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Took out Grandfather's old army WW1 wire cutters and clipped some barbed wire from an old fence we are replacing. Seemed appropriate. http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/general-chat/103675-whats.html

Brilliant but actually very worrying as with that kind of ability to manipulate imagery, somebody who did not like me could make a video of me threatening people in our local high street with a chainsaw and have me locked up! I think I had better start being extra nice to everyone! ps my dear old ma had a boxer called Buster when she was a little girl in the 1920s.

I use the BR600 in the on floor corn store. It is so powerful that it moves loose grain back into the heap far quicker and easier than with a brush. For leaves it needs to be a certain distance away for the best vortex effect. I see that there is a gutter cleaning extension tube as an option Has anyone used one?

Thank you for that link Wills, I have ordered a copy

[ame] [/ame] I like to be warm, out of the wind, with a comfortable seat and full suspension, wipers for the rain and headlamps for night work. Radio/tape player/CD four wheel drive light weight but a heavy set of Greens gangs. The grass here is much longer than i would normally cut. With shorter grass most of it disappears to the bottom of the sward to rot down before the next cut. A passenger seat means a bit of occasional company and a can of beer as there are no drink drive regs on my lawn. In fact many people who have come to stay ask if they can mow the lawns as it is good fun. So it cannot be such a bad idea. 2 acres in 15 minutes on a clear run without trees but the trees do take a little extra time. [ame] [/ame] [ame] [/ame]

I nearly remembered the poem by heart but it was not quite right having googled it. “Good-morning, good-morning!” the General said When we met him last week on our way to the line. Now the soldiers he smiled at are most of 'em dead, And we're cursing his staff for incompetent swine. “He's a cheery old card,” grunted Harry to Jack As they slogged up to Arras with rifle and pack. But he did for them both by his plan of attack.

Just visited Gunby Hall, National Trust property and there was a room there with three huge maps which they had just discovered rolled up in a basement. They were the battle plans for the Battle of Loos near Arras which was such a disaster. The owner of Gunby was the wonderfully named Field Marshall Sir Archibald Montgomery Massingberd who was so upset by the loss of life due to his plans that he spent the rest of the War trying to improve things. I think that the Somme was next on the list I never knew my Grandfather as he died in the last war but a long time ago,when I lived at home and my father came down for breakfast, I would say "Good morning" and father would strike up with the poem by Siegfried Sassoon called "The General" "Good morning, good morning" the general said as he passed his men on his way to the line But the ones that he spoke to are most of them dead Or cursing his staff for incompetent swine He's a cheery old card muttered Harry to Jack As they slogged through to Arras with rifle and pack But he did for them both with his plan of attack All the more poignant since Grandfather was at school with Sassoon and I would think he taught father the poem Grandfather was actually wounded at Souchez which can be seen on the map Probably the last time the wire cutters were used in action

Well done you learned folk I dug it out today from the depths of a cupboard and tried it on some barbed wire which it cut more easily than the bolt croppers would have done. They belonged to my grandfather and have his name and the date "1916" written inside the leather case. He was wounded at Arras in April 1916 and had to have his leg amputated because gangrene set in It really did make me wonder about his time in the trenches, crawling on his belly at night in the mud and cutting his way through the barbed wire A remarkable tool that still works perfectly a hundred years later The case has a belt loop so it sits very comfortably on one side and is not too big or heavy

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I agree the water consumption needs to be looked at. I found that by drinking about five pints a day not only do I feel less tired but it also stopped my muscle cramps. This may also be linked with cutting out tea and coffee, low manufactured sugar consumption, I take the sugar from fresh fruit. Less booze Agree about the swimming We invested in a swimspa about four years ago which is indoors and is used every day. You swim into a powerful current. Cut out general vacuous TV and select a program to watch if you must. Better to learn to play a musical instrument and use the time as a form of meditation. Limit computer time Pack up earlier and go to bed early. I would strongly advise against a nap in the day as it means the sleep will be lighter at night. Good pillow and mattress, quiet bedroom and a wife/partner that does not involuntarily kick in the night Medical checkup for diabetes or other problems All this might sound like a recipe for creating a boring old fart, but there is not much more boring than being around someone who is tired all the time. Perhaps short tempered with the tiredness. As you become older you become weaker. Although I look fit and much the same as I did when I was twenty five apart from the hair loss, I cannot lift the two 56 lb weights above my head which I used to do with ease. Hopefully by the time you are in your sixties as I am you will have established your business enough to delegate much of the harder work and have earned enough to give yourself the breaks you deserve after a hard working life. If you read the thread on sleep started by Gray you may just find sleep by reading Arbtalk posts! Your eyes are becoming very heavy, you are becoming very sleepy, you need to lie down, you feel a great weight....................

