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Years ago I bought an old shape (L series) subaru estate with a Turbo on it, for 500 quid. I already had one without a turbo but couldn't resist it. It was about an E reg I think so mid eighties. Bloody lethal! 60 in about 6 seconds. It had height adjustable suspension that was giving up the gost so we played around a bit with it, beatign boy racers off traffic lights in a dirty estate car was fun, it had no turbo badge or anything gay like that on it. Sold it for nearly a grand after 4 months fun and kept the standard one. I'm on Subaru number 7 now but did often have two at once, usually a pick up and an estate. Never had an imprezza and IMO they give the subaru image a bad rep. and also the sale of them prohibited further imports of the pick up which was a shame!

Cool, and you get added ground clearance too! I have been tempted by a forester, maybe one day.

And first aid training will show you that this sort of kit is not necessary. HSE requirements are for one small green first aid case. If you buy this kit you would need the small green HSE kit as well because that is what any trained bystander would look for and use, and there are additional items in this kit (tourniquet for starters) that are not allowed in your (hse) first aid kit (ok in secondary kit) You are more likely to have an accident driving a car than you are at work and since the whole nation doesn't carry a kit like this then there is no need for it. As an industry we need to practice rescue more and think less about spendign money on extra kit. We have an emergency service that can do that sort of thing. Havign a proper rescue drill and knowing where you are is far more important. In the other thread about a climber dying, it wasn't lack of expensive first aid kit that killed him!! In most cases a lift to hospital will sort it out, in worse cases stopping/slowing bleeding is important ( you don't need to spend £290 for that) and in really bad situations, broken limbs, internal bleeding, unconcousness etc. a first aid kit is actually not much use at all. Keep them still comfy warm talking if possible etc and get the ambulance there asap. First aid is about common sense and improvisation as much as, if not more than, the equipment you have, and what you don't do is also as important as what you do do. IMO

SUBARU is the only 4x4 that is a proper car aswell IMO. A disco is a big 4x4, and pick-ups are not cars. I've doen all sorts with mine, pulling trees over, dragging trunk around, getting the chipper in places. Of course ground clearance is an issue!

Cheers. I know nothing about that sort of thing. Mine doesn't have an intercooler so no need for any air intake like that. I did like the winch mount though!

No, thats not mine!! I don't quite understand the snorkel AND the air in take on the bonnet (hood) !!

Subaru legacy, or outback? The speed will make you smile, and the off road will surprise you!

Good for you. Plant enough trees this winter and you'll be "in credit" for all the trees your going to cut down in the future!

It must neerd emptying ten times a day though? Or four times for every one transit tipper load? Looks good though. Did they silicone the panels before riviting them? That will stop a lot of rattles in the future.

Blaze is perfect, infact its one of the better ropes to use IMO

Jeyes fluid!

That is so far down the line that you should be well pretected (emigrated) by then! Also don't let them banckrupt you, just do it voluntarily and bugger off. They can't touvch you then cos your bankrupteded. I'm not advocating this approach. I'm insured and lolered etc, I just hate all the fearmongering that goes on!

And if you have a big claim, just sell everything to your mates for a quid and they can't touch it! And they can't take your house unless you let them! Insurance companies suck arse!

What is actually on the sylabus? If dbl fishermans is not required then why teach it?

Maybe your right. Or maybe they just re did the risk assessment and decided that it was too risky to teach because someone might forget how to do it, and pre sewn are someone elses worry?? If I employed numpties I would be tempted to only allow pre-sewn stuff.

Its fine for any college or company to insist on pre sewn CE marked loops. Doesn't mean anyone else has to use them. Look at the CE climb system thingy, it even comes with the hitch already tied on to the rope, and some companies may insist on using this only if they wanted to.

A dollar NZ is only like 40p bro!

It should be said at this point though that a decent cambium saver is essential to get the benefit. A pulley on a krab on standard cambium saver will do but a ropeguid or homemade equivelent would be bettererer still. Its a whole new sytem and unsurprisingly it can get expensive very quickly, if you master it you'll be after a new harness soon etc etc. Am I being gloomy tonight!!!!!!!!????? Sorry, bu tmy local is full to overflowing with race goers so I'm stuck at home!

I don't think the type of pulley makes any difference, the old swing cheek pulley or petzl fixe will work just as well, its the knot that is important. The Hitchclimber pulley is just more versatile thats all, and has many applications.

Would you have climbed it Tim? Did anyone test climb this tree before you quoted for the MEWP or did you decide on the MEWP straight away? I definatly would have gone up to see what it felt like, and then planned the work method from there.

I'd be more interested in the groundie!!!!!

I'd have left it too!! (not if I was the original company)

Whats the big lump of wood for?

Perfect. I could never believe the cost of those gaurds you can buy now! We used to have 2 sheets of ply hinged in the middle, now I just use a plastic pedestrian barrier with a tarp thrown over it.

Yes tried the off and on again routine. There does seem to be other glitches going on at the moment too so that adds to the frustration! Soemthing to do with cookies Perhaps??