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  1. armchairarborist
    good garages are worth their pay, i just got back from dropping the disco off at the garage knowing that they will fix it and i can trust them not to rob me, i use Home - Bensons Garages because he is a landrover wizard. i have worked in garages when i left school till i was a fully qualified technician/fitter and get really picky when other folk fix my cars, but not having all the tools/workshop/time i needed someone i could trust and this guy is ace..
  2. armchairarborist
    the name 110 or 130 refers to the vehicle as it came from the factory, yes it is roughly the length and everybody knows that:001_smile:, but if it left the factory as a 110 and is now the same length as a 130 it is still a 110 like it says on the logbook, unfortunately i know someone who has a 110 that is the same length as a 90 which might take some explaining as its changed from lwb to swb:blushing:
  3. armchairarborist
    carpet gripper screwed to the inside of the fence just below the top with the grippy nails pointing down can really hurt somebody:thumbup: might not be legal but neither is breaking and entering so playing the game their way evens it up a bit:thumbup1:
  4. armchairarborist
    and they flippin bite too, not just sycamore forks but an old woman client of mine had her whole arm in a bandage after a squirrel attack, i saw one get run over a while ago and that seemed pretty quick and painless.
  5. armchairarborist
    a big brown bear was taking a schmit in the woods, he looks over and sees a rabbit also taking a schmit, 'here' says the bear to the rabbit, 'do you find that schmit sticks to your fur?' 'no' replies the rabbit, 'cant say i've ever had that problem', 'good' says the bear, reaches out and wipes his bum with the rabbit..
  6. armchairarborist
    whoa whoa whoaa, an hour in a micromachine at warp speed nine if i remember rightly, i'm expecting a couple of hours at least in the old tug..
  7. armchairarborist
    only the half inch cableties are regarded as structural, anything else is just a bodge:thumbup:
  8. armchairarborist
    had a similar experience a few years back, but it was a police car with the window down:blushing: was i going to go back to see if they could swim? no way:thumbup:
  9. armchairarborist
    they dry out faster when they are split due to having a much higher surface area for moisture to escape from:thumbup1:
  10. armchairarborist
    SKYLOTEC | Descender Rescue Device have some neat looking kit..
  11. armchairarborist
    count me in rob, could do with a saturday off..
  12. armchairarborist
    looks like you drive in a similar style to my woman:thumbup:
  13. armchairarborist
    great, raining tomorrow:thumbdown: looks a cool site though:thumbup1:
  14. armchairarborist
    not a big fan of coats, usually just a couple of sweatshirts and maybe a hoodie if its freezing, always forget to bring spares which mean spending all day wet, might have to get a waterproof container somewhere in the cab for spare dry jumpers/t'shirts.
  15. armchairarborist
    ooh, got new toy fever but the woman says i have enough toys.. time for a new woman methinks:thumbup:
  16. armchairarborist
    that big beech at myerscough is certainly a good size, part of a lesson on bracing had us looking up into the crown for wires in strong wind, didn't feel safe to be standing under it when it was so blowy.
  17. armchairarborist
    we just have a fire basket in open hearth, it only warms the front room, the rest of the house is gas central heating, im not happy till its stacked halfway up the chimney and roaring like a goodun.. proper waste of nice wood (except to dry hiflex/haix etc)
  18. armchairarborist
    been eying up a tracked dumper i spotted in a clients garden, its on rubber tracks, approx 4ftx3ft bed tips and lifts/tips, has a seat at the front, honda petrol engine running the hydraulic pump but would change for a diesel engine to save money, not sure what make/model yet, having a play with it this tuesday before i bid for it, guy says it carries 800kg, would make extracting thinnings out of our wood easy up the slippy narrow track:001_smile: i'll pop a few pics up during the week. Ed.
  19. armchairarborist
    dean, you are going to be overloaded before you get any chip in the landy carrying all these dictafones and printouts, (especially with that steel backbody) but really there needs better definition of the rules:001_smile:
  20. armchairarborist
    you have to hold your phone in your teeth to see where you're going (torch mode) when loading the truck
  21. armchairarborist
    or camp out with a beating stick, they can't get away everytime:thumbup:
  22. armchairarborist
    been thinking of fitting more spotlights/worklights to the truck and maybe the chipper, then we don't have to take turns waving a rake at the security lights on the house.
  23. armchairarborist
    i'd hit the edit button fast mate, owning up to having a dude for a missus is brave (and gay)
  24. armchairarborist
    loler'ed railings? whatever next.. did it go with a good splash?
  25. armchairarborist
    when they weigh your back axle try to open the chipper hopper and sit on it, causing the chipper back axle to become a pivot and give the back axle a lower reading, that or wind the jockey wheel down, (not my own ideas)

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