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gensetsteve

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  1. Yes bought 10 litres of black wax oyl 3 years ago just not had the time and cant really be arsed. I worked out I can earn the money before it rusts through. Rolling around underneath reminds me of owning my defender.
  2. Think ours is 3 or 4 speed with overdrive. 1999 plate yours was newer I think. I am normally a buy them new get rid at 5 years man. This thing has lasted 14 years and still as new no visible wear rust or noises.
  3. The best I have had out of my diesel auto was 28 mpg driven sensibly through france. Never seen more than 23 mpg since. 20 mpg towing 3.5 tonnes on the motorway but back roads towing up hills you are in to single figures. They are a bit heavy on fuel but the disco 3 will give you huge repair bills the Lc wont. I see there is now a pattern exhaust available I replace mine with genuine 2 years ago and it was nearly £1000 with vat.
  4. Well you have you logs now and have found a supplier you are happy with. I have to go now and sit in my hot tub and admire my Ferrari in the background while I count the badly filled bulk bags of logs in the yard.
  5. some people have a real problem working with nippers often caused by repeated bad experience. But on the whole I dont think people on here are that narrow minded. We have a lot of banter on site its because we are jealous you have a thick head of hair, dont put on a stone when you eat a bucket of chicken and need a ten minute nap at 3 in the afternoon
  6. No a ton is more if its oak cos its denser, talking of denser
  7. I enjoy my work unless someone is shouting at me to run to the generator with the oil and filters.
  8. I think I should point out we dont have a problem with people under 25. I meet a lot of people younger than this that are mature and switched on. By the same token I meet a few 40 year olds that are not
  9. So you have 4 bags how much was in them ? . You posted last December that you were unhappy with the bag system yet 8 months later you bought a bag with out really knowing whats in it. What your really looking for is a full transit load for £50. I would say you have enough spare time to get screaming bargain on everything you buy. The people on here have families to support and mortgages to pay and need a good margin on what they sell to pay their business bills before they even look at net profit. For some reason I knew you would start a new thread. To anyone starting or thinking of going into selling logs please dont think all members of the public are like this. I would say this is one in a hundred and you soon get a feel for them when they ring up.
  10. If I needed training on a chipper I would rather it was from one of the lads on here that has years of experience. There are too many pale face unqualified pen pushers offering training that have never commercially operated a chipper or actually used a forklift for example. You can get some nice certificates paper from viking. If you have been trained in house with notes to prove that you are competant why not produce a certificate in house.
  11. I promised to post these pics sorry for delay been working away. The way you have fitted your springs may be better, mine have knocked one of the bump stops off. My springs fit over the upper stop. You may find when loaded you need to adjust the brake proportioning valve as the rears wont do much.
  12. Can you run in leg irons when you are 50 ? . I am 45 now and yes it gets harder after 40 luckily what I lack in youth I make up for in wealth so dont need to be beasted all day long. You may find people over 40 have skills that help get through the job quicker like the saying goes more haste less speed ( stops the fence rail going through the chipper )
  13. I tend to prefer to see people get it posted rather than worry about spelling etc I have seen some really useful info written badly but still very useful.
  14. Good truck and it has a fantastic 45 deg camber angle
  15. I am compiling a young persons phrase book so we can communicate more effectively on site. A few to start To be honest with you ( I am lying through my teeth ) To be fair ( I am still lying through my teeth if I stand my ground the old git might back down ) For sure ( I am not listening to a word you said had me tea break now focused on Lunch ) "Yea but" followed by very fast speech ( I am not doing that ) In it ( no idea on this one but its on the end of most sentences )
  16. Your grandad is still alive and you said wiv and is instead of with and his your under 25
  17. had a look on line not related but often tested against ea other.
  18. sign write it " Forestry " run it on red, fit 3 point linkages and tell Vosa its a pimped Unimog
  19. I find when reading jons posts if you ignore and miss out half of it put the first half last and read it backwards it makes sense. If still struggling add back in some of the bits you missed off.
  20. gensetsteve

    what 4x4

    I should have said 70 showing on the dash and all Landrover speedos show 10mph more than your doing it, massages their customers egos you know
  21. I think I know three of these imho, wtf, pita the rest I have no clue and am too old to learn them lol
  22. Do you get a feel for someones age by the posts and responses. Feels like the average age has dropped recently on Arbtalk.

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