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  1. Dean Lofthouse
    Also, if it's one of the cheap red B&S engines, I have known the inlet or exhaust valve to stick open slightly after long periods of inactivity. When the engine was stopped, if one of the valve is open and the shiney bit of the stem of the valveexposed, it gets a slight surface rust on and when you then turn it over the surface rust stops the valve closing fully. Just something else to have a ganders at
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    If it's been sat for a while you will need to drain our the old fuel from the carb and tank and put in fresh
  3. Dean Lofthouse
    Got a Mog CTS..............kept that one quiet ! Come on lets have some piccies
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    I think many are forgetting just how much you do actually know and understand.. You can teach someone the basics in a week no worries......... but that is not skill you are teaching them. There are thousands upon thousands of little snippits of information that take decades to learn. There are people on here that have been in tree work for decades and are STILL learning. So please done spue rubbish that tree work can be learned in a week and is un-skilled Most of us on here are still at the bottom of the ladder with vast quantities of information and skill still to learn Anyone can take a tree down....yes Given some bits of equipment and a days training I could take out your appenedix, whether its done right or you die from a secondary infection or internal bleeding is a different matter
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    Only because it was part of the British Empire
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    I dont think I've ever seen one over here but in Auss they are ten a penny
  7. Dean Lofthouse
    Tried the blackwidow for throwline and it was ok if the tree is no more than 10ft high
  8. Dean Lofthouse
    There are a vast number of working landcruisers in auss Sawdust, we just dont see them over here, I reckon they will be on par if not well above landrover for a reliable work motor My landrover works hard but gets maintained hard My Landcruiser I did work hard and it suffered very little ill effects, it used to pull a huge 3.5t exhibition unit three days a week and then pulled my MEWP on and off road with ease Each to there own, I like both but the landcruiser deffo wins hands down for reliability
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    Tommy, your carvings always mesmerise me, I especailly like the Stirling carving of the trunk, gradually seeing a masterpiece emerge bit by bit. Do you just work from your minds eye or do you scribble something on paper as a starting point and work or vary it from there
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    I'm of the same thought train as most in that skill comes with experience not pieces of paper. Peices of paper say you have a basic understanding. Dis-mantling a huge awkward or storm damaged tensioned up tree requires skill and planning and an understanding of the technical side of things to do it safely and competently. We've all done made cuts to a tensioned branch with some degree of uncertainty, but to do it with certainty is where skill comes in. I'm sick to death of coming across people of all trades that are supposed "technicians" and they are nothing without diagnostic equipment. I do not believe qualifications make you skilled, they give you a basic platform to work from thats all.
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    Bob might be interested in it then, the one he's got only does half cups
  12. Dean Lofthouse
    Does it make a brew Rich
  13. Dean Lofthouse
    So you got a camera for your birthday, what else did you get ??
  14. Dean Lofthouse
    I'm nuff skilled me !!
  15. Dean Lofthouse
    haaaa but it all depends on what tyres you put on them, I personally prefer the anacondas for off road
  16. Dean Lofthouse
    He's been quiet as a mouse lately
  17. Dean Lofthouse
    I've got both, they dont. My landrover has done 150K and I've replaced everthing except the chassis, cab and rear axle. I've just chucked in my Landcruiser Amazon for a new one, that had done 350K in which time I had to replace the alternator. It went with no rattles or squeaks and was good for anothr 350K
  18. Dean Lofthouse
    Signed today Cordwood so legally yes, I've just got to wait another 5 week or so to finalise by registering first title on their bit, mine is all nice and neat being already titled. I should be able to start fencing etc shortly
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    My customers wouldn't take kindly to me layering their Yews and then coming back in twelve months to harvest I haven't got any Yew of my own so have to plant cuttings from trimmed or removed yews
  20. Dean Lofthouse
    They did it to me at toyota when I was looking at an Amazon, I ended up buying one elsewhere.. Then my mate drove my amazon and decided he wanted a one and went down to buy a brand new new shaped one which had just been launched. He went straight from a ride out on his horse jodpurs an all. They treat him like a pratt when he asked if they had a car he could test drive now, they told him they couldn't get one for ages. He said well I'm wanting one now, but they still couldn't help and didn't take him seriously. So he walked next door to landrover and bought the highest spec one he could there and then, then went back next door and told them. My mate had just retired mid 40's after selling his company for around £12M
  21. Dean Lofthouse
    I've heard it's very difficult growing from seed
  22. Dean Lofthouse
    Took the stems I have taken the cutting from down to the wood and just whacked them into a four year old chip pile, if these put down roots I'll be gobsmacked
  23. Dean Lofthouse
    Looks like you were leading the way there Liam not me and you had a Jack Daniels tee shirt on to boot
  24. Dean Lofthouse
    I always used to call on the grandparents in those situations
  25. Dean Lofthouse
    No such thing as "can't" Mr Bullman, holidays can be cancelled or wedding invitations turned down, if it's your own wedding you can re-schedule it . I found the show very traumatic, in less than 3 minutes of walking through the gates I had seen loads of people I knew and had a pint of beer thrust in my hand and a burger rammed down my throat. I couldn't get round to see the stalls on the first day because of the gossip to catch up on and the bar was readily throwing beers down my neck. On the second day I then had to wade through people with hangovers and endure a competition tree climb with a minging head, which was cured with more beer. After a day and a half I finally managed to have a proper look round the retailers stands

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