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  1. spuddog0507
    yes and that ice was on the inside of the window, i remember waking up when i was a kid and looking out the window to see if it had been snowing and having to rub the ice of before i could see, i have all ways said the man who invented double glazing was a genius, and how many times was your school shut due to snow when you was a kid,? mine i can remember once ,,
  2. spuddog0507
    Yes totaly agree Ebay do not want to know when there is a problem and if there is a seriouse problem they seem to be about as much help as a windscreen wiper on a submarine,
  3. spuddog0507
    hi leave insurance out of it for now, report to police let them do there bit (thats if they have time) and then if they come up with something and return chipper its then up to you to sort out with insurance co, a farm down the road from me got a call about a year ago from a police officer in oban that they had recovered a quad that was stolen from him in lancashire in 2011 bike was returned with police paper work and he took it up with his insurance and managed to buy the bike back of them for £250 which was to cover addmin fees, they said it was not worth then coming to collect and sell at auction, so you may end up with a cheap second chipper,
  4. spuddog0507
    on this subject i would say if you can afford to do it get it done. a woman i knock about with changed a fair bit of capital in to euros quite a number of years ago and has cashed the euros back to sterling over the last year or so and made a fair bit out of this, she said i dont know what the figuar id but she said she had turned 12k in to about 20k in ten year or so, she never told me to do it tho,
  5. spuddog0507
    but whats your working RPM, ?, lad i was felling edge trees for after christmas works his machine at 14-1500 rpm but he did say if he worked it at 1800-2000rpm fuel comsumpion went up to 40 ltrs,
  6. spuddog0507
    25-30 ltrs an hour so i am told 260-340 hp thou a bit bigger than a saw
  7. spuddog0507
    sorry but there seems to be different grades of this, a mate of mine renewed the floor of his 14ft ifor he got the sheeting from a reputable sourse but it was a bit cheaper than the sheeting supplied by a ifor dealer but it only lasted just over 2 years, last time he got the proper sheeting from a ifor deeler and thats been on just over 3 1/2 years and looks fine
  8. spuddog0507
    the rules with fuel are a bit OTT at the moment and i dont see them changing much, a garage dowm road from me that i have used for 30+ years was recently sold to M&S, a revamp took place and when it re-opened i went to fill truck and saw fuel cans when it came to the saw fuel pump would not work as they would not switch it on, then some one came to me and said the can has to be on the floor as you cant hold it up in the air just incase you spill petrol on yourself, at this garage i cant fill can and see how many ltrs i have put in can on pump screen, asked about this can on the floor at another local garage and was told fill it how you want as long as you pay for it,
  9. spuddog0507
    a few from a couple of years ago, it was like this for about 3wk but half a mile down the hill all was green,
  10. spuddog0507
    East is East Pirates of the caribean 1 Mad Max 2
  11. spuddog0507
    what about Ali Mcfeel ?
  12. spuddog0507
    yes by all means put it through make 5 bowls put them on ebay / facebook sell them then do the country fairs as that will all be cash put your expenses through and a bit more besides and you know what to do with the rest, claim a bit more on your electric bill for lighting, dust extraction and powering the lath, if you dont put it through it will be costing you as if customers pay BACS paypal etc you can be sure that the HMRC will want there cut, i put everything out door related through coats boots wellies fleeces etc and have just been pulled up on one item which where a pair of meindle dovre boots £240 accountant asked why i needed a pair of £240 boots, i replied there warm, waterproof and comfortable to wear and if i had a nice dry carpet under my feet like you i would only need a £50 pair of shoes like you, but unfortunatly i work outside in the elements, no reply from him and yes they went in,
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    we do it now and then 100 x 22mm treated boards, set both corners up measure the gap between and work out how many 125mm spaces available and dont forget to add a extra 25mm on, usually 25mm gap but it dont allways work like that just done some on a log store and gap worked out at 35mm gap would be fine ant where between 25-50mm ,
  14. spuddog0507
    is this something like what your after ? ok it dont rotate but it has its advantages picks brash up and pushes up in to heaps with ease and it grabs and moves logs for fun,
  15. spuddog0507
    your wrong in your head ??? defender 110 really hold there money, or have a look at some of the newer pick ups izzuzu rodeo tows 3.5 tonne + and does it well.
  16. spuddog0507
    i guy who comes for logs has a nissan patrol on T plate he bought it new to tow a 20ft caravan and its only got 24k on the clock smuthered in wax oil under neath and every where you can put, he says back seats have never been sat in straight 6 diesel and it sounds the dogs, dry stored all its life and never goes out after october then comes out again at easter, there is not a mark on the body at all, but he wont sell it and hes 82
  17. spuddog0507
    yes its a privately owned block where i have been the last 2 wk totaling 860 acers which was planted up in the 50s on a contract for Bryant & May, and for the younger lads on here Bryant & May was/is a firm in Liverpool making matches (Englands Glory) but who buys matches now, not many we all have a 5 for a quid gas lighter now a days, the lad on the harvester said its been some of the best timber he has been in for several years,
  18. spuddog0507
    The curse of all foresters, butt rot that was the only tree out of about 90 in last 2 week with rot in the base and that was only there due to it being a triple stemer,
  19. spuddog0507
    Hi you should be able to get £140 - £160 a day depending on expierance and what tickets you have 2 recent jobs 1 was £12 a tonne working on a average of 2.75 tonne per tree so the more you do the more you make and the other was a windblown clearance with some trees over a boundry 2 of us went and worked out at £300 each for a 7 hr working day + 1hr traveling each way so not a bad rate where are you based at ? and the views are free of charge,
  20. spuddog0507
    if it was that scotch bloke which i think it would be he had a tripple heart by pass on a monday came back to work on wed dropped dead sat afternoon so its safe for you to return,,
  21. spuddog0507
    looks shit at the moment both grindlton and longridge but what they have just cleared will be re planted by end of march and there is trees on both them sites that are now 15 - 20 ft tall and when i first went they had only just been planted,
  22. spuddog0507
    that about 3 year ago that photo looking across to pendel and that bloke a big fat scotch guy ?
  23. spuddog0507
    longridge fell in lancashire if its views you want my job has many fantastick views from lancashire west yorks north yorks and the lake district and most are from the top of big hills so you can see for miles the site at longridge you can see many places on a good day like all the ribble valley then preston ,southport, liverpool ,the wirrell, north wales, great orme anglsey snowdonia, and on a really good day IOM and southwest scotland, do you get the picture, but this morning i was trudging round longridge fell looking for 120ft tall spruce trees and couldnt see F - - - All till i was about 15 - 20 mtrs off em,
  24. spuddog0507
    its at your end of Longridge fell up birdy brow they have just taken 12,000 tonne off, i wish the payment cheque was being paid in to my bank account,
  25. spuddog0507
    Jack would you cope felling 8 -12 of these every day felled snedded and processed ? just had 2 wk of these big lumps and just got finished about 2pm today was having tomorrow at home and then was to find my self a few days shooting to occupie my self for the rest of the wk but thats all gone tits up. now spending tues,wed,thur and fri delivering logs and timber, that tree was 55" across where i cut it and was rotten in middle.

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