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  1. difflock
    Hip Hip Hooray! A long-long overdue response to the cynical UK Councils, Local Authorities, Municipalities and Cities, exporting their waste, under the pretext it was re-cyclable, when any fool(i.e. yours truely/the very dogs in the street, et. al.) knew the Blue Bin waste was routinely contaminated, if not heavily contaminated with nappies and other black bin shite. And was told by my fellow Officers on the Refuse side of the operation to wind my neck in, when I asked them simple, but unanswerable questions, yet they continued to pontificate and publish about how much of our waste was being recycled. Lying hypocritical Fuckers! Ditto for the baled cardboard/paper/clean segregated plastic etc etc. signed, Disgusted of Dervock!
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    I not unreasonably believe "these" people do not use shopping lists, at all, ever. Anyway to use such a list would require the ability to both write and read. So definitely not the case. P.S. I once read a very good novel set in the period of the Roman Empire's zenith, the author chose to refer to such people as "the headcount", since they were not allowed to vote. That seemed to be such a sound, well grounded decision. Oops, I fear I am starting to sound like Big J. MTH Edit, why does "headcount" make me imagine Lice?
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    I pop the Steyr Puch into 4WD Low to manuover on concrete or bitmac, "technically" a no-no because no centre diff. But a few meters of back/forward driving in Low is not going to wind the transmission up. I also ran the Lightweight/air portable Series III in 4WD on the road, BUT, the speeds I was driving at on wet/muddy leaf strewn rural Scottish roads, I was not going to get the transmission wound up, since there was often enough a tyre with insufficient traction/or "spinning", so as to unwind the transmission. Horses for courses.
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    The petrol engined Series III Land Rover's I drove in the TA way back in the 1980's gained my enduring respect for their mechanical simplicity and off road abilities, if not for their build quality, panel fit or cabin comfort. A quiet, intelligent and exceptionally competent Premix truck owner/driver demonstrated what they were capable of in a disused hard-rock quarry, in bog-standard trim with the ordinary Army spec Michelin tyres. Cheers Marcus
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    I really dont give a monkeys-fuck about her self-pitying, self-inflicted "circumstances". Btw. Wor Son described her as a rude fat cow/sow. Cheers mth
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    Or Mr. Haynes spending about 3 pages, with diagrams, about how to remove the bonnet from a 1980's Renault 5, well-Doh! Then airily neglecting to mention the 2 entirely hidden and almost inaccessible(way up at the top) bolts holding the bellhousing to the engine. These 2 bolts in addition to the 12 fornicating number(on a 40HP Engine!)| I had already found and removed. Like a simple "there are 14 bolts, find them all" would have been a kinda useful. Ah his nivver forgiven Mr Haynes for thattun! Marcus
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    P.S. Just to rile 'Eggs, but since our Son has started working in a Post Office, he is well aware of the levels of benefits being paid, since he is home for my 60th birthday party we have been chatting a little. One woman comes in with 2 cards, "clear them out please" so £600.00 times 2 cards (£600.00 being the max payable) =£1,200.00, she is in the next day for the balance, another sum of just shy on £400.00 on one card and a measly £197.00 on the other. So a total of £1,800.00(ish), which might? be for 2 weeks, but even so, not many "ordinary" jobs pay a screw like that, never mind the DLA/PIP car(s) provided outside of these figures. And yet she is apparently living in "poverty", and no doubt her children and grandchildren, ad infinitum, will continue to live so profligately while still living in "poverty". Off others hard earned tax revenues. Marcus
  8. difflock
    Pyrolysis! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyrolysis
  9. difflock
    Ah! I would have imagined 12V, and thinking of buying a suitable 12V motor-pump unit to replace the one on the sprayer. Depending on the duration of the useage. Or 230V motor-pump unit and then use a 12V battery and inverter for non-mains locations? But what power do you need, or how many litres at what pressure? cheers marcus
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    mute?, moot perhaps
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    Is it going to be stationary, or mobile Andrew? so 230V AC or 12V DC? Why not hydraulic, assuming still tractor mounted? More questions than answers, but a start? Cheers mth
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    Unless one can only access the ends of the logs in the stack, I am perplexed at the need for such a swivel grab, I would have thought a straightforward grab like: https://www.riko-uk.com/product/timber-grabs-loader-grabs/loader-grab-dutk105euro would be a better/cheaper bet. But you obviously have a clearly defined requirement. P.S. From recall (based on comments on the Farming Forum) Albutt are probably the equivalent of Fendt in the tractor world, and priced accordingly.
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    A "muck grape" should have Keverneland tines, Hardox or not, they are exceptionally strong, I recall being astounded at a farmer(using his own equipment) choosing to lift the rear of a stuck silage trailer with the tip of a Keverneland buckrake tine, it may have sprung a little, but it definately did NOT bend.
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    I was told by someone who knows, that here in NI, the resurgence of the Pine Marten has, for whatever reason, boosted the number of Reds about.?
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    The (probably original, buttoned damask had failed) so the Mrs. an me "fell till", I am much impressed with the result, see images;
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    See image(& actually Jackdaws in the Roofspace), since they are now flying about the roofspace, as soon as they are absent the nest, the hole in the soffait is getting culfed(blocked off) I then got to remove several barrowfuls of twigs and shit! mth
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    They May(geddit?) need to clear the Law Courts of all other cases, if they are going to take Politicians to Court for lying. Who is up next, and I can think of quite a few. mth
  20. difflock
    "Tree Rats" says it all. And they must throw off some dog-enticing scent, go since I witnessed our 2 Spaniel/Daschund crosses frantically criss-crossing and following a ground trail, while Mr Grey scurried away 40' overhead.
  21. difflock
    "Whack-a-mole" !
  22. difflock
    Eggs, thanks, So just the same as a standard lead acid battery vehicle deeply disliking deep discharging, OK. marcus
  23. difflock
    Eggs, How or why are the batteries wrecked by newbies? mth
  24. difflock
    I would be more concerned about the extra long nose, sticking out into traffic at junctions, (and I believe the legal status of Unimog front mounted chippers, not winches as I appreciate, has already been discussed on this forum) it is just that that front mount winch just looks awfully awfully "sticky outy" to my eye. This comment based on my NI rural road junction experiences, never mind getting out of fields/properties onto the County Road. Perhaps a man with a red flag in front is needed? Good luck, an as they say over here "your good health to enjoy her". Regards Marcus
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    Oh?

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