Nick Watkins

STT's seem to be the other choice. I have KM2's but are doing minimal miles so can't compare the wear.

like the look of those suunto's

 

anyone got one with an altimeter in it?

I do, it's pretty accurate. I wear it skydiving and it's never far off my alti, I wouldn't rely on it however.

I have to say I have a thing for watches, one for every occasion and if you buy sensibly the expensive ones hold their money.

I love the fact that for years the Americans have been talking about doing this but have needed millions of dollars to build a funky ramp.

Along comes a Brit and all he needs is 100 volunteers and a bunch of cardboard boxes

Massive respect, by pushing the boundaries like this, what will come next?

As others have said, a tree, protected or not is not a bar to development

Thanks all, I didn't know that.

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Personally it doesn't provide any amenity value looking at a hacked tree half of it is dead and to be fair what is a 40% reduction going to do to the aesthetics of it?

Not much, it will however stop the branches scraping the tiles and stop the husks. The real concern is though no tree = new property, this is wimbledon, even a butchered tree is better than looking at a new house.

Can I ask for some advice please?

There is a very old, very large, sweet chestnut adjacent to my mothers house. According to the new neighbour who's land it sits on, it's dead and needs to be removed as it represents a risk.

Clearly you can see how dead it is in the pictures below Some of the tree runs over my mothers fence line, she would like it reduced to avoid picking up husks in what is reality a small garden. The tree has a TPO on it but we have just gained permission to reduce the crown by 40% however the new neighbour is pushing to have this cut down and removed!!

I have my suspicions that they wish to do this to then gain planning to erect a house, then sell off the land with the planning permission. My question is therefore, with a TPO, what are the chances of the new neighbours reversing the TPO and having this wonderful old tree removed?

Thanks for your help.

That is very, very nice. Out of interest, what would something like that sell for?

Do you put a cost on your hours/materials or find a price that is acceptable regardless of time spent? (within reason)

It doesn't state that the women and men can't go at the same time, it just says two women at a time and one man at a time, you can therefore take two women and one man, i think.

Two trips:

Trip One: Two women, one man

Trip Two: One woman stays in the boat and goes back to collect the other man, returns to the island, job done.

I think Im going to leave the idea of using the landy to pull a bigger slew. today I had my takeuchi 1.6t mini with postdriver, hydraulic auger buckets etc on the back and I worked out even that with the trailer was just shy of 3 ton. had a load of fencing stakes in the pickup bed too, and I really don't think I want to subject it to much more weight then that if im being sensible. Its one thing in the dry but when its wet going up or down hills im going to have problems I think, the powers there but there just isnt the weight in a defender.

I agree on the suggestion of an Amazon, but if im going to have to run a second vechicle it might as well be a tractor. travel speed is irelevant to me.

If it helps, I load the buckets & fuel into the back of the Defender (pickup) to add additional weight to it. You will need the HD springs and an adjustable hitch but this helps. I always fancied a 130 but would find it too big for everything else but towing.

I have a JCB 8025 ZTS, with the buckets and some mud on the tracks I am teetering close to 3.5T.

I tow mine to and from central France with a 90 pickup, it's a right ball ache but i've never had any issues. I would much rather do it in a discovery though!

Cheers.

I mean to say, my name is still down for the AS one.

My name is still down!

I got lucky though, someone I know ordered one, name came up and he couldn't afford it pay for it.

Out of interest, do you know what these are going for s/hand?

It looks like wade cox

Correct.

Not sharpened, but used. I did think about leaving it in the box and not touching it but I just had to have a play.

I checked my previous TT105, a quick call to IW will confirm it.

If you have a genuine seller he won't mind you asking for it to run a quick check. If he objects........

I have a few knives, probably my nicest is this one. Might consider selling for a good offer?

I once remember a very funny series of events when a magazine published a libellous article. Unfortunately for the magazine the person the article was about contacted his solicitor who in turn offered the magazine the opportunity to pay a hefty bill or allow their client to write his own article in response and for it to be published.

His article provided a very valuable forum for him to clear his name and made the magazine appear very petty in nature for publishing the original article with no consideration of the facts.

If you clearly think this will damage your business why not approach the editor, offer to write an article in response, provide a valuable insight into firewood production and paint yourself in a positive light. The upside for you if you write a good article is free PR and you can make this guy look like the chump he clearly is.

Wouldn't aid the tipping much

True, I didn't think much further than logs.

 

Galvanising is not really suitable as the sheet tends to distort, we use an etch primer which chemically bonds to the steel, and a very hard gloss top coat.

With a coating of speedliner on the top that would be mint.

Oh no, another purchase for my Hilux!! That looks fantastic

Yours look much sturdier than the normal drums, almost like large beer barrels. Nice job.