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now you mention Felicity . . .

Thanks again, all good stuff.

Was Valerie Singelton not a MILF before they were invented!

Oops! I should have said that it is only exceptionally I be welding thick section steel. And have grown accustomed to using multiple application of finer rods, it just takes more time with the wee "buzz" box. Still get there in the end. So could possibly live with 140A/150A output. Anyway I reasonably suspect that some of the lesser brands will be a trifle optimistic with their stated output Ampages. Since 230V in at a rated 16A can only give a limited output Ampage(Voltage dependant) Even if/when judiciously overloading the 16A supply. cheers m

MEWP Simply because it is a predictable repetitive practice that CAN be eliminated. Therefore it should be. Or hinged at the ground poles, hydraulically raised, would be even better, simply because it obviates the requirment for staff to leave the ground. As a Council employer one cannot be allowed to "fix stupid" by sacking them. Therefore one must work around their innate stupidity/shortcomings. Ask me how I know.

I am 55, I do remember taking dinners up to "Stephen" who lived in a very primitive "cotter" house about 15m from our back door. Only afterwards did I find out that (i) "Stephen" had been a tramp(and probably as a result of his experiences in the First WW) that my father had taken pity on/taken in and accommodated in this then derlict house. (ii) That he used to babysit us to allow our parents to go out! Bloody Hell, try and run both those ideas past Social Services today. A lister diesel generator plant provided the electric, so even when we got a TV(2nd hand B&W set), there was no TV in the Summer cos the engine was not started if not needed. And Sleeping between sheets sewen together from "Morton's" flour bags, the text still being visible. Not to mention the indignity of ONCE being made to wear my big SISTERS knickers, dont recall how old I was, but old enough to be mortified. cheers marcus And PS Attempting to explain, to the collective children, with the aid out our then neighbour, that houses did not use to have inside toilets! The neighbour had grown with an outside toilet btw.

I will probably buy a "Jefferson" from McIntyre's in Kilrea. After I speak to the cousin, who is; (i) A welder/steel fabricator of 35 years exp. And (ii) Has an account with McIntyre's. cheers all Marcus

Makes the tea does it? ps seriously, thanks,keep em coming folks.

Thanks Peatff, must be 6 or 9 months since I last looked, and I was surprised at how affordable they had become. I Might also then buy a plasma cutter. cheers M OOPs Arbo . . . Posted while i was typing Thanks for the link, anything with a expected life of over 30 years Hobby use is overkill cos I will(probably) be dead:lol:

So am no going. But which welder? With which "extras":hmmmm: I am bamboozled by all the blurb, most of which is probably offering extras I dont need/wont use. Do I need/want the TIG facility? Do I need "pluse", though I do wish to be able to weld thin steel. I do however wish to "max out" on a 16Amp/blue socket supply (right beside the consumer unit in the shed which is fed off a 16mm2 SWA cable) cheers Marcus

OK:001_tt2: I will re-phrase slightly; Why would one require the "plug spanner" to be kept on the Saw. Extra weight on the Saw!!. Keep it with the fuel mix, file, tooth gauge thinngy, spare chain, vice for sharpening etc:thumbup: In a cut down 5l plastic jar. M

(i) What exactly IS a Plug spanner? (ii) And why would one require access to one during a days cutting? just saying like.

top post:thumbup: Or a GOOD 1st aid course. B UT def better to do some intrinsically worthwhile extra qualification. Than discuss; (i) non-compliant Lidl Fir Extinguishers. (ii) out of date Fire Extinguishers. etc etc

VOSA will be round shortly! Thanks for the "tip off" Marcus:lol::lol:

Hmmm, Could one not take a FWD vehicle (yawn, and perhaps a special purposes Unimog, to maintain a tenous link to the thread title) But plenty of Donor FWD vans out there. And insert a good chipper in place of the chassis behind the cab, if neccessary it could be on a drop down hydraulic arm arrangment for easy feeding. Surely?

Would/could you consider LHD, and then buy sommat proper sexy from Germany perhaps? Or Perhaps http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/arb-trucks/77908-toyota-landcruiser-79-double-cab-apf.html

I got my CPC card in the Post Saturday. I now am qualified to drive a CE vehicle combination professionally. I am very pleased with this development. marcus

:thumbup::thumbup: Perzactly

Well Mick, go on, tree fellas . . .

The Mercedes/Mitisbui/Canter/Fuso. Is 7500 GVM, and available from the factory with 4WD. In the 2WD version 5000kg is available for bodywork and payload. The 4WD varient a tad less. Mount a hooklift body to carry the sawmill, or simply sloping bodywork and a 24V winch. No trailer needed, and I suspect more manourverable than a pick-up and trailer (shorter overall as well) Still need a Tacho though. cheers marcus

Having been practising since I was 35 to be a Grumpy Old Bugger, and now being 55, man-o-man have I fair got it off pat. Hard to beat 20 years experience lads! But that said, there bes good young-uns and bad old-uns. P.S. I do be amused at the young-uns seeming to be convinced that us old-uns were never young. P.P.S. Being involved in the Cemetery business, boy am I glad to wake up old and grumpy any morning, as said above "a priveledge denied to many" cheers Marcus

I suspect that OFGEM could argue a very "reasonable" case at Law, that despite CE conformity compliant certificates being supplied with the Euro imported boiler, the entirely different UK fuelwood, necessitates an "installed" test. I do also suspect that ALL the major boiler manufacturers use absolutly prime dry wood(e.g. clean beech at 12-15% moisture) for their testing regime/published output figures. Would that suspision be a tad cynical? PS Fascinating stuff above. I could only(in my head)justify burning difficult to process/minimally processed/low grade/commercially unsalable wood to dry firewood for sale. Or simplistically run through a chipper/chip fed boiler(as I believe was alluded to somewhere above) Though this would of course make the boiler even less likely to pass emmissions tests. cheers marcus

And treequip really "nails" it, per H&VAC Engineers, tis all about "air changes" per hour cheers marcus

I have observed that the biting cold wind we usually get coming from the East in Feb, March and into April. Can strip moisture very very fast. A good marker is the human lips, they get very "chapped" at this time of year. My simplistic understanding is that regardless of the airs temperature driven ability to carry moisture, it is MORE about the amount of moisture ALREADY in the air. So bone dry, but cold air can/will be able to absorb more moisture than already saturated warm air, but obviously not more than warm dry air. Now Tuesday of this week here in NI at least was a fabulous drying day. Hot, windy and very dry. cheers m

Painted "tin", probably galv beneath the paint, but 10 to 15 years up so should be no issues. well spotted btw, as I had not considered this source of heavy metal contamination. ps Wor daughter brought home MORE fish last night. "Sheebunkin" this time. But still no PH meter. PPS I has a paddle/wade in the pond last night, only 1.2 m deep, should be 1.35 when filled, honestly thought it was deeper. Trying to entice the dogs in for a swim, it being so hot. cheers all