sandy2210
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had t laugh at above post I was standing waiting to start work this morning and commented to "townie" workmate how good to hear the nearby cuckoo you dont know much about the countryside he says-- thats a pigeon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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plenty about here we get 3 at the bird table daily
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looking for a new one myself wife wased it insde shirt pocket to-day and it never recoverd a rioch carried it about for about 7 years great wee camera
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amazing bit of kit -would have been useful on many farms this past winter
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been hearing the blackwater dam near empty they are desparate for rain to fill it again
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I could see that one in fort William from the house Quite a spectacle just after dark last night this was defiantly not a controlled burn but more likely started by kids only a part time fire brigade here and son in law out till 4 this morning and back out at another to-night controlled burning carried out all around here but never that close to town or villages, kinlochleven just down the road is well known for kids starting fires around the village
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hooray finally got new liner fitted yesterday all insulated with vermiculite this time as well so will get it lit again to-night, will be watching outside to see if its black smoke or white! anyone know what the best thing to seal the bedroom wall with to stop the horrible acrid smell comeing through the brick/plaster where the split was
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got cscs roads & streetworks 4 different digger tickets dumper roller f/lift first aid slinger/signaler, banksman, confined spaces, mewp etc etc but one that beats them all came today ticket that says I can fit a dust mask properly!!!! at the end of the day they are all just get out of jail cards for the directors of the company I work for during the week the company paid for them all and with all the grants ect the training dept was one of the most profitable bits of the company
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growing out of an ash tree which fell about 8 years ago
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great wee machine if the stuff is fairly straight but you need to cut nearly every "Y" . they dont like stuff like roddydendron if its twisted and got even small crowns of branches as above needs to be sharp to pull stuff through
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you dont look at the mantl piece when you stoke the fire
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we were using a large wet/dry vac with 3 motors held about 30 gallons and were emptying it every 20 mins sometimes less
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used a hydraulic one a few years ago chains were about £600 then working refurbing a power station the re-bar was twisted square bar if you hit it on a corner the chain just snapped , even in round re-bar could go through a chain in 2 days
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got some great pics of them going up 500 t crane etc but they are on "picasa" anyone know how to upload them on here in my "other" job we do the roads and the concrete bases. 375 cube of concrete in one pour and up to 40t of re-bar
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I agree only fitted the ram as I had it lying about. the thumb is same one as mine
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would not be without the thumb on my 3 tonner. it came from digbits but I found that if you were lifting a log from the ground the bucket teeth dug under the log and got a lot of earth with it . I fitted the ram which I had lying about as its the same length as the fixed bar supplied when fully extended so can position the bucket then bring the thumb down onto the log. without the ram you drive it by positioning the thumb first then use the bucket with the ram its the other way round. in an ideal world I would use a longer ram mounted further up the dipper so it would fold fully out of the way for digging Also had to take the Quick hitch off as the thumb landed inside the bucket with it fitted the narrow bucket was the only one I have without welded pins although with the new teeth and sidecutters it works a treat
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not coming from here yet but saw logs going to BSW in corpach and the pulp will be going up A82 to nairn
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will do, only able to get up there at weekends tho
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we are just outside fort Williamothe harvesters 2 of the harvesters belong to Bruce Douglas from drumnadrochit I only know him as pie the 2 (3now) diggers mounding are duncan Boyd from fort william and the other prossesor and skyline are his brothers
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dont know about any jobs will ask tho A digger mounted skyline comeing soon as well interested to see that as I used to work the old smiths and alp skylines not shure how a digger mounted one is set up
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just some of the big boys toys that arrived on the estate this week to extract about 10,000 ton and do a bit of mounding there is another 360 with prosseror a timberjack forwarder and a team doing roads just didnt get pics yet brings a bit of life to what is usually a very quiet estate
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just a couple of pics taken of a split in a water pipe on a frosty morning
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no such thing as a bad whiskey----------------------------just some better than others!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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here is a few pics of my one shifting some logs today
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I got a 3 tonnerand fitted it with a thumb from digbt$ I changed the solid bar with a ram which is the same lenth as the solid bar when extended as I found the bucket was going into the ground before contacting with the "thumb" best thing I ever did great for cord and clearing brash and allsorts would not be without it now only thing I would say a 1 1/2 tonner may be a bit small I will take some new photos tomorrow as cant find the ones i have on this new computer
