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The NPTC materials are only 'performance criteria' i.e. they are not intended to be training materials. Some colleges provide materials with their chainsaw courses that are compiled in line with the NPTC requirements, or you could do a 'LANTRA' course, which will be accompanied by some fairly comprehensive manuals. Either of these should give you all you need to know to pass the assessment. I must admit that I haven't seen the books that you have linked to, but they may miss out on some vital information, terms or techniques - or they may include methods that are not acceptable / appropriate for an NPTC assessment - or they may be produced for US or AUS markets (heaven forbid that you should get terms such as hung-up tree mixed with widow-maker, or attempt to get your hung-up tree down by spearing lumps off the bottom ) 'course, if you just want a little light reading, order away (and if the books are any good, you can post up a review )

You will certainly get good excercise loading it. Those load beds are really high. Mind you, If you good lady has gone ape with you for buying the thing, you might be in no hurry to go home :-)

Ha Ha, what numpties! I rekon there's two types of bonfire workers, the smart ones, and the ones that stand in the smoke " Ooooo Ooooo Ouch! a little tiny spark went down my neck "

I can't believe people are advising using petrol or diesel. It is a wicked waste of out earths precious resourses These days we all MUST recycle, for the sake of the children. and thats why you should use sump oil and tyres (for the sake of the planet, man:thumbup1:)

IMO, 2000 tyres is far too many. 157 tyres (or inner tubes ) should get even the wettest brash going (though you may be better of doing it on a foggy day )

Forget the tyre, too many silly bits of metal left behind. Large innertube every time, and some UFA (universal fire accellerent) - sometimes refered to as sump oil in COSHH assessments. If you havent got a blower, the cooling air / exhaust flow off a chainsaw works just as well (just don't singe your bar)

glad to see you are taking the impending rain seriously and aren't swayed by this 'snowiest winter in 10 000 years nonsense'.

see, there's your best answer, ask them if the're interested in a reciprocal arrangement. (MMMMMMM, walking distance)

thank goodness for that. cleared it right up

O please let this be tongue in cheek

Its going to be yet another Wet, Grey, Boring winter. Sorry kids, I have cancelled the snow.

This does apply to many husq saws though, and as stated, an impact driver is ideal. I use a 24v cordless 1/2" impact driver with some adaptors I filed out of old sockets, and its the 'mutts knees' in the field. I have never had a crank snapping problem. Plastic piston stops / lengths of starter cord? no thanks.

what, like this? http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/f-r-jones-son/19576-oregon-power-sharp.html started by some 'Jonesie' fellow

blaze the trees you are taking out with a couple of swipes from a bill hook (slasher / patch hook - or whatever you call it in your neck of the woods). benifits... you don't have to buy paint (you should already have a bill hook, haven't you?). you don't get covered in messy paint. the paint dosn't run out at the wrong time. you get to hit things... and use sharp tools. you keep warm(er) from the 'physical activity' many happy hours await you.

I think York council tried this method on their bus routes (a lot of their busses are open top, and a branch in the face often offends). Quite good as far as altenative uses for council vehicles, but not as good as the refuse lorry that manchester council used to chip into the back of.

never seen that before...... makes me feel like a fraud.

one of these? Clarke CT2 Digital Contact Tachometer - Machine Mart careful with the tweaking. tweak-tweak-tweak is often followed by rev-rev-bang :-)

has it a metal or plastic tank? If its metal, there can be problems with the paint coating on the inside flaking off. we had the problem with the dual 'fuel + hyd oil' tank. having failed to flush the flakes we bought a replacement tank. turns out it was nearly £1K! turns out that when we went to fit it, it was full of paint dust. how we laughed :-) next time I would get one fabricated out of stainless at a boatyard!

of course, if I were going to stretch something into a limo [ eh what do you mean 'derail' ], I would use a MOG. do the job properly :-)

its only going to work if the base vehicle has a proper chassis. I don't think the discovery chassis would be up to it. maybe something Japanese?, or how about one of those stupid humm veeee's? (O no, stupid me, they have all already been converted into minibuses for chavs)

should have used a petzl...... no-snag gate design.

blackberry vodka (which appears to be 'sparkling'). brambly apple snaps cider (or mabe vineger - never can tell). not started the sloe gin yet. going to experiment with the hazel nuts this year. try sticking them in vodka I think. Hmmmmmm..................................I think I see a theme forming.

O yes, I had forgotten that! Thats exactly what I did. bodged a pair of headband radios that I bought from radmore and tuckers in Exeter . They were flogging them off at the time fo about £30, which is a bit more resonable than the £590.99 (slight exaggeration) price that the radio / helmet combos normally were. £30 is still pricey for a radio, but I think they have paid for themselves over the years. Fitted nicely onto one of those husky climbing lids which had had the peak sheared off.

I got a pair and they work well. they don't get through batteries too quick. Very handy when driving a mog that hasn't a radio. don't use them for felling though. for some reason all precision goes out of the window when your listening to music. 'couse, you do look like a little radio controlled android walking about.

I love it. but best to keep the kids off it i think.