Tools And Equipment

Great fun aren't they, when I've finished I go around the garden lopping branches off all over the place.

Or do it the sneaky way, go to Homebase, buy one of their flimsy B&D/Bosch/Powercrud lines (or whatever) and take out their three year extended guarantee that costs about twelve quid or so. At least you will get another machine if it snaps/twists/bits fall off/etc. I don't agree with the...

Good idea - M5 here I come - bet it digs faster than the workmen already there!!!!!!!!Nick - found a picture on Ebay - shows me just what I need to know. I'm gonna give it a go tomorrow - can't rely on these men!!! (lol) I'll let you know if I succeed. Many thanks for your help.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/tg/detail/offer-listing/-/1859603378/all/026-9162302-5159650 Amazon has it cheaper

my current lawnmower is was passed on to me from my parents when i moved house. it is a qualcast i believe and it is absolutely brilliant. does line really nicely and it isnt at all heavy.

It's all about memory - some plastics have a memoryUnlike me - I was the template for Dory!! (Finding Nemo?)

Hi and welcome!What a fantastic offer - too far for me I'm afraid but I'm sure someone will snap it up.

re tools in van , i can reverse up to a wall , also i look out over car park as do 25 other flats!

dendrobium, you are welcome to bring all your stuff for shredding, but you'll have to be quick, we might start charging soon. :D

It is if your backs knackered. More than ten minutes digging these days and I cant stand up straight for a couple of days. Thats why I got one, it fits into small spaces as well, if you get the right attachments, apparently you can use it to weed between rows of veg etc.

try google

great idea frogs, and i could use it for mixing compost,and/or cement, and that kindo of half cement half peat stuff you make troughs out of

The best ones are usually the ones that are all one piece, with wooden shaft. The best border forks and spades I've had are Draper. The tines in the forks don't get so easily mangled as (e.g) the B+ Q ones. Quite agree, TLG, re the edgers from B+Q - bend almost as soon as you put them in the...

having used large rotary mowers for years follow this.... make sure that the blade is secure by wedging a piece of wood between blade and body to remove the bolt turn spanner CLOCKWISE to replace bolt ANTI CLOCKwise. they are done this way for safety as mentioned. hope you get it off!

i ve bid for a spreader on ebay, inadvertantly entering wrong price, so ill prob win it! can i mix something with grass seed to use it for broadcasting? also, some1 suggested preparing seed/compost by mixing together for a few days to accelerate germination, any1 tried that, and would this mix...

I once had a mower i couldn't find the right new blade for, I was lucky, when I took it to big hard ware store in cambridge I found one that I could use by drilling a bigger fitting hole; any chance of that here?

Just as a follow up to this, the Screwfix spare wheel is �£12.99. Reference is 20600.Description as follows:Pneumatic wheel 360mmdiameter 360mm. Fits most wheelbarrows. 100kg load rating. Rubber tyre inflates to 2.0bar. Bore size 25mm.We've used Screwfix for years - never had any...

I know of at least one council who always hires the strimmers the men use - so they always have the most up-to-dat-model, like Hans says!!

I would take the belt along to a local agricultual machinery outlet, and quite often a belt from another machine will fit or they will point you in the right direction.

"best option if all else fails i find hammers can work, if the little one doesn't work, just try a slightly larger one, and so on................"That's called "Percussive maintenance". Often works wonders and can be very satisfying. Next step is a scoot of WD40. And if all else fails hand it...