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They will be live fused supply and feed to valve at end of loader, which looks like white wire along hydraulic pipes.

Firstly, I'm sorry to hear that your son has fallen foul of the system in this case. That must be a hard situation for all concerned. I take your point regarding the establishment, and it's failures, I'm sure that is a driver for social division. But the educational establishment specifically, no I don't see that. Not unless it's changed significantly since I was in it. Though I do admit, I wasn't remotely interested in politics as a child, or even a young adult. I don't believe that I was atypical in that. So it's hard to see exactly how much influence schools and universities actually exert, if most of their fodder is not politically minded at all. Hands up anyone who took any notice of all the political shenanigans in their young years? Are you sure about those Prevent figures? I'm not. I tried to have a similar discussion with Johnsond on this subject last year, to no avail. Shortly after the latest Prevent report had come out. I'll see if I can find it if I get some time. The largest type of referrals is for individuals judged to have no identified ideology, not RW. Personally, I'm glad that schools take the matter of radicalisation, of any persuasion, seriously. It's obviously far from ideal, but I'd rather that they be over cautious, than miss stuff that later turns out to be a problem. (Not applicable in your case obviously, so not a consolation. I don't know the details of course, nor would I wish to discuss them on an open forum.) Thinking about it some more though, in most of the recent high profile case, with tragic consequences, it's the Prevent program that's been at fault. They've missed things, or not acted on information that's been passed to them by other agencies or institutions. That's what happened with the Southport attack, and I'm sure some more that've made the headlines for plotting or actually carrying out awful attacks. That youth in Luton, Nicholas Prosper, wasn't even flagged on the system. It was only through luck that he didn't claim far more young victims. In some ways kids like these, with no identified ideology, but just a sick fascination with extreme violence are more of a concern, hinting at deeper societal problems. Which links back to the point about the deluge of unregulated extreme content on social media. Not to mention the numerous attacks driven by extreme Islamic ideology. So yeah, more clearly needs to be done on this issue. Probably not by schools, but certainly by Prevent and similar intelligence agencies and also some attempt at online content regulation. Even, dare I say it, parents should take more responsibility over the behaviours of their children. Too much is shirked and pushed onto schools these days, as I think you agree.

Funnily enough no

We weren’t interested in debate, just winding up teachers, after all their indoctrination what did my generation do? Voted Maggie in three times on the trot.

And I would hope that some of them actually engaged in the debate and encouraged you and other pupils to get involved, hence encouraging civil discussion of difficult subjects. These days divergent views are seen as a threat by many.

Yeh, and we all remember that picture you posted of your rat infested Council Flat. Its little wonder you're so secretive when thats what you reveal about yourself, and the fact you're a sef confessed alcoholic.

Did you have to mix your own Scuba Gas?

When I was in secondary school in the late 70s we used to bait left wing teachers (of which there were many) with ‘right’ wing opinions. We didn’t do it in a concious way, it was just a way of winding them up. The more professional teachers, who never opened their mouths about politics were accorded more respect.

I know we have a few chaps on here from North of The Border, don't know how many of them follow the footie. Just saw a couple of interesting items on Facebook. First one was that tickets for the World Cup are not selling well, as many folk are a tad wary of being dragged off by armed guards to have their nationality checked ( and that's the best case scenario ). The Scottish angle comes from news that Donald is clamping down on granting visas for many Nationals of certain countries, including fifteen taking part in the World Cup. The possible bonus for the Scots is that they could get to the knockout stage without playing a game, if their opponents are all refused entry! 😂😂😂

I haven't had much experience on 2.6t other than this machine with the shear that comes with it, hired in. The shear is very heavy for the machine and can make it very tippy, once you get the hang of that it's okay. It can't get through that big a diameter material but it is jolly handy pulling out material that you know you would struggle like hell with by hand. Also there is only one guy rather that two. Only other shear I used was on an 8t machine, very handy!

I have the remnants of an old joystick behind the seat so assume someone has replaced it at some point but not got a joystick with a switch. The joystick has three removable blanks which are small er that the usual rocker switches or momentary switches you would get from an auto factors. Top cover off the you stick shows two wires which all go back to that wiring circuit, have ordered a switch might work it might not.

That Stihl is on the same battery platform as my " beloved 😉" MSA 300, so we're out of the budget category already. With the idea that we're mainly cutting sub 4" timber, I'd strongly recommend the little 2x18v Makita pictured elsewhere in this thread.

Original post from July 25 . I think it was just a wind up anyway . Not heard a dickie bird from the OP .

He asked about battery ones, for cutting 4" saplings. 2511 is a very good saw, I prefer the clone, I have both..

Yeah, but does your Echo sound as shit?

I knew,, it was me the original comment was aimed at, I said as much at the time. it's always the same little group, quick with their "racist" accusations at every opportunity, although it might improve now one of them has had the ww2 shell removed from his ass.

My Echo doesn’t cut out, and would go through pieces like that in about a second.

Clean chip only. NO GREEN.

OK, sensible suggestion... This falls under duty of care, duty of care only kicks in when the tree owners are aware of the issue. Simply write them a letter stating that the tree species is inappropriate to be planted so close to property. clay soils etc and may cause property damage. They have a duty of care to ensure their trees don't cause damage to other people's property. Let them know that now that they have been made aware of the potential issue they or their insurance will be liable for any subsequent damage. Send letter 'signed for' delivery so you have proof they got the letter. Problems are not likely to happen for a few years so relax and let the tree grow. Prune any overhang back as necessary and if there are any structural issues in the future you have a legal footing and proof of their negligence in managing the tree.

If petrol is acceptable, then I would go with a clone 2511 with a carving bar and 3/8" FC chain. I planned to do a comparison yesterday, against the Echo, but ran out of time. The clone runs significantly better for only slightly more weight, a better stop switch too. Fires up every pull and never cuts out between cuts/off throttle like the Echo does. A while back I did a comparason between the Makita uc029 40v and a Fakita 18v. While they both do the job, the Makita is significantly quicker and a 4ah battery lasts ages, even cutting 6" or bigger. Fakita pruning saw and Makita UC029.mp4 However I do not like the .325 speedcut nano chain, and the tensioner constantly loosens.

It’s not my idea. There have been various up-tree rigging devices over the years, including a shrouded portawrap that prevents rope pinch. And there’s still a lot going for the layout. Hence why I suspect Matty’s safebloc strategy is pretty good.

Shame it wasn't a woman, apparently they can multitask and safely keep their eye on the task as well as the camera.

Yes the banks here do tend to be a bit lower than down there, but we should have some tall ones too. This one's got a bit of clawdd too, stone faced earth bank much like Devon hedges? It's in pretty poor condition though and no grant towards restoration on this hedge.

How do you find the shear on the 2.6 tonner? Been thinking about getting one but keep questioning how much better it will be than a guy on the saw and one in the digger with a grab. Got and pics of it in action?

All hopes now rest on Peter Jones coming through with a last minute offer.