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We have reduced hundreds of them from 90' down to 10'. I would say more than 95% survive, possibly more. Some do die. We have a particularly nice hedge where 70' trees were cut to as high as you could reach from the floor. Another where 70' trees were reduced to a single branch with greenery on it, none more than 6' high, came out very well. They will be fine.

Having a new saw tickover for its first tank of fuel is just about the worst thing you could do to run it in. I suppose running it without 2 stroke oil could be worse. You need to rev it hard to get the rings bedded in and giving a good seal. Very interesting article on running in a new engine (if you are into that sort of thing) Break In Secrets--How To Break In New Motorcycle and Car Engines For More Power

I like my Cabstar. Preferred the older twin headlight version but my latest one isn't bad. Bit thirsty at 20mpg, but to be expected for the type of vehicle. Easy to fix but genuine spares are rediculously expensive! I'm rapidly approaching 50 and starting to find driving any work vehicle is uncomfortable, Cabstar is no worse or better than similar type vehicles. I did 250k in my last one before it dissolved completely. Can't see this one going that far (or me) but I don't think it will dissolve. Can't tell you about the others as I haven't owned them. I do still just love the whistle of the turbo on mine and they do pull like a train. Mine can carry 1.4 tons legally, you don't notice that on it. Had 3 ton on my last one with no bother, but grown out of that one.

I work outdoors all day every day, the best waterproof trousers i have found are army surplus goretex. Plenty to choose from on ebay, around about £20. They will fit over your chainsaw trousers, lightweight, waterproof, reasonably tough etc. Worth a try at £20 anyway.

You live in a caravan, you've borrowed someones shotgun and you are posting it on the internet? Not the best of ideas.

I think we are in the nonsensical position where firewood often makes more than timber. Sad, but there you go.

In my student days a friend of mine lived just there while working at Notcutts on his sandwich year. I used to catch the train up from Kent (where I was working) and the pair of us would get completely wasted in that very pub. Happy days (30 years ago )

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nrb32SeUOlw]Oak wind blown big log off - YouTube[/ame]

I think one of the reasons he was made to have a full MOT was due to a rear light lens being cracked. Hardly something that is going to wipe out all the wives and children on the roads is it. As I said, they were nitpicking. The earlier poster said he was let off for not having a trailer test, he would have got jail if this gang had got him. I wasn't defending anybody that has an unroadworthy vehicle, I was saying that VOSA can, and do, go a bit OTT at times. Apparently they are self funding these days so are inclined to administer as many fines as possible. See the "overloaded" thread if you want better examples of who is more likely to wipe out wives and children.

I'm no expert on the matter but I don't think you have to have passed your driving test in order to be insured. You can buy car insurance as a learner. From that I am assuming you would be insured for a trailer with or without the specific test. It doesn't apply to me anyway, and I wouldn't recommend putting it to the test without checking.

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They have spells of pulling all vans and pickups around here. Usually nitpicking over stupid little things. Know of one bloke who was made to have 3 MOT's in as many months! Has anybody been "done" for not having trailer license, ever? I said to someone the other day they needed a license to pull a trailer, they said they weren't bothered and nobody gets done anyway.

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A wind blown Ash I have been cutting up smells of horse piss. I even looked round expecting to see a horse the first time I noticed. I always have a sniff of fresh cut wood, don't really know why. I have some bits of cherry spread randomly in my log pile, I can tell when I get to each bit.

I was out at 4.30 this morning and won't be finished til well after dark. Have to admit to having last weekend "off", although it did involve sawing logs all day so not exactly restful. Will be at work every day for a fortnight from now. No, you are not alone.

It puzzles me how there hasn't been a massive public outcry over the whole horsemeat saga. The issue of whether or not horse meat or bute is bad for you is completely beside the point. The real issue is that you have no idea whatsoever where that horse came from, how it was treated, what its health was or even what it died of. It could be roadkill for all anybody knows. There is nothing to say it is actually meat either, it could just as easily be intestines, hooves or any other part of the animal. If it were your local butcher caught doing such things he would most likely get jail. What do you think is likely to happen to supermarkets for the exact same crime? At the supermarkets insistence farmers have to jump through a myriad of traceability hoops, and yet the supermarkets then go on and sell "meat" that they don't even know what animal it was, never mind where it came from! And you can't tell me they didn't know what was going on. Even if they didn't, it was their job to know. Of course if folk go into a supermarket and buy "value" burgers and expect it to be real beef they are just as daft.

As a farmer, all my life I have had it drummed into me that the pto shaft is dangerous, it will kill you, do not go near it. I really struggle to understand how those hy-crack type splitters are even legal never mind how people think it's now OK to go and jam a bit of wood into what is just an extension of the pto. Numerous threads on this site regarding H&S and numerous posts saying these cone splitters work well. I accept that many people have them and generally say they are quick to do the job. Well I guess that redneck massive flywheel with an axe head welded to it comes under the same category. I shan't be using either of them ever. Hydraulic splitters done right shouldn't involve getting a hand in there but they do, so much so they even made a law saying both hands on the handle.

Then after all those years of pain and suffering when they finally say they will fix it you say you are too busy. For goodness sake man!!!

This is a long wheelbase Cabstar, a lot bigger than the usual ones. I had an Astra estate on it last week and nearly got the tailboard up.

Do you mean an Oxdale? I have one and they are very good. Had mine a few years now and have no regrets buying it.

I can reverse four wheelers and I like to think I'm a bit good at it too. Couldn't do that though.

If you loaded that on your own I take my hat off to you.

Load and a half of logs

You can shoot foxes with an air rifle and yes you can kill them with a good shot. You really really shouldn't though because it is just downright cruel. Air rifles are not powerful enough to be sure you will kill it and like as not you will just wound and cause pain. Don't do it.