Useful tools....

[Exeldama]

Maybe not so useful...

I bought a Stihl brushcutter fs400 second hand currently a dream buy....well until i used it at home and smashed a double glazed window with a stone...but in the wood its brilliant......

The chainsaw..well went for new and cheap.... Zomax 4600 off ebay ...it arrived it sat for two weeks and when i tried it .... wouldnt even start...just grated awfully when i tried.

Asked for solution....and the boss went away without sending it....now i am still waiting despite promised a part....not happy.... lets see if they sort it out, and if its actually any good.

[sandalfarm]

bought a stihl chain saw brilliant got a metal blade for the srrimmer and a billhook great for the undergrowth soon have a forearm like a fiddler crab though

[tracy]

Sandalfarm, would love a photo of the fore arm like a fiddler crab!?

Yeah, we have had trouble with some tools - so far found that buying cheaper isn't actually worth it... but always hard to tell.

[Darren]

You'll be better off going to Homebase or Argos if yu want a cheap chainsaw. At least if it doesn't work they will replace it.

I brought a cheap brush cutter from ebay, which turned out to be a pile of rubbish. It's not easy to send it back as you have to pay for the P&P.

[MartreCycle]

My Useful tool was purchased a couple of weeks ago - so simple yet so effective..

Lifting Tongs.

In case your wondering - a manual item for moving and dragging wood - stops your hands getting covered in 'stuff', gives a strong connection to pulling out timber.

Here is a link to some: http://www.stantonhope.co.uk/Tools_26_Equipment_191102_LIFTING_TONGS_20cm.asp

[tracy]

Oh yes! Lifting tongs are brilliant!

But, spray paint the handles so if you put them down you can find them again!

[James M]

I use electricians Earth tape, bright green and yellow.

I left my Zomax out in the open in our woods by mistake for a week, rain, wind - started first time.

I learnt the lesson from our £1500 (that's one and and half grand!) SMEG oven that was so useless, and kept breaking down so often, that I stripped it down to re-use the stainless steel parts and wiring and threw the rest in the skip. Now we have a 400 quid Italian thing that works fine.

Bad news you got a dud, but stick with it.

[Exeldama]

Yippee......got the part today...still doesnt work...hmmmm

No more cheap and cheerful for me...... i shall percivere and seek devine intervention.

[James M]

I've been known to rebuild V8s, what exactly is the problem?

[Exeldama]

Dont worry im bored with it now....i will invest in something from a local dealer whom i can chase directly face to face and glare at when things dont work.

Serves me right should have listerned to son...13.!!

Hey neanderthal man didnt have chainsaws so for the mo it will be by hand