Tom D

If limbs break then its the owner of the tree who is responsible. I have little sympathy however for people who buy houses only to complain about the neighbours trees shortly after. They were there when you bought it! There's far too many people who don't want to take responsibility for anything these days, buying a house is a very big decision, taking the time to look around the place and spot potential problems like this should be something everyone should do. You only have yourself to blame if the neighbours tree comes into leaf and blocks all your light.

Thanks for the replies, no negatives, which is good.

I might see if I can get a test drive this weekend:001_smile:

I've never owned a mog, but I've driven a few. I'd say that comparing the costs of running a mog with a landy is like comparing the costs of running a lawnmower with a car. An expensive bill for the landy might be £800 for a gearbox or £2k for an engine. you could easily spend £20 000 on the same for a mog. Plus red diesel isn't any where near as cheap as it was a few years ago, and your mog will drink a lot of it. Having said that I have spent tha last week wishing I had one.

Not as a work truck! Thinking of getting of one of these as a family car, boring I know but practical. Clarkson raved about it. Jeremy Clarkson Skoda Octavia Scout 1.8 TSI review | Driving - Times Online But has anyone got one? I'd love an owners oppinion.

Exposing a Karibiner to the cold may make it more brittle, hovever as soon as its warmed up again it will be just as good as it was before. No need to retire it. If cold permanently dammaged aluminium alloy airliners would fall from the sky the frrst time thay went to high altitude. I don't know what the manufacturers minimum temperature will be, but I'll bet I give in before it gets that cold.

I'd still check the engine earth strap Darren, its a common cause of poor starting, the cold weakens the battery and it becomes apparent. Air in the fuel isn't good but I can't think why that would only happen when its cold.

Nice work, are you based on Mull?

another one..

Its pretty windy here now, we have had a load of hail and powder which is drifting badly. I probably won't get much done for the rest of the week.

I haven't noticed the diff lock making me slide, however I drive with the diff locked as soon as the road is white, regardless of wether I need it. This is because it helps you stop so much better especially if you are towing. If you don't beleive me try 2 test emergency stops, one locked and one normal, the front wheels will lock much easier without the diff locked. I have even used this method on a dry motorway, you suddenly get someone brake hard in front of you while you're towing a heavy load. Just rtam in the diff lock and break hard and you will definately stop quicker.

Thats been my experience with branded tyres as opposed to remoulds. The difference in ride quality is the best thing. I The pirelli scorpions that I had before are essentially a copy of the old BFG muds, they lasted 51k. The kumhos that I have now are excellent, I prefer a unidirectional tread, especially on the snow.

I will get you some, we will hopefully get the job to take the rest of it down. the Kd was hidden in an included bark union which was full of aerial roots. probably about 8feet up.

A few pics after we had a go at clearing up.

There's a golf GTI and a 1 week old bmw under this! Luckily there was no one underneath at the time, happened at lunch time yesterday.

Certainly do...got 9" now:001_smile: Just had thunder and lightening too.

My lab (1/4 springer) will jump fences, however I either get him to jump at the gate or I lay my leg along the barbed wire and he jumps over that.

Snowing hard here, already got 6".

He means swearing.. even if you mix up the letters.. its still offensive to some. Either don't do it or spell it properly and let the swear filter blot it out.

This will probaqbly be the first year that I run out before the winter is over, I have sold over 30 bulk bags in the last 3 weeks, and because 2008 was a slow year in terms of take downs I have less wood to sell.

My 362 is definately better now than when I bought it at cappel.

If you have been trading for a year its very easy to work out your day rate. Ignore what your accounts say and look at your bank statements. Go back over the last 12 months and add up all the money you paid in, thats your turnover. then add up all the money you paid out, including to yourself ( this should be less than the turnover:001_smile:). Divide your outgoings by 190 as this is a realistic estimate of the days that you are likely to work. That will give you your break even day rate. This is NOT what you should charge. You should add your desired profit margin to this and work on the basis that you NEVER go lower than that figure, not even for the sweetest old lady. So long as you haven't dramatically changed your outgoings since the statements that you based your calculationsd on this is a foolproof method of making sure that you always make money. And finally if you can't stick to your day rate and keep doing jobs for less for any reason, than you are not cut out to be a businessman and should go and get a job working for someone else instead.

psi boxes are approved by trhe german tuv, this means that in germany you can fit one, or any other tuv approved product, and trhe manufacturer has to honour the guarentee by law. here is a differengt story.

I fitted some halfords extreme brilliance bulbs (white not blue) to replace the standard ones on my 110, they are noticably better and well worth the money. You can also buy a modern type headlamp unit which has a plain lens and the reflector has a modified profile instead of a plain reflector and a refracting lens like you will have at the moment. This will also give a significant improvement I would imagine, They are around the £200 mark I think. If your landy is old the reflector may have become dulled or even rusty so that will make a big difference.

I have one on my landy, its excellent. If you drive exactly as you did before you'll get better economy, but in reality you tend to use the extra power. However My economy has not got worse and I have an extra 30 horses and better tourque which is great for towing. The other advantage of the power box over an ecu upgrade is that you can remove it in about 5 mins, so if you need to go back to the deallers for any reason its not a chore. also you can sell it on if youu sell the vehicle or decide that you don't need it.