oldwoodcutter
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That looked a nice little number, thanks for posting Dan.
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and avoid standing around chatting to mrs miggins while the rest of the team have the sweat rolling off them.
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Welcome back Lorry.
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There's nothing like shoveling a lawn clear before you start, to set you up for the day.
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couple of weeks ago i removed and ground out a big conny hedge. Mixed in 10 bags of moisture retaining compost and a couple of ton or so of well rotted manure. Then planted his shrubs for him.Connies had taken all the goodness out.
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i know of a few tree boys around here that mooch around there yards during the day, wishing they had 6 days of treework in front of them to get stuck into.
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One of my daughters x boyfriends really keyed up her clio when she parked it outside her husband-to-be's house. I knew it had been keyed of course but just presumed it was random,it was only after a couple of years that she told me it was him,because she knew i would have gone and found the little scrote and rearranged the parting in his hair. She sold it later for about a thousand less than it was worth before he did it.
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a trimmer like that would certainly save me some blood, sweat, and tears. thanks for posting ammer.
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i heard on the grapevine that dom was in your area looking for recently bought ringed landrovers jon.
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All i can say is fair play to them.
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Well done,hope thats the first of many good jobs.
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Yes, you dont have to buy brand new - ive had my old webley falcon since the mid sixties and it can still make an old rat jump a foot in the air and drop down stone dead.
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Hi steve,hope you dont mind me asking,but 1 of my 200ts is playing up again-after 20 minutes it wont tick over when brakes on,take brake off and its ok for another 1\2 hour then it wont turn the chain at all,just as though the brakes on but its not. I take cover off and clutch pack is real hot as is chain and bar. All the best - Tim.
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Ide have to think twice before following them up there,looks a little on the high side.
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The trick used to be that when you were going flat out,reach forward and pull off the air pre cleaner, and then it would go even faster. As you have the oportunity to get it,then go for it,once sorted it will run forever.
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FOUL weather over trousers + tops what do you use
oldwoodcutter replied to mendiplogs's topic in General chat
One of my sons in law is in royal navy and i agree,his work trousers and jackets,and his foul weather trousers and jackets are all absolutely first class quality. Ive seen and used army and air force clothing,but his navy stuff is in a different league. The last time he came on leave he came out with me working for a day,so i took the opportunity to give him my sizes so heres hoping. -
What do people do in their spare time ?
oldwoodcutter replied to nathan marshall's topic in General chat
That reminds me of a workmate who spent his last penny on a muddy fox when they first came out,for his sons birthday. This was pikied when about 2 days old from outside his sons snooker club,and although he scoured all the backyards in town never found it of course. Thats all we heard all day every day for weeks,that blinkin disapearing muddy fox. -
Am going to be a grandad again,my youngest daughter is having her 12 week scan at end of june - does that count?
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I had a close look at a clark logbuster 6 that a pal of mine has splashed out on. Its a vertical electric 3000w and 5 or 6 ton from memory,it was quick as you can set the stroke of the ram and it cracked through everything he put on its table in no time. He uses it on wet days in his big shed.
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One of my young shavers has the nasty little habit of gobbing out every few yards.Ive told him often enough not to do it,especialy in customers back gardens.The other morning he's in the back of my truck,and as usual propels one out the window,not realizing that he hadn't opened it. I dont usually swear,but did offer him some advice as to his future work prospects if coming out with me again.
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Getting a puncture obviously stops the trolley,often just when your busy with it,so i filled the tubes with that anti-puncture stuff,the lynch pins somehow kept coming off the axles so i now zip clip the pins on. One of the best things ive ever bought though.
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Hot,Hot, Hot How to survive the heat!!!
oldwoodcutter replied to Mark Cattell's topic in General chat
I take 3 litre bottles in this heat,put 2 of them in the freezer the night before,and keep them all in a coolbag during the day with those iceblock things. Court one of my young draggers swigging out of my bottle this afternoon,told him to bring his own next time,but apparantly he dont get up too early to do that. -
Had a wake up call this afternoon when my 200t came back at me. Yes,i was using it one handed,and on he ground too,which of course are both no,nos,but ime as guilty as the next man for occasionally doing it. I was very lucky on 2 counts - firstly as it came up the brake somehow brushed hard against my abdomen and the chain stopped just as it hit my chest,and secondly the bar finished up flat against my shirt. So no harm done,just a bruised chest and torn shirt. Ater ide gathered my thoughts,had a drink and a sit down i tried to replicate how my tummy had activated the brake - not easy,someone was certainly looking down on me. I hope by posting that someone somewhere in the future will not be sliced open as i nearly was,and that it can happen so very very quickly.
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hi steve,had a real wake up call late this a'noon when my 200 came back at me.yes i was using it 1 handed,and on the ground too,so theres 2 big no nos for a start.And 2 big bits of pure luck-when it came back up the brake somehow brushed hard against my abdomen and the chain just stopped as it hit my chest.And amazingly the bar finished up flat against my shirt,so just ripped shirt and bruised chest. By posting i may just save some1 else from being sliced open but on other hand its usual for a few to wade in with a series of low punches,some probably 50 years my junior,then i may post something back 2 them that i later regret.What would you advise? All the best,Tim.
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Blimey that fella is quick,he's going to take his arm off in a minute.
