets escalated but not to the people who would get your bins emptied or the road swept. It's basically a tax that goes with owning a property, not an invoice If they're not doing what they should then report to the right dept, missed bin collection, uncut verge, broken streetlight etc Also, the tax funds the council, so covers welfare, social care etc, and also streetlights or road repairs on other roads you drive on (you don't just pay for a streetlight or bit of road outside your house) I believe police and fire brigade funding comes from it too. Also a chunk towards parish council. So unfortunately, not paying will achieve nothing, phoning them and complaining may well do tho. Our council gives a very clear rundown on what the money goes towards, other than social care it's stuff I get something for, or fire/police which I may need one day.

Oh OK fair enough!

Our local skip hire place is very keen for me to take a trailer load of pallets as otherwise it costs them. I hack them up for kindling, an hours work is a years supply of kindling. They'd burn quicker but if you had enough of it..?

Unlikely to get bark chippings donated off here? I'd say speak to a landscape supplier and see what they can do if it must be bark.

Either way he's looking to collect artic loads. I've offered loads of tree surgeons to clear all the arb waste they've got, quite hard to get them to do a deal rarely hear back. Busy I guess. Good luck

Unlikely to be too far wrong using 46

Sounds like you have a fairly clear vision of what you want to supply and your target customer so you stand a good chance, good luck. Smaller customer base but less competition than general plant hire so hopefully better gross profit. Speaking of competition in your area you've got cutting edge plant hire in Eastleigh and Exsel plant hire in Winchester who both specialise in arb equipment hire. (Although Exsel are pushing to larger companies). They're very careful about who they hire to, and insist on hired in insurance to make sure they're covered against damage or theft etc. Would a chat with them do any harm? Owners of both are nice people.

Fair enough. If they're straightforward and a lot of parts are generic then thats a big nod in their favour. I've seen machines parked up in workshops for months waiting for parts, weird sizes etc but maybe they're getting wise to it and using uk sized or widely used fittings etc. If you can see before you buy that helps too. Regarding the cost, that was my point. Especially when you're starting out, when work can dry up, change direction etc there's a higher chance its already paid for itself anyway.

As with any Chinese machine, it'll be fine until the first time it goes wrong and you need parts or someone to work on it. Unless they have a UK dealership and parts shipping like liugong, sany, sunward etc. If you reckon it'd pay for itself quickly it may be a gamble worth taking you might be quids in, but it is a gamble. I've not tried these though. Maybe you ask them about parts, but what thry tell you and whst happens when you need them might be two different things

They are a nightmare to get rid of. This is best idea, just check you won't get stung by skip company as they don't like stumps. I have used a pressure washer in the past to blast mud off and make it lighter and a bit more chainsaw friendly (you'll always hit something that finishes the chain off tho). And a very messy job Most recently I've just dug a hole in the corner of the garden and rolled it in or piled up behind a hedge to rot.

I was looking into this last week, seems house coal was just banned in England as Wales and Scotland make their own environmental decisions (sensible them) Regarding sacks I suppose if you've got a local independent coalman who buys in bulk loose and delivers in sacks happy days, but more of the bigger nationals are getting it packaged at source so thry can deliver larger volumes nationwide on pallet networks etc.

Milwaukee is a fantastic gun large percentage of plant workshops use these you won't have any problems at all. Not seen metabo one might make sense if you've already got the batteries. Seen the makita not tried them so can't comment

No I use them, they're less than a bulk bag so I reckon only actually half a cube. And yes probably wouldn't last very long if moving them a lot

You'll only buy it well if you've got, or can get artic access. Unless you can find someone with a rigid but hard to find. Or try and find a local estate who will sell you decent cordwood per m2 that you can collect in your own trailer.