Tools And Equipment

That's true. Ive just moved house and I made sure i unpacked them straight away as was worried about losing them lol

I would generally use one of the high performance synthetic two stroke oils available from motorcycle shops. Usually Castrol, but when I can get it, Putoline. It smells like bubble gum when its burned. They are also slightly cheaper than the Stihl stuff.

Cool,thanks

I got mine from Wilkos several years ago, end of season sale, couple of quid, does the job.

Hello,Idea for drying and storing your firewood.Steps ---> My firewood shelter

Once the fingers/hands suffer damage from vibration, its not something that gets better over time. Its a permanent injury.There are a few things that can be done though. The most stupid sounding, if the handles are tubular steel, is to drill and tap a hole in them, fill them with sand, then...

I've got a low pressure system running off a water butt on a timer, I've had it 5 years now and it works really well. It cuts down on time spent watering not only for holidays. I got it from here:Ater a couple of years I bought some extra bits to extend it to water my tree ferns. It works...

When I was renovating parts of the garden and doing heavy digging and tromping in all kinds of unknown stuff I used heavy duty boots, still use good footwear for digging and turning over soil etc. Now the serious work has mainly been done I use slip on cloggy things or an old pair of shoes - I...

I tend to use end of line drippers but both need a constant water pressure to give a steady drip rate. Also they will probably be affected by temperature especially if in a greenhouse.

Re the hozeleak complaint I have trodden that road also. In my case it was invariably caused by one or more of 3 (maybe 4) acts of carelessness on my part.1) Use the brass/chrome connectors rather than plastic ones, wherever possible. Yes the metal ones have plastic parts, but there is no...

Nearly forgot, that Bosch saved me nearly £700 on annual servicing and then there are break down costs and oil and fuel. My Hayter 48pro has just had the drive changed again for the 3rd time at a nice price of £191 which did include a service of £65 plus VAT. All my petrol mowers get an annual...

I have a broken fork, 2 of the tines snapped clean off, it`s very useful for narrow/tight places.

We have trained our wisteria on wires on screw eyes and vine eyes. Vine eyes need to be hammered into the wall where as you drill the wall for screw eyes.

Glad to hear your mower is working great now.You mentioned the petrol is fairly new looking at the date of your post, it was 5 months old. Having sid that, I used petrol from last autum and had no problems.Just for info - petrol nowadays contains aprrox 5% ehtanol, which is pure alcohol (the...

For leaving as little a hole as possible, I often use a dandelion weeder fork for getting stubborn roots out, not just for dandelions.Here's an image of what I mean:I Had one of those Fiskars things and it worked great on masive dandelions but for smaller ones it was a waste of time, so...

Oldlawnmowerclub.co.ukjust looked andsearched " WEBB" Plenty of info to look through there I think.

Rear roller models are a true pain when it comes to cutting damp grass that is just a tad long or very long. I take it its a HRD. The chute is very narrow due to the roller design and coupled with a cloth bag that soon gets blocked up you get the old chuck out of grass. Couple of tricks, check...

not do-able @WeeTam all the side of my bungalow is concrete path.

If you are certain that you have a good spark, then it cant be more than a fuel related problem. As its a 5hp Tecumseh, it will probably be the H50. Carbs on these are known to give trouble sometimes.The company stopped making engines in 2009, and spares can be difficult to come by.

I think @wiseowl has a weather station?