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skyhuck

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  1. Why does the first email go into spam, but not the second???
  2. May seem a waste, but sometimes thats just good business, if you don't burn wood yourself or sell fire wood, then why go to the troubled of moving and storing it, better to burn on site and pick up the cheque.
  3. I don't see how chains and bars can be easier to maintain? I've always gone for TT circular saw blades on my processors. I've never had a moments trouble with them, cut fast and smooth and stay sharp for years, IME. Admittedly I've no experience of any processors running chains, but have plenty of experience of chains and bars, they do require a fair bit of maintenance, IME.
  4. You think a chipper trumps a child?????????? I truly hope you are childless!!!!
  5. Do you have a 45 gallon drum? You could fill it using a 25L drum to a point where the tractor can only just lift it, water weighs 1KG per litre, so you will know the weight.
  6. Yes, top link or just a chain to make it impossible for the PTO shaft to telescope out and separate would be very sensible.
  7. Why would the seller care??? Their only interest will be in your cheque clearing
  8. I would not worry about it fatyre.
  9. Its a technical term:biggrin:
  10. I took some of the meat off the out side of the whole gaff, making it slimmer, then just sharpened the tip again.
  11. I've had my Gecko's for 8 or 9 years (I think), up until recently I've only ever sharpened them with a small flat flat file, manly taking off from the bottom of the inner side, you must keep the point on the very outer point off the tip. Recently I took some meat off the the whole gaff with an angle grinder, they are working really, really well now:thumbup1:
  12. Most processors are fine sat on the ground with just the PTO connected, no need to be connected to the linkage, you can move it around with the loader.
  13. If your unable to sleep in to catch up or nap in the afternoon you will be sleep deprived. I generally wake at 5.30 to 6 am every day, but if I've had a late night I will fall asleep in the chair after tea and catch up. Sleep depravation is very debilitating and can actually kill if taken to extreme I believe, its a recognised torture technique.
  14. Theres some money there, must be pretty stressful laying out that sort of cash on trees, but will be very satisfying once they are all established
  15. How would people feel about people doing a bit of minicab driving on the side?? Would you want your daughter/mother collected by an unlicensed cab?? Would they want an uninsured tree surgeon working at their elderly mothers home??
  16. ELI may save you in the situation I described. Should be covered by PLI (not a legal requirement), but if you had that and not ELI, they may try to get out of covering you, with both you should be sorted, IMO.
  17. Once he's in the hospital with a serious injury, the facts will mean little, it will all be down to what you can prove and what his "No win no fee" outfit can make stick. "yes he said if I helped it would be cheaper, I had no idea it was so dangerous and assumed he was insured":sneaky2: I would not want to risk it.
  18. If you feel the need to tell everyone how positive you are, I'm inclined to think you are trying to convince yourself, not just those you are telling.
  19. I recon most of them were capable of dealing with their punters
  20. The good news is its decent firewood, dries fast, stayed dry and is a pretty long lasting burn, not fast like Birch.

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