Daniël Bos

I thought the thing to use was Borax, I wouldn't know how though, sorry.

Hi Ed, sent you an email.....

just so you know (you might know this already) phone 112 not 911! 112 will use whatever network there is availabe, wether it's yours or not. Dialing 112 also helps them to locate you if they have to (god alone knows how they do that trick). third benefit is that it's international (well all across europe anyway, does anyone live anywhere else?).

The only person "wrong" here surely is the customer? They forgot the other guys, you didn't!

that's how it works on my (2001) car. It has an electric primer pump that feeds the injection pump. After a filter change or an empty tank you just turn the ignition on (but don't crank) and the primer pump does just that, prime. It pumps until there is sufficient pressure on the low-pressure side of things and it starts on the button, takes about ten seconds. I'm not too familiar with transit's but I thought this was fairly standard on the more modern diesels.

7.5 ton and trailer is a waste of money. 7.5t is C1, a diluted version of a proper lorry license C. C1 training will cost you just as much, and the test is just the same as C. The only reason people take C1 is for ambulance crews, who get a C1 test and special training. to tow a trailer over 750kg you'll need an E. B+E means car and trailer, C1+E means light truck and trailer, C+E means anything upto (and including)Artic. The catch with the +E is that although C is no more expensive then C1, wich is not much more then B, to get C+E costs a lot more than B+E.

Are they all pictured on the moneybox for a reason:sneaky2:

I'm in the market for a small new camera. All the ones I've looked at seem to be between £75 and £150 wich is fine. 14Mp seems to be about the norm wich also seems fine. It'll need to do video wich most seem to be able to nowadays, so what do I decide on? They all seem to be the same? I would like it to be able to do that thing where it takes a picture every minute (or whatever time you tell it to) to make a "stop-motion" video. I really like those as you can capture a days work/progress really nicely. Plus it makes it look like you're working really hard:biggrin: I don't know what the proper term for that is though. Any recommendations? Thanks a bundle, Daniel

Your 40th stag do? Man you must have some seriously hefty divorce lawyer bills:lol:

Silly question perhaps, but is there such a thing as type B's?

I have installed "deer-safe" fencing in the past. It's basically a hovering fence. 8 strands of wire with solid posts every 40m or so, and little (non-conductive eucalyptus) posts in between that are not in the ground. The solid posts keep the fence upright, the intermediate ones are just to keep the spacing. There has to be right proper tension on the wires with spings built in as well. If a deer "panic-jumps" into the fence, it simply salls over and uprights again when the animal is off. It's better suited to permanent istallation though due to the relatively high cost. Just make sure to have at least 4000v on the fence at the furthest point from the energizer.

Gutted for you mate, it's a member of the family really. I often take my dog to work, but he's 17 now and sleeps 99% of the day in the back of the van.

The rafters will not pull in anything as the wood only noticably shirinks in diameter, not length. Some clever folk were about in them olden days :thumbup1:

I may have made this up, not sure of myself, but I seem to remember that they used to build in the green so that the working and shrinking of the seasoning wood would tighten the joints a lot more than is possible when working "dry".

Thanks, they look well thought-out, but that is from the pictures only. It'd be good to get a proper revieuw, looking forward to it!

The catch is the high maintenance. If it does not contain a severely oversized solar panel to make sure the batt is always full, the system loses the power to kill vegetation that leaches it's power very quickly. It is when the power is low -but not off- when animals get caught in the fence, as they can "feel" the fence without touching it as long as it gives good wallop. It means you'll have to change/charge the battery every week at least, wich means you'll need two batteries, easy acces, weekly hassle etc. If it does have a large solar panel, you have a very very nickable set-up out in the woods. To ensure the good working of the fence you'd have to check it twice a week at least really. The other reason they get caught is because most deer are very flighty, and do not reason an awfull lot when spooked, so will try and jump through the fence because it "feels" unpleasant, but does not look substantial. iow they'd really prefer not to, but will try and get through when threatened. I like electric fencing, I'm just about to put up an electric wire over stockwire rather than using barbed, but this is in my home-field. Electric fencing is good and can be a cheap and easy solution, just not in a stand-alone, low-input system in my opinion. p.s. The "package deals" you'll find on ebay are utter shite, low/no quality components etc.

That's them! Engelbert Strauss! Anyone tried them?

Has anyone tried those Engelbert somethings? They look ok but I've not seen them in the flesh. I cant remember the second bit of the name, I know it's not Humperdinck.

Going by name and those pics I'm guessing you're in the Netherlands, so surely you must be useing CE marked kit?

A curved big bar and chain for making big logs into benches with just one cut.

we've had succesfull nests of wagtails nesting on top of tractor engines, even on a tractor in daily use around the yard, parked in a different spot each day etc. Some of these birds have serious thrill-issues dude.....

If you insist on using the ash for the posts, and make sure they never get wet, they'll do ok. As mentioned above they do not like weather of any sort though. I'd forget about the mill and split them with wedges, you'll have much less work, much less financial outlay and the result will be stronger then when milled, you can then cut them to size with the saw you already have. Personally I'd burn them though.....

Fit one of those electronically reversing fans? The ones that turn the angle of the blades so it reverses flow and cleans the rad every 10 mins. Would you like to write a check or do you prefer bacs :biggrin:

I'm no expert by anyones measures as computers cannot be fixed with a hammer and gaffertape but I think the first bit is the link the computer "reads" the second bit is the bit we see. I think you're there too, but my lack of further knowledge means I can't explain it better, sorry.

Looks like you do, congrats! I'll take mine off again then