Dr John's blade would trim a beard nicely! I'm goin' straight down to dat barber supply shop, get me a pearl handle, double edge, hollow ground, super blue blade, adjustable, stainless steel, honed edge, both blades on the same side so when I cut you once, you gonna bleed twice, goin' an' comin'. An' if you don' believe me, shake yo' head; it'll be singin' "I ain't got no body." about 3 minutes into "How come my Dog don't bark when you come round" [ame] [/ame]

Perhaps an old song thrush or blackbirds nest has been rotting down to give the plant the idea that it should be layering

Notify the local press, take some photos of the rescue and there is a good bit of free advertising for one of you.(plus the bottle of malt!)

I am also with Huck . I appreciate that there are many places that have just become too busy, too competitive and expensive. I visit many of these places, the worst being London which is a foreign country to me. Every time I return to the wilds of Lincolnshire the traffic thins out, the air is fresh, the people sparse........ bit like British Columbia I suspect! We seem to be off the beaten track, deemed undesirable, flat, desolate and long may that opinion last. We do not want to become popular. No neighbours, nearest village has a population of 30. Bliss!

I was drivin' in my car (It's not quite a Jaguar) I felt something on top of my glasses, hardly any more than one of my few hairs so I brushed gently. Felt it again so brushed it again and this was followed by the most painful sensation I have ever encountered next to hitting my finger with a hammer. It was like an injection going in at the point where some religions put the dot in between the eyebrows. it was so bad that I had to pull over onto the grass verge and luckily I was on a minor road. It could have been quite serious if I was on a motorway. I was expecting to see a wasp in the car but after a careful search there was nothing. It swelled up and there was a large red area but there were two marks on the skin. One was the small white spot that you sometimes see with wasp stings but also I know now comes with uk spider bites. The other turned into a hard lump that was still tender a week later. I also had feelings of nausea for a day afterwards. Britain's most poisonous spiders - BT i have never heard of anyone being bitten before like this but I met a woman in town who said she had been bitten and went to the A&E at the main hospital because it had affected her so badly and they took a sample from the bite and actually identified the spider from the poison. Before this I have always handled spiders gently to remove them from house/car by hand now I will use gloves or a small stick.

So what do we do when Putin/Isil invade. Lie down and take it or stand and fight? My grandfather was wounded and had his leg amputated in WW1 and was totally anti war after all the horrors he had witnessed. When WW2 came around my father decided to join up in the RAF against his father's wishes. Grandfather wanted father to remain on the farm in a reserve occupation but father chose to fight Hitler even after hearing all the terrible stories of WW1 from his father and men on the farm who had seen action. I would like to think I would do the same if there was no other reasonable alternative

Just watched this video on a spring starter starting up a large diesel IPU's mini spring starters: reliable starting for smaller engines and was wondering if something on a smaller scale had ever been used on a chainsaw. Just thinking of all you climbers out there who may find it easier to do one handed starting of your chainsaw while up in the canopy. Do all the winding on the ground to perhaps give you enough energy for several starts. I can see that there may be a slight increase in weight but maybe hardly anything as it is replacing a recoil spring.

