tommer9

Precisely. It has NOTHING to do with it.

Christianity isn't the only way to bring up disciplined, well brought up, polite and respectful children though!

Check this guy out. Its hard to believe that all these are done in chalk on flat pavements!!!

Found on rubbish dump

Oh yeah- when it comes to liberalism I dont think that the daily mail should even be allowed in the room, let alone at the table....

I was listening to this on radio 4 tonight, and had the impression that they were NOT allowed to adopt, as it was thought (in my view entirely correctly) that religious beliefs should come second to sexuality.......what if the child turns out to be gay? What are the foster parents going to do then???

Putting WHAT on them:confused1: I must have the only landrover other than Dean Lofthouse which doesnt leak water in or oil out and never breaks down....well once in 9 years:001_rolleyes:

Or ring Mid Cornwall 4x4....you wouldnt believe how crap these things turned out to be in extreme (china clay quarrying) conditions.

Where abouts are you mate?

Electric winches are reallly crap for extended heavy pulling with resistance, such as logs stuck in mud. I had a 9000lb X9 superwinch, and burnt its solenoids out for a pastime, and eventually burnt the motor out. On speaking to superwinch in Tavistock they explained to me that unless pulling cars on wheels with little or no resistance, the only way to treat an electric winch on the sort of pulls i have described would be a 5 second pull, then about a minute off, even if using allbright solenoids!! Thats why I got a PTO winch.

That would be a criminal waste to turn into logs....Theres any amount of log wood from trees coming down all the time, and we are importing tonnes and tonnes of foreign oak into the UK! Take Rob D up on his offer!

For the greater good could we have some of it?

You see getting your boss to LOLER your kit MUST imply a conflict of interests i would have thought.....

I wouldnt touch Dave bowyers dyneema bowrope with a bargepole for arbwork, and Dave himself will advise the same.

Good result:thumbup1: You know Rob Thomas? Hes very involved with the camels. Good mate of mine.

LOLER tickets are great when the proverbial hits the fan.......there are 2 main groups ofpeople who can benefit from LOLER tickets......the testers, and the lawyers.....no offence to testers, but its like an MOT on a car- it only has to pass on the day of the test. If i get my rope passed, and the next day, or even later the same day, nick it with a silky, but fail to notice during the climb, then maybe the rope fails a short while later, the loler ticket isnt worth the paper its written on.

Yeah- I thikn that if you really start using and abusing these disco 3's etc inm the workplace then they may suffer. TBH i really believe that the last truly decent landrover products for work were the 300 tdi defenders- but that is not relevant to this thread. I reckon that as a mainly family vehicle the disco 3 would be fine. A few on here have them and seem pleased...They are primarily a car though.(BFG dont even make a mud terrain for their 18" rim!!)

I think it does Smith. I reckon the idea being that if one is a qualified arb, then one is more likely to have had experience in using the kit, or at least had some more in-depth knowledge of how the kit may be used in the field....maybe?

They are all much of a muchness Ian. The mitsi/ nissan/ toyota brigade all seem the same, and are all failry reliable, comfy roomy and quiet. The ranger/ mazda is a touch more agricultural unless you go for the poncier (for want of a better word) wildtrax, and the landrover is more agricultural again- although the new defenders have all the mod cons and are more car-like than ever before, albeit with the agricultural ability that landrover is reknowned for. Given that you are only occasionaly going to use it for work duties, then I wouldnt spend the enourmous sum on a defender to not use it to its capabilities, esp as you are about 12 foot tall. I reckon, having seen Steve Bullmans nissan, that that would be a very good choice......unless you look at disco3 of course...Obviously it goes without saying that the landrover will out perform and outlast any of the above, but I honestly think that it isnt what you are after.

The Most likely cause, (assuming all your rods ARE straight) is that it has had a new sttering box, and that it hasnt been fitted correctly. The drop arm will need to come off, and centralise the box (equal amount of turns each way without steerin arms attached and wheels central) and then reattach the drop arm when its correct. Piecs of pee.

Which team does your Boy play for Stu? Great day here- mammoth tidying up spree in the barn.....feels great to get rid of years of crap ready for the move, and rounded the day off with adjustments to the chip box on the landy (been meaning to do it for ages) abd then looking at new place to live. (its only a static for now, but has a yard with it and is quite nearby, so thats good!)

My loler inspector is also a Lantra trainer, and has been contracting for over 35 years. His attitude I really like, and is similar to some points raised earlier, in so far as he feels it is very important, nay essential, to have a working knowledge of, or at least full technical understanding of, all current kit. He does arb kit only, as this is the field he has spent his life working in. For example he explained to me why my Yale split tail would fail due to a nick in the outer sheath, as this was integral to the working strength of that particular rope, and wnet on to unpick some of the material which rapidly made it obvious why he was failing it. He went on to explain the on another rope (I THINK it was a marlow rope that i retired long since) the nicks were not relevant to the inherent strength of the rope, as the strngth was in the inner core, thus could be passed on that test. This is what i mean by a full technical understanding of the gear. Now he hasnt used/ doesnt use tachyon, but has read and understood its make-up (i quizzed him on this specifically) in order that he can realistically judge its condition, as the test is far more than just a visual and 'touch' test. He also explained how ropes should feel to me, and what differences in stiffness and diameter meant etc etc. I think this is where the competence part comes in- as Gollum posted basically.

Thats why we only pay about £450........

I knew i had seen stiga saws somewhere.....B & Q - Stiga Chainsaw Spares, Spare Parts & Accessories

Dave- why on earth would you need a top handled saw if you are not climbing.....