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I had an 880. Sold it. Too big, too awful. 881s feel a bit less like a bike engine with handles and a bit more like a manageable, ergonomic saw but they’re still too big for the vast majority of arb work here. A 661 with a 36” bar is ample. That tiny oak only needs a 500. There are many other things I’d put on the shelf to be occasionally useful before an 880/881. A petrol capstan is the first thing that springs to mind. Or a yacht winch device. A good chain sharpener? I understand the idea of getting one to mill in future (that’s half why I bought my 661) but unless you really have everything else you need, I’d buy something that’s more useful now and buy something as truly specialist as an 880/881 only when you really need it. Sort of an answer to your question, sort of unsolicited advice. Hope useful.
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Keep an eye out for coppers/paramedics/firemen filling cans.
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Not one of mine but a fabulous thing seen earlier today at the Beamish Trophy Trial. Raleigh boneshaker with external valves and pushrods. Probably makes less power than a strimmer.
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Likewise.
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You didn’t.
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Please yourself but the reason you’re not getting into it isn’t that I’m too thick to bother reasoning with.
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Short term pragmatism. Longer term, you’re arming an enemy. Most importantly, some people choose to act morally rather than just on the numbers. I imagine all you’re hearing is the siren song of the pauper and loser but there are plenty of people who really are happier having less money than they could have.
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If it’s all six equally, surely the drawbar and handbrake linkages are the most likely. Failing that, the brakes themselves evenly wearing but also evenly failing to self-adjust for shoe wear?
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Rightfully angry and, physician, get bigger yourself. These systems exist because people play ball.
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****************ing don't. I've been struggling with this in my head for years. I spend a lot on fuel and a lot on fuel taxes but, like others, I consider myself to not be a tax collector.
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Three things: death, taxes and some peasant with a pitchfork eventually getting sick of the latter.
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No such thing.
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Or if it ceased to exist and no business was registered for it. VAT was introduced in 1973. How ever did these fine islands get by before then?
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Another time. I have a door to hang.
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I ****************ing am.
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He was 'active' enough when he campaigned to have the state put the boot on his competition. He also responded to the consultation apropos the things we're discussing in this thread. I wonder what he said...
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I meant every word, more sincerely than you probably imagine.
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Unlike lobbying the state to hobble people so you can sell them crutches.
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@Justme I cannot tell you how happy I am to see third tier dolescum like you sweating about this. You just can't stand that the Westminster thieves have backed off people who actually perform productive work for once and have stripped hanger-on losers like you of some crumbs. Please share any hardship you experience with the forum.
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I store my rigging rope pre threaded with a big pulley and a big ring in that order (on separate deadeyes). Someone on the ground then only has to find and tie on the bundle of stuff from one bag when you ask for it, not look around for separate bits. There’s no threading or dropping anything in the tree because everything’s already set up. If the main rigging point pulley is enough, the ring just sits with it, similar to bigtreedon’s picture. If you need a redirect, the ring is ready to take with you. The obvious extension is a ring/pulley in the bundle before the main pulley for a predirect but it adds more mess than convenience. Thread a ring on from the bottom or attach a pulley/biner midline if you need a predirect.
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Don’t resent your fellow motorist. Resent the people who oppress us all.
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That's under the heading, "What you’re currently allowed to tow"
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Where does it say that?
