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ok smart ars*s, but a universal motorised implement carrier in german speak is a tractor, and by all means sell your mog and buy a tractor with a 40/50k gearbox.......you still can only do 25mph max anyway, and up here in scotland, 20mph, different road traffic laws apply
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I think youll find that the actual description of a tractor is covered by the construction and use act, a three point linkage and pto, is a major requirment, and nowhere does it mention no loads, and the name unimog, means tractor, as I said before, there are NO grey areas, its all written down in black and white, its only when "tree sugeons" try to say that its forestry work or horticultural work that problems arise, in 10 years of running a mog, and being stopped several times, I've never had a problem because I printed out the rules, laminated them, along with rules for use of red diesel, and keep them in the vehicle. DVSA"VOSA" cannot make up there own rules, and when presented with a copy, they will back down, so will plod
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the subjrct of how the taxation of unimogs and use of red diesel has been well covered in the forum, have a search for the information, and take note, there are no grey areas, it is all laid out in black and white.
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a wall full of profile planes, in the days before routers became common, every profile had its own plane, so think in a good jobing shop that would run into hundreds, every one being handmade and the plane iron being ground and sharpened by hand, the skills that have all fallen by the wayside. how many joiners these days could even sharpen and set a saw
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if your burning through chains with a bench grinder, your doing something very wrong. properly set you take off less with a grinder than you do with a file, and every tooth is the same. very very few people can hand sharpen both sides of a chain identical by hand, most get very close, good enough for everyday felling and crosscutting, and for the average milling job, but for precision, you cannot beat the properly set up grinder, every tooth identical, every raker set to the same exact height and shape, so grider for precision and speed, file to touch up in the field, 1, or 2 quick passes just to put the edge on, anything more, change the chain to a freshly sharpened one, its as quick as sitting filling, and oh so much more acurate
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will do john,get back to you after this weekends chaos paul
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most places now class road plannings as hazardous waste, and the implications that go with that
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holly, yew, and elder, all carry various superstions assosiated with the cutting and burning of them, usually linked to the practice of them being the most common trees planted in church yards and cemetries, along with rowan, they are actually very good firewood if allowed to season out, but are trees I will try to avoid cutting unless I dont have an option, who needs more bad luck in this game
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Forestry workers dwelling.... and that thing called Planning!!
agrimog replied to SteveA's topic in Trees and the Law
most, if not all the planning departments , that i have had run ins with all seem to work on the principal of" how much can we make out of the applicant, and how much can we pocket", they seem to be the one area of councills that have really overstepped there authourity. the actual rules state that they can only advise the planning commitee, and that they, the commitee, decide, but it seems that the departments makeup there own rules and tell the commitees what to decide. a good lawyer who knows the rules is worth there weight in gold as they can force the corrupt bast***s in a councill to comply with the actuall written legislation, and not make there own rules up -
be more than happy to trial any brews you come up with John, hopefuly another log cabin build coming up in the new year, so a lot of milling on the M7 on the cards, (last build was 450 5mtr cuts in 10"-14" larch ) I used up 2 chains and needed a new bar after that one, so anything that gives me some more longevity would be good. ( three cuts to give a "d" shaped log, then the chaisaw moulder over the log to give a top and bottom "w" shaped locking profile)
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Day 3/4 after the chipper has been stolen
agrimog replied to Gardiners Tree Surgery's topic in General chat
it seems these days unless theres a profit in it, the police arent interested, more and more burgarlies and robberies arent even being investigated, they give you a crime no to satisfy the insurance companies, and close the paperwork at that, they seem to be more interested in pursuing only the cases they know they will solve quickly or which will yeild a cash cow, it seems that the time is coming when we will have to take the protection of our equipment and belonings into our control.............a favourite quote comes from a sign placed up on a timber mill in the appalachain mts of the usa....."we have a shotgun, and a backhoe, and know how to use them". -
norwood has a good one for anyone milling timber, and a good one that does imperial cals, including fractions (1/16, 1/8. etc) is a must when building( doesnt always work out in metric ? ) especially on complex angles in hip roofs
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it becomes a lot more evident when you start milling with 20-30" bars, oregon is ok in the summer, but way too viscous in the winter, change over to stihl seems to cure this, I notice a resin build up on the links when the oil is getting too viscous, its not flowing quite fast enough a good "sticky" fast flowing oil designed with milling in mind would be a brilliant addition to the armoury of whats already available...Rye Oils?, somethine you might look at
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Forestry workers dwelling.... and that thing called Planning!!
agrimog replied to SteveA's topic in Trees and the Law
it was ben law, he had years of problems with planning consent, and had covenants placed on the build( these have since been removed), aparently it is possible to do it, but you must follow a very carefully laid out path, and make sure all the t's are crossed and i's dotted -
the galloways are mine, yer no gettin in............
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cheap and easy finish, but if done properly will last longer than paint, but that costs more
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because of the draconian firearms laws introduced post hungerford, then dunblane, it has actually became easier to obtain any type of illegal firearm than ever before. if you have the cash, anything is available, the changes in the firearms laws were rushed through as part of a knee jerk public reaction, and the real problems( corruption in the licencsing boards, and senior police officers) are still there
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he made a nice profit out you on that one aspenarb, genuine screen from mercedes is £100, and 10 mins fits one.
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Is there any coalmine still open in the UK after the one today shutting
agrimog replied to mendiplogs's topic in The Lounge
well, it looks like east ayrshire is living up to its reputation once again, the brown envelope capital of the uk, more opencasts than the rest of the uk put together, problems with your planning application, no bother brown envelope to the right man in planning, all sorted, anyone complains, we'll have an official inquiery, and if we dont like what it says, we'll censor it before we release it -
with the bag charge and all the other charges, I'm finding the pound charge for the trolley is a bargain, fill your trolley, through the checkout, refill all the shopping back into it, then load ii straight into the back of the van, they make brilliant log transporters when you've unloaded the shoping, and at a pound a time are seriously good value !
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at any height where you can sit/stand and work it in a comfortable manner, the more comfortable you are, the easier it is to work, and for me this is around mid waistline, one thing I would say is get a good light shining down on the chain from behind it
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and up here in scotland, no battens, slates are fixed direct to the sarking ( new roofs use osb and membrane) so are supported a lot more
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you cannot make a container secure, all you can do is slow down someones entry, or make it so akward they go somwhere else, with the availability of battery powered grinders, portable cutting gear, and hydraulic rescue kit, anything steel is an invitation to try and find out whats stored inside. most containers have wooden floors as well. If you need to secure it i sugest you use 9" concrete blocks and build a wall right round it, extending past the front, cover the roof with a concrete pour incorporating weldmesh, and fit a seperate door on the front. these days if some one wants your stuff, there going to get it unless you watch it 24/7..........and pc plod doesnt give a monkey about you, unless he can make money out of you
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the peadophile pension fund, aka, children in need , is a little short on cash this year, the sheeple are start ing to catch on to the scam
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and what law says you shalt not use a top handle on the ground......ADVISORY from H&S, not law
