Tools And Equipment

Managed to get it started, the instructions says there is a choke lever, but there isn't. Must be an automatic choke.Thanks anyways for the overwhelming responses!!

Also heard from the manufacturers - the product isn't CE certificated, so they can't export it officially to Europe either! :(They don't seem to have plans to get the necessary approval either, so - looks like it's the expensive Porter option or a conversion job on some sort of electric...

Many Thanks everyone, I am now off to the Easter sales in Homebase etc where there appears to be lots of bargains.

No reply to my mail, so I gave them another shout... and got a reply this time! Seems they will ship to Europe - but the owner (who used to make and ship them himself) is about to farm the production out to a fabrication company when he can find one as he can't keep up with demand, so there will...

Something went wrong there, but as I was saying, I have just bought a Mantis and am really looking forward to using it. David.

Hi all, For the long lasting (but expensive tools) I use the WOLF range. They are dependable, interchangeable with all styles and lengths of handles. Like the trowel on a 6' handle to get to the back of the border. The only drawback is the branch saw is like a piece of foil attached to my 16'...

Walnut,we too have one of those Parasene wands,and have just restocked up with the cannisters.We have all but given up with the large Sheen one because of the weight of the thing.Those wands are good as well for starting off bonfires on the lottie.I wouldn't be without mine.I don't even know...

Popped into Homebase today and picked up a Bargain:They are selling off Dutch Hoe's ( Stainless head / wooden handle ), originally priced at �£12.99, now only �£6.50. Apparently item is discontinued stock !Barcode number is: 940000650095012095045441 If that helps !Happy hunting !TTFN

Hi maltaron. I can find battery-powered trucks at www.epowertrucks.co.uk - but they aren't mowers. (I looked under their "tow tractors" section.) Was that what you were looking for??Or an electric ride-on mower conversion under development at: www.electrictractor.net - not available yet, and...

I have been composting my hooverings regularly - most of it breaks down - though I have found that the pen lids, small lego type toys and tinsel pieces etc don't decompose as readily! If I'm not using them for planting seeds, I tend to compost toilet roll tubes too. All my guinea pig...

Nice one Geoff, you dont see stores like that anymore, not quite the same in B&Q. Hard to believe thats over thirty years old now.

There's another thread on this subjext in the general gardening section....http://www.gardenerscorner.co.uk/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=002614Looks like a few people like the helical screw Bosch one

Wee Hee!! Guess what? Doing my occasional trawl on Ebay I've found a 20-gallon sprayer that will fit beautifully in my mini trailer and spray a four-metre swathe at a time... and it's well under half the price of the AgriFab or Westwood kit. Also has a lance. So with a Shurflo pump at around...

Try this one http://www.pennineoutdoor.co.uk/

I'm so glad you got your tools back pal. Although i was mad about my trolley and wheelbarrow getting stolen, they were only valuable to me. The trolley was on it's last legs, and the wheelbarrow was given to me, unfortunatly if i put heavy stuff in it the wheel went flat, so they didn't get a...

I've still got the flymo out, but I agree - far too wet and muddy!

Me I take the easy way - anything that needs more than a light pruning saw, or loppers - especially if it has thorns is done professionally. As today, when some nice men took 5 foot off my hawthornes (which had delusions of grandeur thinking they were oak trees)brought my apple trees back into...

I've seen the manoeuvrable anes on displays in garden centres, and had the feeling they'd be subject to the same problems as supermarket trolleys - and looks like that's exaactly what happens, as per DaveW's reply.The easiest mowers to manoeuvre are the flymos, but then they're hard to keep in...

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I use mine for pulling the big green trade bins around the school two at a time with no problems