Craig.

I seen some willow starting to bud this week, that was in north wales.

I`ve got a pair, with a green top to them, had them over 12 months now, used on the ground and in the tree, with no failure`s yet. Took a little while to break them in but not too big a problem, over all I would say good value for money. I had cofra work boots in the past, and they where some of the best I`ve had, thats what made me look at their chainsaw boots.

I`ve used that quicksteel, as linked above, and had good results as well. Just a note, make sure the surface is clean and oil free before using, a bit of carb cleaner should do the trick.

Hi JON, I`ve got a migatronic, mxe 180 I think. I`ve had it 17 years no problem, runs off single phase, I`ve been told they use large coil winding, so they don`t need a fan to keep it cool for the same duty cycle as other welders, it is a heavy machine.

Thats the way I see it, the tree work your just driving to and from the job, logs your delivering a product.

The driver cpc is for drivers of vehicles larger than 3500kg ie 3501kg, who drive commercialy, you`ll need 35hrs of `training` before september 2014. If you complete the hours before sept `14, you won`t lose out because your card will still be valid to sept 2019. The is exemptions if you only drive incidentally, the example the powers that be give are, scaffolders drive to site put/take down scaffolding then drive home no dcpc needed, the same driver drops scaffolding off at different sites dcpc needed. The way I see it, in arb related jobs is drive to site, do job, load chip and logs and back to yard not needed, but go to job half way through have to go to tip off then back for more, or deliver logs out then you would need the dcpc. Might be worth a call to VOSA,as they will be enforcing it, to see if your business model comes under the exemption, to satisfy yourself(dont take my word:001_tt2:), they are usally very helpfull on the phone.

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I`ve got a out of date norton, licence expired on here, arbtalk is running slower and I get a message when I first log on or change forums, or back to index saying some thing like "a problem with this site is causing it to close page and reopen". Cant get it to come up now I wanted to quote it! Seems to be OK on all other sites and forums, I`ve visted this evening.

I`ve got a mate who adds 2 stroke oil to his golf tdi, and say there`s a definite improvement in his mpg, he stoped using it for a while and said the mpg droped off, started using again and the mpg got better again. I`ve got a massey ferguson 135, which the injector pump was a little suspect, the tractor stood for a long time dry of fuel. basically once the engine was warm, it did`nt tick over well, the last 12months i`ve been adding about 150ml of 2 stroke oil to the tank at refueling, and it runs a lot better on tick over.

Sorry for the derail, but he`ll have to have time in the seat to keep the blue card when he gets it, or some one to sign the log book for him. As others have said all trades have got more people than jobs, best of luck to your son in law what ever he does.

Thanks for the quick replys. I`ve got a second one that the coil went on, so got spares to have a play with if I go down that route.

I`ve got a stihl 056 super electronic quick stop in good order, has anyone on here tweeked one, either a simple exhaust mod or a full porting job? Was it worth it? I use a 36" bar on it, but not very often ie not often to justify buying a new large saw (do I need to justify buying new shiny things:thumbup:) Your thoughts and experiences please. Thanks in advance.

There was someone on here with in the last week who had IBC`s to sell. If I remember right I think it was renewable john, might be worth a pm.

As Jon said, I`ve seen a forcast for colder weather in about a couple of weeks time. That was on accuweather on phone. Still NO sign of proper winter weather though.

I know a few people who have had them, and they all had problems with the injectors failing, some stoped working and got a misfire, other`s carryed on running out but leaked excess fuel into the sump, which thined the oil then then engine seized.

I`ve got a helko long handle one quite light for a wooden handle, I sharpened it a touch when I first got it to make it eaiser in smaller lighter bits. Not broke it yet! OK for the money. A good one I`ve used was a oregon one, medium length I would say, nice and light, hollow alloy? I think.

Is the centre bolt on the spring ok? The head on the bolt should locate in a socket in the axle to set the spring and axle in the right place, then the U bolts clamp it.

Pm sent.

Steve, first of all well done for all your hard work with this, and all your sponsors:thumbup: When I click on my user name either in the top right, or in the list at the bottom of the page it goes to some one else`s profile, it goes to craig where as mine is Craig. .Hope it does not effect me getting my winning ticket:lol: Cheers, Craig(with the full stop)

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You can get flame retardant hi vis vests (long sleeve type).

Going colder from tomorrow Jon, should help your log sales, so you can buy the first 20 pints on your big night out:lol:

We had a wet night in north wales, the rain eased off about 12 o`clock lunch time, our job got canceled and we got diverted to clearing leaves from grids to help stop further flooding, ang taking sand bags out.

The husky helmets new mesh visor is a lot better than the old one`s, a lot finer mesh I found when I first swaped to it I was trying to drop visor down when it was already down, it was that much better looking through. It is also more flexable, so keeps its shape better.

If I remember right, the is no operators licence needed for them.