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Post is a bit cuckoo if you ask me🤔

I started in the early 70s with a Stihl 08s without a chain brake Mr Stubby so we may have started around the same time. I don’t abide by all the teaching, rules and regs either as the day would not be so productive. so the OP now as enough experience having read a dozen posts on a forum does he/ she?🤔I think not.

I don’t think you would pass any chainsaw course if you didn’t apply the chain brake first before starting🤔. What you do yourself of course is entirely up to you but telling someone not to use the chain brake when starting when evidently they appear to lack experience is wrong🤔.

Well said that man👍Just been reading another thread about a bogged in MEWP and he’s done the same all the way through that😫. Haven’t seen him contribute anything of any relevance, just trying to be funny and taking the P.

What’s a hungry post brexit Brit🤔. Have you got lots of Brits over there struggling to find money for food?

I’d like to see them try to set up camp on a training session at Exeter Chiefs🤔

Being financed by Ineos. Sorry, can’t do a link Steve but there’s a previous thread from September 2019.

It’s rumoured that Mitsubishi and Nissan pickups won’t be available new in the UK from early next year🤔. That leaves only Ford, Toyota and Isuzu as choices for a new truck. I believe the Ssangyong Musso is also still available but possibly not for much longer?) , also with the possibility of the “French Grenadier” if that ever gets produced. They’re all over priced as it is so will be interesting to see how competitive the prices are with less competition? I think we know where the Grenadier prices will be!

There are several Oak trees in the UK reported to be 800 years or older🤔. With the one on this thread appearing to be 2 - 3 ft diameter the UK ones can be 2 or 3 times that diameter. Obviously the heat in Portugal doesn’t promote vigorous growth.

Colin at CRC Ecology - google

As far as I understand there won’t be Red diesel available to buy anywhere, only what we know as white. The rumours have been doing the rounds for several years so none of this is new. It’s assumed agriculture and forestry will be able to claim the tax back(or most of it🤔) As someone as already mentioned diesel stolen from farm tanks, tractors and big plant as been made more attractive for the thieves. At least with red if by the unlikely chance a transit was pulled by the police and found to have red in the tank it was taken off the road🤔

If you’ve had an MRI scan and diagnosed with bulging disc presume it was on the NHS ? Why was it not followed up by them? Get back to your doctor and get back in the queue and persevere with them as they are probably best placed to eventually sort it(unless you’ve got private health insurance. Because this is likely to take months if not years as others have suggested at the same time you could also find a good(recommended!) Osteopath or Chiropractor (but don’t tell the NHS🤔) and see if they can put their finger on the problem - literally 😳. I had a problem with a lower back pain before Christmas and was recommended an Osteopath. After 40 mins with her going through my aches and pain history she literally put her fingers onto the exact point of the pain. After about 20 mins of her pulling my knees up, bending me in all directions etc😳 she said that was all? Didn’t book a follow up cos said none were needed🤔 went away and within a couple of days it had disappeared. Be careful of those who book a load of appointments as you’ll become part of their gravy train🤔. Generally if you can get an appointment straight away be suspicious? If you have to wait a month to be seen that’s probably recommendation enough🤔unless they’re on holiday in the Caribbean🙄?

Looks like a candidate for”rate my hinge” 🤔

Looking at the spec of this Fog machine it takes 4 minutes to warm up🤔, could be too late by then? That’s the problem with most of these machines.

Grass is beginning to grow but with sunshine today and a ground frost tonight forecast I don’t think it’s a good idea to mow🤔 plus the grass cutting season is already long enough as it is😳

I was under the impression even if your a one man band working for financial gain (registered self employed)you are governed by puwer even if your working from home. But what do I know?. I do know one thing- a clown who sells firewood in my area (on the side for cash)modded his splitter and took the end of his finger?. He probably is now part of the statistics for tree/ forestry accidents for 2019/2020 and it all helps support the HSE introducing additional requirements on us such as two ropes when climbing?.

Equipment like this is covered by PUWER and even self employed are covered by the regs if it’s for gain your in deep dodo if you have an accident?just saying?

This post as got the makings of a bidding war? good luck Kyle?

They’re selling for top money plus?, no bargains to be had at Jacksons or Withams?. They had the main almost exclusive contract untill recently to sell Ex MOD kit and would charge for storage until the stuff sold?, win win win for them?, not very good outcome or in the best interests for the poor taxpayer!

Get yourself to some classic scrambles Mr Stubby(or MX if your under 50, when they start running them again when this mad world goes normal again?) some blokes are still running Castrol R in their 4 stroke BSAs, JAWAs etc with methanol in the tanks?, smells and sounds great?

Not sure why I clicked on this thread?. Lost a real good mate several years ago and I didn’t see it coming. The fact that you blokes Big J and Boy and others are posting on here is a big start to addressing your issues. I’ve got real “pissed off” a few times but was it depression? I’m not qualified to say however I probably know myself better than any body else, except my misses who knows me real well, and can read me like a book, and knows what I’m thinking before I do?. Big J it seems like the weather is a big factor in your shit days, haven’t exactly picked a good area to relocate to. Especially for your line of business, timber Harvesting and extraction isn’t exactly a walk in the park in slippers is it?. You blokes create mud when there hasn’t been any seen for centuries?. You appear busy though and pushing on with more kit so it can’t all be bad. The biggest thing chaps is to talk to others about any issues we have, don’t bottle it up, one day the bloody cork will pop?. Posting on here is one step from a tel call to a mate or even better a face to face?. I had no idea my mate had any issues, I hadn’t seen him for a couple of weeks and the last thing I said to him was we’ll meet for a brew and catch up?. He left a wife and kids? It turns out my mate was a right selfish twat after all wasn’t he?

If your chipper was seen(difficult not to remember a pink one!) why was it ‘possibly Lutterworth’? and not more specific? It hasn’t actually gone that far then, same county?and they don’t care who sees it two days after theft( I presume it went missing just before your first post!) which is a strange action from thieves? do the police know it’s been seen? They might take a bigger interest if they could possibly get a result. If you can tie it down to an area/ specific road there must be cameras around that area. If you know where it was seen(actual road) take a trip there yourself and have a look for any private cameras or commercial premises and enquire if they may have captured any cctv, people can generally be very helpful? Good luck.

Squaredy, can you just not sit down instead of leaning against that big log all the time and just think about it?. I’m getting the impression people are wasting their time replying ?

I run a Predator 28 and have never had a bolt break - that statement is probably the start of it now! Do you clean the pockets of all grime and muck and dress off any burrs with a file - just the minimum, otherwise you can torque a false reading and it all slackens off, I think a slack bolt is more likely ro snap than a tight one?. I’m sure you do all of this but just covering it?

Any trees I’ve not allowed enough on and realise just after the first cut?I just hate them more and more as the day goes on, especially if it goes into the following day and I allowed one?