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  1. Not arb related, other than the home grown/felled/cut/split logs on the fire.
  2. E' ba Gum, ah nivver knowed there wuz so much ta fetteling ah chain. But in my limited experience running .325" on the wee 026, I stick with one file size, and being unaware of any possible issues, have always blythly filed down into the tie straps, I have lost an occasional well filed away tooth, but never broken a chain, prob due to my limited saw power? I suppose I always intiutively followed the line or angle of the top of the tooth when filing, simply to preserve the geometry of the cutting edge of the tooth, and accepted this took me down into the tiestraps. Thinking about that, since there must be less drag on a filed/worn chain, there should be less likelyhood of snapping the tiestraps, ergo filing a bit out of them towards the end of the chains life is probably no odds. mth
  3. Bang on, the perfect growing environment, proven by the mass of opportunistic vegetation, that has inside of 2 years, throughly colonised the lime-rich builders rubble I paved the Rodden with. Anyway, surely Sycamore are the weeds of the tree world.
  4. I was discussing with this vexing subject wife the other day, our conclusion was, any charity that pays(or vastly overpays) its staff should lose its charitable status, because paying staff, is not what a charity is about. Ditto for any "charity" using slimey cold calling techniques, selling on phone nos, and on street aggravated begging. If you like a move back to "noblesse oblige", except we are not expecting the almost extinct nobility to lead from the front, rather the "fat cat" bankers, those who have retired after making fortunes in the City and Senior Civil servants. Or in the case of the Services, there should be enough well pensioned Senior Officers and perhaps NCO's to make a contribution. They dont, or should not need any more money and would perhaps enjoy the unpaid/underpaid challenge. Oh! that and the fact that all charities should be liable for rates/commercial rates, perhaps not the full 100%, say 50 %, this might alleviate the Charity blight in most town centres. And also help to downsize some of the more humengeous/ostentatious new Churches/Church Halls.(perhaps unique to NI though)
  5. Nope, the flat clear sheet of polycarbonate, top right like, obviously the polywotsit plastic polycarbonate disnay like cresote.
  6. See images, As I was washing the (probably) 20 year old salvaged polycarbonate on the inside , I became aware of odd noises, kinda like between a creak and a ting, outside. So I went and looked, the cresote had very quickly found the incipient stress fractures, in the Polycarbonate sheeting, at the screw fixings, and "went to town". So fast as to be almost unbelievable. The polycarbonate "washers", pictured, freely fell away when I unscrewed the screws. That vintage cresote sure is good stuff! A re-thunk is now required. m
  7. Oddly I had toyed with the notion of simply affixing the fresh cut boards, with a screw at the bottom only, and a more generous lap/overlap, then put the rest of the screws in after it had weathered/seasoned. But I chickened out.
  8. A bit of weatherboarding, in a nod to the Muslim faith(the Persian Rug makers) I deliberately left my mistake at the bottom left. Perhaps because I cut the boards as thin as possible, and left to season lying to the North over the summer, non of the ends split. I still need to finish the top and add more screws, then to be treated with cresote tomorrow or Wed.
  9. That should be standard fitment on all/any EH winches imho. Along with powered outfeed.
  10. Since older stuff predates tinternet, you are really relying on owners clubs, which for some brands, may not even be English language based. And having used tractordata quite a bit when searching for an older loader tractor myself, since it is US based it requires quite a bit of judicious cross referencing between sister brands, ranges and model numbers(esp the SDF range) since a particular model would have been sold under a different brand or model no in different parts of the world. I found myself hunting back and forth based on HP and specific engine/transmission details to attempt to track down particular older European spec models that were not listed under their usual European brand name in tractordata. m
  11. https://www.teufelberger.com/en/f20.html
  12. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/10/11/police-officers-have-duty-do-right-thing-sir-craig-mackey-has/?li_source=LI&li_medium=li-recommendation-widget and https://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/life/pc-keith-palmer-let-police-chief-not-brave-enough-help-save/?li_source=LI&li_medium=li-recommendation-widget All we need now is a petition.
  13. So, why only now over-due fanfare-inducing catch-up? Surely any reputable company should be making continuous cutting-edge iterative improvements. Rather than flogging out-of-date technology. jat marcus p.s. Like why on earth would a factory fresh chain not be expected to cut as well, nay better, than a hand filed/sharpened one.
  14. That's the best kind of correct, technically correct!
  15. But I hope you are feeding her Hard Wood, surely not Soft Wood?
  16. Zero accoutrements, well' cept a bare-bones poker, standard pressed steel shovel and brush, the logbox is a strong cardboard supermarket fruit box, a perfect fit and easy carried when loaded with logs. Fans are more psycological than physicalogical. Thermometers are not needed. Keep it simple folks. mth
  17. Nobody on 'ere got a pet Beaver?
  18. If I correctly recall, it is ALL "plated" weights. except for the anomaly of towing a trailer plated at a higher weight than is legal for your licence or the towing vehicles legal limit, BUT, not an issue so long as the ACTUAL laden weight of the trailer falls under the legal limits for both the drivers licence and the towing vehicle. As I said a glaring anomaly. Marcus
  19. I hope to goodness there were no female fire-fighters present, cos if they were they will be suffering from PTSD, based on an extrapolation of your avatar image vis-a-vis your likely "Y" front clad appearance. mth
  20. And on the other hand what a perfect future Labour leader in the making.
  21. Took a long time for the manufacturers to realize the benefits of the flotation type tyres, though I suppose it is only really a niche application.
  22. Are Takeuchi machines particularly popular down Devon Cornwall direction, cos from my searches they seem to be . . .

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