Chris Sheppard

That's a blast from the past - wasn't that in the days of dial up last I heard was you have to check online somewhere as Mr Bullman's done away with the paper counterpart now

These threads do make me chuckle. Like most of the others, I don't think there's any need for extra regulation for being able to buy saws. Personally, I feel the current certification processes are flawed to a point, but I do feel that some sort of basic training is no bad thing. Who is considered to be more "competant" ? - someone fresh out of a college/training provider with a big pile of certificates but no actual real world exerience, or someone with very few certificates but has several years of experience behind them? Maybe a better thing to be assessed in would be common sense? I can't speak for everyone, but I don't make a habit of doing something if I thought it would put me, anyone else or the surrounding area in danger (whether that be hurting someone or damaging something). Sort of back to the opening post though, a few weeks ago we were a day or so into a job and were going to go back to finish it off the following monday, but over the weekend the climber hurt his shoulder and couldn't climb so we had a chat about it and I did it. They weren't big or difficult, but it meant puttting on harness and spikes for the first time ever, along with using a top handle up a tree. Got it done, admitedly slower than a proper climber would have done, but everyone went home in tact. Does that mke me a bad person becasue I've not got the "right" certificates? Scariest part of the day; up a set of ladders with a set of loppers - bet there's more accidents with ladders than there are with chainsaws.........

But it doesn't say that. It says show how " n squared - n -90=0 " and the only way I can see to do that is to find n. If they wantd an equation for the probability, then surely they'd have asked for it?

Ah, but all it asks is to show how " n squared - n -90=0 ", nothign to do with the probability bit - surely by working out what "n" is, that's enough?

Just read about this and can't help but think kids are getting it easier than we did. https://uk.news.yahoo.com/tricky-gcse-exam-paper-trends-twitter-083604261.html#F13AwBR (Copied from the link above) This is the question: There are n sweets in a bag. Six of the sweets are orange. The rest of the sweets are yellow. Hannah takes a sweet from the bag. She eats the sweet. Hannah then takes at random another sweet from the bag. She eats the sweet. The probability that Hannah eats two orange sweets is 1/3. Show that n²-n-90=0 I don't profess to be a maths whiz, and left school over 15 years ago, but it took all of about a minute to work out (maybe I've over simplified it, or even got it wrong?) n squared - n - 90 = 0 so, n squared - n = 0 + 90 (add 90 to each side) so n squared = 90 + n (add n to each side) bearing in mind there can't be any part sweets, a quick try of n = 9 didn't work (9 x 9 being only 81) so tried n = 10 10 squared = 100 or 10 x 10 = 90 +10 Maybe I've missed summat, but surely that shows what they ask?

Lit ours tonight but it's wild out so it doesn't seem so crazy despite it being June

I think it belongs to a member on here - definitely seen the second picture somewhere before. I like it.

For a petrol powered splitter, it does seem not badly priced. I'd guess it's not going to be particularly fast or robust, but for domestic use I think it looks pretty good.

That good?! I liked my old sierra No experience of the Great Wall's other than there's more and more of them appearing round us.

I really liked those old stihl boots, well eventually. They were awful for a while but once they bedded in the pair I had were comfy. Never had a pair of the Oregon greens but did have a pair of Black oregon's with red soles in the late 90's - never seen another pair but they were just like an army boot but with a an extra tongue made of saw protection sewn in under the normal one. Have a feeling they'd been sat on a helf at the dealer's for a lot of years before I ended up with them.

As wide as that?

6ft, smidge over 13st at mo but seems to be dropping.

What about some comfy thin gloves and a pair of bigger welding gloves?

No, it pushes it OK. Have tried both .325 and 3/8ths on 18" on the 357 and if anything I prefer the 3/8ths on it.

No, but I like it I did think it looked slow in the video too, but watching the guys in the video, I'd guess they were mainly Uniforest emloyees rather than actual cutters and given that it's a biggish winch I'd expect it would pull a lot more each snig than they were doing. I'd guess with the right Spar tree at the top, it woud be possible to work across the bank in a fan fashion so it would just mean repositioning the bottom end a few times before repositioning the top. I did have to chickle at the "braces" they'd propped up against one of the spars though

Just had a look at the video of the mini skyline, it looks a useful set up. I've seen a similar system before (but a lot smaller and operated mechanically using ropes on the triggers/brakesfrom memory) which I think was by Maxwald. I'm surprised there's not been more of this sort of set up available sooner. [ame] [/ame]

Shortly after my parents moved into one house (a new build), Dad was digging out for some footings for a shed and uncovered a full pallet of roofing tiles, still strapped up and still on the pallet He was more chuffed than owt as he needed some to match the house for the buuilding he was digging the footings for

I think that's got to be the coolest looking vehicle I've ever seen. Ever.

Like Tom says, don't skimp on tyres - ag tyres are ok if you're just running across cleanish ground or soft brash or really careful, but first time you either have to roll a wheel and tyre out of the wood or cut a track in for a tyre fitter, you'll wish you'd spent the extra.

If it were me, I'd be binning the 30" bar for something better suited to that size saw (18-20") but oiling wise, first thing I'd check is that the oil hole in the bar is clear and the rails are clear too - could be as simple as that.

The last pair of Husky functionals I bought lasted really well and weren't dear. I keep thinking I shold get a fresh pair but they just keep going. Only had to do a bit of stiching round the nuts once or twice but every pair of saw kegs I've had have needed the same.

Not as powerful as you want and belt driven but I've been impressed with the predator 28 diesel on tracks. We've had one at work for something like a couple of years now and it's been really good. It's never going to be as fast as one of the big carltons but it's easy to forget it's only 28 hp as it's reallly torquey.

That. Is. Cool.

£27 a year here I think. We didn't bother as we've hardly any grass anyway so got a composter instead. Made it a bit harder to get rid of other garden stuff but not impossible.....

Usually unload a big saw.