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I reckon I still got a Polo shirt from that night but wore out the jacket! I reckon nights like that and sawmills/chainsaws/chippers are the reason for my ringing ears!!!

'Kin jealous of that! Forgot about Robert Plant in some small club in Stourbridge in very early 80's. BTW, a relative of John Henry Bonham is a sound fellow who works at GreenMech! "End of the Road" tour, Status Quo, NEC early 80's.....

Never had to use a belt tension device, Mark 1 Eyeball and V1 Index Finger have proved more than adequate since the early 80's and that was on 30 year old kit too!

My 67 plate has surface rust but nowt to get wriggly about - 220k miles..... I had a Lancia Beta HPE back in the 80's. Epic engineering with twin cam 8v, so right revvy, all discs and McPherson struts so handled and stopped right good but she dissolved by the time she was 8! Could out brake and out charge the TR7 I put a Dolly Sprint engine and box into! 4up agin 2 up too! Nice motors but they rusted in the brochure!

Julian Cullis has his last day today at GreenMech - starting with a new employer in the near future. Julian has had some 13 plus years with GreenMech looking after Sales within the Dealership network in the South of England and covering South Wales directly from his home near Swansea. He previously worked for a GreenMech dealer too. GreenMech wishes to thank for his efforts over the years and wishes him well for the future. I'm sure that those of you who knew or met Julian will also offer the same. He is not a regular watcher/contributor of Arbtalk but I can forward any messages to him if they are sent to me. During a transitional period, his workload will be covered by myself and others. I can be contacted on 07774 282481 or [email protected]. Good luck and Best wishes Julian.

Black Sabbath at Brum Odeon. Boom Town Rats at the same. Whitesnake ditto.....

I got to admit that having had to deal with others "mental illness", those around these poor souls see the signs, hear the words, understand the activities and so on. While I feel some sympathy for his wife and family, hiding behind a "tag" - and I'll include thise close to him, his work colleagues and his employers will have known or seen the symptoms is wrong, morally wrong. They said Schofields actions were "inappropriate", then hide behind a tag to distance themselves in this instance. Perhaps Schofields actions were those of a person "In the wrong right place mentally"?... in which case, he has nothing to answer for? Sure, bipolar conditions are far reaching and not confined to pathways and levels, but this hasn't been helped by the near constant focus from the media and drivel from the press and his erstwhile work colleagues.

Manufacturing is a numbers game, we did okay over the years with twin chuted Eco Combi, but it was getting expensive and then tier 5 engines meant that it was going to go up by another £10k and then sales would really start to dry up! TW decided to drop a load of machines out of their offering because they were sold in fewer numbers than they were comfortable with too. The importers of the Salean decided to drop it because the numbers weren't good either... A previous post summed it up tbh. Chuck your stuff through a chipper and accept that you blade life isn't going to be as good as others due to the odd bit of muck or stone! I did recently see an Eco Combi with very low hours in a dealers yard in Somerset recently.

To be honest, small shredder akin to the TW have gone off the map in this country. They are quite popular in France etc with the makers of Bugnot and Salean but the market in this country died/dried up due to lack of volume sales.

At the time, it had had a service not long before, the driver is a time served HGV mechanic and reported no probs. Then bang! I once was half way through a long trip in a Defender 130 and a sudden, massive vibration stopped us. We removed the back shaft, lobbed it in 4H and carried on!

Having said that, we used some 4 x 2.2 engines and a couple of 3.2 units! Both the newer 3.2 have dodgy gearbox faults too. We go to Isuzu soon..... Now. Is their a worthy tune for these to pull them up to 200hp?

Yet when had a Mazda, the drive shaft fell off on the Edinburgh bypass!

All but chopped thumb off in circular saw. No straightening tendon and no main knuckle now. I didn't climb much after that but paid decent money to climbers in my employ and did ground based stuff more. Still hurts now if banged and that was in the early 80's!!!!

No expert but in these hot days, has anyone experienced something like a fuel evaporation symptoms? EFI should start pretty well straight away sois fuel evaporation in the system causing this? Unlikely as the high pressure fuel pump should be squirting at 32psi which should instantly bleed any dry sections....

In a Liquidation, HMG ensures the Liquidators get paid. Then, any moneys left get first dibs by the bank with everyone else joining a queue. As the email says, apply to them first as it gives a realistic picture to any future buyer, puts the true debt on the balance sheet and then they will advise your best plan going forwards. They need to have a full picture to decide whether the job is salvaged and sold or palletised for auction. I ought to say that the customers seeking that cheap saw in a box or hank of rope drive prices down and the spiral starts. I remember sitting with a dealer as a customer asked for his best price on a 'topper'. The saw was fetched off the shelf, the good points on the design pointed out and the value of buying locally from a fully equipped workshop discussed. The customer asked him to price match. The dealer calmly put it back on the shelf, declined and told the chap he was going to loose money at that price. Inviting the customer to leave to drive off to get his cheap saw and not to bring it there when it needed to be set up. Don't begrudge other folk wanting to make a profit - they want to eat meat at the weekend too!

To be a good capitalist, you have to make money. That also takes into account other factors like, folk paying you on time and your supply chain getting you the goods. These recent times have meant that some suppliers are unable to deliver, their costs have risen exponentially and it seems that tree work is a tad scare now that furlough schemes, interest rates and competition is tough! Sad to hear of their plight and good luck to those in the food chain who are looking at a personal loss.

Ranger, front sway bar drop link. How the hell did I do this?

I could never see that mixed rotor idea being one or tother! I can remember the old A Plant depot in Abergavenny having them in another make. If the customer had dirty stuff, the blades would be removed. If the user had timber then the flails just absorbed horse power.

How many houses have the need for a pin nowadays?

Opened the news page and the gimp is there again! "My carreer is over sob so sob". Just who gives a flying one? Can Press please give the lying turd no air time at all, there are far more engaging news items around!

Nice try, but like me, if early/miss 70's music was your enlightenment, maybe tech is difficult! Nowt there....

Forgotten Saxon! Wasn't them though....was defo Free or Bad Co.

Trying to remember a Free or Bad Company tune. Starts with a slightly off mic voice singing "oh, oh, oh - and the band played on!" Followed a funky intro with bass. May have been a 70's pirate recording even!?! Any of you older members of the parish recall this?

Pretty sure a Torquay (or near by) Contractor did the the M5/A30/A38 with a bin lorry as a chip truck. All I could think of was that there was a tax advantage or the truck was cheap!

I wonder if his brothers cell mates are now feeling sorry for him on account of being a brother to a low life liar with no morals, scruples or backbone!?! I truly feel for his ex wife and so forth for having anything to do with him! But again, is this truly newsworthy?