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Didn't he say it has a 7000kg Train Weight -so wouldn't a twin axel trailer allow him to tow another couple of ton? That would solve the problem, no? A wee chipper in the box, lift on and off with the crane.... Hey - could the crane be modified to double duty as a cherry picker? Handy for hedges etc.

The rule receipts will only be necessary if you are ever audited - most probably there will be a certain percentage of income that can reasonably be expected to cover fuel costs, your accountant will know what this figure is for your profession and travel requirements, if it comes down to it you can argue the distance travelled from work to home, times the number of journeys, factor in mpg for your vehicle etc. Even if you didn't have all the receipts, would most likely not be an issue.

Not to worry Mikeh - he's recieved enough advice since, that IF he dies he'll go out in a blaze of glory....

Tommyk - you really must get yourself a chainsaw and some logs, then you can keep posting questions - and we can poke fun at you for years to come. Its a great forum for that kind of craic If you get your drone and disappear, we will miss you, and occasionally refer to "That guy who got his drone stuck in a tree".....

I went to an adventure park in Germany once. They had huge teepees clad with brand new 10mm belt - brilliant roofing material, flexible, impervious to the elements and the passage of time. Heavy though. Must find the park and post it, everything made out of debarked trees (acacia I think).

Don't know, my guess would be a cheap Poulan, being he's from US and all...the lads set him straight anyway!

Wow. Cool. Could actually be something guys might seriously consider. I supposed a trained marmoset would be an option too.

Christ, there must be something in the stars today - a guy just posted a request for comment on Arboristsite - he wants to prune 50ft oaks and cypresses on his land, thinking about spiking up them and removing the branches with "a hatchet, machete and 18" chainsaw" ..(!)...holy mackerel Andy...

Would a quad copter be strong enough to carry a throwbag and trailing line? Do they make a remote release mechanism? Could be the next big thing in arb access set-up.

What about a more powerful drone copter with a grapple?

Tinned fish, individually wrapped salami, sandwiches sometimes.

The Aussies have already done it

Get yourself a cheap inverter unit, an auto darkening helmet, plenty of cutting grinding and sanding disks and have at it! I find the quickest way to learn anything is to just start the job, **** it up, throw my tools down in disgust, go away and watch some youtube tutorials, then come back the next day, tear down the previous days disaster and nail it the second time. So many amazing tutorials on youtube. A cheap inverter will always come in handy even if you upgrade later to a mig. You can do things with a stick inverter that you can't do with any other gadget - carry it up ladders, for instance. I know guys who have rebuilt whole truck bodies with a €200 inverter, and you can run them on a normal domestic socket with two 50m extension reels without blowing anything. Light rods and low amps - if you get good its surprising how thin you can go, in a pinch. As others have said, its all in the prep. A few tricks need to be learned to avoid disasters - like spot welling everything before doing the main beads. You can check your welds by walloping them with a sledgehammer. Dont attempt verticals welds, its just a waste of time and materials, at this stage. Design your structure so that all the loading forces are metal on metal - in other words that the welds don't hold any of the force - the welds are there to keep the members from moving, not to support. If in doubt, bolt as well. And watch out for fumes. Work outside if you can, especially with galvanised metal or stainless. Even on the mild steel, the rods produce nasty fumes. Best of luck.

Something used to bite my hand while sleeping, once or twice a year. I always presumed it was spides, but never felt the bite or found a squashed one. Hand/arm used to swell up like a potato, hot and itchy for a few days. Not unpleasant.

- average weight of breasts in medieval Europe....

You could try making your own custom bit with a lump of metal-reinforced epoxy putty. Lightly grease the bolt head, form putty into a cone and push it in, making sure its well packed and has enough of a handle to turn. remove, allow to cure and then use.

Squirrel. Clearly the size is right. The jawbone, evidently. Not the rodentine inscizor. Is there a prize for being the first to correctly identify it?

Same problem with my Stein, will also be using plugs from now on. Bloody disgrace....

Might as well harvest the beefsteak fungus anyway, its edible - was used as a meat substitute in the past and still available in markets in france.

Household chores....Yup.

Just found this - fascinating stuff. The penally for "holding a woman's breast" was the equivalent of £500 in today's money! https://regia.org/research/misc/costs.htm

Don't know, never needed it. Another thing you might consider is, if you are using a Stihl 440/441 or 460/461 or even a 660 I think, they all have the same oil pump and you can upgrade it to a higher output pump, if you worried that it ts not oiling enough.

The bio oils that you mix with water will royally screw up the workings if left too long - total disaster. I been using straight lidl rapeseed oil - not sunflower - Rapeseed (they sell it as "vegetable oil" this will not cause any problems if left for month in the saw. Cheaper by far then the regular bio oil, which is just rapeseed with tackifyer. It will attract mice and rats though, so hang your saw high and don't leave empty bottles lying around. If you decant it into a rule/oil can, hang that as well or the'll chew through the plastic. The canadian forestry sector has done a pile of research on pure rapeseed oil in saws and they agree that its the best lubricant - superior to mineral oil - the only caveat being that on very long bars you do want to involve a takifyer. I have used it on a 28" bar without problems.

If you don't know exactly what you are doing, don't format the card with a pc - I did and the dash cam wouldn't recognise the card, apparently my computer had formatted it the "wrong" way. Your dash cam will have a format function somewhere in its menu. The cards do eventually wear out, as well.

The clones all take generic 6x19 wire core, 8.5, 11, or 16mm, very available and affordable. The special proprietary wire rope are for the original Tractel tirfors. Why didn't Tractel design their machines around generic cable sizes? The answer - £££. The real machine are way nicer than the clones, but for the money, not worth it.