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If its a drum braked axle, we have the answer! My old 110 wouldn't even lock the back wheels up on gravel, yet would sail through the MOT on the brake tester!

Any news on Brandy's leg?

:wave:FANTASTIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:wave: That must of took some real guts to do that!!!

Matt, If you don't mind me asking, where did you learn to weld? I see a lot of the guys on here can do. I might go to night school. What sort of welding plant have you got? I'm looking in to buying one myself to do little projects like your bumper?

Good luck buddy, can't of been an easy decision. I can understand where you and others are coming from though. I mean, do I REALLY still want to be doing this when I'm sixty?!! I think youve got to strike a balance between doing the work we love, earning a decent crust, and having a back up plan for emergencies and old age! Please let me know if anyone's managed it?!!

I'm getting close to the threshold now, but it would never of even occured ro me to start charging it until I'd got a number. Used to work for a bloke who tried it once on a doctor to get more cash out of him, but he asked for a VAT receipt!

I'd like to second that notion! I'm sure that the ones that look suprised at the quote, would be more suprised at the price of a chipper and saws! "We don't all pay 99 quid at B & Q Sir....."

That is the definate down side,I tend to find they can almost become a chore over the winter months as I don't get time to enjoy them. Got two aswel, fell pony and a clydesdale. Try to get home before its dark to get jobs done, even if it means I'm out quoting in the dark afterwards!

Do you get paid for scout work, or is it a voluntry thing. Our local group closed, apparently due to lack of support?!!

You Have my sympathy, not got kids, but I'm sure our horses are more work! how many you got?

Just sitting here idling away time until dinners cooked, and started wondering what the rest of you get up to when not buggering about with trees, or spending hours infront of the P.C. on a certain Arb forum?!! Surely our whole lives can't revolve around tree work?! (although mine sometimes seems to!)

Don't have any pictures of him, but we used to have a German Shepard that would start to growl and snarl at the word, "Pikey!" Had to nip to the dentist one afternoon, and being as it was a hot day and the saws were in the bag of the high sided transit, I left Nash in there too! When I came out about twenty minutes later, found him quite merrily chewing on the sleeve of a padded shirt! Never did find out where it came from, I can only assume that there is someone out there who will think twice about reaching into someone elses truck!

"Do you think you could dig that out?" As the customer points to the worlds biggest Ash Stump! "You've got more chance of S**ting Stawberrys!" As I reply!

Seemingly one that can't spell either?!!

Now hang on, I never ACTUALLY said thad I WAS old, just that I sometimes FEEL old! What Can I say...?!! I'm a very ahrd working member of the youth of today?!