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When we leave the EU will we be able to pick and choose who is allowed to come and work in Britain? Not sure but I think Australia does this not only with qualifications but with race etc.

I have no direct problem with foreign born folk working in the UK, but many of our lazy home grown layabouts use this as an excuse not to work, if we had less foreign nationals propping up our industry, the government would be able to say to our layabouts "there's a job for you now, take it or lose your benefits"

is there an existing thread for facebook pages? I have a basic page but want something more professional looking?

can anyone explain in simply English why the government or whoever it was has voted to block the go ahead of article whatever it is? I thought we had a democratic vote:confused1:

bought and sold a few saws on ebay, as said ebay usually side with the buyer, also if he said it came with a bar and it didn't then that alone is enough to warrant a return.

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Since every other road is being dug up at the moment I guess there must be some major budget burning is going on.

well its that time of year, gotta get the budget used up by end of the tax year:thumbup1:

its human nature to abuse trust, that's why we have laws, we cannot be trusted to keep our vehicles in a roadworthy state for a number of reasons, some people can't afford it, some have the money but would rather spend it on other things, some don't have the tools to maintain a motor vehicle, and most wouldn't know how to, and that's why we have the mot. Why then is a certain area of society allowed to maintain their own vehicles and not permitted to put them through an official mot? Are farmer more trustworthy than anyone else? Surely if a farmer MUST keep his vehicle to the same standard as everyone else, why not just make him mot it seeing as it will obviously be in a passable condition? And if farmers are expected to keep their vehicles to mot standard surely then all farmer would need to be time served mechanics with fully fitted out garages, rolling roads for testing brakes, headlight alignment testers, the shaking vehicle lifts for testing bushes and wheel bearings etc! Its a joke:thumbdown:

True Stoatally vehicles can become unroadworthy before their first mot, and most people wouldn't check, but most people wouldn't suspect a nearly new car to be unfit for road use. However most of these "agricultural" vehicles are not new, they're quite old and became "agricultural" when they required too much work to pass an mot!

if you would care to do your research, any vehicle like this can checked, and the driver/owner prosecuted the same as any vehicle requiring an mot, the RTA states " must be kept in a roadworthy and safe condition"

I'm perfectly aware of that, unfortunately many farmers fail to uphold this requirement, if farmers are allowed to judge the roadworthiness of their own vehicles why can't everyone else?

If you get a clearance job or whatever and you draw up a contract with the landowner and part of the deal is the land owner gets the wood, don't stack it beside a public road. We all know the public are opportunistic thieves, five minutes in the job will teach you that, so either remove the wood to a suitable location away from the public, or arrange for the owner to be on site same day to remove it. Is it any wonder the country is coming down with thieves when idiots leave sh*t lying around?

This is why I park my van on the drive. Wouldn't leave it parked on the verge in case someone thinks "here have a free van".

me too:thumbup1: no but seriously most people would know a locked vehicle is not up for the taking whereas most people would assume a pile of roadside logs left over from a council job were. Being part of the industry we know the score, joe public doesn't so we need to be more aware of our actions and consequences in these situations.

yeah douse him in petrol then ask if he preferred you burning neighbours instead.

some divided opinions, wouldn't lift it myself, but wouldn't criticise someone else for doing it. maybe its about being responsible, you shouldn't pinch stuff but likewise don't leave stuff you don't want pinched lying on a road verge, it sort of says "here have some firewood":confused1:

at least he didn't any bugger kids, that's bound to win him a few jury points!

hope this doesn't stir up too much of a backlash as I know many of you guys are from farming stock, but there is one simple fact that makes a complete mockery of the British mot system, why are farmers allowed to drive total wrecks on the road under the "agricultural" card? And before anyone says anything about "limited" use, it doesn't matter if they only drive six feet on public roads, they are still on public roads, and should therefore be made to have an mot like everyone else, and as for the "they must keep agricultural vehicles in a safe and reliable condition", sorry but I'm from a rural area and some of these vehicles are a disgrace. The whole point of an mot (other than a money making scheme) is because the government does not trust the public to maintain their vehicles to a suitable standard, unless your a farmer.....my car failed its mot last month on worn wipers, my mate makes a living from welding up 4x4's, mostly owned by farmers, he had an Isuzu trooper in last week that needed blocks of wood cable tied to the rear axle to stop it flapping about, cable ties held on both bumpers, half the lights didn't work, NO working wipers, chassis gone, anti roll bars hanging in thin air, bushes disintegrated, more play in the steering than my daughters play cart, etc. Yet its allowed on the road:confused1:

I think the entire motoring test process needs overhauled, both for vehicles and drivers. My missus recently passed her test only to phone me up the next day to ask how to put the petrol in, its a diesel dear! People are passed or failed on whether they can do a three point turn in an empty side road without touching the kerb, but don't need to know what fuel their car runs on, how to change a wheel, or replace the wiper blades when they stop clearing the screen. As Difflock said we have government run mot centres here in Northern Ireland but like anything government run, they're as corrupt and flawed as anything else the government does.

if the bore can be re honed and a Meteor or Hyway piston kit fitted that's close to good as new but a fraction of the cost of a genuine piston and barrel.

Looking a little advice here, have a Makita dpc6400 which refuses to run, very poor compression so stripped it down and replaced the piston as the old one was a bit scored, bore is still good, new plug and good spark, sent off the carb to have it overhauled and sonic bathed, put it all back together and still won't run and still no compression, I don't have a compression tester but did measure the piston and bore with a vernier, bore is 46.87mm and piston is 46.83. decompression button looks fine, so that's me all out of ideas:confused1:

I doubt my dads insurance firm would want to deal with it as they were not notified immediately after the event. Its just a bit of a shock as this happened in what is considered one of the most respected areas of the local town, you need to be very well off to live in this area, you don't need to fleece retired widows crippled with arthritis, it makes me sick!

Hey folks last week my dad didn't pull on his handbrake enough and the car rolled down a hill and damaged a garden wall. He immediately spoke to the house owner and offered to cover the cost of the repair. They agreed to get some quotes from stone masons and go from there, however the house owner did mention that he had a "mate" who could do it. Next thing my dad knows the wall is fixed and the home owner has a receipt for £940 quid from "his mate". I do a fair bit of stonework and had a look at the damaged wall the day after the accident, I reckon it was a one day £200 job, though I was going to do it for free obviously. My dad got a few quotes from qualified stonemasons who came in at around £250 on average. Anyway hell will freeze over before I let some chancer and his mate stroke my dad for a grand so I have written a polite letter offering £350 for the repair which includes £100 compensation for the inconvenience, and including copies of the stonemasons quotes. I imagine this will be rejected and we'll end up in the small claims court. can anyone offer some advice on the matter, like can the home owner legally get the work done without consulting with my dad regarding the cost, then bill him for it? Also his mate apparently turned up with three men and took two days, in a painter and decorators van? Obviously not qualified stonemasons so does that effect things? My dads pretty stressed about it so any advice would be greatly appreciated

This is the wall, the damaged area was about 2 metres long by about 2 feet, only faced on one side, back is just roughly rendered, all the stone was still there, just needed cleaned up and a few barrows of mortar at most. The brick work at the bottom was untouched.

I'm sad, I look at cute little animals and think barbeque, I see this and think how many cube of firewood would you get out of it?

Agreed, I knew I had this one somewhere on my iPad, taken in Newhaven a few years back.

strange looking side step, must be a Landy thing!

when I annoyed my grandfather as a kid he used to shout "away on before I hit you a kick with my fist!" he was mad as a bag o spanners.

that's one fake looking husky:thumbup:

I use my splitter on a jcb powerpack and it's plenty fast enough 16 ton vertical splitter.

wouldn't mind seeing a few pics of your setup?

Would it be possible to run a hydraulic ram off something like a JCB beaver power pack? I currently have an electric 240v kango hammer which is fine for small jobs but a more powerful hydraulic one would be better for bigger stuff. If there was some way of using it to power a log splitter that would save me a lot of money and hassle.