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Looks like some of them wouldn't take much knocking in! Never seen corner strainers done like that, but looks effective. Smart job with the corral, well done:thumbup1:

But who would police/impose this "standardisation"? Not criticising by any means, quite the opposit, but I think its highly unlikely it will ever happen.

It would be a lot more than 10% mate! A cubic yard is approx 0.72m cube, or a 900mm bag. You would easily get more than 2 bags from a ton of most hardwoods then:thumbup1:

Splinters, I know you are hoping its only the relay............. BUT, if it starts ok with a new one, get the loom changed anyway! The oil you mentioned (that you cleaned off the plug) should not be there! Cleaning the oil fom it will nnot cure it. If the oil reaches the ecu it will blow it and thats expensive. Changing the loom may seem an expense, but cheaper than a new ecu.

Jon, I thought I'd be in trouble for not returning the 7 voicemails too, but thanks to you I have the perfect excuse, cheers bud:thumbup:

O2 been good here all day, I forgot my phone and when I got back it had 16 missed calls on it........ Great, peaceful day!

Looking for a sander that will cope with finishing good sized boards. Presumably a belt sander would be best? Can anyone point me in the right direction upto say £100, possibly a bit more if it was the dogs?

Nice load of firewood though!

If you ever gaff out and land on a peg, you'll find out why they are bad................ Sorry mate, I know you may be in need of some support, but that definately aint campestre. Common sikky all the way.

Ok, as its you Johnny, I have holes in my trousers, boots, and even one in my leg. Once I start scrambling around in tree I lose a lot of aim with my feet for some reason:001_rolleyes:

Nice pussy

Nice one Joe on the donation, glad to help out so hopefully everyone's a winner. Enjoy the gaffs, they are sharp, I can vouch for that but dont ask how:blushing:

My problem is I have accidents every day, but none of them I can claim for:001_rolleyes:

That would sort the wheat from the chaff, so to speak! In my opinion, if any business needs/depends an annual subsidy to survive, they are doing something wrong.

Very handy looking thing. I would of been very interested in that if it would of lifted into the back of a truck!

Competition exists in all business.

Quite an interesting comment that Tony, especially as it was the farmers who founded supermarkets!

Self built here Mick. Always been involved in tree work since before I left school. Eventually set up on my own 10 years ago. Probably have less money now than back then, but at least I can do it my way now:thumbup: Wish I was a penny behind Johnny though:thumbup1: .

Daniel, cutting a deep gob like that does not significantly alter the center of gravity. Cutting it as deep as it was there, in stead of say 1/3 in, altered COG only 4 or 5 inches. Given the canopy(and COG) of the tree was yards behind the hinge, there was little if not no need to cut so deep. One advantage of a deeper than normal gob, would be to acheive a wider hinge therfore giving more control. In this case however, the hinge was cut through by approximately 25% of its width, therefore eliminating the advantage of the wider hinge in my opinion. As a result (as Big Ammer points out) cutting through the hinge at one side, to acheive the angled hinge, trapped the nose of the bar as it was within the closing face of the hinge. Given the extra risks involved with trapping the saw, and the posioning of the cutter as a result, incurred extra risk that was uncalled for. Why was such a fancy cut needed when all the failsafe lines were in place, wouldn't a straight forward hinge have been just as effective, but much safer? Or better still, why wasnt the house side of the canopy removed(like the near side) while the bucket was in place? This would have reduced any risk to a minimum, surely?

Jon, I'm a Stihl man really, through and through, but sometimes fixing something that aint broke is a bad thing. Only need to look at the three biggest sellers Stihl have, the 201, the 261 and the 362. ALL worse than the saws they replaced:thumbdown:

Think I'd rather go and get an MS200 from my local dealer to be honest.

Have you had a chance to try the gaffs yet Joe? Hope they are ok for you, and Arbtalk should benefit a little too:thumbup1:

Jonathan, cheers for that, I was initially thinking the beech would be more appealing, but if I were to use the elm we could do the kitchen possibly this backend. Ian, you agreeing with J may mean there will be a smaller heap of elm to sell...... Edit; There will be some beech though! Lol! .