Dave the dog

Show all your tree work tractors lets see the countys and anything else you may have

A few old ones!

,all still in use apart from the second one,the old boy with the winch took the photo in the 50's

Anyone else had problems with them?

Mine have been spot on, I've had them a couple of months now.

Oh apart from my groundy pretending he's Rosco from the Dukes of hazzard and renditions of Rubber Duck from Convy and "Houston we have a problem" is another popular one at the moment .

thats really cool, how'd ya make that? i saw one once in a shop in Romsey

I saw them at the APF a few years back and took this photo, looking back the Yew was way too good for it.

I made the letterbox too big, but just cut some wedges and put them on the underside.

Share them here:001_smile:

A Yew log i did a few years ago now, i'll have to get the mill out again !!

As far as I'm aware, Sodexo have an exclusive contract for all facilities management of bases for the MOD.

Sodexo are part of Forte, the biggest facilities management company in the world.

Up here Carillion run the show,Sodexo are just contracted to them, be it ground care, or catering.

There are talks within DE, to try and get all the contracts under one big umbrella, and just have one huge firm looking after the whole lot, this will probably never happen because the 3 main players all have different years left on there contracts, Landmarc alone got a 10 year contract with a possible 5 year extension, and still have 4 years left on it.

Cheers

Joe

As Mr Ed said, Landmarc support services look after the defence training estate. Carillion - who then use Sodexo to look after barrack grounds and camps. A while back, ISS waterers won a contract to maintain married quarters, gardens etc. Also if a regiment wants anything doing above and beyond the standard contract they can pay anyone themselves. I'm not sure about TA sites and this may vary a bit nationally. Hope this helps you out.

One of the perks mate, it was that hot here today I'd have worn the mankini if I'd remembered to take it lol.

Ok for some Mick, it's been chilly here today.

Ash takedown pics from last week,it was full of rot about 12' up.

Have you got an in-line clear plactic paper filter- you know, the ones that are yellow cardboard inside? If that is full of brown sludge then this is your problem: there is a bug that lives between the surface of water and (especially red) diesel. When this bug dies it leaves a brown sludge which blocks up your filters. On low revs enough fuel gets through to run nicely, on higher revs or under load there is fuel starvation. Get yourself down to a car parts place and get a bottle of additive called (i think) "Fuel Set". It is green in a clear bottle. You should put one dose in every time you fill up, but this time drain your tank, refill it and put a few doses in. The problem, if it is what i have described, comes from condensation in your diesel. It as been a problem in marine diesel for yaers, and is becoming prevelant in red diesel and even white, esp from tescos, where they buy cheap fuel which doesnt have the proper additives in it. Hop this helps.

You will obviously need new filters too if this is the problem. It looks like liquid mud in your filters.

I had the same problem in my TD5, I took the fuel pump out, and what looked like greasy sludge was hanging on the pump.

A few weeks ago my old man had the same problem on his boat, it's apparently a fungus and can be treated with this stuff as well http://http://www.silmid.com/biobor/biocide.htm )

I had the same niggle with the ear-muff fitting on my helmet (vertex),they did'nt fit tight on my head at all and seemed very flimsy,so i butchered a set of peltor ear-muffs,fed them through the inside straps and they're well snug now,the only snag is there's no snap open now,i'll just have to slide them half off one ear to hear other people talk ! .

I was worried about the bluetooth side of things,(having crap handsfree stuff in the past),losing connection etc, i used them for 6 hours and no probs at all.

Cheers Justin .

yeah i had checked all of that before calling still , they asked what the carb was on the first one and gave me the part number so i checked it and i had one of the dodgy carbs , i did not expect the other 4 ms200t's that i bought over the next 18 months to all have that carb and neither did i expect stihl to want the full list price for replacing them when they kbew it was a common fault with them , in future i think i will look at husky saws with a little more favor in future.

 

 

Did you buy a Husky top handle when they fist came out ? ,put a lot of people off for life.

Looks like Husky may have changed .

Not as much wood ,but still a lot of works been done !!

Spike pic for Lancstree.

When i do that i use the saw the other way round (makes no odds though),on big stuff i angle my cut slightly down so it slides off easier and really big stuff i put a plastic wedge in on a short cord to my harness so there is less chance of the saw getting wedged before iv'e cut right through.

Looks like a very productive climber to me,do you know him or is it you?

that wall is better than Tommers efforts.

I can guarantee it took 100 times longer:001_smile:

The first pic is when we first moved in:thumbdown:

The last pic is after a lot of work:001_smile:

We're just in talks with the council over buying a small strip of land next door(get more sense out of my dog though) only been trying for five years!!!

I think that sett-up looks a lot of faff to tie up. I think that the hitchclimber vt sett-up used in its original form is the nuts and needs little if anything doing to it to make it work better. Keep it simple

 

"If its not broke dont fix it"

Maybee your right,i'll keep trying it out for a while though,here's a quick clip of the mk 1 in action, sorry about the bad neck you will get (first effort on youtube!!!) oh and wareyour shades for the T shirt:001_tongue:

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fTu_fvMSkk&feature=channel_page]YouTube - Hitchclimber[/ame]

 

I've used lockjack twin and still use the sport and not once have I had anything resembling a snag that releases it's hold, they are very safe devices

I'm not sure how you mean the Schwab /VT will get snagged up if it's the same sort of loop in the system as the LJ twin.

Here's one with an extra wrap on the schwab just incase of a rouge snag and i've changed the rope for a bungee strop :001_smile:to keep everything tidier.

dave, nice to see you're experimenting...but i'd be more than a little concerned about that blue cord getting snagged up and releasing your v.t

 

I here what your saying,is this why you dont see the lock jack twin around anymore or do they still make it?

It's not a VT but you could use one instead,i've been using this set up and it seems to work well,i doubled 2 tape slings together to get the hitch away from you (great for going up but only good for coming down if you have extra long arms to reach the knot)so i err got an old 17mm spanner, chopped it up a bit and then use this to pull the hitch down.It's a bit similar to use than the Lock Jack twin.

Bugger. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOPKGuq9Z2A]YouTube - Waitomo chopper job[/ame]

Sorry

A quick clip of a chopper job at the glow worm caves in NZ,Needed to be taken out because of a new entrance being built.

Climber was Mr Mcasky of Treescape 20ish lifts of between 800-1300kg's.

PS i hope the link works !!

Very sticky ropes !!, here's the pics from a decent size Corsican take down I did the other day, Polycarbonate car port on one side, patio and a favourite rohdie on the other, glad i wasn't shifting the timber!

just got out of bed and the sun is shining.off to see neil young, prodigy,ting tings, tv on the radio, lupe fiasco, hot chip, serj tankian and many more play at The Big Day out festival in a couple of hours. life is good:001_cool:[/QUO

 

 

 

 

Got tickets to Big Day out in Perth on Feb 1st,Prodigy, Arctic Monkey Boys:001_smile: a few shark attacks in the news though:thumbdown:

I remember one at Kielder when i was young,it looked massive and ran from the castle down the hillside.I would love to have a go on that one in the vid.

. Lets here some more.

Put the chain on backwards on their chainsaw.

Send them to get a couple of skyhucks, tartan paint, glass hammer,or a long stand.

Put a half hitch in the middle of their rope.