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Morning all, Snow largely gone, but still icy on the ground here. Bit of logging today and hopefully get to do some connie bashing tomorrow.
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Morning all, Snowing a bit here with more predicted by 10. Only a couple of inches on the ground. I don’t fancy slipping and damaging my knee replacement or anything else, so no site work until it clears. Might look at a couple of jobs though. Stay safe
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Morning all, Staying home due to the snow. My main man can’t get off his lane and difficult getting out of my yard towing the chipper. Job was working on a slope. Be careful
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Morning all, Last day of inactivity thank goodness. Looking forward to getting back to normal. Got to be careful on icy garden paths etc. Happy Sunday
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Morning all, Good frost here. Going to see a customer to finalise the job spec so I can put in the application for permissions due to whole site TPO. Lovely old house in a two acre garden, surrounded by a 1960’s housing estate. Lots of trees and large shrubs around the border. The whole site has suffered major lack of maintenance including the house and my customer is the new owner. Should be a really interesting job as we see the whole place come back to life. Happy weekend
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And may the cafe be open Doug
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Morning all, Taking our eldest to Manchester airport then home for breakfast. Our other two leave later this morning, so then then it's just two old goats (me an er) left. Lovely to see them all, now roll on Monday. Spot the grumpy old man syndrome.
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I had the twin rear wheel civvy version of the RB44. With good tyres on it had very capable off road ability. First picture is just after a twit (not me) operated the 3 way tipper with the pins diagonally opposed, second one is after the chassis was straightened, new ex military single cab fitted and chip box plus tool locker made. Courtesy of Ebay it went all the way to the Falklands to work on a sheep farm.
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Morning all, Happy New Year. Looking forward to Monday and return to normality. Ditto Doug’s thoughts regarding another good year of roll call attendance. Keep it going team 👍
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Morning all, Good frost here. Family walk trying not to slip into the canal, then maybe the village pub. Safer in that order I reckon.
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Morning all, Yes I was Jase. Guilty as charged. Cabin fever still smouldering here, but seriously ill with it. Therapy starts next Monday. Have a good day, be it work or play.
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Morning all, Our three adult children descend on us later today until Friday. Lovely to see them, but cabin fever is incubating. Not working until next Monday unless I can do a small job on Saturday. Have a good week, even if too much of it is on the M25 etc Bob Z.
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Morning all, Bit of pottering at home and in the yard. Happy Sunday.
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I reckon my 1975 Series 3 Land Rover is a very eco friendly vehicle. 50 years old and that has saved a lot of replacement vehicle carbon footprint, even allowing for the new chassis. Sounds like you must have at least one old interesting vehicle.
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Agreed entirely, and heat pump is by no means a definite plan yet. We had PV panels installed early on, so we are on the higher tariff, and our electricity costs us nothing over the year. Also have a storage battery and solar water heating tubes. Wife's car is full electric with good size battery which can be used for the house in an emergency. We even have a well that works, so ready for most problems.
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Every cloud has a silver lining though. Once boiler removed, Hilux can live in garage, no more defrosting or scorching hot in summer. Plus frees up space in barn where all the firewood was stored, so more room for machinery storage.
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Morning all, The ceramic lining in our wood boiler broke yesterday, so running the gas boiler now. Thinking it’s not worth repairing as boiler is getting old, and water jacket could fail next. Wife looking into air heat source pumps. The firewood I had really for the boiler will feed two stoves for a long time. Have a good Twixtmas
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Still no excuse for being late on parade though. Seem to remember a phrase that starts pot calling the………😂
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Morning all, Quiet here with just two of us for now. All change on Monday when our three offspring descend on us. Short dog walk and taking it easy. Have a good Boxing Day whatever you are up to.
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Morning all, Happy Christmas.
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Morning all, Lovely blue sky here. Chilly but no frost. Having my second/booster shingles vaccine this afternoon. First time gave me a sore arm. Happy Christmas Eve.
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Morning all, Bollocking acknowledged Jase. Two small jobs, then that's it until January. At which point a return to work will be refreshing.
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I run a Forst TR6, with the older 35hp diesel, and a Jensen A540 turntable with the 37.5hp diesel. Neither of these have ever blocked the chute up, even with wet conifer. I do keep on top of the blades and anvils. Sure, there have been times where something gets stuck under the top roller seat, but often this can be encouraged to drop out by feeding a max diameter log through. Failing that, spanners out time. While I agree that eight inch capacity gives more throughput, I would miss the option on the Forst to take the hopper off, tracks in, and get through a 2ft6 gate. There have been several occasions where domestic customers have been happy to have there large tree chipped and left in the rear garden, saving us a big drag. Horses for course I guess.
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Morning all, Small local job this morning, should be fairly quick. Just as well by the look of the sky.
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Morning all, Happy Sunday😂
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