Chris Sheppard

Had never thought of that Best place for it is the bin

We use Bio oil at work and IMO I much prefer the old non bio stuff for it's lubrication properties. Oregon and Husky were the ones I always liked, didn't get on with the stihl one and the odd samples of bio I tried in my own saws weren't great - chains always seemed to stretch real quickly and bars got slack. Did anyone else ever see that stuff Oregon were trying to sell where you mixed a small amount of it with water and that was your chain "oil" ? Got given a sample bottle, used it for 10 minutes and decided it was complete S*%t.

I've always ended up using Oregon oil - never had any probs. Don't be tempted to use the cheap rubbish you can pick up in petrol stations - I had to one day and ended up with about 300ml of oil into 5l of petrol before I'd chance it Daft thing was it didn't even smoke much

I leave mine til it starts to annoy me and then it gets a run over with the head clippers. Am too lazy to shave properly. Did like the post about not getting anywhere in Forestry without a beard - enough justification for me

Usually 27 tonne (ish) for an artic - 18 ish for a n 8 wheeler

Totally agree, think some of the problem is when people think they know it all and have no more to learn - my boss for one.

According to that then Arb work has a good enough safety record not to be in the top ten

Might be because in the U.k, there's only a tiny number of people in Forestry whereas abroad Forestry is still a big industry. Reckon the reason Farming has so many casualties is largely down to the large numbers of Numpties that are found within farming

Gotcha - got me wires crossed a bit somewhere

Same here - I fancy British Columbia or Alberta though. Flying out for a fortnights camping though in 6 weeks time

Aren't the pre td5 110 rear axles a Salisbury anyway? You learn something new every day - I'd always thought the front axles were the same on 90s, 110s and 130s

Problem with the ex utility 130s seems to be that when LR Special Vehicles put them together they used bits from all over the LR range. It's possible that someone at some point has used parts that were for a standard 110/130 and not the upgraded bits as originally fitted (if that makes sense) I know when I needed pads for mine we ended up drawing round the pads so the supplier could check each time a set got delivered - took 4 attempts to get the right ones. I've a pair of rear caliper repair kits (new pistons and seals) for sale if you need them - bought them for mine and didn't need them in the end.

Well that's strange, both the yellow pages and the regional newspaper we advertised one of our other business in wanted paying up front

Thanks for a great day guys, as mentioned above a good opportunity to put faces to names. Really enjoyed myself, climbed my first tree (even if it wasn't very far up I went) but definately gonna give it another go! Thanks Dean for letting us use eyour wood and feeding us and thanks Pete for helping me out in the tree Sooooooooooo...................... .................when we doing something similar again?

Thats like the one we have

We have one of those waste wood boilers at work that are just like a straw bale boiler but a bit smaller and it burns all the wood that's no good for firewood and most of the slabwood from the sawmill. For it's size (approx6ft tall x5 across and 6 Deep) it kicks out some heat - it heats a massive house (Estate owners Eldest Son lives there) and their swimming Pool. There must be smaller models available somewhere. Pellets are a good fuel but IMO won't catch on over here for the forseeable future and there isn't the supply infrastructure in place yet (there was a planning application just been refused for a peelet plant near us that was going to be producing 50,000 tonnes a year!) Chips seem to work well in big sysytems such as for groups of houses or tower blocks (I was quite impressed when we went to look at the system South Yorkshire Council use in there tower blocks - was one of the site visits we did as part of the IGNITE course) Asmentioned before though - very bulky to store, not great to handle, chip quality often dubious and automated syatems have a tendency to clog the augers if the chips aint perfect. My thoughts, especially if you've acces to Arb waste, would be a decent waste wood boiler.

All being well I'll still be coming

Braces for me too.

A terrible loss, Condolences to the family.

I hope so, my boss is Mr Health and Safety and makes it hard work re PPE. Worst of it is he still thinks it's the 1990's and won't accept things have moved on in the Timber industry I don't climb at all (still a hairy ar*ed woodman at the mo) but hopefully gonna do something about that in the near future

I've always wondered why chainsaw gloves are a requirement? I find them cumbersome and can't see how you'd ever manage to hit the back of your left hand anyway

Who you calling a southerner? :wave: All in all though he was good to deal with - I never disputed that - I'd go back to him for another one! Insa Turbos are a good tyre but being a remould they don't last like a BFG - I'd rather pay the £500 for BFGs but get lots of miles out of them than go through 2 or three pairs of remoulds @ £250 -£300 but that's just my thoughts. Think it's the weight of a loaded 130 that helps scrubs them off though - we have insa turbo rangers (BFG a/t pattern) on the jimny and they're fine. on the 130 theme though, Sadly mine's going up for sale soon - since I've stopped contracting and my firewood supply is drying up I don't think I can justify running it anymore Probably going to end up with another Discovery or maybe a 4.2 landcruiser VX

Hopefully I'll be able to make it, even if it's not for the full day - will know better later in the week

They tried it on the Farm at work - apparently you need a conical screw type splitter as the chips need to be flat and square, ideally about 4 inches across. Doesn't seem to suit our climate very well (or at least not locally) and turnes to a manky swamp in no time.

Pop my name down too please :wave: