David Cropper

1 minute ago, Khriss said:

...... Oh, but is that coffee table still ok thou, it was a good one  🙁 K

Didn't look. I was more concerned about his mental state. Just got there in time, completely insane in my view.

1 minute ago, Khriss said:

Pointed out to me by my physio that pull starting yr saw several times is equivalent to dislocating yr shoulder - mind that coffee table when you jump.... 😉  K

Panic over Khriss. I rushed down to Chateau Dempsey. He's fine, I managed to talk him down off the sofa. I've made him hot cocoa and tucked him up in bed. 

3 minutes ago, Mick Dempsey said:

Am I going mad here?

I'm not a psychiatrist,  but in my opinion, yes, you are.

Cranes flying North, Spring on the way, hopefully! I heard them just after lunch, 3 skeins going over calling out. Taken with my new camera, needless to say I haven't a clue what I'm doing!

33 minutes ago, Mick Dempsey said:

I mean it’s doable, I use the Multione if I can get it in or on it’s on the job anyway.

Its just that the stuff isn’t useful, the sawmill that takes my chip doesn’t want it. Some of it you need a fork to move, some of it you need a shovel, it’s heavy.

 

If you can leave it in situ it’s worth discounting the job.

I always leave it , most people just say not to bother, they'll shift it or just push it back in the hole, firm it down, job done. I can't remember when someone asked me if I remove the chip. I did a quote for 100 stumps ranging from 40 to 130cms for the council, manager said don't even bother trying to level afterwards, their team would sort it. The previous grinding I've done for Communes was the same, had their workers sort it out afterwards, either take it away to use as mulch in the village or level with a tractor and blade. Makes life easier! Most of the commune work has been pops, horrible chip but fairly easy to grind as most are on flood plains and have weathered a lot. Just waiting for the ground to dry to do a job 5 minutes away, the ponyman who's going to be extracting the timber has said we need to wait a while before he even attempts to get onto site. Can't wait to see this in operation.

7 minutes ago, Mick Dempsey said:

They’re ok for grindings, but compacted stuff that you run over with the machine is too stubborn.

One of those rubber flapper things for the Kombi tool is a more effective clearer upper, then finish with a blower.

Just my 2c.

I did think about one of the rubber broom things a few years ago but decided against it. Looked on Utube and was quite impressed. I tend to use the blower after I've pushed the chip/soil.mixture back in the hole then blow the top layer of chips away leaving soil on top. In theory!

Just bought an Echo PB770 this morning, priced at €660 but my mate owns the store and dropped 10% off. Will be using it on Monday, got around 6 biggish, around 1 metre,  stumps to grind so looking forward to seeing if will do the business clearing the chippings. I've got one of the basic handheld  Echo, used it all the time for the last 6 years, it's never missed a beat but time to use something more powerful and easier on me. I really like the Echo range, two saws and now two blowers. Still got a Husky 15inch saw, absolute piece of crap, never felt comfy using it, Stilh Kombi, which I do like but for me Echo is my tools of choice.

37 minutes ago, gary112 said:

Sounds like your getting somewhere with him now David

Yes, we are Gary. Still panics about new people but is getting better with people he's met a couple of times. My arms and hands look.like I've fallen into a pit of crocodiles,  scarred to buggery! He misses grabbing his rope toy, grabs me by mistake, blood and snot everywhere. Not a bit malicious,  just clumsy! Never does it with my wife he knows she's different to me, more like him!

17 minutes ago, gary112 said:

Betty checking out what’s new on Arbtalk 

Let him have his own account, Gary, he probably speaks.more sense than some on here!

Big step today. Charlie in the car for a drive. Third time lucky,  before he's gone in but a bag of nerves, this time jumped in the back on his own. No trembling or nerves. I'm dead chuffed with him, another milestone for him.

We've had him 7 months now, he's really come on. 

That threw me "Her" friendly weapon.  That came as a surprise. Matelots having female strippers, well well, that's a first.

6 minutes ago, kevinjohnsonmbe said:

Etched in my sub conscious is the ignominy of being thrown out of the Oggies Field Gun crew dinner after ‘assaulting the stripper with a friendly weapon!’

 

In my defence, it was HER friendly weapon which she handed to me....  I guess she wasn’t quite prepared for its deployment 🤷🏻‍♂️
 

Off I went, on my Tod, down Union Street dressed as a Hawaiian complete with flower Garland, coconut bra and grass skirt to await the arrival of the rest of the fancy dress crew.  A few harrowing moments in solitary until the rest of the pack ponied up!

5 minutes ago, kevinjohnsonmbe said:

Typical army mess dinner Mr C!  😂

How dare you, you rum sodden wretch!

6 hours ago, MattyF said:

Don’t grind on any slope or bank with out them... they have a habit of going over without them! Good machines though and with an impact wrench a few minutes to take off the wheels they still fit through a standard gate.

I've bought the SC292 a few months ago with dual wheels. Excellent bit of kit. I find I have as much traction as I did with the SC30TX,  wish I'd bought one years ago and listened to the Wise Men on here who counselled me not to touch the tracked, hydraulic piece of crap. I must learn to listen and not be so pig headed. 

There must have been 100 or so of these Little Egrets on the flooded water meadows in the village today. We passed this spot 30 minutes before, nothing, on the return trip, masses of them in groups of 23 or 30. Unfortunately I stopped the car right next to them so my wife could take the photos, off they went. Hell of a sight to see so many.

52 minutes ago, Stubby said:

just no .

Totally agree.

Still raining here,  has been for the last week, forecast for the next ten days,  localised flooding, ground saturated,  I'm not even thinking of working, the grinder would create another Somme. The icing on the cake is I've got a leaking roof, got to wait for the weather to ease. Living the dream!

6 hours ago, Griff66 said:

Does anyone have a SC 362 and know exactly how many grease fittings are on the machine. Misplaced my manual and feel like I'm missing one or more. Thanks

Do you not have a diagram on the side of the machine showing greasing and lubrication points etc? I've got the SC292 with the blurb on there.

4 minutes ago, Mick Dempsey said:

Not far from Stu actually.
Knowing French franchises it’s unlikely they’ll hand out the bearing reference numbers.

They'd sooner sell them to him.

Best bet is to buy them from FSI Franskan and get the numbers for the next set.

I've just found them Mick, North of Le Mans. Agree about French dealers.

6 hours ago, mendiplogs said:

Hi all it cold here tonight 

Nice to see you back, John.