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skyhuck

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  1. There is a bill being passed that will make ALL current EU legislation become UK legislation. Any changes will then need to be made by parliament.
  2. Exactly!!! An EU citizen can demand the same rights in our country as a Brit and we can demand the same in other EU countries. The problem is we have the very best of everything and many of them have FA, so it works real well for them, but for us…not so much
  3. Burns well once dry, if a little faster than other hardwoods, IME.
  4. Thats brill!! thanks for sharing
  5. What utter cobblers!!! Sure the maximum hours is an EU thing, which can be got round and has caused more hassle than good. But minimum wage is nothing to do with them. We are far ahead of most EU countries when it comes to human right and always have been. The guff the remoaners come out with is simply laughable
  6. We voted for a "Common market" not a "Common government".
  7. How many firefighters were badly injured in the fire?
  8. I think the police are investigating the legality of the cladding used.
  9. Everyone who's council house burns down due to shoddy work, carried out by the council or their contractors certainly should and plent more besides I would hope!!!!
  10. One of the main things to keep in mind is strop/chain positioning. You need to be starting your cut under the "lift point" i.e. where the strop/chain goes up from the log to the crane, so as you make your cut its opening and freeing the saw. If you get this wrong its very easy to get your saw trapped. You should watch your cut as your making it, if it starts closing you need a little more tension, if its opening any more than the width of the saw chain, there is probably too much. 9 times out of 10 I simply cut straight through.
  11. Exactly, hardly the actions of of the leader of a religion of hate, with no respect for authority.
  12. I'm just shocked that these bloodthirsty members of this violent, religion of hate, that some of you keep telling me about, did not beat the driver to death?
  13. I never have issues with my chest, but my sinuses do give me a bit of jip. I find sniffing water up my nose in the shower and the blowing it out really helps. Sorry I know its a bit gross, but I do find its very helpful.
  14. Stunning, simply stunning, long may it continue!!!:thumbup:
  15. It produces a stock-proof barrier, almost like a growing fence. A hedge thats just flailed back, generally ends up with gaps low down, where lambs or even sheep may get out.
  16. http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/general-chat/173-how-why-did-you-get-into-treework.html:001_smile:
  17. I got married at aged 20, we rented a house that had an open fire, and estate I rent from had a lot of dead elms, as a boy I had always gone with my dad to cut down dead or unwanted trees for the fire wood, so I bought a secondhand husky 266 with 20 inch bar and started felling at the weekend and cutting up for fire wood. Then got £500 gas bill so fitted wood burner with back boiler and upped production. At the time i was working in a foundry, but slipped a disc in my neck while grinding the snots of castings, while of ill I must of been walking bad with my head up and slipped a disc in my back. After 2 months on the sick I got sacked, I'd not worked there long enough to take them to tribunal. So started working as a window cleaner, I like being outside, but found it boring and repetitive. I saw job advert for grounds man, but it said you needed your NPTC, I rang and said I had no ticket, but I had my own saw and was very keen. I started on £30 a day with my own saw self-employed. I worked with a very good climber and thought i'd love to do that. I sold my push bike for £200 and bought some second hand climbing gear. I climbed at work whenever I could and went out at the weekend and dismantled dead elms. After getting a bit more experience I went and got assessed for tickets 20,21 and 22. The two climbers where I was working left to setup on their own, so I left with them, didn't work out. Started subbing to a couple of firms,one was a long established firm that felled for timber,the boss was a great guy who taught me more than any one before or since. Needed more climbing as both firms would keep me going full time, but not always climbing, so did a days trial for fountain forestry ,as it was called then, they said they'd give me as many days as i wanted. All went well for a while working for the 3 firms,then the taxman changed the rules on labour only rubies and fountain decided they were not having any subies at all. I went to the taxman and got a letter to say I was OK, but they said there were no exceptions and they wanted me to go employed, so I borrowed some money, bought a chipper and subbed to them as a small two man crew and advertised for domestic work. I've never looked back, when the rain is running down the back of my neck I just think back to my days in the foundry and remember how lucky I am.
  18. Excellent firewood IME. I would have no issue selling a load of just sycamore, so long as it was nice and dry.
  19. Nice one Angus!!!:congrats::congrats:

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