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Rob, cut the height down so the sloping front starts at the top of the cab roof and get yourself a Loadhandler! I use one and slot together greedy boards that travel flat in the buck when not in use. I see you have a mini chipper but if you need extra height when using a roadtow reverse the pickup onto a pair of wheel ramps. The system works a treat for us: it also helps get the chip to the front of the buck.

I think that apart from the wood being too wet the chimney's too wide, so the heat can't concentrate, and the ventilation is way overdone. I use very dry cedar or Lawson's logs (Lawson's smell great) with a 1.5" chimney drilled down the middle and a 1/2" vent drilled horizontally into the bottom of that. Drop a lit firelighter down it and it usually goes but they are sensitive to gusts in the early stages.

For more info on the subject approach a large cereal farmer and ask him about his field surveys: the real 'commercials' have records of almost every square metre's pH, soil type, depth, mineral levels etc. so that chemicals, minerals and fertilisers can be applied via computer programme and GPS.

I'm seriously considering one of those for my Navara but I read a post on a Nissan forum (saaaad!) by one of the main men there claiming that the Powerbox is great for a while but that the effect fades. Sounds really strange but can anyone offer educated comment on it?

Who needs a dog to blame when you've got a rotting whale?! Sorry about that...

Could it not be more to do with nitrogen robbery whereby nitrogen in the soil is used up in the decomposition of the grass instead of going to the tree, notwithstanding that in the long run more nitrogen goes back into the system once the grass is rotted? Nitrogen robbery is generally the reason for not putting fresh material mulches down in the growing season so I believe.

Graft I think is the answer to that one. I'm sure you've made the owners aware of the risk to the walls; the danger is closer in time if you remove the stump but the rotting of the roots is going to affect them anyway in the long run. It looks like you may be able to split the front half off the stump with wedges or bazookas. A mattock will see good service there but getting the front half off will help a lot as you'll then be able to undermine the rest. Is there a potential anchor across the garden so that you can pull - dig - pull the back half? I always keep my last pruning saw for sawing roots; that may be handy too. Or you could go for sh*t or bust and hook a bucket over the whole thing.

The trailer ramp would need to be sufficiently high off the ground to allow the unwinding handle to operate. Then allow ground clearance for your knuckles. The closer to the ground the last bit of vehicle that the chip falls off the sooner you'll get chip falling over your arm too. But if the trailer bed was high enough from the ground and you chocked the tailgate off the ground I suppose you could use the sheet on a trailer but not with the conventional setup where the trailer tailgate lies on the ground: watch the vid on page 1 of the thread and you'll see what I'm on about.

Any idea how that would work? The classic way to promote lateral growth of course is to remove the tip of the branch, the source of the auxins, but here lateral growth is being asked of the tree with the tips in place.

Thank you!

DMF? - Dodgy Metal Flywheel? Distinctly Masculine Four-wheel drive? What is it?

...and he's still going! Enjoy mate.

Good ole Wikipedia... 'Mells holds a daffodil "fayre" on Easter Monday.' Mystery solved I think but Jon's obviously been at the cider a day early.

Then I'm hopeful: I await an e-mail from navara.net helping me log in. Can't remember username, password or anyfink. Ta for the reply.

Did you get this fixed? What was it in the end? I'm not convinced that the warning light staying on and the gearbox switch issue are the same. I had the switch replaced under warranty - a 20 minute job. The symptom was the vehicle putting itself into 4WD and staying there - on the road on one of the hottest days of the year. The warning light wasn't involved in that. Recently the dash warning light has been coming on intermittently and can usually be put off again by flicking into/out of 4WD. I think that delayed 4WD engagement is involved too. I've looked at a couple of forums (fora?) and seen explanations ranging from a goosed transfer box to a worn/rubbed loom that Nissan diagnosed but were too coy to explain in detail, though perhaps that was because that example was in South Africa and they didn't like the idea of locals' idea of repercussions! If either of the above was your problem at least we could get some idea of a trend and perhaps know where to start looking as one forum member paid several visits to Nissan and they couldn't find anything wrong. I should add that there seem to be no physical symptoms; 4WD isn't (dis)engaging on its own or anything untoward like that. Cheers, Jon

I think there are two sizes made so when/if Mr B ever answers his telling bone go for the bigger one. Good luck.

Don't think I can help you any more - I've said everything there is to say. Yes, the sheet's narrower than the bed but it still drags out most of the chip. Don't know any tips for getting someone to answer the phone either. Sorry.

Mis-selling then surely; the Ombudsman would not support them in the event of a complaint. If you push hard enough for some/all of your money back you'd stand a good chance I'd think. Or does your opening comment about the small print mean that it was there all the time?!

Ha; memories from a looooong time ago. The annual school cross country run used to go along that bit of promenade, the finish line being by the Martello Tower cafe. We also used to do shuttle runs on the big shingle between breakwaters; I'll take the cross country any day. Great location but you probably didn't feel the heat too much as there always seems to be a breeze off the sea. Jon

One size fits all. The clamps for the tailgate are adjustable and the bit that goes on the bed is just a sheet unwound from a roller. If one pickup has a bed 14" longer than the next you just unroll an extra 14" of sheet; there's plenty on the roller.

Wow. His other stuff is great too. Thanks for posting.

True; I got that from a beekeeper. Rape makes decent honey but does make the critters very hormonal. It is recognised good practice to keep rape-feeding bee colonies well away from civilisation.

Jack, contact details for the UK seller and approx. cost are on page 1, post 6 of this thread. The vehicle in the vid is a Navara King Cab with a Custom ridged plastic bedliner but the floor doesn't matter as long as it has a smooth finish. Jon