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PeteB

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  1. Old Skool tricks like that ought to taught in college - it's the mindset of "I'm stuck, how can I get out?" that really matters.......................... Nice vid and there's nowt wrong with a Fordson.
  2. Lid of tea right now...........thanks
  3. How about blocking of the car park and sending timber down the half drainpipe technique? Bit of a rush at the bottom but goes down them chutes quick!
  4. PeteB

    power shutdown

    Fountains run out of a depot in Ross on Wye, 01989 566964. A call to them might set you in the right direction. A previous post gave out a Derby number, is this correct?
  5. I was faced once with the comment "that's a bit steep"! I came back with "you'll happily pay your garage upwards of £375 for one man to service your car in half a day but you won't give me £450 for three men for a whole day doing dangerous dirty work for which I have to get insurance for" That has worked in the past, otherwise take it on the chin and walk away, that's business for you.
  6. Andy, now he is over 18, has your council tax gone up? if so, he could try and cover that bill at least. Did you beat him as a child - how do you get him to do all those chores? Good parenting skills or a leathering?
  7. Lombardini have taken over Kohler and t has been said that they are slow to deliver, Hancox may still be able to help you though.
  8. I'd have a look at the new GreenMech QuadChip if your after a new chipper!
  9. I remember the first Transit I used - no tipper, 4 speed, steel dashboard, no door pockets, rubber mat on the cab floor, no radio. Tied rope around brash and drove away for unloading, live line rods and brush,shovel and multi tine fork in a plastic barrel was tool storage, climbing rope was also used as lowering rope and tie down rope on lorry, Partner Pioneer chainsaws (I had 7!), monkey winch (which was rescued from a yard fire), untested tirfors and ropes, linesmans belts, donkey jackets filched from the National Coal Board or British Rail complete with orange plastic shoulders, the tartan flask in a gas mask "snap" bag, ppe consisted of overalls, miners boots and ear muffs if you were a wuss, first aid was a bog roll kept under the drivers seat, stihl saws with an exhaust smaller then the pot/piston, a tyre and red diesel to start a fire was always loaded with tools, picking up fresh clean road kill for supper, gathering mushrooms for boss after tree was on the floor, sofa cushion on metal seat of Fordson Major, "C" hooks made from axle half shafts by local blacksmith, scrapping the Chevy "Quad" that my Uncle was killed in 30 years before, the Lada Nive we had before I bought my first 109. Fond memorys all!
  10. Try Nick Jackson on 07773 365610, he bought the rights off SCH. I've his card at home if this number doesn't connect. The machine is also very similar to one sold out of Global Sales in Solihull. Ask Andy Gould on 0121 7068617.
  11. Jeez, I've been bad in my time but never that state in the morning! Are we sure he was not ill?
  12. PeteB

    Clever Wordplay

    Well done that man, go to the top of the class!
  13. PeteB

    Clever Wordplay

    Come on the Jonesie, get them written down then!
  14. Take a nine letter word, remove a letter and still have a word, remove a letter and have another word etc until you are down to one letter. Anyone know that one?
  15. Hard luck folks, Pip tried them on and they fitted! What's more to the point she loved them and they were in the sale. Try Office Shoes for a look. Not for my feet but Pip thought they were ace - they'll probably rot off of her feet before she has finished with them. Reeeeeesult!
  16. Gawd! What a mishap! To me, the rear axle is to far away from the centre axle and the wheels look like they are a different radius! I bet it is a pig to drive.
  17. It's my daughter's 11 birthday tomorrow, she has been harping on about some Converse bumper boots so I ordererd some on line. Kids size 5 in Fushcia, collected them from from the couriers and open the box before wrapping and guess what? You've got it, mens size 5 in Fuchia!?! WTF!!! Who apart from some Brighton Gay Boy orders size 5 bumper boots in Fuchia. Now faced with shopping in Leicester/Derby/Nottingham looking for the right size before her mum takes them on holiday tomorrow to Spain! OH BOLLOCKS!!!! Enjoy your weekend!
  18. Is it one of those Polish jobs that we got sent as a frre sample and rejected?
  19. If those are the options - I'd let it get very hairy!
  20. I ran one doing Over Head Lines. It worked in that application but they can be ruinously expensive. Greenmech front mounted a chipper on one for Glendales - it went to work in London and the bosses wondered why it never got used! Look at what work your doing most of, can it (and the running costs) fit into the budget whilst increasing your margin or could you manage with Landrovers or other 4x4 vehicles. Pay your money and make your choice!
  21. It was the best day of my life, I walked up the aisle, noticed how beautiful my wife looked, gave her a kiss on the lips and shut the lid!
  22. In the day, the 152 and 202 were and still can be good reliable chippers. I had an early one fitted with the round blades and it caused me no grief for the 3-4 years I owned it. PM me if you need to go further................................
  23. PeteB

    Grandad

    Congratulations to you all, very best wishes for the future.
  24. Scientists have discovered the food type that diminishes womens sex drive by 90%................. Its called wedding cake! What are the three fastest forms of communication 1. Television 2. Telephone 3. Telawomen Why do women rub their eyes when they wake up? Because they don't have any balls to scratch!

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