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  1. Stephen Blair
    Hi Yeti, nice to see your still about:thumbup1: Your a big power guy, or are you know 11 stone:confused1: Be interested to hear your story of this diet:001_smile:
  2. Stephen Blair
    Old school hilux
  3. Stephen Blair
    Now I enjoyed that! That was brilliant and what a soundtrack! It fitted your style perfectly! That rigging was genius:thumbup1: I'm going to watch that again:biggrin:
  4. Stephen Blair
    If the lawn is just old and there's nothing wrong with soil or drainage then I'd cut it into the ground, rotovate , rake level, roll, sand then turf. All ground condition dependant though.
  5. Stephen Blair
    Once doing big leggy ash trees in the snow, trees were covered in ice and they were reacting very strangely when cutting, I wasn't used to it and it freaked me out. Took about 10 mins to accept I was bottling it, came down and beat myself up for days! The snow all melted, the sun came out and I returned a week later and 3-4 cuts, 15 mins from start to finish and job done! Felt like a super hero again
  6. Stephen Blair
    If there's a squealing then belts need tightened!
  7. Stephen Blair
    Life lesson, it's not fair, they did you a favour, now you don't have to post a thread about not getting paid for going a load of work! Move on and focus your energy on better things like family or things with wheels
  8. Stephen Blair
    That's a lot of pigeons!!!!
  9. Stephen Blair
    The person selling it should have it measured already, that way you both know where you stand.
  10. Stephen Blair
    Mine are vented
  11. Stephen Blair
    That's a good looking truck!
  12. Stephen Blair
    Rob supplied my bar and mill.
  13. Stephen Blair
    The trees will be fine, that's just a tickle! Seriously though, that is some bad strimming, you wouldn't of known he'd been there going by the long grass. He's sure to finish them off with the mower though
  14. Stephen Blair
    Remember and include the value of your trades on your tax returns guys
  15. Stephen Blair
    Looking good, I used it on 1 project and have a fair bit in the pipeline . I used my valmet with crane to lift the planks out the way, the boards I made were 20'x3'6"x18' Sitka and Black Pine. It didn't take long for myself and RobertS to get into the feel of it. Lovely piece of wood there J
  16. Stephen Blair
    Best with correct spanners, their pretty tight to get into. Have a quick check of the oil level on upright, their should be a level, I think it's right at the front. Boom it full out with the legs down before leaving the yard to make sure it's not juddery!
  17. Stephen Blair
    Take 2 adjustable spanners with you aswell, 1 big 1 small:biggrin:
  18. Stephen Blair
    Get stuck in, the most important lever is the down 1, if it all goes wonky, push that down. It's common sense and practice. Keep the revs down, pull everything in close and low and don't lift high until you need to. Expect to nearly whack the tractor and forget about the legs in the excitement. If your lifting light stuff with a strong crane it's easy, the best way to learn is in the pitch black, at the side of a busy road reaching over a big jaggy hedge, fishing I call it! It's more fun in a roof mount into gardens, furniture bingo I call it ! Nearly had a BBQ once:001_rolleyes:
  19. Stephen Blair
    I always thought it was 4 double letters, I was expecting a double P aswell. My apologies
  20. Stephen Blair
    Not the way you spelled it
  21. Stephen Blair
    Nothing wrong with that budget. A grand for grab and the rest for digger. Good luck!
  22. Stephen Blair
    Mines a bit different as it's a fixed demolition grab, I can divert the bucket ram but I didn't so I could have plenty of movement so I could make proper use out the fixed grab. If you don't have a big budget then buy the cheapest mini digger you can find and put a thumb on it.
  23. Stephen Blair
    Buds are on lime trees! larch buds have popped! it was springtime here today!
  24. Stephen Blair
    Fair play for sticking to a diet, takes discipline:001_cool:
  25. Stephen Blair
    Is that nearly 2 stone?

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