hedgesparrow

thought yoou had taken a picture of my trailor with 60 bundles of binders on taken to a fellow arb talk member. that was fun

hi trouble is if you lay downhill the sap does not run as such hence you get die back at ends. if i have to do it if its long i lay uphill then back pleach to go other way makes the sap run. or will lay it but put on a y stick so its off ground just going up. with south can lay on top but still do not lay downhill. thats the way i was shown by cutters of age and wisdom so must know what there about. wait for Dorset to comment as he is a good cutter. no dorset not the above well the second:biggrin:

well this is thanks to digga so do not take any credit. if you need a scabbard for your silky plastic water pipe warm it up sqeesh it flat attach to belt one new scabbard. Digga made one for his bill worked well need to make myself one.

well the chap who started me in hedgelaying |John Savings Prince charles trainer always said lay uphill and other master cutters i have been with have allways said lay uphill. there are times that a stem needs laiying other way to fill a hole but then have it up in air a bit to make the sap rise. so as for Btcv saying lay downhill well take it with a pinch of salt or use the paper it was written on for lighting the brash from hedge.

looks a good machine. but can see it going a lot higher than that £1000 i would think it may go for if less will be a good buy if its all in good nick hard to see from photos been worked for a few years

touch wood since having new engine which is better than the nissan own engine it has been a good truck touch wood good on fuel does what i want it to do. but looking at getting a van for most jobs as pickup has it downside that strimmers and any long handle have to go across as to short to go in lengthways. plus i can lock them away in back.

i was going to say 1.5 your normal hourly rate. or double hourly rate. i did a job for my old company had a printer to fix on the island on a saturday. was charged £220 for first hour then £75 per 15mins after. took a hour and a half to get to site then back plus my time on site. was charged £750 also knew some guys in IT who got asked to monitor servers when it went from 1999 to 2000 started 11pm finished 5am next day did not do a thing just watched the box all night each paid £2k for a nights work

if wifes sees the horse she will want one done of her old girl who died. cracking sculptures.

+1work is for work have a laugh but not when it gets out of hand no matter who started it. it needs stopping.

get what ustace had on mountain men a black powder wedge ram it in end light the blue touch paper and withdraw to a safe distance split some hard wood they where trying to split:biggrin:

i think you are confusing the d40 with the old D22 yd25 engine. yes these had a problem that around 7ok the engine blew big time. new engine. these where made in spain. they used aliminium shims on conrod normal bolts not special bolts and the o ring that supplied oil to the pots degraded starving no 4 piston of oil. this in turn made it run hot and it then jammed in block conrod snapping and coming threw the side of engine nissan did offer a replacement if under 5 years or 70k mine was 5 years 3 months and 68k cost me well dealer who sold it 2.5k for new engine. but not heard of this on the D40 as nissan changed having the engines made in spain only thing i heard on the d40 and that was the early models pre 60 that the flywheel had problems. if you want to put your mind at rest go on the navara owners forum see whats being said about the d40. but reading on the other posts sound like a good truck that goes on.

could look at the little makita,oleomac/efco, dolmar. depends if you have a dealer near you who sells these brands. worth a look

or blackthorn:biggrin:

i go down and see a friend who makes hurdles and spars out in woods all day or in his shed with his wood burner going sat down making his spars. never going to be mega rich but he is enjoying life and in his 70,s i came out of IT yes money not bad but 5ooomiles a month driving early starts finish late. now a parish lengthman,ground maintenance and hedgelaying. love my jobs out all the time in the country most of the time may not be rich doing it but would never go back into IT.one of the nicest jobs i have is cutting grass at a cemetery so peacful as it should be but its so nice on a nice day sit on one of the benches eating lunch with the wildlife about what more can you ask for.

my boss never listens to me makes me work hard all day quick coffee break 20 mins for lunch still i do work on my own and they do say talking to yourself is the first stage. as for this lad.python being the foremen i think you need to get this sorted pronto. find out whats is his problem. and work it out as a team. all its doing is making it worse for you all as he is going above you because he does not think he can talk to you to sort these problems out. and you now have your boss asking questions not a good sign.

have to say that gov agencies and to some extent charities working in the countryside have some of the best kit out. wish i could have half of what they have. if you are buying one saw or 20 saws should still get a good deal. anoyed me with old company only interested in the big boys with loads of kit the one man printing company not interested. but have 50 one man bands buying gear makes up more than one big company. and more than likely stay loyal if looked after. so selling to big boys is not the b all.

after other posts using breakers in old days without any vib supresion. if i use a saw for to long and its cold my left hand swells to double the size pain is dreadful. only thing i find is to put it under a luke warm tap to get blood flowing again but takes a age to wear off. do not get it as much with the newer saws. but do a bit then have a rest. what i do find if knocking in stakes hedgelaying i sart o get cramp in hand and have to stop so that maybe linked to white finger. not nice. but then there was not the HSE there is today. maybe those of us oldies who suffer or our forbears who died from work related illnesses have made it safer for those now working.

if you read the text selling for her as i can not look at all the messages for him so email her direct. so is it a him or her thats selling it:confused1:

the other night wife saw a pick up in our next door neighbours entrance being a wood yard and at 9pm at night looked a bit suspect so called 999 within minutes 2 police cars dog handler on scene. not doing Anything in yard but was related to a crime going on in town. took by surprise when they jammed them in. so have to say good on hampshire this time.

re charging batteries you can get a inverter charger which plugs in cigerete lighter will charge battery without bonnet up £30

i am looking to do it next year now i have got some hedges under belt this year getting eye in. so need to have some hedge to do before next years comp so have practiced. but good cutters in SOE class even in intermediates. the winner i would say was good to do open. can you give me a bell on mobile when you can cheers chris

well my echo chainsaw, went back to aspen as soon as the old two stroke had gone from carb saw changed ticks over starts first time pick it up away it goes. no smell anymore. its a no brainer using normal pump fuel. i can get aspen if i buy 3 or more for £14 a can normal fuel £7 a can plus 2 stroke mix. maybe 50% cheaper but will stick with aspen and i still believe my gear runs longer on aspen can not prove it.

i see alan ashby only got third in midland and thats god. well done to peter tunks very good cutter worked with him on surrey hedgelaying groups. and well done dorset on getting second and it has been amended on there site but its taken ages just to put results up. and i see a lady cutter came third in SOE intermediates. very tough class to enter.

i worked in IT for 20 years when i started it was strip down to system boards check them with a multi meter and if a dry joint solder it and put it back in working i was shown how to diagnose faults. and check it if not retrace steps to find out what was causing faults. as years went on it became swappable parts still checked and 99% did not need parts sent fixed it without. at the end the muppets working as so called engineers could not work out what was wrong with printers just fitted the parts sent if it did not fix it some one with less know how ordered more parts. until they called in those of the old school horrors i saw done made me think i need to get out did me a favour and made me redundant. as for garages cars go to a little mechanic who races historic cars knows his stuff truck goes to a relative who fixs plant, its come back like a new truck all the filters changed, stops on steering greased . main dealers as other posts blind them with brilcream from there hair and will pay out. never use a main dealer again.

bt are total pants there call centres are well next to usless. start getting iraate put the phone down. since i have been with sky has been ok broadband is not a lot of cop. but better than bt