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Not got a fancy box like that, but what I have does the job, just got a pressure clock and a plastic box containing several different couplings and fittings, does the job thou ,

Yep i would have em as well, the 955 would be first choice over the 956, but that County would be sweet but the rarity value puts it out of my reach, I better stick to my Kubota and 780 brown,,

Not mine but came across them on my travels last week, thought they would be of interest to some of us, County 1184 long chassis 1979 on a V plate which I think could be a rare tractor ? Plenty of standard/short 1184 s but not many long ones, second photo International 955 1978 on a T plate, 4wd 6 Potter and had a reputation fir being a good reliable tractor with plenty of grunt,

No boat as we used to do a day or 2 on St Marys then drop back on to Castle loch at Lochmaben and have a night out in the Kings arms and the Bruce arms in the village happy days back then, Diesel about £2 a gallon and Bellhaven heavy about 50p a pint, going back to St Marys i had a nasty encounter with a big Red Stag one morning, i stood up to go and have a p - - s and about 15ft from me was this stag staring and snorting i dont know who was the most worried me or it ? but i think i won that on a i near on crapped myself 😂

We used to go fishing on St Mary,s back in the late 80s early 90s, fantastic place to be early doors when there is no traffic on the road and the only thing you hear is nature, very tranquil place to be,,,

Spruce £90-£95 tonne R/S Larch £105-£120 tonne R/S if you can find any ? Oak i am hearing a lot of different prices but for good quality clean straight stems 5 - 7.5 mtr for beams where at about £375 tonne several wk ago, smaller diameter logs and lengths where much less tho at about £150 tonne R/S. as for standing spruce prices well only addvise i can give you is start as low as you dare as you can only go up and you cant come down once you have said a price, a lot of it depends on the ground, conditions put in place, one job i am working on getting later on this year has some of the best spruce in it that i have seen for some time but the site has plenty of issues for the big machines Its a nature reserve its next to a water catchment stream for a near by Res Only a narrow access and a long haul back to a stacking area all this adds up for me to go in as low as possible and i am 95% sure i will get it but it will be for approx £10-£15 tonne standing,

The Morris oil you bought Mike I would think would be fine as Morris oils are regarded by some as a very good lubricant company that do a very wide range of oils and specialist lubricants and there British company as well,

The Super sexy from northernarb is fine or it was ? i bought 6 25ltr drums about 2yr ago and down to the last one now i dont know if its changed in quality but it will of gone up in price of late, i think i paid about £30 + VAT per drum, The best oil IMO out there is the Exol heavy chain oil, its not the cheapest but it is gooey and sticky as, lasts well as compared to others, one lad who works with us bought some stihl oil and it was like hydraulic oil thin as P - - s i dont think he was impressed with it,,

Just read that tonight about the High court order at the shell garage just down road from me its stuck on the door at eye level so you cant miss it , it reads like they was expecting something from the British public but it all so allows them to put fuel up to what ever they want !!

Then on the other side, i dont mind doing a odd day or two, as you say, in the cold wet snow if it allows me to be on holiday from May till October spending my time doing a bit of fishing, shooting and dog training or in other words doing what i want to do,,

Worked in forestry a few years now and managed with a estate car for many years, then I got offered a cheap L200 pick up, this made a big difference to where we could go and the time and effort it saved carrying stuff was unreal, there has been days during the winter that we have gone working and got up hills on to sites when the forest roads have had several inches of snow on them and we got there in a 4x4 but a 2wd estate or van we would of been going home and not working, I now would not go back to the estate car or 2wd and its as the saying goes , action speaks louder than words, I once asked a old farmer on his views on 2wd tractors v 4wd tractors and is answer was , one of them your going the other you not,,, very true that,

When i was making some walking sticks during last winter some Hazel and Ash sticks that i have had a few years just would not straighten out no matter how hard i tried and its not like there massive as there not at 30-35mm but they would just not have it unlike some other sticks that i have had for 10-12mth which straighten nicely with not much steaming and very little effort, so i will have to agree with Squaredy on this subject after experiencing it first hand myself,,

another one being a twat 😂😂

Your lucky it was just you, if we was on a felling site and one of my lads tested positive it would be all of us off site immediately, until further notice pending a investigation,

Total agree with FAC getting harder to get now but it will only get even harder in the future, go for it now as you have nothing to loose, I recently was going to take some scrap in and was asked to bring either a photo driving licence or valid passport of which i have neither, but i did say i had a SGC with photo id on it, answer was we cant accept that ??? my answer was any dick head can get a driving licence or pass port but not every one will get a SGC or FAC,,,

My grand parents had a Collie call Murk and one called Rain along with many others,

Yes that Collie was a smart dog in more ways than one, its mother was a good working dog on a hill farm up east Lancs where i worked now n then, when i went to the mother in laws the collie would be going round n round in the back of the van as the mother in law had a fair lot of chickens n ducks and smoke would be up n down the field with them all day,

One I said I would post a bit back for Gary112, sorry for quality of photos as they are photos of photos, Grey and white border collie that we had called Smoke, First photo circa 1985 about 14wk old on the banks of Loch Awe, Second photo curca 1987, Smoke aged about 2 ish and the first Lab I had called Dusk about 9mth old at the time taken on a bright but cold morning on Derwentwater Keswick.

A 3" nail works wounders and its cheap as,

The last Lancaster to come home from the Rhur dams raid on this morning of May 17th 1943 was piloted by Flt Sgt Bill Townsend, Here he is nearly on the ground with the sun coming up behind him as he fly,s his Lancaster over the Dutch coast at 60ft to avoid flack and anti aircraft fire on his way out to the North sea heading home to RAF Scampton, these men deserve the highest of respect in book for what they did,

I thought it looked a bit pissed, but did think it was me, as its been a long day with loads of problems and headaches 😂

Sorry the 80th aniversary of the dams raid is next year, its the 79th this year,,,

Its been all over the UK this wk end to mark the end of WW11 and it will all so be the 80yr aniversary of the Dams raid tomorrow night 16th/17th may

Any thing containing Chris Packham or should we say kwis !!

Sorry to hear this, i went through it about 6mth ago, had a good innings thou at 15yr 5mth