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And died of starvation.

I feel very sorry for the amount of flak he's had over this. The papers are going mad sayng Ch4 should be sued for letting him do it etc. I think the immense solitude is what gets to him in the end, aswell as starving to death. Fair play to him giving it his best shot.

I love Saabs, Had 2 2.3 CSE turbo's, 1 carlsson and 1 Aero. Ridiculously quick and comfortable.

not going to type out a long reply, as im on my phone in services. In short, you can push the head as deep as you like, but all you do is push the big material deeper...

by all means.

Thank you for rubbishing my extensive experience of mulching. You can push the mulcher head on an Ahwi into the ground 12 inches, but all you succeed in doing is pushing any larger lumps further into the dirt. Anything over 4" dia will have the top planed off and then neatly covered in a few inches of mulch. Come a shower of rain, it washes the mulch off, and you can see all the pieces the machine missed. The Ahwi type of head is particularly bad for this as its a 'paddlewheel' design. Certain other heads, like the seppi or FAE, are better at lifting the material. Thats the reason for putting an excavator in on any mulching job, with a forestry rake bucket - you need to lift all the missed lumps, and windrow it for the mulcher to get it.

Mulchers like the ahwi wont even go below the surface, as the push the material into the dirt rather than mulching it. Easy solution is to run an excavator on site first, to prep everything into windrows, and dig out all the stumps. After the mulcher makes its first pass, rake the windrow through again, and give it a second pass with the gate down. Best bet is to get an experienced excavator in for the duration of the job, as it can pick out and stack up all your timber as it goes along. IF you have permission to burn, then I would not pay for a mulcher to come on site.... If you need any help, PM me.

Excellent resource, and makes for very sobering reading. Thanks stuart.

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How about sharks with lazers? that would work!

Rik, good for you for having a go. Hope you heal up quick, and it does'nt affect you to much psycologically. Very frustrating to have them get away with this kind of thing.

Very nice job mike.

Lack of tax or MOT does NOT mean a car is uninsured.

Hows the therapy going then Rupe? only 3 more years to go?

£32k before any discount. But the Iveco is a bigger, comfier, more powerfull and capable truck. And the 6x6 Landrover is basically an aftermarket conversion - I am not sure that the landrover drivetrain would take that kind of abuse longterm.

Given that a NEW 130 landrover is in the region of £30k, I would have absolutely no hesitation in buying the new Iveco Daily 4x4 in crewcab format.

Not keen on most of the 6x4 landrovers I see, but that 6x6 looks cool. I would prefer to see a transit / iveco sized vehicle with a decent 6x4 rear axle, and 4 tonne carrying capacity. That to me would be perfect for ARB work.

Nonsense. I see far more injuries from handsaws than chainsaws.

Some people get the idea, some people dont. If you get it, get connecting That last one is really quite hard to connect anything decent too. Sofijah ft. Olivia conects to Olive - Your not alone [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grj0ffXzTFA]YouTube - Olive - You 're Not Alone[/ame]

Very interesting article. I copy pasted the pertinent points - Black poplar is one of Britain and Ireland’s rarest trees. The most recent survey (Cooper et al., 2002; Preston et al., 2002) estimates that there are 7000 trees in England, Wales and the Republic of Ireland of which 600 are females. The majority of trees in England exist below the line drawn from the Mersey to the Wash (Figure 3) and there are areas, such as the Vale of Aylesbury, where the tree is particularly frequent with 2400 specimens having been recorded. The majority of pollarded trees are located in the Welsh Borders and in East Anglia (Cooper et al., 2002). Female trees occur throughout the distribution range in England but are rare in Wales (Cooper et al., 2002). There is considerable interest in the need to conserve the 7000 trees which are all that remain of the population of black poplar growing in Britain. Recent work based on molecular techniques has provided markers which can unambiguously distinguish first generation hybrids of P. x euramericana from P. nigra. This is an important tool as it enables non-hybrid trees, which should be conserved, to be distinguished from exotic clones of hybrid poplars. Molecular markers have also demonstrated that the British population of black poplar has low diversity, compared with that in other European countries, and that there is a great deal of clonal duplication. Female clones are particularly rare. The ability to identify clones offers the opportunity for conservation effort to be concentrated at the level of the clone rather than that of the individual tree. Most of the British population is derived from ancestral material which colonised Britain after the last glacial period from refugia in southeastern Europe. Work aimed at understanding the physical processes which drive the ecology of floodplain forests may help to re-establish populations of black poplar which have the capacity to reproduce and adapt to a changing environment. Black poplar trees in Britain belong to the subspecies betulifolia, otherwise known as the Atlantic race of European black poplar. They differ from subspecies nigra in that their young expanding leaves have hairy petioles. Black poplar used to grow in the natural floodplain forests which lined the banks of rivers in Europe, however, much of this habitat has been lost since the 17th century through such processes as urbanisation, land drainage and canalisation of rivers. Recently there has 231 Corstorphine Road Edinburgh EH12 7AT Forestry Commission GB been interest in the re-establishment of floodplain habitats, including the floodplain woodlands which contain black poplar as a key species. Due to Europe-wide concern over the increased frequency of river flooding, consideration is now being given to the development of natural flood defences. The Natura 2000 network of nature conservation sites across Europe includes many which are located on floodplains. Although there is very little floodplain woodland in the UK today, this may begin to change with the increased recognition that such woodlands: • have a potentially high amenity value; • can perform a commercial forestry function; • have the potential to help in flood management; • help the control of diffuse pollution of water. A number of projects and initiatives across Europe are looking at the value of floodplain forests. Of particular interest, in relation to black poplar, are the EU funded FLOBAR 1 & 2 projects that are investigating how to restore the biological function of floodplain forests by restoring the physical processes that drive them.

great looking piece of kit SNS. I like your positioning of this in the marketplace - Not a GRCS or Hobs, but a good step up from a portawrap. Good luck with it, I hope you do well.

Is it a nice lifestyle?

Any particular reason for the change in blade profile pete? SOunds like an excellent machine, I remember us discussing this idea 12 months ago.

Bloody hell, your landrovers must be much bigger than the ones I've had. I found that even 3 men with kit was to much for a doublecab landrover. In fact, I cant think of a worse vehicle for carrying crew - cramped, noisy, leaky and uncomfortable. David, I have run 4 130 landrovers now for Arb crews, its biggest advantage is its off road ability and its compactness when working in narrow lanes etc. They also are one of the best towing vehicles out there. But as a crew vehicle? The only way to run one as a crew vehicle is to have a dedicated kit box on the back, like the quad-tech bodies. In your position, I would be more tempted to go for a Mercedes Sprinter or similar.

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