IronMike

Hello all,

I moved into a rental property on the 1st of February, it was handled by a local estate agent. I signed a 6 month AST and paid a deposit. When I moved in, the landlord met me to hand over keys etc and told me I could stay as long as I wanted, his last tenants were in for 4.5 years, make the house my own etc etc. 6 weeks later, he rang me to tell me he was selling the property. Clearly this put me in a predicament as I needed to find a new place to live so I could set down some roots for me and the children. I parted ways with my former partner in December, all very amicable I must add, but kids taking it badly as can be expected. Rental properties around my way are scarce, with demand outstripping supply about 4 to 1. Luckily I managed to find somewhere, but I had to move in on 1st of June or risk losing it. I approached the landlord to ask if he could help me by releasing me from my tenancy early. I was only in this situation as he had suddenly decided to sell the house. He said the best he could do was let me off with the last months payment, but would return my deposit (which is being held by a company called My Deposits).I was proposing to leave after 4 months, so 2 months left in original AST. I figured if this was the price I had to pay, so be it. I have found out today he has now taken the house off the market, and a new tenant is moving in tomorrow on a 12 month AST! So he has taken an extra month payment off me, and is being paid by new tenant also. 
 

Have I just been unlucky? Or do I have some legal right to challenge him? I’ve not got my deposit back yet. 
 

I’ve never resorted to aggression but I am very much tempted to drive to his house and forcibly remove my deposit and the extra month he has taken from me in blood.

I was converted to comms by the righteous @Gray gitof this parish many years ago. Started with Sena and have stuck with them since. I have used the Stihl ones though and thought they were ok. I’m waiting to see if I can get my hands on the new Husqvarna Xcom offering to try them out.
 

Basically, I’ll never go back to not using them as they are a literal game changer on many levels.

1 hour ago, MattyF said:

If you can get spares then holder , but like you I’ve seen numerous posts on here and Facebook with folk unable to source clutches. 
I like my agt with wide wheels but the clearance isn’t great for working in the woods , especially if some one else has left numerous 1ft high stumps for you to find and get hung up on.. easy to get parts for and work on though. 

Agree with Matty here. I love my AGT850 but it most certainly is a low slung machine. The low stump police definitely need to be out when your using it in the woods!

As a general rule, if a customer says “do you want a tea?”, it’s best not to ask for coffee and vice versa. Folks tend to offer what they like/feel comfortable making.

I remember someone fetching our brews once, I’d asked for coffee, my colleague for tea. You literally couldn’t tell them apart by looking at them. Both got sloshed in the hedge at the first opportunity!

4 hours ago, Stubby said:

I got a 71 plate Nav and fitted a " tunit " box and blue tooth power pedal . Gives you back a few of the hidden dobbins . Supposed to be 230+ hp . 

Oooh, nice!

That's interesting to hear about the remap. I spoke with my local dealer about it, and he was adamant it would void the warranty, even though it has Isuzu's name on it. He has spoken at length with a few of the higher ups in Isuzu UK who all said the same thing. 

I'm the end I went with the Nav as it has 190bhp standard, and once the warranty is up I'll be taking it to Pendle Performance for a proper tune up.

I’ve always been of the mindset that there is no replacement for displacement. Before I recently bought my Navara, I test drove a brand new Dmax for the weekend. I felt the 1.9 was very lacking in the power department. I’d have hated to have strapped the trailer and Logbullet to it on a daily basis. I know a few lads with the 2.5 and they rate them.

I can confirm, a Crocky ported 572 is flipping sensational! And he has also done my 550 MK2 and my 390, which is equally as breathtaking to use 😎💪🏻

I’ve just gone down this route myself or at least done similar. I had a LWB Shogun for work, and a Passat CC for home. I’ve sold the Shogun (the Passat is still for sale if anyone is keen!) and bought a 2020 Navara. It has towing and load capacity I need for work, and it can accommodate the family easily enough too. Comfy to be in, getting 30+ mpg on longer runs, I’m happy with it.

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We cut 2.5m or 3m usually. Stacks well on the wagons, and 3m is perfect for my little forwarder.

Just now, doobin said:

Well I had no reply to my email abotu logbullet insurance! I mentioned you, maybe thats why? 🤣Perhaps you could send me his direct number?

🤣🤣 I’ll message it to you matey!

I’ve got all my insurance (PL, EL, fleet etc) through H&H, my contact is a chap called Luke Conn-Goodman (yes, the name is real!) and he and the rest of his team are superb. 

Nice one @doobin👍🏻👍🏻

I’d recommend Skyland Equipment and L&S Engineering.

47 minutes ago, Mark Bolam said:

@IronMike too far for you?

Depends whereabouts in Cumbria!

@Ledburyjosh give me a call if you want, 0777 2655 759 and we can chat. Got a good mate back in the Lakes who might also be able to help.

1 hour ago, Crocky said:

Sorry for the late reply. Been a bit manic the last week. 

isn’t every week manic for you buddy?! 🤣🤣

Anyone done the legwork on cheapest place to buy a 200l drum of Motomix? Last one I bought from local place (Carrs Billington) and was a bargain at £400+vat. It's lasted me 18 months, and I rang up to check price on another knowing fine well it'll have gone up. I was quoted £560+vat 😵‍💫

That's very generous, bravo! Could have done with it when I ordered some stuff a few weeks back 🤣 Jokes aside, great service from Skykand, would recommend.

I follow a chap on YouTube, his channel name is Christopher Collects. Very enthusiastic and knowledgeable, shoot him a DM with details and he’ll let you know if what you have is worth anything over face value.

8 hours ago, skc101fc said:

I've never seen much benefit in winching downhill, especially if you can reverse up it and either push with blade or as said here use the logbullet. At some point gravity will always take over and make a kinked rat's nest on the drum, making a real ballache to hand haul on the next run

No way to get close to a lot of it other than winch. As mentioned this was a very steep site with winching the only option. Thankfully when one did gather some momentum and barrel a bit, we avoided any problems.

10 hours ago, slack ma girdle said:

Would it not be quicker just to drive the Log bullet up and collect the timber?

I hate winching

Logbullet is poorly mate, suspected drive motor issue. It can not go up many hills currently! Booked in for repair and other remedial work in a few weeks, so nursing it along at the moment.

I've had the tractor with winch on and Logbullet combo out lately on some steeper terrain. As usual, the photos and video dont do it justice, it's was damn near 1:1 in places! Hard work when felling, but super satisfying to send trees down the hill side. 

Only downside was having a 50m cable on the winch, as we regularly ran out of reach. Checked with Jas P Wilson's and the Igland will take upto to 77m at 10mm, but I'm guessi g the play off is reduced overall pulling power plus hauling that off the drum and up hill would be a hell of a slog. Spoke to a few folks who suggested getting an extension for these more awkward jobs, either cable or some dyneema perhaps?

Baking hot here, dry as a bone and not a sniff of a breeze. Can't wait to fire the saw up and get cutting now the forwarding is done 🥴