nepia
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They could go again because although they're under the vehicle they're not 100% watertight unless the new ones have been improved. If you catch them early enough it's possible to slice them open, tart up the (slightly corroded) contacts within and reseal them properly. Nissan charge ~£150 for a set. All info from other Navara saddos on a forum who have done the job successfully. Jon
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Assuming they're ponticum they should be OK with that kind of treatment but many of the cultivated varieties aren't as robust.
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Did you replace them (maybe with more non-waterproof switches) or get them tarted up and sealed properly?
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That's the one. Ta.
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Find out who's doing the winding up - can't think of the term off the top of my head - and get your name on the list of creditors asap. You may get something back eventually, you may not, but there is always the chance.
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If they're registered Rob take the matter up with their trade body if you get no joy with one-to-one discussions but record everything! Best of luck, Jon
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Re the second one; you probably mean the one on a Monday in January 1990. My abiding memory of that one was sheets of corrugated flying about central Croydon having been ripped off a tower block covered with it. Jon
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Could someone with patience educate me here please? Robinia fenceposts; does it resist rot by chance? What's the crack with it? Thanks, Jon
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...Slept through the lot being in Central London. Had to be up at 4am, got to Pancras Rd and thought how strange to have to drive round a fallen tree in the middle of London. Weaved my round dozens of others all the way to North Finchley at which point someone slapped me into reality. So it it got a bit breezy during the night did it? What brought home the level of devastation for me was when I saw the next day that Reigate/Colley Hills had had their skylines lowered by 60-odd feet. Jon
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I was living in Tavistock Place, drank in The Friend and ate in the Groti Moti - remember them?!
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The sap's particularly irritant in the sun, similarly to spurge (euphorbia) sap: working with it in the shade isn't so bad unless you're sensitive to it.
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I've just bought a pack of the nematodes for lawn treatment; the grubs have wrecked a patch of it over the years. I now know why the green woodpecker's been interested in the same small area for so many years. No point in putting the nematodes down now though; the grubs must be about a foot deep with the soil being so dry.
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...and Chris at Cutting Edge saws is very approachable and receptive to constructive criticism.
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Precisely. The saws aren't Silkys but the Micra doesn't pretend to be a Ferrari. The saws are good for small stuff, for Division 2 operators like me (nowhere near Premiership!) and gardening/landscaping use. They are good value for money and I suspect more early blades got broken than publicised; I've done two and my colleague one.
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Cash, cheque and am encouraging Paypal. Had a friend of the wife have not one but two cheques 'go missing in the post'! Got my cash after 3 months: I've told her she can still have logs but there needs to be someone in when I deliver and not a log comes off the pickup until I see readies!
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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?
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Who needs a dog to blame when you've got a rotting whale?! Sorry about that...
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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.
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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.
