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[autocoupler]

the old unit took about 6-7min.

I purchased one of these in 2001 and still going strong, yeah takes a bit longer but don't use it much. Sure beats a hand pump though:heat:

[trout]

the old unit took about 6-7min.

I purchased one of these in 2001 and still going strong, yeah takes a bit longer but don't use it much. Sure beats a hand pump though:heat:

My older unit is still as good as the day it was bought, I just wanted to upgrade after the last trip where I had to pump up 5 sets of 4wd tyres from about 18psi up to 40psi.
Non of the other Mob had a compressor :dash1:
It took me ages and I also had to wait for about 20min halfway through the job to let the compressor cool down as the overheat cut off activated for the first time ever.
I intend to keep the old unit as a spare, Just in case :ok:

[keldaw]

don't forget to undo the bung when you finish using it or the moister will rust the inside of the tank .

[trout]

don't forget to undo the bung when you finish using it or the moister will rust the inside of the tank .

All is good Kel, These 12v jobbies don't have a tank :good:

[trout]

My Garmin in car GPS started playing "Silly Buggers" last week so I thought Sod It I will treat myself to an off road capable unit to replace the Garmin.
I bought a Hema navigator HN7 ( they are on special now because the new HX1 model is now out) and I got it for just under $500, They were selling for about $700 last year.
I did some "Googling" trying to find a way to get the Garmin working properly again and lo and behold all I had to do was hard boot it (Not with My feet) and now it is working just fine.
Apparently you can put your thumb on different corners of the unit as you turn it on and these hidden menus appear for diagnostics and repairs, Sneaky buggers :angel:
Ah well there was NO way I was going to buy a new GPS while the Garmin was still working So I am sort of glad it played up, Otherwise I would never have bit the bullet for the off road unit.
I do a fair bit of bush bashing and heading off the tracks So it is pretty handy to know exactly where I am and more importantly I can follow the tracks left on the GPS to find my way back to the road as well

[ausjack]

:scratch_one-s_head: so being in the middle of nowhere you get lost :winkextra: :laugh2:

[JeffH]

Went out early this morning (while it was nice and cool) checking blackberries.
They are just on the turn so we didn't get a lot. Still 2.6kg is enough for an eight x 375g jar batch of jam and several feeds of stewed BBs with cream.
Sometimes we make a pie but it is quick and easy to stew them and they are delicious just like that.

Jam is happening even as I post this.

[Triggersmob]

I haven't picked blackberries since I left England, 48 years ago.

[trout]

I haven't picked blackberries since I left England, 48 years ago.

Me neither, You must have arrived the same year that I did 1968.
I don't miss the thorny, prickly buggers either

[JeffH]

the thorny, prickly buggers

We go prepared. Old jeans, gumboots and rubber gauntlets (like heavy duty rubber gloves but elbow length) with the finger tips cut off.

[JeffH]

I bought this mulching machine about forty years ago.

It had a 5hp Briggs and Stratton motor -my budget did not run to the optional 8hp version. When the motor was well worn (it had done a lot of work) rather than rebuild it I replaced it with a Chinese copy 'Honda' 9hp motor. Started literally first pull, has been dead reliable and I can stuff material through at about twice the rate without the motor slowing.
The original chute was vertical and the feed into the first cutter is horizontal so everything had to negotiate a 90º bend which means only small lengths could be fed in. I hacked the chute arrangement so it now has a much straighter feed path and long lengths are not a problem.
It came with a catcher bag so small it was useless -filled up within a couple of minutes! I recently found some leftover shadecloth in the shed so I made a decent size bag.

This afternoon I put a through a branch that came down in a storm last week and here is the end product.

A nice load of mulch for my capsicum and chilli plants.

And here is our Christmas tree from last month.

I replaced the original pin coupling on that yard trailer with a proper coupling. Much better and I can even move my car trailer to mow it's spot (as long as the trailer is empty) with the ride on mower. The hitch came from a derelict box trailer and the bracket on the mower was cut down from one salvaged at the tip.

[ausjack]

Love ya work Jeff. Very ingenious :good:

[robbiegal]

i'd love a mulcher but for sure wouldn't be bale to keep it running

blackberry jam is my favourite and it's getting harder and harder to buy at the shops as well

we don't have a spot post the big fires (used to go to the baby furniture pine forrest as they weren't sprayed there - got decimated in the fires and not replaced ) but there are some under a bridge near the roads up to Parliament house and we THINK they aren't sprayed as the bushes are huge and the so is the fruit & being right on the water way makes us think they are safe

i keep meaning to call TAMS to ask
i ate some  last year

[Unicorn]

Cool Jeff! We'll have to call you "The Man From La Mulcha".

[ausjack]

But he's "the lawnmower man" :mocking: