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The RA coined the 'One Life' phrase before Land Rover, but it never caught on... One Life. Between all of us. They really do need to get IN more..... I can't bloody stand them.... Next time I have a spare afternoon I'm going to follow some home, walk round their garden, let their pets out onto the road, drop litter, talk loudly outside their window, be luminous orange, that sort of thing.... just to see if it really is as exciting as they would make out... I'm guessing not...

Here you go... http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/training-education/38072-books.html

And 'Nigel' doesn't write as though English is his first language either!

I messaged him too, just out of interest... Me: Reply: But the plot thickens... Also received this message at the same time...? So I'll see what reply comes back to this [although I notice it's been pulled now...]

I wouldn't suggest such a thing to my wife either so I know where you're coming from. She did let me wear the trousers for a few hours the other day when some of my friends came round.... she was out at the time though....

Marko makes a good point, a carefully worded letter which requires the PO to actually produce some evidence in writing that they are acting properly normally does wonders. Council employees don't want to be noticed, once their names start coming up in dispatches that the public are asking questions about their conduct and competency, things can go bad for them. They will go after something if they think it will help them justify their existence, but if they think it might jeopardise their credibility and by extension, employability, they soon cool off. Research what he's said and try it, might see an end to it.

As above, MS261 [my preference] or the 346XP... I have a feeling the Stihl may be a bit more expensive though...? If you can afford to buy a saw for your course go for it, it makes sense to be taught on the machine you'll be using. Same goes for all the other gear, if you've set your heart on doing this throw yourself into it and do it right, but make sure you research everything fully with one eye on how you might want to go in the future. Before you spend anything spend a week or two crawling round this site and watching videos on you tube to get an idea of what can be done and what kit it's done with. For instance, if you're intending to climb, you just as well make sure you get appropriate boots, trousers & headgear straight off, rather than buying ground equipment which needs upgrading in a few months when you start climbing....

Sorry.... what do you mean she won't ride in the back of the tipper....? Sounds like someone's spoiled!

I've signed up, my family lived in Rhodesia and left in a hurry in the early 80's.... I have every sympathy for anyone involved with that place... Edit! That was my signature!

It's a simple thing... if most of your customers aren't VAT registered, you probably shouldn't go VAT registered. If most of your customers are VAT registered, you takes your choice. You should be better off at the end of it because instead of charging £500 you charge £500 + VAT.... which makes no difference to you.... but your VAT reg'd customer doesn't care if you charge VAT either, they get it back anyway. But you can get back that 20% you pay on top of your purchases. Everyone needs to take a look at their own books and decide what works for them. PS... have you traded up the rusty old LDV now?!

Ha! So you won't be seen in front of your friends in your s&*tsubishi after all!!! BUSTED!!

Fair play he has some MAHOOOOSIVE plums.... Chris Pfeiffer is good but I thought this guy was more fun....

Quite a few climbers of other disciplines here... Drew's your man, he'll go up anything...

If you have an NPTC tickets you are technically entitled to use the NPTC Qualified sticker, it doesn't say NPTC qualified tree surgeon though, mostly because NPTC quals are competency tests in machinery operation, a qualified tree surgeon is someone who has been to college... that will give you letters after your name, Dip something or BSc.... I am not a qualified tree surgeon but I could use NPTC qualified because I have 30,31,32,33,36 & 37...

There's 2 sorts of NI, employee and employers. You need to start with what you can afford to pay then work back from there to see if it ends up at a decent take home wage. You also need to take into account their tax code which can have a [minor] bearing on what you need to deduct. It's not a straightforward question, start here though.... Employee tax and National Insurance : Directgov - Money, tax and benefits

Defender 130 is actually still one hundred and twenty seven inches... fnar fnar geek hat on.... D4 commercial an AWESOME truck... do fancy one of those... SDV6 engine is a belter... Ground clearance wise they have better clearance than most 4x4's because they now have independent suspension.... although on 3's this can play up something rotten so that one which bottomed out may just have been on the blink! When they're up you'd struggle to bottom one out, same goes for a Sport....

Then he'll have to try harder!

I have to confess to harbouring a deep desire for a Hi Lux... have done since I was a child... but I think L200's, of any type, are woefully over-hyped... I accept that with big wheels 'n stuff they can look quite cool, but they don't have a lot of substance behind it... I think a 110 is a great working truck, their shortcomings are well known and documented and no-one goes into ownership thinking they're buying something which they'll never have to put a spanner to, even a brand fire new one. Which is maybe wrong but that's how it is.... We all buy what we like and can justify it perfectly reasonably to ourselves, but in just the same way as I wouldn't try to convince someone who wanted an crew cab pick up truck to buy a Land Rover, I wouldn't be persuaded the other way round either. Totally different vehicles which do totally different things. To my mind a Land Rover is a better investment and a more characterful ownership experience, but the sheer numbers of these shiny crewcabs on the road states that they must have very valid good points. Just none which appeal to me is all...

No Japanese sympathiser is ever going to accept anything other than that the harsh, plasticky, rusting, bland, highly depreciating, cart sprung, cheap to buy, expensive to repair rubbish they gamely persist in battling along with is anything other than the best thing since sliced bread, because it's too embarrassing to climb down.... in the same way that no Land Rover fan is ever going to accept they need to fight this one out, because there's no contest, life with a Landy is good.... Land Rover owners own up when things break, we don't care, we ain't proud, Oriental 4x4 owners would have you believe that there has never been a break down in any vehicle ever produced around the Pacific. I know this isn't true but even if it were, I wouldn't buy one, they're just too flimsy for my liking... we went to Wales with a few Discos, RR Sport, Warrior and a Hi Lux... wasn't even tough green laning, but the Jap cars were shocking... too long, suspension too stiff, too much overhang, over-assisted uncommunicative steering and lots of things to snap off.... If you've decided on a Disco go for it, don't let anyone try to put you off, just go into it with your eyes open, because there genuinely are some very bad ones out there.... but in the same way, there are some belters and £ for £ you won't get more aywhere else...

I think you do CS38 on a split tail climbing system [although I've not done it so can't say for sure!] If so then climbing rope, harness, split tail, half a dozen 3 way crabs, prusik loop or 2, small pulley, personal 1st aid kit, friction saver might be an idea. Not sure if you need a throw weight & line. Also a proper climbing helmet. Check here... halfway down on right... NPTC | Assignment Schedules

Genius...

If they do accept paypal in the end then there is some degree of protection, but the scam seems to go that once the listng ends they send an email requesting payment via bank transfer.... when that's made, your money is gone for good.... It won't work on all the people all the time but it doesn't need to, they only need to catch the odd person out every now and again for it to be massively profitable... not a huge investment afterall....

900 quid 2 years ago....

I'm a big Disco fan... My first one was a 1995 300 Tdi with 190k on the clock which I bought off eBay, it never let me down until the clutch release arm snapped just as I came to sell it. Had a TD5 ES which was really nice but not a great working truck, a bit too good, a bit too long and a bit too complex. So now I have late 94 3.9 ES manual. It's bloody brilliant. I got lucky and found one completely rust free dirt cheap, again via eBay. I've had it 2 years now and in that time I've done CV joints, which to be fair needed doing when I bought it, a swivel bearing, oil pressure switch and a new battery after it stood for 4 months. I dropped the saggy headlining, did the leaky sunroofs and fitted a replacement headlining from a breakers. My back windows stopped working too, swapped the little ecu out with one from a breakers. Total cost for all the work over the last 2 years can't be more than 350 quid. It sailed straight through its MOT's and is yet to let me down. The only problems at the moment are the central locking doesn't work, I think it might just be the drivers door actuator, and the cruise control, which I guess is just a split in the diaphragm. I've used it as a daily driver and occasional toy, blasted up and down motorways and across fields, it's been minibus and van and it turns its hand to all of these things brilliantly. You need to make sure you pick a good one but I can honestly say that there is no better vehicle when you throw everything into the pot, value, versatility, running costs. I've had lots of other Land Rovers and looked at alternatives over the years, Shoguns [yuk] Hi Lux-es [love them but nasty to drive] and never found anything to trump a Disco... even a Defender.... If I could only have one vehicle it would be a 300 shape Disco every time. But they're got real expensive lately...

Have you not been into one of the gift shops? They're all on sale in there.... £23.99 I believe.... cheapest thing on offer....