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I am not far from there, and have mates who live there. pppoPretty much anywhere round there is beautiful. Mawnan Smith has 3 amazing gardens. Carwinion in the village houses the national bamboo collection aswel as a selection of beautiful trees including what is thougt to be the first Douglas in the country, and some amazing tre ferns....Trebah and Glendurgan are just outside the village next door to each other and full of amazing trees and plants. All the gardens go down to the sea. There are many lovely little tree lined coves/ beaches along that section of the coast. The off licence at the back of the post office in constantine is just incredible, with the most unbelievable selection of alchoholic drinks you are likely to find anywhere in the country. Falmouth is close, but a bit of a shthole.

Hello guys....this is my mates chipper- any of you tell me what it is?

Tell them that if they dont like what they are given they can fork out for some lovely charcoal briquttes from the petrol station:lol:

I agree. Charge them for the milling.

What do i buy if i want a golf that sounds like a stihl though?

I heard about this on the radio yesterday and meant to post. You've probably heard about it anyway. Winter overcomes 1,200-year-old oak - UPI.com

Mine has been doing that fior ages, but always tips in the end. The other day it was a bit of a wiggle of the plug/ socket for the remote control that got it going well. I reckon dirt and corrosion due to the location of the pump electrics has as much to do with it as anything else. If the solenoid is sticking just tap it..

Dave,when you get any landrover problems you can come up to mine.....other than the actual guts of the engine there isnt alot i cant tackle ona landy, having rebuilt a few........

Springs are colour coded- they have a b;ob of paint on them to show rating.....however this doesnt last long. You wil have the heaviest duty springs on your 130 already, and the helper springs are the little ones. If your 130 is sitting down too readily then there is a very strong possibility that your springs are worn out. As regards paddocks....IMO they have only got their name from having the biggest ads in the mags. They arent very cheap at all in my experience, and are very unhelpful.

Congratulations mate. Thats a great tale. I hope it continues for you in the same vein.

Blazing sunshine here, although very cold.

That isnt far from my old stomping ground, about 12 miles..Beautiful area of the couyntry.

Lovely pics as usual David. Where in Dorset was it- I grew up in Dorset.

I love the way that on the website their testimonials are all about '3rd' world countries.LOL

You never tried Yorkshire Tea John......its well strong.

The 038 was IMO a better machine than the 390, but the 361 was groundbreaking.

:001_cool:Well, you know, I try....

WTF you on about John, you passed that line about 30 saws ago:laugh1:

You missed some noughts off there dave. Didnt you mean if its a ford 2500/day and a BMW 5000/day? How will the guy make a living with undercharging like that.

Slow and boring compared to a 361, and more cheaply built. I went from one of them to a 361, and will never touch a farm boss saw again.

Me too.

The timber is pretty recognisable. The bark is very furrowed even from a fairly early age. When you cut the log you will notice a very large amount of pale sapwood- on a 3' diameter log you may easily have 8" of sapwood allround. There will be a very pronounced oak smell, more so than robur, and a very noticeable sign is the large star shaped crack on the end grain that opens up when the log starts drying, and fairly rapidly too. The timber is VERY heavy, which earned it the monicker 'iron oak' in times gone by. If milled the medullary rays are very prominent and larger than onm other types of oak, and also seem more prominent right through the log, occurring on most boards not just the quater sawn ones. It was also known as wainscote oak, as it was considered that it was only good for internal wall panelling or 'wainscoting'. If it can be succesfully dried without warping and splitting, for which it is prone, the timber is usable for interior furniture making and sometimes veneer, althoug it has such a bad press that not many people will use it. I have milled and sold it, and the guy who bought it was right up for it- he was 3rd generation cabinet maker, and said his father and grandfather had used it. Once kilned it is perfectly servicable for interior non structural use- ie furniture, but getting it dry and still useable is very hard.

Jeez thats a steal for someone.

Well done for stopping mate. That was after i had an extras part on 'Shameless':lol: