WorcsWuss

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....

Most definitely, the 'perfect' scam... Too far away for 99.9% of potential buyers to view before bidding. Irresistably low postal charges with lengthy delivery time Only 1 photo Buyer has zero feedback Dirt cheap, low houred, immaculate and new blades too...! So good I think I'll buy it! Reported.

Alternative... Do you mean your chain is loose, you tighten it up, start to cut and it goes loose again straight away...? A bar can 'droop' when the side panel is loosed for adjustment causing it to appear tight when you wind it out a bit, but as soon as you put some weight and load on it the bar levels out and the chain goes slack again, the chain naturally trys to lift the bar up as it's running.... lift the nose of the bar a touch when you tighten the chain [or try overtightening it and watch the nose lift to see the difference it makes], make sure it's aligned then back it off a fraction before tightening up the side panel nuts... 'S what I found anyway...

Is Gavin a white settler, ie Rhodie, or a native Zimbabwean...? If he's a native Zimbabwean I'm not sure what we can do, we've been out of there for 30 years and well, we all know what Mugabe is, technically we should give asylum to the whole country before he murders the lot... But if he's a 'Rhodesian', where were his roots...? If they were UK then what the hell is going on?! If elsewhere, could that country not help him...?

Thanks Liam... Have to check it works first though! Aah, right hookers then...

I keep an 8 on my harness, with a separate crab on it... Doing my best to describe this....to rig you need to pull some slack into your working end above the friction hitch [if you can't stand on a branch you'll need to hang off a prusik], feed a bight through the big hole on the 8 and then put the small hole of the 8 through the bight and then clip the crab on.... pull the slack below the 8 to take your weight onto the 8, soft lock it [pull the tail over the 8 between the big hole & the working end of your rope] then unclip your friction hitch.... Probably makes no sense but I know what I mean. I love my figure 8....

:lol: Quite! :lol:

Do the invoices from your suppliers stipulate what actually makes a pro or is it down to interpretation? I would class myself as a 'pro' for the purpose of a top handled saw... I have done competencies in ground saws and felling, I have pollarded, pruned and dismantled plenty of trees using both tail & top handled saws, own both types and I've been doing it for a while... [not sure how long they've been called MS-'T's but I remember buying an 019T new from Buftons].... but I don't have 38 or 39... Would you sell me a saw...? Just out of curiosity, not being arsey...

... that's not my feet I'm tripping over, it's my massive.....

Although I think HSE state that if you get one of your employees to use a top handled saw, legally they must be trained. Technically I think 'owner drivers' are OK...

Not sure that there is actually any hard and fast rule for this is there? Unless it's changed since I last walked in off the street and bought an 019T.... I just bought it, with money, and took it away. I think it's down to the dealer. Certainly if I, without 38 or 39, walked into a Stihl dealer and was refused a MS'T saw, I'd just take my business to a dealer who was more pragmatic in their interpretation of 'professional'....

Not to mention more intelligent and attractive to women...

Intriguing... what were you importing...? My friends sister's boyfriend as was [phew!] used to import cars form mainly Germany while at uni... used to bring in E30 M3's, SL's, 911's & even a Ferrari at one point.... seriously cool and at the time seriously cheap....

Christmas crackers!

I have thought about this Pete, but the widget is going to be plus VAT when I get it made, so if I'm registered then I can claim it back and then I don't need to pass it onto everyone who buys it. Additionally, I can claim back the VAT on investment which makes a huge difference. At this stage, I'll be reclaiming more than I'll have to pay. In the registration HMRC ask whether you think they'll have to give you more than you give them... I reckoned that in Y1 & Y2 they'll be handing it back, by Y3 it will balance in their favour. But that won't affect me adversely, I'll still be claiming back VAT on relevant purchases so I reckon it's win/win. And it's not like I'll be putting myself at a disadvantage, all hardware is plus VAT so it's a level field. Besides, I'll get my wife to do my return!

Ha ! Fatal! I did that, although I went into a golf shop the other day and got taken apart completely by the bloke who ran it [some south african or something] that I'm not sure I can ever play again.

Nice one, that's top of my list at the moment...

Is OP eye to eye rated? Let us know when you're back, we'll hook up. Ben, and everyone else who has done it since I last mentioned it, thanks for doing the survey. Oh, and I've just had to shell out 25 quid because apparently 'Wow! You have a popular survey. But with basic membership you can only view the first 100 responses. Send money now to see the rest!' Company is now officially incorporated and showing on the register. So I am now the managing director of something.... at the moment that something is nothing but onward and upward. Also started my VAT registration application, but need a bank account, so that is a job for next week.... Cor, it's a lot of work!

Interesting, so which bits of a climbing system are rated for PPE? crabs right? Climbing line too I guess.... Rockin' about video, :thumbup1:I spoke to Carl about it last night, I'm going to try to get over to see him next week to get a wesbite etc ready. When did you say you are going to be in the neighbourhood?