I was expecting the chain to be from the WANGfangdu factory but the chain, the bar and the triblade cutter are all Oregon The parts seem to be assembled by "Einhell" in Germany but you may be correct if they have the bits made in China. Discover our company history! - Einhell Germany AG Anyway I put it together today and tried the chainsaw with the long extension on some 2 inch yew branches which had started to shade the house. Perfect job, no lack of power, no vibration and the weight of the whole set up made the saw feel more stable. The harness actually suited me, a left hander and the weight of the motor balanced the weight of the saw once the harness was tightened properly. The job would have been very difficult without the tool as the ground was too uneven and sloping for a ladder. I copied this from google Good value as its 4 tools in one. Versatile garden aid which functions as a lawn trimmer, weed cutter, hedge trimmer and pruner with a powerful, 2-stroke 1.35kW (1.8 hp)petrol engine With maintenance-free electronic ignition 2 protective sheaths, protective glasses, mixing container, 100ml bio chain oil, carry strap, tool bag, assembly tool and instructions included Cubic capacity (cm³): 42.7 Max. motor speed (rpm): 9200 Fuel tank capacity (L): 1.2

Beg pardon everyone but it was £120 not £109

Good, that is what I bought it for but I may use the triblade cutter without extension. As people have said, it is only a weapon in the armoury to be used occasionally and for £109 it looks to be a good deal

Just bought one on impulse from the local Lidl in Skeggy reduced I think to £109 I was expecting it to be made in China but was pleasantly surprised to see German manufacture, Oregon chain, reasonable quality bar and trimmer and triblade plus strimmer but I already have a decent strimmer, so may not be using that bit. The whole thing seems strong enough but the penalty may be the weight. 43 cc engine. I think that the human being also needs to be strong enough hence the price reduction. Have you found the machine easy to use? The motor may well counter balance the tools on the boom but I am apprehensive about tackling higher branches especially so they do not end up on my head!

I bought the petrol version from Welmec Welmac UK Ltd: Urban SM70 Branch Logger and I thought that the build quality was excellent as well as the after sales backup. We have put quite a lot through it and have experimented with different sizes of brash as well as different bags. It has been very reliable and often taken in larger diameter branches than we would have expected it to cope with. For us it works as we run woodburning stoves in the house and down in the farm office where I may only be there for an hour and need quick heat. I have tried to sell the idea to the village but there is a mixed response. The pub loved to have a bag to start their open fire and to quickly bring the fire up again if it had been a quiet evening and suddenly half a dozen customers came in Since they are a tight fisted bunch around here I started by asking what they thought was reasonable to charge after they had used it. It started at £5 a bag but soon reduced to £2.50. However it was not cold at the time, people were charging less for logs and oil price is down. Other folk complained about the netting in the bags being too wide allowing debris to fall out, the bags being too heavy at about 30 lbs for women, and the size of the product being too variable A bit of grading of brash is necessary to make the size more uniform. Smaller close knit bags are available but the summer came along and I need some cold weather to gain people's interest again The two main advantages for me are that firstly my wife loves to operate the machine (keeps her fit and saves on gym membership!)and now the garden as well as the farm is becoming tidy Secondly we use the product all the time and put it in the stove using a cylindrical type of coal scuttle rather than the tapering type so it means that we are no longer using the quality firewood which is more saleable. So if you have a bit of woodland and are normally burning the brash in the wood or chipping it, and using the good wood yourselves that you would otherwise sell then buying one of these is a no brainer

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Better go on strike for more pay like the junior doctors!

Spot on there. Until the invention of the rough terrain forklift/telehandler all the jobs on the farm were not only back breaking but dust laden in confined spaces. Loading and unloading 1 cwt sacks (used to be 16 0or 18 stone before my time!)of potatoes, meal, fertiliser, seed corn. Trays of seed potatoes had to be filled from the cwt sack three at a time then stacked then loaded into the planter. Shovelling corn into augers out of bins, unblocking combines, stubble burning. Forking sugar beet, hand hoeing sugar beet Working as a student on a dairy farm had a lot of the above but also the physical part of dealing with large animals. Some of the early tractors were unbelievable for noise and dust and heat. A day in a Track Marshall 90 after a stubble burn with the hydraulics so hot by your right elbow that they would burn you, the noise deafening, lungs and eyes full of crap and the levers so hard to pull that I have yet to meet anyone who can beat me at arm wrestling. And yet I am still in awe of all you tree climbers and am much happier doing the ground work!