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Clearing a chestnut coppice this winter, I've got to point a few hundred spiles and can't face doing them all with the side-axe. So 'acquired' an old pto-driven sawbench and of course there's lots needing to be done. Main thing is to remove the old blade and replace with a new tipped one...

I know a lot of us suffer from this, either most of the time or occasionally. I've given my knees a rough life over the years and they're getting their own back these days. A year ago, for no reason, one knee gradually got more and more painful, no swelling, just a lot of pain that made even...

Ominous water leak I've fixed today - 3 little pinholes in a black PE pipe, 4ft down under a concrete surface but no heavy traffic, no reason to give way except that it dates from at least 1967, maybe earlier. I must have a quarter-mile of it, with 3 road crossings and 2 concreted areas, plus...

I've never had a quad 'bike' before, just a UTV 3-seater for the last 17 years. I'm looking for a 2wd electric quad just now and asked a dealer if his models had a diff lock, which would be important with 2wd. He said all quads have no diffs on the rear axle - it's a solid connection between...

Got to put these up for sale, been in the way for thirty years. Trouble is, I forget what they're called. Can anyone tell me? Used to drive a couple of machines from a stationary engine. Got the balata belt somewhere, too. Cheers. Oops, that's also a PTO guard off, I guess, a Ford 5000 or...

In order to grease this nipple on the inner end of the front wishbone of my Polaris Ranger, I have to completely drop the front wheel assembly by disconnecting the spring/shock at the top. Design ability at Polaris has gone through the floor. I had a 2005 model, was great for 14 years...

I'm renovating an old Ruggerini 2-cylinder air-cooled diesel motor that powers my sawmill. I know I used to change the oil from time to time, but it hasn't been used for years now and I can't remember to what level I filled the bowl with oil. There's no mark to indicate this at all. There's...

Does anyone have experience of Kellfri machinery? Seems to be lower-priced than the competition, so I'm suspicious that there may be a price to pay in reliability/longevity. They do a wide range of stuff, from feeders to woodchippers, mostly lighter-weight applications. Although it's a...

Into my fourth season with the flail now, and there are some questions I'd like to put forward. Trundling along the top, I get a steady rocking motion of tractor and cutter, a bit like baling, but sideways. I've tried lower revs, stopping and restarting, can't go any slower, can't keep up if I...

I hope not, but can't see that it will be any old industrial site. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/cars/news/diggers-get-to-work-on-enormous-kent-lorry-park/ar-BB19qmZ3?li=BBoPWjQ&ocid=mailsignout And will it go back to agriculture when all's said and done? Not likely. I reckon these huge holding...

Got the message in the other thread about police checks, and decided maybe I'd look at the cost of a licence for taking my scrap to the dealer every year, something I've been doing forever. Top of the Google page for "Waste Carrier Licence" was a site looking very official offering Low Tier...

These need to go, seems a waste just to use as hardcore, but that's what'll happen if no-one can use them. PM me if interested.

These 4 need to go, preferably together. Size: 31" x 25" x 4". Very strong, weight-bearing. PM me if you want them.

Can anyone identify this? I ran a little farm right on the Devon/Somerset border many years ago, literally half in one county, half in the other, and this came along with me when I moved away. I'm assuming it gets driven into a stone wall or post, but for what purpose? I've used another one...

Can anyone tell me what these are? Both are becoming a problem here and I guess I'll have to get the roundup out again, so ID is not critical, but I ought to know what I'm killing? The first one grows in clumps, very coarse leaves, I suspect what they call an ornamental. Stock does graze it...

Got to replace the oil tank for the farmhouse, as it's split. I was warned that though plastic tanks never rust, they do split, which can be a bigger problem. As it's only 12 years old, which is half the age of the steel tank for the tractor-fuel, I'm thinking of going back to steel this...

I thought we had plenty of wheat in store, and I thought we had our own mills in the UK - so why are the shelves continuously bare of flour? Any kind of flour? We seem to have everything else. My local Waitrose doesn't know when any will come in, but they occasionally get a bit, Tesco says...

Methinks I should get the old access platform serviced and certificated - although it works fine, 15 years is probably long enough... Can anyone recommend anyone? This is in East Sussex. Thanks.

Some suppliers of heating oil and electricity, and perhaps gas too, are getting it wrong on the charging of VAT. I've had to get stroppy with two companies already this year, after they insisted on charging me 20% when it should have been 5%. They come round in the end, but it can mean a...