coppice cutter
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Everything posted by coppice cutter
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You've never lived!
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Yet when asked if he knew what the minimum wage currently is, his instinctive reaction was "yes" despite the fact that he didn't know. Are all politicians programmed to lie so easily?
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Not necessarily wrong. Castrol R was used extensively in two-stroke racing bikes through the 60's and 70's due to it's extreme anti-seize properties. It had one major problem, when it was exposed to the wet it tended to emulsify and had to the potential to stick the throttle slides open. So Castrol set about developing an oil which contained R to prevent engine seizures but had other ingredients to mitigate against it's nasty characteristics. It was a difficult job as R was a vegetable oil (the Yanks still call it "bean oil") and highly incompatible with most standard mineral oils and additives. The resultant oil was Castrol A747, it's still available (or something close to it at least, it's no longer made in Swindon so it's hard to be sure) and it's still the preferred choice for many people racing classic two-stroke motorcycles.
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Do the job properly, get a litre of it and put the recommended amount in the lawnmower as it's engine oil. Unigrade oils are recommended for mowers anyway so it would actually do a very good job too.
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Yeah, I'm prepared for that. Best get on with it and see what I have to deal with.
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Lawnmower belt disintegrated this week so a trip to the nearest Kubota dealer was on the cards. They're also big in to Husqvarna so I retuned home with 5l of the two stroke mix and 5l of the unmixed. We'll see how it goes in various things, mostly things that will have been run on a petrol/oil for their entire lives, and I'll keep the thread updated as a pointer for anyone that may be like minded. Oh, and I should add, he gave me 15% off and it's much simpler to claim the VAT back on it than pump fuel as well, both of which help to narrow the price gap a wee bit at least.
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Spoken with a strong West Country accent I presume?
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what tree to choose as grow-your-own Armco?
coppice cutter replied to noco's question in Homeowners Tree Advice Forum
Hazel is a good shout if you have the width available to make it several rows deep. Failing that, buy some s/h armco, put it in yourself, and plant beech hedging up against it to keep it hidden. -
No auto-return throttles in those days. In fact some bikes had a tensioning screw in the throttle unit that you could use to adjust the tightness of the twist grip. There's also an MOT exemption for it if the bike has no indicators. Not that safe, but that's how it was back then.
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Putting something right that has been screwed up unnecessarily by the shite that masquerades as fuel nowadays is soul destroying work anyway. Would much rather be fixing something which has either broken or worn out. Or just get them running sweet.
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No, it means up to 5% ethanol. Important difference.
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Interesting. I fix motorcycles for gainful employment during the spring/summer and have seen an increase in problems since the introduction of E5 and suspect it's only going to get worse with E10. Specifically all classic bikes or those in infrequent use. The more I look in to Aspen I'm actually wondering if there's a future market there in the motorcycle trade as well as horticultural.
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Is that because you're a Stihl user or it's handier or what? Sorry to seem so picky but I'm looking for some reason to buy one over the other, although fully realising that there's probably precious little between them. I'm just a bit OCD that way.
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Have you any preference between them?
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I'm not a heavy user, strimmer is pretty busy through the summer, leafblower in the autumn, and at least one of the chainsaws through the winter. Everything else is picked up when needed, may run for 5mins, or an hour, and set down again until the next time. I'm pretty much sold on switching and am prepared for a wee bit of hassle with the older things initially if need be, just a matter of choosing what fuel to buy as I've such a mixed bag of equipment.
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Are you using this in Stihl equipment or across a range of things?
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Do you see any difference between them in practice? I've been reading a few older threads and they turned in to a bit of a bun-fight which is why I started a new topic. My only new piece of equipment is an Echo saw, everything else is older and a mixture of makes, but all owned from new and serving me very well. Therefore I've no potential brand affiliation with fuel.
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I think it's time to make at least a partial switch to Alkylate so a couple of questions. Nearest Aspen dealer is a fair wee bit away, Husqvarna a good bit closer, Stihl 5 minutes. Do people just buy what's handiest and use it in everything or does it need to be Stihl fuel for Stihl, Husqvarna for Husqvarna, Aspen for do everything else, etc? On top of that then do people generally buy a 2-stroke mix for 2-strokes, or just buy straight and mix with oil of their choice as required? All advice/experiences welcome.
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I was in a mans garage a few years ago and after many years of trying he'd eventually managed to buy a particular Manx Norton in "as last raced" condition, 1962 I think he said it had been, even still had the bugs splatted on the flyscreen. I asked him what way he was going to clean it up and he said he wasn't, it was staying exactly as he bought it.
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Back to doing what he does best, tugging at the heart-strings to get his way!,
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In less sombre mode,
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You do realise that 'academic' is a euphemism for 'gormless twat'? If you make that substitution from now on you'll probably find that things make much more sense.
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Considering the cesspool that most (anti)social media has developed in to I think Arbtalk is doing pretty well. Standing still is the new making progress.
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Classic form for the faux "liberals". Sneer, pontificate, finger point, and castigate everyone else, yet when a situation erupts elsewhere which demonstrates just how irrelevant and skew-whiff their "worldly view"really is, then it's just totally ignored. Other classic examples are the EU migrant situation, South Africa post apartheid, and most recently the UK shaming the EU on it's vaccination programme and economic growth post-Brexit, and the mayhem currently playing out at the US/Mexican border under the watch of the Biden/Harris regime. To be fair, when you talk as much bollocks as they do, what else can you do except look the other way and whistle a merry tune!
