agrimog

yes, yes, yes, by all means when you get a "job" like windblow that you need to get a "ticket " for upgrade on it, but what about us that have been doing them for years, no two are ever the same, and multiples, where do you start......there is NO better skill than experience on these, just renewing a ticket every so often doesnt mean you have any better skills than the one man band whos been working away and not bothered gathering up qualifications like points on a card, all the "ticket" collectors have been doing is making the various training companies rich. All this rubish started after 1998 when everybody and there dog saw a chance to get rich quick and there was a big rise in reported accidents as numpties were having accidents doing basic things, How many on this site can actually claim to have been active prior to '98 and what difference has it made to there own safety, all I have seen is an increase in cost and paperwork, and less actual "experienced" folk coming up through the pile of wannabes, anybody can do a course, get a bussines card, and call themselves an arborist, lets see them get there arse out onto a remote hillside, clearfell and remove it, in the wind and rain, maybe have to carry your kit in 3 or 4 mile before you start, and get paid only when youve finished, and cleared the site. wouldnt be so many wannabes then. instead of "renewall" of tickets, maybe a check on your actual skill level with a written as well as a practical exam, by a completly independant board, paid for by those that want the paperwork (ie FISA) would be more appropriate. they want it, therefore they pay for it.

best bet is the 702, but none of the roads are that great, if the weathers bad I would be tempted to stay on the 74 till it meets the m8, its longer , but could be quicker

all the pros and cons are coming out here, but a very old saying keeps coming to mind " those that can do, those that cant, teach"

you want to try aerolite 360, its a two part mix, comes as a powder and a hardener, you mix the powder with water to a creamy paste, spread it on one face, and paint the hardener on the other, stronger than the timber itself, used it for years, never had a glue joint break on me, especially good on timber boats!

thats way better than any woodmizer, even a small photo like that shows the quality in its construction, nice one J

11kv lines is a utility approved operator job, they normally do the clearances themselves, crazy safety distances involved, look at the job, smile, shake your head whilst making sucking noises through you teeth, and walk away, these are the jobs not worth getting involved with

I am currently scrapping a very large mobile saw mill from the fifties, a forresian rack mill, built by William Reid of forres, its just over 30ft in length and 6 ft wide, runs a 50" inserted tooth sawblade, and tips the scales at a little over 2 tons, these were THE sawmill to have back in the daw, but now its no longer practical for use, its quite limited in the widths you can cut, but quick, and then some, and no wavy boards, but its got to go as it now needs a complete refurb and its woth mor as scrap

this is just another sponging royal brat, it still eats. sleeps. and shits , like any other, its just going to cost us all a lot of money

down plating is usually a paperwork excercise, at the most changing bumpstops, doesnt actually reduce the carrying capacity of the vehicle

land rover chassis is one of the stupidest designs out there, who came up with the idea for a box section chassis rail for an off road vehicle, mud, road salt , water and all the other crap get in , and cant get out, chassis rots from the inside out, real clever design, look at srious off road vehicles, a heavy duty "c" section chassis, nothing to trap the crap inside,but then again university trained designers, they must be right...lol

used to have some of the stuff the misissippi state troopers had for "riot" control, square buckshot, It would have been perfect for nomadic caravan dweller problems

not anti royal; as such, just the amount of klingons that we seem to suport

another sponging royal brat to live off our tax money, how much is this one going to cost us

there is a little known fact under british law called the judges act, It states the use of force, including lethal force against yourself , or those in your protection is permissable a small search on what and how you are actually allowed to protect yourself is invalueble, the police force in this country havent got a clue, and make it up as they go along. they are only interested in making any easy buck

unfourtunatly the powers that be (dvla) dont recognise the true towing capibilities of the full size american rigs, if you register them as 3500kg pickups to fall into mot regs, your screwed for towing, and if you go bigger on registration, you end up needing a restricted or full "o" licence, used to have an ex military cucv "CHEVY k30", and all I was allowed to tow was 3500kg...It used to pull 7 tons without even knowing it was there(off road, of course !!). Any of the american 1 ton pickups would be great for a 5th wheel application, but would require serious mods to the mill towing setup

