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Mick Dempsey

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  1. Wind blown then regrow straight?
  2. Great stuff Bob, love seeing your gear. I recently protected the front of my Kubby, not quite to the same standard though!
  3. Say Stephan continued to charge too little, after a year to two his machine would blow up and he wouldn't have put aside the money to replace it. So he would have to go and get a job working for someone smarter than him. That's what I mean, we're all free to have a go, but there had to be some failure.
  4. Yes, it's called the free market economy.
  5. Germany were quite good, I liked the UK song but they put on a poor performance on the night.
  6. I totally hated this post......till I read the last sentence.
  7. That's how I understood it, i didn't realise a standard 1928 would qualify, years ago I had a 70 odd hp tracked arbor eater with just a top bar, it was a dream to use in comparison to modern machines. In the U.S. They only have top bars apparently.
  8. Don't all saws have a serial number?
  9. Nice work there Jaysmith, I hope you were careful putting that stuff through the chipper if it had silt on it,
  10. Like I said, my dad had one for years, they're ok........
  11. And therein lies the rub, in fairness it only takes a year to so with a firm for a guy (or girl) to achieve reasonable competence. Throw in all the new climbing and rigging hardware and techniques which make the job easier and safer and you attract more and more folks into it. You won't get rich climbing trees that's for sure, you can make a living but that's about it.
  12. Did a lot of strimming in a previous life. Going along nicely on a bank, "oh there's a wasp" two seconds later "oh there's two thousand wasps" drop strimmer and run......
  13. Everyone needs one of those. Hand splitting is medieval.
  14. Well done Stefan, you've recognized it, that makes rectifying it a lot easier. (We're all guilty from time to time of course)
  15. Give them a price on the spot, more likely to get a yes. What's to think about?
  16. Cheap enough from any agricultural suppliers, €25 for the pair, tractors have them for windows, doors etc.
  17. Since getting the GM 220 we've had to take off a piece of the roof of the tranny to accommodate it's extra height, but wanted at the same time have the option of a completely closed roof for the TW, so we bought some gas struts and welded up a flap so we can have both.
  18. Ok thanks, how come you've got away with a top bar only?
  19. What Gm is that? And what's that flap under the hopper?
  20. 201 serial # All becomes clear here.
  21. A sweeping statement would be "all Americans are stupid" or "all German shepherds are vicious" Saying (in response to a post by Dean) I wouldn't buy a machine with a certain drive system based on research and owners reports (not least yours) seems fair enough.

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