Dean Lofthouse
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The one thing you do get with Sycamore is showered with greenfly when working in them.
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Oh, you haven't met my wife have you Steve, she hates this site as well, this is a piccy of the last time a double glazing salesman knocked at the door. http://nemea.meccahosting.com/~a00024e5/
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Funny isn't it, how the thread goes from 180ft Elms to petrol stoves.
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No skill involved there Tony, they should do an NPTC course for a Kelly Kettle:icon14:
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Either that or he put the cork in tight just after it had boiled then let it cool. They then implode' Your right though, if you can't handle a Kelly, your a proper rookie.
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Is there an old giffas class Tony, the above would suit me fine.
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300tdi. My mates just blown his TD5 for the second time!! I think 300tdis are straight forward and easy repairs, I've got the pump off now ready for monday morning.
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22 years we,ve been together. We dont need to talk, we just know whats to do and when. I know when i've done wrong just by the vibes
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Heard of that one too Steve, something to do with the throttle spindle connections. Landrover 130s are pretty good at pulling, and carry the weight well. Just remember the 130 is beefed up the 110 isn't so will not carry weight as good. Mine has just had a new engine in and a brand new uncalibrated injector pump whic is the reason I got it cheap. Plenty of power but smokes too much so I'm now off to take the front of the landy off and remove the injector pump to take it down in the morning for calibration. Bloke says he will calibrate it the same as a disco which will give it slightly more power. Will post results on tuesday when it goes back together
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Tonic water is good for salt intake I believe, was always drilled into you in the army to drink loads and up your salt intake if sweating alot. That's why I always take a glass of salty water to bed with me
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I've got a kelley kettle??
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Our lass has just set off to work, she knows her place
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I thought the thread was about taking tops out of skinny single stem trees where you couldn't climb to the top boys ? :wave:
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I know someone who came home from the pub and made a sandwich with that posh dog food in a plastic tray. Thought it was pate. When the wife came home and asked him if he had enjoyed it he said yes, it was lovely.
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Just give her a clip round't lug hole Dave and tell her to shut her gob Then wait for the lump of three by two a few seconds later. Our lass spends much more time on freinds reunited latley......hhhmmm ???
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I think the guy said the chipper feed rate was two feet per second. Doesn't give any time at all to react. I know it would effect productivity, but the feed rate should be lowered to enable someone to react to an emergency. Perhaps there should be a maximum industry feed rate.
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I wear type a most of the time especailly in summer. Last year I suffered from heat exhaustion once, not nice. Go light headed, dizzy and nearly pass out. When your up a tree with a running saw it's not funny. On hot days with all the ppe on you really struggle to get rid of heat sometimes, I just think the risk of type a is less of a risk than heat stroke
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If I have to tie a pull rope in It is tied 4 or 5 ft above my cut, there could be 20ft of top above that cut, so the slightest of breeze holds it in place if you have to fell it into the wind and far too thin to climb to a point where the tip is handlable. I've had to tie a pull line because of the wind hundreds of times on conifers
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Nailer, I thought I filled my truck to the limit with chip :wave:
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I recommended exactly as your dad said 6 months ago, the customer thought he knew better and tried going for more. Six months down the line back to square one and we are doing as I said. Cheers Mr Ed senior, nice to be proved right.
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P.O.P D.A.D Sometimes I really do walk into things don't I?
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Yeh, he's just done the appeal for a bloke round the back of me. I have the work to do next week. Good report he did
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The fault was very low down the tree, the higher I climb above that fault the more leverage you have on that fault. If you are a foot above you only have a foot long lever, if you are 30ft above it you are imparting tremendous forces on it. Don't forget, it isn't your body weight I would worry about, it's rigging forces. The wind that day wasn't particularly strong either.
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Whats your dads initials Ed?
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If your rigging down then you have to play safe and make sure the stem at your level is bomb proof. I went to clear a fir that the top had snapped out in the wind, it had gone at a point where a washing line had been tied in, from the outside you couldn't tell. I was due to spike up it and section it down the week after, someone was looking after me that day.
