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sandy2210

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About sandy2210

  • Birthday 22/10/1959

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  • Location:
    west coast scotland
  • Occupation
    estate manager
  • Post code
    ph33 6sh
  • City
    fort-william

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  1. doesn't take much frost to make a potato rot so farmers leave any cultivation of field they been in until after a frost
  2. up here you want as much smoke as possible in the summer to keep the midgies away
  3. I was working on the construction of a "green energy" wind farm a couple of years ago and I was ordering 20,000 litres every day and sometimes more i wonder how much extra that would cost if it was white diesel and how long to become carbon neutral Also i cant see how there can be a difference in performance between red and white when I was young the farm diesel came in a wagon full of white diesel and the driver added a measured amount of red dye into the tank after it was filled
  4. newish house here has small round sockets around the wall for small table lamps and are linked to a second light switch by the door so you can walk in and switch on all the wee lights with one switch
  5. sandy2210

    plumbers?

    think you will find that they are metric sizes its just "Old school" to call them by imperial sizes 1/2 inch and 13mm are the same 3/4 and 22mm ae almost the same 22mm olive on a 3/4 copper pipe needs a bit extra grunt when tightening or you can get a 3/4 olive and use n a 22mm fitting
  6. pretty sure I bought one of these drop plates at one point and can remember that it said it must only beused as a drop plate and was either illegal or not recommended to fit it as a riser plate -worth checking
  7. link here the steelwrist screening buckets in the above link look the dogs whatits been trying to get a price but they cant be ar***d to reply has anyone on here tried them
  8. small plant nappy-lets the water through but traps the oil dont know how - we have them under every piece of small plant a must on sse jobs
  9. roads around here are kept pretty much clear all winter been was traveling through glencoe twice a day for last 2 winters and think I was in 4wd once and that was at 6 in the morning before the ploughs were out dont think there is much snow there at the moment good place to have a look at the roads go to traffic scotland-live cameras- then altnafaedh a82 camera is less than a mile from the ski centre and one of the worst bits for snow blowing onto the road
  10. scot trac Unit 2A, Strathallan Airfield, Near Auchterarder, Perth, PH3 1LA Phone: +44 1764 663 000 Email: [email protected] Web: ATV Vehicle Hire Europe | Auchterarder
  11. Welding - The DIY Guide try the above site full of tutorials and a fourm a bit like this one with a lot of realy helpfull guys as well as a bit of banter
  12. charged on 2 counts of attempted murder so no doubt he will be gone for a while
  13. they are the parents of the arrested mans on/off girlfriend
  14. may have been broken when I got it there was always a bit of play in it ans meant to see to it for a while now was not caused by me by a breaker as I dont have one pin sheared through the grease hole

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