Recent content by timbatrader

gound source heat pumps are not common here just plain air to air work well in our climate and are much cheaper to install my power bill is low because heating is by a log burner

Hydraulic chainsaws are common here for pruning fruit trees from hydra ladders which are three wheeled machines which the operator is up in a bucket as the machine is hydraulic adding hydraulic outlets in the bucket is easy being tethered isn't an issue if you are already lashed into a bucket

Tax payer is not paying for it well not through taxes anyway it is funded through higher power charges my electric bill has gone up from NZ$100 a month (US$60) to NZ $130 (US78)

New Zealand is planning significant changes to its power grid to manage the expected increase in electricity demand and to phase out fossil fuel use as part of its decarbonization goals. These changes involve infrastructure upgrades, increased renewable generation, and deployment of new...

The plan that most developed counties are working toward is to plan for future that uses less fossil fuel ie not ban ICE vehicles but to stop producing them by 2035 so ten more years of selling them then maybe another twenty years of using them after sales of new ones stop. Giving Manufactures...

Going on past experience New Zealand should be more worried about USA than China look below on how USA treats its friends compared to China Since 1945, the United States has engaged in a large number of covert and overt interventions in other countries, often to gain access to resources or...

Still a long way to go but NZ is trying to reduce carbon emissions our national electric grid is running around 88 to 90 percent renewables New Zealand currently has three fully electric ferries either in operation or launching in 2024–2025, with more under construction and planned for the...

Well actually I do think your problems are fixable in New Zealand we do have free health care half the homeless rate of the USA and very little government/corporate corruption but you guys love your system so go for it but what I don't like is how you are stuffing the planet. burning fossal...

China is bad but working hard on improvement USA under the current leadership is basically just telling the world F you Here's a comprehensive comparison of the USA and China’s carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions—covering their historical records, current levels, and predicted futures: 1...

I knew it was a common expectation to phase out ICE through out the world so I just asked AI for the details go ahead and ask AI yourself The USA is so out of line with most first world countries that it is rapidly becoming a third world country

The USA is the odd one out most of the developed world is heading this way to avoid destruction of the world via climate change The USA will need to fall into line or it will be forced to by the new world powers that will be in charge by then As of August 2025, at least 27 European Union (EU)...

it really depends on the bearing or bush I were always told by the bearing experts more high speed bearings were damaged by over greasing than under greasing but pins and bush's in mud or dusty conditions need regular greasing to maintain that dried up glob of grease that acts as the dust seal

Crane hooks are made of malleable steel not hight tensile steel for a reason it is much safer for the hook to slowly bend and give a little warning than to have a stronger but brittle hook that snaps forks made of mild steel but gusseted will bend a good operator will feel this and respond and...

Years ago there was a New Zealand firm converting Ford County tractors into ferterlizer spreaders for hill country that used the name Trucktor link to a photo here via facebook Log into Facebook

Using my chinese loader in a riverbed yesterday loading gravel very bumpy and getting bounced about a lot which seems to have caused an electrical problem the machine would not start after I had shut it down a small click but not enough juice to turn the starter after a bit of testing seemed to...