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Top/down in the Burley (wood only) and bottom/up in the multi-fuel cooker with a grate. It's the one area where multi-fuel scores, ease and speed of lighting, it's practically impossible to get it wrong. Cold flue, still day, makes no difference, less than a minute and it's roaring. But the Burley is worth waiting on.

The ash falls through the grate in to the ashpan and never builds up. That's why bespoke woodburners have no grate. Like I said above, there's a difference between "wood burning" and multi-fuel" for a reason.

There's eff all wrong with the wood and having used the same stove for 35 odd years there's not much I don't know about how it works. I can have a blazing wood only fire in it anytime I want, but sometimes, under certain circumstances, coal can be useful. There's a difference between "wood burning" and "multi-fuel" for a reason! Maybe if you paid heed to what others are doing and saying instead of having your feckin "know it all" hat on, you might find out something beneficial, even after 50yrs!

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Stovemaster Housefuel, "comprise anthracite (as to approximately 60 to 85% of the total weight), petroleum coke (up to approximately 30% of the total weight), bituminous coal (up to approximately 15% of the total weight) and a molasses and phosphoric acid binder (as to the remaining weight)"

Related to my 'which hand blower?" thread but on a bit of a tangent I stumbled across the "Kress" brand. Seem relatively new to the party and not much available on them from other than the manufacturers/suppliers themselves, but they look good and specs are impressive, but aren't they all. Plenty of retailers on board with them so anybody using them, demo'd them, even looked at them yet?

You'd probably have to drag him off whatever blonde bint he's currently shagging first no doubt.

Phillips works fine on pozi drive, but not the other way around oddly. So if you're buying a dear screwdriver or set for a particular job, always buy phillips as it's the more universal of the two. I only ever use phillips unless there's something old and rusty or such like then I go and pull out one the otherwise pristine and unused pozi drives. But for routine work, the phillips never gives me any bother.

Amazing what the internet throws up. Turns out that Echo have a new blower and battery range out, but not in the UK yet, looks like it could make them a viable option for battery users in future too. DPB-2500 | ECHO-USA.com WWW.ECHO-USA.COM Tackle the toughest jobs with ECHO’s best-in-class, commercial-grade outdoor power equipment. Check out... Unfortunately when I asked the new Echo importers when it would be available here, they said it was and pointed me towards their website with the old batteries and blower on it. I sent them a link to the new range, said that's what I was asking about and wondered if they had a date for availability in the UK. They didn't reply! Still one would think it will make it's way here eventually so may be worth waiting on, despite the not-so-good importer. Oh, also a new (larger) battery chainsaw in the range too which looks useful. Sold as being equivalent to 50cc petrol.

Much as I detest the greed and bullshit based around the vegan fad, another part of me thinks that anyone thick enough to be taken in by it in any way also deserves to have their pockets picked. Metaphorically speaking that is.

That seems to be a potential advantage of buying in to the Makita set up. Such a huge range of stuff that you never know what you might be able to make further use of the batteries in further down the line.

My goodness, need to keep your wits about you with this cordless stuff. Screwfix, Makita DUB362Z Twin 18V Li-Ion LXT Brushless Cordless Blower - Bare | Blowers & Garden Vacs | Screwfix.com WWW.SCREWFIX.COM Order online at Screwfix.com. Powerful 36V electric blower with variable speed control. Features Makita XPT (Extreme... Same blower on Fastfix, Makita DUB362Z Twin 18v Brushless Blower (Body Only) WWW.FASTFIX.CO.UK Makita tools & accessories direct to your door with free UK mainland next day delivery on orders over £99. That's pretty mad.

Billy Connolly described "proper rich" as being when it took you longer to drive from their entrance gates to their actual house, than it took you to drive there in the first place.

Good man, thanks.

There's actually two different blowers in the post. Which is yours so I can check it out specifically? Thanks. 👍

Strangely I don't tend to see many withered leaves on trees with dieback. Usually there's healthy looking branches with leaves interspersed with bare dead branches with nothing. So you get the dead man's fingers appearance sticking out the top of the tree. In any case, little or no point doing anything other than let nature take it's course anyway.

No, I don't have anything currently that would take me in any direction, would be so much simpler if I had. Main battery contender at the minute would be Makita as they have such a range of stuff available to further utilise the batteries in future, both garden equipment and hand tools. Their hand tools are well known to be as good as any and I've read quite a few older posts on here from owners of their garden equipment which seem to be equally good. However, I can buy locally an Echo 2620 with five year warranty for less than the Makita twin 18v hand held blower bare. I'm struggling to see beyond old school ATM to be honest!

Yeah, you really need to try to figure out what you might be able to add in future to make it viable. Not easy when you have pretty much everything you need but don't know what might give up first, if at all, to need replaced. Not generally a fan of battery stuff but it just feels like it might suit this particular job.

How long does it run?, bearing in mind that a quick handy blast is it's purpose for me. I've a stihl dealer less than 10minutes away, so it would be a handy option. That having been said, I've also a Husky dealer and a Screwfix about 10 minutes away as well.

Had you stihl batteries already or did you have to buy all from scratch? Because on the latter basis, petrol looks considerably cheaper.

Had you Stihl batteries already or buy the whole outfit?

Haven't had a hand held blower before, and haven't had any battery powered garden equipment before so I'm well out on a limb with this one. In my spare time I maintain a privately owned kart track, it's not in constant use so keeping the tarmac clean is an ongoing battle. I have a Makita backpack blower and a tractor mounted tornado for the heavy lifting but I think something hand held and handy for a quick blast around the edges on a more regular basis would be beneficial as well. So I suppose there's several issues, if going battery do you go garden equipment battery (echo, stihl, husky, etc) or power tool battery (makita, dewalt, milwaukee, etc)? Might consider a battery strimmer in future, but that would be about it. Equally, I've no particular need for any battery power tools at present either so probably best prioritising the blower? The other option is just buy as powerful a hand held petrol blower as I can get, mixed petrol and Aspen are both always at hand and there's no issues with noise. I'll spend a while this morning trawling spec sheets but practical experiences are always hard to beat so any input or similar experiences welcome.

Prick. We'll leave it at.

OK, fair enough. 👍 I ride whatever I'm working at, could be a stepthru in the morning and a Hayabusa in the afternoon. Personally I've a collection of two-strokes, but increasingly think it's unlikely I'll ever do much with most of them and they should be dispersed for others to get pleasure from. But who knows, I'll probably keep them a few more years until I retire (God willing!) and see then.

Sounds like you're questioning me as well? My 'day' job is a motorcycle mechanic, increasingly part time.