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shavey

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  1. if you went to a pub quiz and was asked the question name two prime ministers most peoples answers would be margeret thatcher and winston churchill:thumbup: she led this country when young and old would work and get there hands dirty when most people were cash poor and time rich now people will cry to brussells if they break a nail and iam not talking about the women:001_smile: now we are cash rich and time poor i know i would sooner be the former any day R.I.P MRS T.
  2. Hmm..tell us more..I'm at west chill..would like to know about this/these trees.. hello yes there is a douglas in heywood wood at eggesford it was planted circa 1840 near the old eggesford manor house there are loads of footpaths and parking only half a mile from the tree this link might help http://www.bidefordpost.co.uk /opinion/ stewart-beer/2092
  3. i always prefer a nice bottle of singleton which is so smooth or a bottle of mc callan:thumbup::thumbup:
  4. has anybody heard about the douglas fir at the forestry comission woods at eggesford forest in devon :thumbup:
  5. excellent old photos good too see them:thumbup:
  6. shavey

    Jokes???

    paddy goes in a pub and orders three pints of guinness and sits down, barman comes over and says to paddy'' why down you just have one pint and i will bring the other two over'' paddy replies '' no '' let me explain i have a brother in canada and a brother in australia now we all go to a pub on a friday at 8pm and order three pints of guiness to drink to each others health this carries on for a couple of weeks then on the third week paddy comes in and orders two pints of guiness barman thinks oh dear one brother must have died the following week paddy came in and ordered two pints of guiness and the barman says to paddy'' iam sorry to see one of your brothers have died'' paddy replies'' what do you mean'' barman says ''you have only been ordering two pints of guiness lately and i thought one of your brothers had passed on'' paddy replies ''no no my brothers are all fit and well, it s me i have given up drinking :thumbup:
  7. i was trolling through ebay and found this dolmar 153 saw for sale which has only had 1 tankful of fuel through it here is item number 2512 4152 7536 http://www.ebay.co.uk/dolmar153 :thumbup:
  8. shavey

    echo saws

    just seen this saw echo 600 ebay item number 2309 3941 9338 :thumbup:
  9. ok thanks for that i will change it back again i think tomorrow and give it a go cheers:thumbup:
  10. did you find the dolmar bar deeper and heavier than the husky bar my 5105 is on the 13'' husky bar and at the moment been cutting un brashed sitka and it is going so well ''''it has an appetite for destruction''''' :thumbup:
  11. i see abbey sales down at tavvy are selling this model on there website better to see:thumbdown::thumbdown:before one makes another mistake:thumbup: or is it that is the question
  12. i have two older mcculloch saws a 10 10 automatic and a promac 850 super and they are both running well:thumbup: now they are made in the husky corporation it looks very similar to the husky design ie model 445e but maybe a big thumbs down:thumbdown:
  13. has anyone tried a 3/8 chain on there saw at all just wondering how it was running in hardwood
  14. hello i was wondering if anybody had bought or tried one of these saws they look good on the website:thumbup:
  15. shavey

    Fake Saws

    hi there we had two guys here in north devon offering chainsaws, grinders , generators and various other power tools my neighbour said he wasnt interested and sent them packing :thumbup:
  16. :thumbdown:itwas a bad cameraman on a mobile phone it was so good too get the 166 out and give it a run:thumbup:
  17. very good price someone got a decent saw there!
  18. just been cutting some windblown ash the dolmar 5105 was cutting like a wasp on speed absolute dream then i had the sachs dolmar 123 for the bigger branches and smaller trunk and the 166 come out of hibernation for the main trunk
  19. hello have you had any dealings with the ps7900 /ps7901 just wondered if it was worth importing on or get a makita dcs7901 both saw saws look a good power to weight ratio
  20. hello nice to see somebody else has got one excellent i bought mine about nine months ago and iam so happy with it, i put a husky 13'' bar and chain on it and it "flies" then i got rid of the cat muffler and put a ps5000 standard exhaust now it realy goes for it and it doesnt slip out of tune at all
  21. Hello yes iam interested in the kindling can you message me please
  22. I HAD A CHANCE TOO SEE ONE WORKING IN SOMERSET AND NOW IAM SELLING MY ECHO TWIN AND IAM GOING TO FIND A SOLO TWIN AND YAKE OUT A MORTGAGE AND BUY ONE:thumbup1:
  23. hello i have a echo twin for sale
  24. hello i have the echo twin and i was wondering if anybody else has used one of these saws i was sort of disapointed in the performance against the solo twin and against all my old sachs dolmars

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