kimtree

A neat little trick used in the past over here to try and stop riffraff from jumping over the back fence was to bang 4 inch nails into a bit over wood and leave scattered in the backyard nails up,in the middle of the night you could hear someone jump the fence followed by a bloodcurdling scream,then the dog would hook in:001_smile:

what you need is a foolproof automatic gate,leave slightly ajar,make it appear to be broken,a good camera system,and a couple of caged hungery pigs,lions or dogs out of sight,once the theivies get in shut the gate and let the terror begin:001_smile:

are these deer native just asking because i dont recall seeing one when i was last in the uk

30 days then requote

one of the reasons so many houses got destroyed is the fact that the home owners are not permited to clear trees around their houses.in one case a homowner did clear a 200 metre raduis around their home they got fined 30,000 plus costs nearly 100,000 all up.the fire made it within fifty metres of their home then run out of fuel.the firestorm conditions didnt help either Fires in victoria and australia general are a regular event due to not enough perscribed[sp] burning. Most of them started by arsonists,some by dodgy powerpoles arcing in the wind and a few by nature

If your refering to the fires they were/are in Victoria not WA

I buy from a dealer in another state if you buy a roll 25' or more he makes it up for free,twice a year or so i get a load made up and sent over,even with postage its a third of the price of the local saw guy

i got myself a 42'' plasma:001_smile:

Ive had the smallest speck of african mahogany get into my eye on 2 occaisons,it makes your vision go blurry for up to 4 hours When milling or chipping raintree wearing a mask is essential without it your nose starts running and the taste of the dust is bloody awfull

Jee theres nothing worse than cheeky sods like that Ive had i few blokes rock up on jobs out of town no bloody water or not enough and no lunch,by 11am there stuffed and not worth having,or paying!

you cant dress up a pig does the pope wear a silly hat as useful as a truck load of f###in monkeys

I did a small crane job in july,we had a 60 ton on site for 4 hours removing a Raintree over a classroom,total bill $1060 aus dollars,i wanted to use a 30 ton but it was out of town on that day,so we got stuck with the bigger crane. what peed me off was that at the end of the job when the crane moved it had leaked out a good 60 litre of oil on a gravel driveway,and we then had too take out said dirt and re gravel,crane companys response' we thought we had fixed that' and nothing else

a cig 250 amps pretty good for small fabrication jobs ,i run it on c02 instead of argon mix,nearly as good a weld but 1/3 of price

getting hotter 41 degree today,35 degree 7pm last night[in the dark]

thats art

no chainsaw cuts yet apart from minor sharpening cuts but as an apprentice i did find out the value of chainsaw resistant pants when as a 16 year old we were coppicing hazel and got a kickback straight into my left leg!no chain injury from that but the dog did manage to penetrate I've had a few silky cuts including one on the back of the left hand which looked worse than actually was

just a few photos of mine apart,might help you out

i lost a car at an airport for a couple of hours when i was seeing some friends off on holiday,they drove in to the carpark while i was sleeping in the back and i never checked to see what level i was on,did a lot of walking when i got back out of the terminal

i only went with 2 cos i couldnt get a decent wide strap and ratchet at the time

thats my setup and actually its far north of western aus

i was in surrey at the time,working in a partnership with two other school mates doing treework and farming [we lived on the farm]at 3 in the morning the power went off and us lads were sent down the road to see what was happening,first thing we see is an alder blown over into the powerline going to the farm,where its touching the line there's white fire and little white fairys dancing down the trunk must have burned for 2 minites at least.Once that burnt thru and fell to the ground we cut it up and rolled it off the drive.then we thought we better get sum more gear.all around you could hear trees being smashed but couldnt see them.the farm was on top of a small hill and you could see about 10 mile out towards Woking.from there the view was spectacular,transformers blowing and on fire every 5 mins or so the skyline was just lite up,most amazing was a neighbours scots pine about 60ft tall the top was bending down and touching the trunk almost in the middle.after gearing up we went out on the main road and immediatly found a large beech that needed clearing,we ended up clearing three or so beech,just cut and then pull off with the landy then decided it was to dangerous ,just as we went back to the farm another tree fell just in front of us so we dealt with that then an ambulance came along trying to get to the hospital ,a bit up the road was a 6 way roundabout every way was blocked the ambo was going nowhere.once it was light we got a phone call to go down to the council yard[fat chance]and then proceeded to get about 2 months cleanup work from them mostly roadside trees which we climbed first for a week then got a series of pickers from facelift?{not sure if thats correct company}ended up kick starting our tree bussiness big time.the farm we lived on lost about 50 big beech dbh 4- 6 ft average and on the top of the hill 3 big turkey oak one of which landed front to back on one of me mates car,apart from that no other damage to buildings but just down the road a huge industrial shed was twisted and destroyed like it was nothing

my dog back when he was in his prime

i just got a grapple for my schaffer loader,its incredible,from loading logs and feeding the chipper its tonnes better than a 4 in 1

my vermeer 1250 knife nuts is 180ft lb,and the anvil is 300 ft lb

i could have gone that way only to end up in court