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That’s a very tidy bit of fencing👍

And the Prosperity Institute, any thoughts on that? I’d rather the people running our country behind the scenes be a little more transparent, and at least resident in the UK. And certainly not have a Putin taint. We weren’t talking about Musk specifically, but yes, he’s definitely one of @Oldfeller 's invisible players. Even you will have a hard job defending anything that man does. (Starlink aside). The argument that he is OK because he is providing something that many people are willing to pay for doesn’t stack up. So are the Venezuelan drug traffickers, the writers of social media algorithms aimed at children and junk food pushers. It’s naïve to consider him to be even slightly altruistic. He does very well, at the expense of everyone else. “Tens of thousands of well-paid jobs” – are you sure? From what I’ve seen his employees don’t tend to be a happy and contented bunch. He works them to the bone. His car plants are nowhere near the safety standards met by all the other automotive OEMs either, nor the vehicles they make. And Grok, surely nobody has anything good to say about that abomination. Other than the cognitively challenged who can't form a coherent argument. Outsourcing thought to it is not going to end well. We're all being played. Regardless of political ideology. You will have noticed that political divisions are getting wider and deeper all the time; think about who's driving that.

I always start with a job sheet. I list everything pertaining to that particular job from address, grid reference, what three words, equipment etc, id of ambulance rv and Heli LS, nearest A & E hospital, minor injury. Job itself. Saws and equipment etc, you get my drift, I could go on but wont bore you? I have a standard pre printed headings list. For the method statement I extract info from job sheet. For Risk Assessment I extract info from method statement. Lots of repetition all the way through?

Often see big stuff like that. These modern things are similar to driving a car with all the technology, but the thing that gets me is how young you can drive them. Easy to drive but easy to get into bother really quickly. Usually ours is in and around Edinburgh and it's tiring, you never switch off. I'm reminded of kevinjohnsonmbe posting his video of meeting a youngster in one down a lane!

Many, many years ago, my bank pestered me to change my free personal account to one with a monthly fee, but which would give me in return, travel insurance, breakdown cover, etc. Eventually, I gave in, and switched. Only when I needed the vehicle assistance did I find out that commercial vehicles were excluded. Grrr. 🤬

The efi engine has fuel injection so no carb to have problems with. No other experience from me I’m afraid 👍

Removing a rotten ash ivy covered stem that had fallen across. Then ladder up a chesnut that had already been stripped and peice down the stem. Havent been using my spikes much so took me a while to get used to it on the learning stem. Boss called a nice early finish 1pm so went to get some lunch, everything soaked. Tomorrow might be dry so ropes can dry out then.

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Not a 2.7 tonner but should make a nice compact arb machine. https://www.earthmoversmagazine.co.uk/digger-man/view,eurocomach-reaching-out_5218.htm#:~:text=Competing in the 1.5 to,peeled over the coming weeks.

For locking while you're on the road, you should look for a coupler latch lock. It’s basically a small padlock with a long pin that goes through the handle on the hitch. This keeps the latch from popping open while you're driving and makes it harder for someone to unhitch the chipper if you stop at a shop. You can also get a locking hitch pin to make sure no one takes the whole ball mount off your vehicle.

Wow, some really outstanding (and fairly disabling!?) northern brewing contributions, there from Peter1955 Thanks for sharing ! I'm just thinking maybe a little brewery tour is needed ( using bikes and van perhaps ), to check these specialties out ? -Maybe when the weather is a bit less wintery tho!

Good luck. Hopefully, someone in your area reads your cv and can take you on

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I've come out of forum retirement to post my thoughts on the Reflex. I have only recently acquired it but have had some climbs on it already. My background: approx 15 years climbing. The last 10 has been mostly on a hitch climber and rope wrench; with a bit of doubled rope but mostly SRS. In the past I have tried: BDB, ZZ, all iterations of the RR and the akimbo 1 (none of them permanently, just borrowed). I wasn't in a hurry to get a mechanical, but my interest grew recently seeing devices that were designed for use of both techniques. The price also attracted me to the reflex. The throttle drew me in but ultimately just seemed too expensive to justify. My initial thoughts: - Quite big and heavy, and feels a bit odd when you pick it up because a lot of the weight is in the stainless steel links, which flop around until installed. - Took a minute to get it installed right but not too bad once you've done it before. Probably similar to RR in that regard but not as streamlined as the akimbo. - Doesnt seem to run up the rope/self feed as well as other devices, possibly due to the weight.. But I didn't notice the weight as such once it's on the rope. It will likely self feed with enough rope weight but it's not like the zigzag in that regard. - Seems to descend great both MRS and SRS. Tried SRS 3 to 1 and that worked well (I think it's approved for that config). I think if you plan on doing any real amount of MRS a friction saver will be a must. - Did some climbing in the wet and it was quite jerky to get going, I'm assuming this is similar problem for other devices too. I think the addition of a wrench in this situation would be the only real reason to use one. However if you hold your tail at your hip like belaying, that seemed to be a work around. - Oddly the packaging was very basic, I could feel the device through the postage bag it arrived in at. Felt very basic. The real issue which I've only just been made aware of, is that the device is only rated to 12kn. I don't know how it can be life support with a 12kn rating, a friend was not allowed to use his at a recent climbing comp. He also told me in the manual it states that it's a class C device. I'm not sure what that means in real terms, it's designed to be used in conjunction with another climbing system? Two rope systems are not a mandatory requirement where I am in NZ. I just feel it's a bit strange that no one has mentioned that in any of the videos I've watched.

I think as a tool for mostly domestic stumps using the Avant I can’t see it working well. I have gone a bit cold on the idea if I’m honest.

They did fiberglass varients also

Or a slow growing tree. Japanese maple or an oak would likely progress slower than the rot and could become quite an interesting one over 20 years or so.

My TP 215 has been faultless so far, and the auto idle is a brilliant function. Kilworth machinery offered a good price and good back up.