Today's Posts

Morning all, Enjoying our lazy weekend with our daughter and SIL. Had a good canal walk by the Clyde yesterday. Not sure what the plan for today is, looks like rain. Happy Sunday

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Sad to hear that, usually after 21 days or so you can do a claim. Have they rejected it? Do you still use them?

Thanks for that mate . Oh and what is it that you fixed for me ?

Smooth cutting and a good operator on the crane 👍🏻

I was lucky enough to visit that edge tool manufacturing place, Morris and sons. An impromptu tour when I when to pick up a bill hook they repaired for me. It was a treat. Now closed sadly.

Search for it on here. Discussed within the last year. The conclusion I came to was that it's handy like a Hobbs for pre-tension (and handier because it's smaller and cheaper) but a lift any longer than a foot ot two with the cleat method in the video will be a pain because rope will pile up on the drum. On Monday, I'm collecting the backplate for the pre-production prototype of something better. dawinchi site:arbtalk.co.uk because the actual site search function isn't great.

QE is bullish for both gold and crypto.

Loads on just this one tree, none on the dead elms around it.

How many people would never tire of punching this cnut in the face? Miliband hits landlords with £10bn net zero upgrade tax UK.NEWS.YAHOO.COM Ed Miliband has launched a £10bn war on landlords that risks driving up rents...

Doh I see now, you cleaned the red paint and put your own handle. So it's probably a more recent one if it is Bulldog. I still like it.

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Hi all. I’m looking at a (secure) rear canopy for my d23 Navara and found a company called Apex4wd who do a very nice looking canopy at a decent price. I was wondering if anyone has had any experience with this company, or even the canopy itself. Would be interested on peoples opinions. cheers

Location would be useful

I believe it’s to keep the boring insects away - not the uninteresting ones, the ones that will damage the timber 😏

Interesting, thank you.

I had a look a while back and would still consider for larger clearance works on a 8t+ excavator but for domestic stuff it doesn’t suit, primarily because you can remove the stumps but chasing lateral roots would be impossible. If it’s going on anything less than perfectly flat ground I feel it would be damaging on an avant or similar carrier over time (lateral stresses). We once thought putting a log splitting cone on a Vermeer would work great, which I feel is the same principle - the reality was it didn’t work and we consistently sheered fixing bolts (we tried free swinging, couldn’t get the weight in the log before it slipped), we were going to eventually damage the arms so scrapped it.

Avoid anything caustic - very common in ultrasonic cleaning fluids. It will turn cast alu a nasty black colour.

Another day, another handle.

First thing I've ever won in my life, so will accept any prize😀

Shudders..

Vertigo Trees Ltd has an opening for an experienced climber. Based in Squamish, BC, working from Vancouver up to Whistler. Small company, decent kit, mostly good jobs, cracking work sites! Plenty of time to go skiing, biking, rock climbing, whatever outdoor pursuit floats your boat. You will need the legal right to work in Canada, that probably means a working holiday Visa, obtained via the IEC program. Pay range, $28-$45 Cad$ per hour, 25-40hrs a week. You might even find a bear in a tree onsite!

Passed by the management! Several times if they live by the Trent!

😂😂 You need the site mystic

What was the machine? Not just the engine........we price up for a full service, a chassis service or an engine service, so the customer has a choice. Particularly where cylinder mowers are concerned for example, whereby the customer may just want the cylinder and bottom blade ground (which the average joe doesn't have the equipment or skills to do) but the engine may well be fine, so thats a chassis service only. If you're suggesting that cost you quoted was just to service the engine alone without touching the rest of the machine, and assuming it is an annual preventative maintenance service and not an engine with a load of pre existing issues, then that's steep. Aside from changing the service items, We drop the float bowls and drain any fuel, clean the float bowl out and blow through the jets, but unless there is already an issue with the carb, we wouldn't automatically remove it or fit a carb kit as that is pointless if it's running fine. New plug, engine oil and air filter. Plus fuel filter and oil filter (if fitted) are the service parts we would automatically fit. Governor/choke/throttle mechanisms and lubricated and adjusted as well, which a lot don't do. Then you have rope/recoil inspection and clean out etc etc. A lot more than an oil change and a wipe over with an oily rag. And a lot more than your garage does nowadays on modern cars, which are just plug and play, with maybe an oil and filter change thrown it, sure for maybe less money, but they proportionately are actually doing less for them money paid...ask them to do what we do on these small engine, but on your car and watch the size of the bill you get! Had a guy said same to me the other week....'my BMW service was only £10 less than what you've charge for my mower' I said, but what did they do as part of the service? He went and got his bill out the car....they charged him an hours labour of £95 PLUS VAT, plus £45 oil, and £25 for a filter....plus a printed off plug in health report...that was it, so it really irks me when people come out with that old chestnut. Our Labour would be to do that Honda engine service on its own would be around 1.5 hours @ £55 per hour. If it were a whole machine- not just the engine, then you would be looking at 2 to 2 1/2 hours, as that would also entail a safety check, blades sharpened and balanced, drive belts and/or chains checked, adjusted and lubricated, wheels tightened and wheel bearings greased. Rear roller bearings greased, clutch cable inspected, adjusted and lubricated, and controls checked and adjusted, gearbox operation and performance checked, then a deep clean of the chassis top and bottom, then anti corrosion spray applied....cleaning alone on even a basic mower that has grass build up can take longer than half an hour if done properly, then dried and polished down after. Get your garage to do all that on your car for what we would charge for a full service (£130 ish) then you would be looking at substantially more I guarantee