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Come to think of it, we were a bit bemused why we started out with a whole frozen salmon but ended up with swordfish... (Sword fish = sawed fish, geddit??!)

Done this in the past with frozen whole salmon to cut it up into steaks. Can't see why a frozen turkey on a circular saw. would be a problem, other than the need to remove the guards?

f@&!?rs! Hope you manage to get sorted soon; lots of shed and garage thefts being reported around my patch at the moment too (just west of Warwick).

Bass, snare, couple of roller tom-toms, floor Tom, hi-hat, crash cymbal and a stool?

If that's not too battered on the body, it looks like a good buy IMO. Might be due a cambelt though?

Or a Yeti, depending on budget? Rear seats can be lifted out, creating plenty of space for laying longer pieces in up to circa 2m long. I have had loaded mine up to base of the windows on a couple of occasions and it's been fine, plus towing a well loaded (but not huge) trailer at the same time.

If the OP is going to be able to shift a few logs every day, then surely it doesn't need to be a huge car? Just able to get into the yard for loading up, with more focus on the economy and space aspects. Anyway, what about something like a Peugeot Partner Combi - 5 seats, decent ride height and a reasonable amount of load space?

Obviously I've taught my wife well then, she has no problems getting the stove lit! Not seen dragon's den but £500?! For me that sounds like a "FFS" moment but I guess there will be people who'd be willing to pay the money to have the stove already lit when they get in through the door.

Maybe; the car I'm thinking of was about 1987 age. Just thought the symptoms sounded identical.

Has it got a carb or is it fuel injected? We had similar symptoms on a carburated VAG engine, it was a fleck of crud in the slow running jet that was stopping fuel getting through.

I had a 1993/4 3.2 V6 SWB auto box as a backup car / winter vehicle / log fetching toy; loved it. I think I got more than £100 for scrap but it was a few years back; it was still fine on the body but the cambelt tensioners were failing, they are an Isuzu only part and the garage couldn't be certain that spending £500 doing the belt and tensioners would solve it, so it went to the big junkyard in the sky. Made a great noise and only once once ever let me down (when it was parked for four months under a leaking gutter, filled the passenger footwell with about an inch of water and drained the battery). The other thing that cost me a few quid was a rotten rear crossmember, which had to be fabricated in situ to avoid the need to taking the fuel tank off. Liked a drink though, especially on short journeys. Best I ever managed was a cruise from Staffordshire to the Lake District and back again, at about 52mph on the cruise control it averaged 21mpg.

Thanks everyone for your replies; I've placed the order for the Kia today. Just got to wait for a suitable moment to tell the Mrs; she didn't want an automatic!

That's about hit the nail on the head, the Skoda is more practical but I think every time I walk up to it / get in, I will feel like I've missed out on something more interesting. I can opt out of the scheme but company rules say that any vehicle has got to be less than 5 years old, so I couldn't get a premium car and pay the finance off within that timescale - it'd mean buying something like a 9 month old Vauxhall Meriva.

Yup, I'd seen that too (and also that in Belgium, Kia dealers sell towbar kits) - but I've asked the question twice of Kia UK and on both occasions (over the phone and then via email) they've said the UK model has no towing capability, nor do they have any plans to add it - apparently it involves updating the brakes (?) and they don't believe there is any demand for the Niro to be able to tow. So yeah, nobody buys an SUV to tow with - wtf?!

Yes, mainly just driving, sometimes with a couple of passengers. I do about 22,000 miles a year, which is typically quite a lot of "not sparing the horses" A road driving, with the occasional 300-400 mile daily round trip to visit one of our operational sites or customers. We also tend to do a driving holiday to Europe in which we'll cover 2,500 miles or so in a fortnight, with the wife and two kids plus luggage.

Okay, before I start, I know I'm in a lucky position to be able to choose a new car, however I work hard, do a reasonable amount of business miles and it's a bit of a park too. Plus, the taxman makes a fair whack out of it, so... I am coming up to the end of my lease period on the current company car, a Skoda Yeti Greenline Elegance trim (1.6 turbo diesel, leather seats, dual zone climate control etc). I have to pick another car, or opt out of the scheme, take a cash allowance and buy something. I've ruled out doing the latter as whilst the numbers work (just about) I like the fact that on a company car if I get a cracked screen, nail in a tyre etc it's not my risk. So of all the cars I have looked at, I am down to two choices: 1) Skoda Octavia hatchback, 1.6 Greenline SE Technology trim, with winter pack (heated seats and screen). 2) Kia Niro 2 1.6 petrol / hybrid, with advanced driver assist pack (adaptive cruise control and bits). Over the lease period, taking into account tax effects, likely real world fuel economy and the lease fee, these will cost me almost exactly the same. The Skoda has the advantage of being able to have a towbar fitted (no towing capacity in the Kia, as confirmed by Kia UK despite what it said when they were launched) which I'll use for towing about twice a year and mounting a bike carrier to. The Niro is a bit less proven but when I test drove one over the weekend, I was impressed with the hybrid system and the oomph the battery gives, plus I've got a bit of a dodgy knee following a tug of war injury years ago, so the fact that it's an automatic appeals. However the boot is a bit smaller than I'd like and the lack of towbar is frustrating, although we can get one fitted to the wife's car instead. So both are nice, shiny and new, but neither really float my boat. The Skoda is probably more practical but I just feel that if I get it, I will look at it every day and feel like I've given up. If anyone's got any experience or thoughts, please feel free to shout!

My folks have got a field with a load of naturally seeded Rowan, probably not quite that tall but I expect there are a few of 4m and above. They are on the north Staffordshire / Cheshire border a few miles south of Macclesfield. If that's not too far and you can give an idea of going rate, I'll be happy to have a word. You would need to different the trees out yourself.

A replacement Titan saw (presumably from Screwfix) for this year's logging! And £100 in B&Q vouchers from my folks - which will come in handy as I'm planning on rebuilding my veg bed this spring.

Mind you, the 50 or so litres of fuel won't get you very far in a ZIL!

Know anyone with a ZIL multifuel truck? Apparently they will run on anything provided it's 50% petrol...

Trade sale or not it can't be right that they are waving through shoddy repair work for MOT. That's a very different issue to whether you bought it as a private individual or as a business.

Should have the horizontal for the feed wheel underneath the deck, then a vertical / angled shaft to drive the wheel. And the unguarded circular saw blade?!

Dunno about biccies but my Dad was the village postie when I was a kid and got fed a lot of cups of tea and snacks. One of the old dears on his round made pastry with loads of salt in it (far more than the pinch required for a bit of flavour); despite it being 1990 and nearly everyone having fridges, gone-off milk was not uncommon and I clearly remember his displeasure at being given a cup of tea that had been 'milked' with UHT strawberry milkshake. Mmmmmm!

My Titan has got plenty of cutting power for its size but the oiler never seemed up to much. The last time I used the saw, which was to cut up about 2 cube of arisings and make 1 experimental Swedish candle, despite regular checks and some additional oiling of the bar from a can, it cooked the bar - blued the steel and distorted the rails around the nose 😢. Whilst it did a bit of work that day, the reservoir was full of decent quality bar oil, the chain was reasonably sharp and until I cut the Swedish candle, I wasn't giving it loads of hammer. I'd previously been an advocate of the Titan but am less positive now.

I thought players said he might have had lots of talent, but couldn't communicate to them what he wants them to do?