Ive found the best deterent for these lowlifes is usually 30grammes of no6, they tend not to come back, and get the message

would have went, but it clashes with the vintage tractor show at ayr, and after it was rained off last year, dont want to miss it this year,

early morning. or late evening, and sticker and stack out of direct sunlight, maybe even cover them updepending where you stack them, its murder in this weather, but with a little planning you can get most stuff milled, Ive even milled timber and left it stacked in the forest under natural cover

yes , josh, my apologies, just that used to traveling at 40 these days, get used to life in the slow lane..lol

drop your tree, forget about the lines, then the customer can phone and report a fault, wont cost them anything, not there fault tree fell down and broke the lines!!!

putting a new roof on the starage shed, 29 degrees and a metal roof.....I have that draining away feeling...lol

depending on the model of fastrac, some are fitted with hydraulic only steering, they fall into the same class as the unimog, and can travell at speeds in excess of 20mph, ( we dont do kph in the UK, yet), If you check in the construction and use act, the definitions of what constitutes an agricultural machine are clearly laid out, and what you can and cant do, to travel faster than 20mph, the vehicle MUST be fitted with suspension on all road wheels, and brakes to a certain std, this is where the tractors all fall down, some have the brakes, but Ive yet to see a tractor fitted with rear suspension....unimogs, fastracs, and an odd ball called a trantor , are the only vehicles to comply.

one small problem with a tractor, your limited to 20mph, irespective of whether its got a 40k, 50k or even a100k box, and vosa and traffic WILL jump on you from a great height, there is a list of offences as long as your arm as soon as you exceed the 20mph limit for tractors, even with a mog your still limited to 40mph(same as all 7.5ton trucks) on A class roads. a lot more people are needing to go back and check there highway code on what the actual speed limits are, not what they think they are

this is a common problem in the industry, to many "tree surgeons" want the same rules as are applied to the guys working in forestry, do you expect to get the same "perks as a farmer for working in your 30'x30' garden, no, so dont expect the same for trimming a little tree in a garden as the guys dropping and clearing 20 or 30 acres, the whole chainsaw using industry for too many years has wanted the best of both worlds, there is a fine line dividing the industry between domestic work and forestry work, and although its twisted and "greyish " in some places , its still a line and you cross it at your own risk, as I said before, stay within the guidlines and you wont have any bother

how they define forestry work is a wierd one, if you go to the forest/wood, enter, cut, and bring the timber out, and back to your base/yard, thats forestry, but if you only go to the forest and pick up from a pre-cut stack then its not, so the very fact you are taking your mill into the site and cutting on site will definately make it forestry, that is my take on it, and our local vosa guy has agreed with me, thats how I operate, I only carry the equipment required to do the actual cutting job, my milling is usually taken back to base by a van and trailer, Ive only had one run in with the official mob, traffic, vosa, hmrc, and the dwp all in the one spot pulling in vehicles to a check point, when I got out the vehicle, they were round like the proverbial flies round sh*t wanting to know what it was, explained that it was a mobile saw mill, where Id come from and where I was going , thew looked in the back of the mog, saw the saws,fuel and oil cans and other bits and bobs, commented on the mog, and wished me on my way, since then I have passed the same setup in various locations and have been waved past, Ive found that If you carry downloaded copies of the various parts of legislation, definition of a tractor, ag, forestry,and horticultural use, trailer regulations , and use of rebated fuel, and hand the whole lot , in a folder to whoever stops you, they tend not to want to get any more into it, remember they only follow the rules, dont make them, and as long as you are operating within them ( and they give you a lot of scope) they arent really interestedin you. theres plenty of other white van men out there chancing there luck