doobin
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Looks a great bit of kit. Be sure to strap the jib down in future, a driver was prosecuted after a jib swung around and killed a pedestrian a few years ago. Also, the crowd ram can wander a bit, meaning that it won't stay tight in transport. Best to close the grab completely, then strap the gap in the crossed teeth back to the trailer edge (if that makes sense?)
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Checking in. Up to 12st 5lb (almost 80KG). Very happy though as bodyfat is about 10%. People say I look ten and half stone. Clean bulk appears to be working. I'm eating primarily a dozen eggs, a good helping of steak, some fish, maybe 200g-300g of cheese, plus mayo and half a kilo of spring onions and spinach every day,
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EU court rules fatness now officially a disability
doobin replied to Wood wasp's topic in General chat
That's the thing. You can eat as much steak, eggs and salad as you like without getting fat. Add bread, sugar and beer to that list and things go downhill quickly. The Paleo thread hasn't been updated for ages, shall we all check in? http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/training-health/67369-paleo-diet-18.html -
What are you on about, a new message window pops up when you visit ArbTalk! Surely posting your thoughts in the thread would enrich rather than dilute the thread- that's what a forum is for, other people's opinions 'PM sent' in the the thread is self aggrandising rubbish. That idiot Lyncombe Climber started it, with his super secret forestry price list. I don't care if people share or not, but if someone chooses to share with only a select few then do it privately without clogging up a thread IMHO.
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Weren't you looking to run a tractor log splitter in another post? Ringing up enough to keep that fed with an MS181 will get old very quickly.... What do you want to use the saw for?
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CBE is pointless. The standard MS181 is one of the best value for money small saws out there.
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EU court rules fatness now officially a disability
doobin replied to Wood wasp's topic in General chat
Amen. Fat kids = child abuse. You don't even need to peel some vegetables, and they can be cooked in the microwave if you wish! -
Gotcha. I use these 27W 9 LED Round Square Spot Light Bar Flood Offroad TRUCK 12V/ 24V Waterproof | eBay with success as headlights for my old tractor. However they're probably not road legal as they have no dip setting. Would work fine for you if you wired them just into the main beam circuit.
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The ones listed above are indeed a spot rather than a flood. When they come, look at the box. Odds are they will have the 60° box ticked. I imported some 30° 48w ones from China- it was the only place I could find them. They excel in their current location on the back of the truck. On the tractor they tended to flood the bodywork too much. If I were in your shoes Tom, I'd buy a couple of the 60° £20 48w ones. You will be amazed at how much light they put out, both close up and in the distance. They perform the roles of both spot and flood admirably on my machines.
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£200 will go a long way towards an electric log splitter...
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Waste oil will go the same way as chip fat, it will be worth money.
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It'll work fine. If you're changing your oil at a sensible interval (100 hours) then if your filter blocks up in that time you've got serious problems elsewhere. OC196 is a good filter for many small 3-cylinder applications. Edit- just seen you've got an OC194. Must be pretty similar.
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It's simple, do as I do and don't work for idiots. Mind you, I seem to be the contractor rather than the subby these days.
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Why the hell do we need to spend money on some harebrained scheme like this? I know what it costs to shoot a deer, I can't see any reason for the population getting 'out of hand;. If there is such a population, then by all means direct myself and my buddy to it, give us an open license and we'll make a healthy profit...
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I found some 12" chains on eBay from GHS for £12 for three. If it's anything like their cheap chainsaw files it's junk, but for that money I will give them a go.
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If you paid more than £20 you've been robbed. Sparex, Gwaza etc, it's all the same Chinese stuff.
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Nice one. The weight is surprising at first, until you realise that the heavy alloy casting is necessary to act as a heat sink.
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Complete red herring, they both put out the same power at 1.5kw. Next you'll be telling us a 50cc Mitrox is the same power as a 50cc Stihl? The MS181 is 100g lighter, has better vibes at 3.5/3 compared to the Husky's 3.9./3.8 and will hold it's value a bit better.
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MS181 gets my vote.
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We wouldn't pay Joinery sawdust/shavings is bone dry and free.
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Price. Nearly every business needs computer. If nearly every business needed a chainsaw for five minutes a day, then there would be a lot more 'middle ground' models sold. Stihl vs B&Q chainsaws in terms of price, reliability and total cost of ownership is an analogy every businessman on here can relate to. The uneducated masses who buy a crap Windows laptop on finance are generally incapable of such reasoning.
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For me, a Windows PC is not up the the job. Would you use a B&Q saw instead of a Stihl? I've got way better things to do with my time than run virus scans and constant security updates. I'll meet you half way- it's a Mitox saw. How's that? Sold to the masses, who think a Stihl is too expensive for their needs. It works, but not without problems, is less efficient and after four or five years (less if used every day) it's junk. (Stay out of this, GardenKit! ) I prefer a Mac because it just works and holds it's value. Much as I prefer Stihl for the same reasons.
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I could get three or four B&Q chainsaws for the price of an MS181 too... Quality, resale value, and lack of downtime- leading to low total cost of ownership- apply to both Mac laptops and Stihl chainsaws. Using Linux suggests you are slightly more 'techy' than the average user? Much the same as a Chinese saw could be tuned. However, when buying a tool for a job, I want the best off the shelf with no hassle.
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Macbook Air 11". £749. Four year old models are making £450-500 on eBay no trouble at all. That may change slightly if they bring out a Retina Macbook Air, but the general premise is the same. Your Windows laptop will most likely not be working after four years, let alone worth well over half of it's purchase price. John Lewis will do you three years insurance for a further £80. Assume you buy including insurance, £829. Sell after three years for £450. That's cost you just £126 a year for trouble and worry free computing. My 8 year old MacBook Pro still works and is still worth £200.
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Inline filter- your local motor factors. Oil? I would just stick 10-40 in it but that's probably not the correct answer.
