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  1. Mike Hill
    Might be a guy in Mendip?
  2. Mike Hill
    I think alot of Swede's realise that they have now to help carry the can to keep Putin in his box. The Swedes have enjoyed their ( almost) neutrality whilst others have done the fighting, also the fact that the Swedes have run down their forces to the absolute minimum means they really need some friends in the region. Sweden used to make pretty much all their own kit, from packs to fighter planes .
  3. Mike Hill
    If she was anything like Jacinda Arden, then probably continued working in a Chippy.
  4. Mike Hill
    Those boors with the triconis will be hopeless on anything other than rock. The mud forms an almost instant second sole that falls off repeatedly. Spiked soles with a couple of triconis on the edges are really good. Remember to get a propper tool to use replacing the spikes, golf shoe tools are a bit soft. I wore these for years. Wesco® | Stock Boots BUILDER.WESCOBOOTS.COM
  5. Mike Hill
    One of my Grandads was an Aircraft mechanic/ Pilot during the war. He travelled to the UK in 1939 as some of his mates in the New Zealand reserves wanted in on the action. After attaching to the RAF he was transfered to the RNZAF in the Pacific then to the American's. He was in the Victory parade in London. Anyhow one of his mates gave him a spanner from George Gibsons Lancaster. It was rattling around in the wheel well and its all worn down on one side. His mate stamped it with his name and some other numbers but it been years since I have seen it last.
  6. Mike Hill
    Did they have a dog?
  7. Mike Hill
    I think its very nice of your King Charles to bestow Scotland the gift of this new Electricity project. Imagine the jobs it will create.
  8. Mike Hill

    Ripsaw???

    Mike Hill replied to Rob1982's topic in Chainsaws

    @Rob1982 /assets/static/govuk-opengraph-image-dade2dad5775023b0568381c4c074b86318194edb36d3d68df721eea7deeac4b.png Tax and customs for goods sent from abroad: Tax and duty - GOV.UK WWW.GOV.UK VAT, duty and customs declarations for goods received by post or courier - paying, collecting your goods, getting... Give them a call or Email them, that way you will know for sure. Much better than buying a saw from a " Rebuilder" in the UK who bodged it together with the guts of two roasted saws and the contents of his late grandads tool box.
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    Ripsaw???

    Mike Hill replied to Rob1982's topic in Chainsaws

    I got a rebuilt saw sent to Norway from the states for £60. I would choose an American saw builder over a UK one for the simple abundance of new cheap parts there. I asked for a saw to be rebuilt with all new parts and that is exactly what I got, well with the exception of the crankcase. Quality costs but no one regrets it.
  10. Mike Hill
    Well I would first find out by calling every company within a realistic radius of your home what the demand is for cutters. Then plan your approach depending on the results. No point in spending money on tickets that there is no demand for.
  11. Mike Hill
    Do you have any experiance clear felling or thinning in commercial forestry?
  12. Mike Hill
    You are in that bind between ambition and experience, its hard to get taken on without experience as most outfits won't train up guys as its just not worth the hassel. I take it you want to be a timber faller rather than an Arborist?
  13. Mike Hill
    I got higher than you did at Glastonbury.Seems like I enjoyed myself more too.
  14. Mike Hill
    Does anyone remember that film of the French " tutor's" taking down that whopping Leb Ceder with a crane? It was an absolute gong show. Love to see it again.
  15. Mike Hill
    I offer you £595 worth of my most powerful Magic Spells.
  16. Mike Hill
    Honking great Sitka on a frosty spring morning. First serious outing with my crisp new MS200T. All new parts except the crankcase, my god what a saw! I will open up the muffler and give it a retune. I bought it from the States for about £600.
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    I guess you could say that Jøtul is specifically designed not too. Since the heat is ment to radiate out the front/ top/ sides. Putting a stove in an alcove is a peculier British thing to do. Send them an Email and ask? I bet they answer quickly. Kontakt | Jotul WWW.JOTUL.NO Jøtuls opprinnelse skriver seg tilbake til Kværner Brug, som ble grunnlagt utenfor Christiania i 1853. Besøker du... I had two stoves just like yours, both were free standing. Even then I swapped one out for something bigger, the other chimney I blocked off.
  19. Mike Hill
    Those stoves are ment to be free standing, you have a dampner top right be the looks of it. Putting it inside a mansonry alcove which is a giant heat sink probably means you get about 2kw out the front of that. Plus most every Jøtul has a section of pipe exposed over here, as the pipe does a 90 deg turn before it meets a chimney. You get alot of heat from that pipe section.
  20. Mike Hill
    Would that be because they dont make parts for them any longer?
  21. Mike Hill
    As a runner for occasional use £50?
  22. Mike Hill
    Free climbing up to your intended anchor point is the prefered method. It shows you have a head for hights and a flair for avant gard treework. I like to wear my helmet set at a jaunty angle, not to mention my harlequin patterned chainsaw trousers remind any casual observers that to me this job is merely a way to earn a living.
  23. Mike Hill
    The wood from that tree would be dumped as landfill. I might be able to get rid of it for free but the skip lorry costs €100 per hour ,so a job close to the landfill might be cheaper than a free tip site further away. As good as Beech might be for firewood we dont have the climate to dry it. Last year I did a big job where by I could trade the disposal of the logs against their value. However that was a first in 16 years as the many tens of tons had some nice saw logs amongst it as well as dead(ish) Ash that could be sold once split.
  24. Mike Hill
    Ok Without all the " maybe's" , tree down and gone. You price for all the disposal , nothing back to your yard. For arguements sake the tree is 30 minutes drive from base and the client accepted your terms on the first vist. How much would your price be?
  25. Mike Hill
    How much would you do it for Monsieur?

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