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  1. close to the m74, but if someone is genuinely interested I can obtain better details, or put them in touch
  2. an estate near me has contacted myself and asked if I know of anyone who is looking for any silver fir, they are due to start felling soon and as there is an area of these trees, they will be coming down. If anyone is interested get in touch and I will get all the details
  3. the farmers mill is the base line starter package, shorter in length, basic alloy finish, none of the bells and whistles (all of which can be added if wanted).....the M8 is a longer, annodised finish(no corrosion problems), comes with the saw carraige, loading ramps and all the bells and whistles. both are equally portable, ( my own M7 goes into the back of my swb sprinter van along with all the kit I need to mill onsite). if you start with the farmers mill, it can be taken up to the same spec as the M8 with easily obtainable add ons as you need, or want(everything but annodising). and theres no limit to how long you make it.......think cutting 45m long timber(check you tube for record breaking 4x2)!!!!!
  4. check that its not an sae30 hydraulic oil thats reqd rather than universal tractor oil, some of these small and compacts can be very fussy
  5. like it
  6. ehhh why, what law has been broken, and as a side issue, where does it state you actually need any qualifications, paper or other, to carry out chainsaw carviing,its like chainsaw milling, nowhere in any H&S documentation is it covered
  7. I hate to be the one that says this, but 99.9% of accidents with a top handle saw up a tree are user origonated, the old phrase carelessnes costs lives is very apt in this case, shortcuts taken to save a few minutes, akward cuts attempted due to laziness to reposition, familiarity breeding contempt..."it'll never happen to me, I've been doing it this way for years", yes, saws are dangerous, but so are cars, hammers, and god forbid, firearms, but they are all one thing, inanimate objects, it takes human intervention to make them dangerous. the cries will go out for more legislation, tighter controls, ban this, ban that, the only real change that is required, no use of saw up a tree till you have at least 2 years of climbing and rigging under supervision, and only using hand saws. and stop the training factories churning out reams of "qualified arborists" who think, after a few weeks training, that they are experts rant over, and as a side note after over 45 years of using a saw, both rear and top handles, the only related injuries I have ever received was when a file broke when sharpening and stabed my thumb, this is due to a word from the guy who taught me, " watch whatever you do with a chainsaw son, the bastard will try to kill you if it gets a chance"........
  8. no, you cannot transfer a plate from any agricultural machine
  9. an alarm mine with a paint tester pot sitting on top of it.......your crooks are easy to find afterwards
  10. a year per inch, old school and still holds true
  11. change one detail part and its a different machine, patent claims are out the window, your ability to fight any copies depends on how deep your pockets are, and these days,anyone can churn out a chipper
  12. yau can build anything you want if you think about how too, look into A frame lifting systems, using a tripod and beam, and riging a skyline for methods of lifting heavy roof beams and bits, same with corner posts, dig a hole and slide the post into it before using an a frame to pull it vertical, have a study of the "old" ways of doing things, theres nearly always a way to do something without modern tech being required. good luck on building your woodland shelter, youll have fun, and if you build it right, years of enjoyment out of it
  13. dont knock what you dont know,...........ssang yong are a big player in the market, check out the tracked digger and construction industry, just remember the british motor industry laughed at the first far eastern builders........whos still going.......
  14. what goes up a chimmney down, but not down a chimmney up ?
  15. cheers on that one fastrac, sort of becomes second nature after changing hoses, and a good set of open ring crowfoot spanners is a must for serious work
  16. if your tightening a taper face seal, run the nut up till the faces meet , then finger tight, then half to one flat more with a spanner, any more and you risk damaging the sealing faces, this applies to bsp, jic, metric, japanese metric and komatso tapered. orfs, sae3000 and sae 6000, seal on the o ring and are a different story
  17. that has got to be the biggest piece of crap I've ever watched in the wood, I've got raw trainees that sned, cut, and stack 3 times faster than that machine...........thought the whole idea of mechanicals was to speed up the proscess
  18. as the courts authourity doesnt stretch beyond the building, the security gaurd(wannabe plastic policeman) he would have been told to go forth and sub divide, like the lower liferorm he was
  19. find a local engineering company with cnc milling capability, and get them to price a set of templates for you, this will be your best option as all thats available are pretty basic
  20. northcape in norway, coldest bloody place I've ever been !!!!
  21. less than 4 employees is the no. for non written risk assesment and method statment, it also alows for a fluid risk assesment for changing work conditions ( multiple tree felling sites, where every fall changes the percieved risk) and things like that
  22. unfortunatly unless the old bill can turn a quick profit from any crimes these days, there not interested, break in at your workplace sir, are there any vehicles there that we can check and issue with tickets for sir,no, sorry we'll give you a crime no then, we arent interested, the modern police force is more interested in protecting there elite overlords and making money off easy touch traffic stops than actually doing anything, the slow run up to privatisation and what that brings
  23. 185 benly......small spoked wheels and very low seat hieght, they were a cracking little commuter bike
  24. the agricultural exception is actually meant to apply to tractors, and similar, not end of life vehicles used to nip about the property, this is an explotied grey area, pc plod could stop one of these vehicles at any time on the highway and demand it passes a test commensurat with its vehicle type, ie, an mot test for a pickup or similar, a truck test for a truck type vehicle (mog etc), but as there isnt one for atractor, a basic roadworthiness test depending on the spec of the machine, this is all covered in the construction and use act,and is very complex
  25. if you would care to do your research, any vehicle like this can checked, and the driver/owner prosecuted the same as any vehicle requiring an mot, the RTA states " must be kept in a roadworthy and safe condition"

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