Muddy42

Great news. As an aside I try to avoid easy start in two stroke engines, as it volatile and doesn't have any oil in it. A squirt of mixed fuel has always worked for me.

Don't take this the wrong way, but I think you need to have a serious think about all this - everything you've said screams alarm bells for me. You are way too small scale for processing firewood and if you do go down the route of commercial tenants they will hate the noise and mess. You don't say where about's this is but in most places the economy is so dire that take up of small commercial spaces has ground to a halt. Try to only spend money on buildings when you have a tenant in mind. Cut down on all that spending and spend your weekends with your family

How tall are you? I just say because the new husqvarna harnesses are amazingly adjustable. Ive had people use my Husqvarna 555rxt who range in height from 5ft 6 to 6ft 4.

Who owns the lane? In the UK you can legally trim branches that overhang your property at any time of year, although it would be neighbourly to consult you and to make neater cuts.

I think it depends where you are. In rural Scotland (for example where I live) there are more trees, less people and more of those people have a chainsaw. Prices per tonne are lower across the board, probably because timber and logs are not cheap to transport?

and burning diesel to grow/transport/process the corn.

Agreed. Also I understand it petrol going bad has many reasons. Ethanol attracts water. Evaporation and oxidization can leave behind relatively more of the additives and the heavier hydrocarbons, so the average composition changes. So humans are only partly to blame, but I still wish it didn't have ethanol in!

No need for the wire if you stack a holzhausen correctly! Put all the grain of the split pieces pointing to the centre and everything locks together nicely.

Good advice. I tend to just dump the fuel or mix it with mystery oils for starting bonfires. The chances are if its been there long enough to attract water, its stale. Wasting a small amount of fuel is better than big repair bills. Also keep your machines inside where the air is drier. I exclusively use Alkyate for infrequently used machines and the others get drained, ran dry, fuel tanks left open for a few days then ran on Alkyate before winter storage. Running them for a while in mid winter is a good idea too. Its ironic that petrol survives for millions of years underground and humans manage to add stuff to it that renders it useless after a few months!

Doesn't sound right. Discovery is always the first edible apple of the year, even when young and delicious.

As per the title I am thinking of getting one of these flail mowers. It would be used for mowing long grass once or twice a year and keeping some paths clear. I am pretty much set on a tow behind flail mower. I don't currently have a PTO tractor and it would be handy to get under trees. I have a variety of vehicles that could tow it. There are lots out there but my thinking for this one was: - bigger 25HP engine. I've seen a 13HP Kellfri in action and it struggled - thicker 5/8mm steel than some of the more Chinese ones. - local dealer If anyone has any experience of the brand or the model, let me know.

I'm totally high jacking the thread here. I have two mature pear trees, 10m high and over 50 years old. They produces large hard pears. I think its a conference pear. The trees have suffered from lack of pruning and got top heavy, but I am slowly resolving that and taking off a few mature branches every year. They are now shooting from lower down. The leaves look healthy. The problem is they produce very few pears - 3 this year, 5 last year. Any ideas as to how I can increase the yield? Nutrients/dung?

I don't know how I survived for so long without a grinder and a welder. Its only a flux core MIG welder but the results you can achieve with a bit of practice are amazing.

Whatever you do I'd power brush, scrape and power wash that. Its quite hard to see what's going on at the moment. What about weed proof membrane and larger gravel (2cm or so)? I have had this in front of the house for years. It been great, I topped it up with half a load last year. The ground seems to naturally drain. The larger gravel doesn't move around as much as the smaller stuff. Yes I have to do a bit of spot weeding, picking up sticks and raking in the edges, but its not really a hassle. Yes delivery drivers can't use their pathetic little pallet stackers but having a loader, that doesn't really bother me.

A compressor will be too powerful for such a small space, a bicycle pump would be better. The lack of bolts holding the carb doesn't sound right. I suggest checking the original diagrams and returning the saw to how it should be - all the parts for a MS260 are numbered and still available. I don't quite understand the issue with the mesh on the air filter. But if everything is clean you can start a saw without it, so get the saw working and then buy a new one.