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  1. Canal Navvy
    The 1897 act reminds me of the medieval market overts that ceased to be in 1995. I suspect that disposal of assets without the loser having an equal likelihood of seeing them advertised would be open to legal challenge
  2. Canal Navvy
    There was me thinking that one of the few benefits of modern dealer only serviceable electronics was that in the event of a theft I stood a chance of seeing it back ?
  3. Canal Navvy
    Mind boggling how you'd stand legally if you were found in possession of stolen goods purchased in good faith from the police ?
  4. Canal Navvy
    Ouch, hope it heals well. My first ever silky bit me before it ever bit wood,....... taught me to respect it before I climbed with it though. My current top blood letter is the wheel clamp on the new trailer ?
  5. Canal Navvy
    I've been very happy with my 260 & have had no problems at all with it. I find that it cuts faster than a friends 346 ?
  6. Canal Navvy
    I've never had any problems working plant on pavements or across highways. Being polite to passers by and keeping swept up is the key I think ?
  7. Canal Navvy
    Low tyre pressures do increase flotation and really do help with self cleaning. Low pressure and high speeds can overheat the tyre, worth looking up what the manufacturer states the rolling radius should be. Low pressure and heavy pulling has been known to spin the tyre on the rim (quickly wrecks the beads), correct fitting lubricants such as Michelin agrilube do help glue the tyre in place.
  8. Canal Navvy
    Conservation contractors seem to completely destroy their restoration projects by carelessly burning them down with regularity. I'd guess that trying to combine always having a roll up on the go with having to be in the pub by 3.30 doesn't leave much room for error. ?
  9. Canal Navvy
    The larger peak on the forestry helmet over the climbing ones is supposed to give more protection to the face from kickback apparently. Personally I use a kask/stein for everything and stay aware of where my saw could go ?
  10. Canal Navvy
    Took ages for codwood to cotton on, was even talking about engaging a silk ?
  11. Canal Navvy
    Yup....... Built on insufficient foundations and still awarded £25,000 in damages. I could think of some people who'd see it as a way of circumventing a TPO ?
  12. Canal Navvy
    The Bristol case with the conservatory springs to mind ?
  13. Canal Navvy
    I usually slip the old olive over a parallel punch, open the jaws of a vice slightly to support them and gently tap the sides to expand it. Works a treat
  14. Canal Navvy
    My victim was leaking back into the reservoir, so not any external signs. Most of the time the clutch was good, just occasionally the pedal stayed on the floor. It drove the owner half mad
  15. Canal Navvy
    I've come across similar symptoms on a 7 1/2 horse box lorry. Part way down the pedal stroke a spring went over centre and gave assistance, it relied on the clutch springs to push it back overcentre on the return. A slightly dodgy master cylinder let the fluid go early and the pedal would stay down.
  16. Canal Navvy
    I've been told that by someone in the trade too ................ only wish my petrol powered kit agreed
  17. Canal Navvy
    Scottish & Southern Electricity Mercedes Sprinter on BFG mud terrains, ladders on roof rack & equipped for work ..... 24 mpg Sometimes I suspect that I'm a nosy bugger
  18. Canal Navvy
    That's a poor excuse to show off your new toy you flash git ........................... jealous ?, who me ? . Still lusting after an engcon here
  19. Canal Navvy
    Measure what ? , the extent of the damage ?
  20. Canal Navvy
    I wonder if a bulk blower wagon could collect the chip & blow it in for you
  21. Canal Navvy
    If you're using a saw at the moment concentrate on using the chainbrake before you move and keep the saw out of your bodyline. Don't forget to put down the visor & muffs. Enjoy it and it'll be fine, they all do want you to pass.
  22. Canal Navvy
    He should be charged with arson when he burns his own churches down too (or she)
  23. Canal Navvy
    Looks like the sat nav wants rebooting ;-)
  24. Canal Navvy
    Starting with a stick welder (MMA, manual metal arc) makes a lot of sense to me. You can use any old scrap to learn on and if you don't control the arc it will let you know by the slag inclusions. Once you've learnt to watch and manipulate the weld pool then try a MIG (metal inert gas, or more accurately MAG , metal active gas also GMAW) . That will teach a good lesson in cleanliness of materials and keeping things dry, which will feed back into stick which also prefers things clean & dry. That should set you up with the skills to weld most of the items you are likely to come across.
  25. Canal Navvy
    In the perfect world they'd be compared on near identical chains and also on the most up to date chain from the respective manufacturer

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