Dan Maynard
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I would go to the relevant club and ask what they do. My dad re-registered his grey fergie, he joined the club for a year because it was cheaper that way. I think he just sent off photos but it was obviously a completely original tractor and had some old log books so easy case compared to yours.
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I was thinking about the trailers pre 97 too, lot more home made ones whereas these have been thinned out by wear. I still have a flatbed built from a caravan, just needs new suspension, brakes, tyres, lights, and floor. And the hitch is really worn. I'm planning to scrap it to be fair.
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Are your hands cold? Heated handles are supposed keep the circulation going which is apparently a good thing against vibration sensitivity. That is one benefit of gloves too, unless of course they are just wet and cold.
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Chip it if there's enough wood in it, chip goes free. My chipper hates when it's just green clippings so if it's a small hedge, throw it on top of the pile of rakings at the yard. If it's a big hedge then leave it on the trailer and put the pile from the yard on top, and take it for green waste disposal. Round us green waste needs paying by the load so I try to make it worth going.
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Very neat. Those saws will need a juggle if you get a full wrap on the 500i !
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I'm fascinated by the Rumford fireplace, never heard of it before. If you read the rest of the Wikipedia article though, he went on to invent a cast iron wood burner called the Rumford stove which was expensive but the efficiency gains made it economical in the long term. So even Rumford gave up on the open fire.
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Hmm maybe, guess the obvious question is how long have you had the Milwaukee so far? Trouble with saying thats cheaper, I don't have batteries or charger. To be honest I don't use it often enough to wear it out, but when I do it makes the job a lot easier and quicker so I'm happy so far.
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I don't know about Masters but intercooler split can cause smoking if it takes a certain pressure to open up. I'm not sure how you test this though unless you can hear the air leakage.
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I was using my impact driver the other day, thought I would update this thread with the final outcome. I went for DTW285, it's been great. My chipper blade bolts are only M10 so undo on medium, a lot of things undo on low.
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We had him on 8-track tape in the car.
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Agreed, it must take energy to evaporate the water. Surely there's going to be a lot of condensation somewhere too? Does the oven vent to the flue or will it just end up dripping down the windows?
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The little things you say and do...
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She really is the health minister. Is she too fat to be a Health Minister? Critics attack 20-stone woman leading Belgium's battle against obesity - Mirror Online WWW.MIRROR.CO.UK Critics say Health Minister Maggie De Block does not set the right example to be worrying about other people's fitness
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It doesn't usually take much from the impact driver, depending on when you last took it off of course...
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I just don't think you would charge from the truck, two batteries would do all day nip and tuck. Switch back to petrol for constant or heavy cutting. I agree though, Husqvarna is an expensive set to try which is largely why I ended up with Makita.
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All carabiners have potential to stick open with enough wet sawdust in them, it is normal to check as you go.
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Background to the HSE decision on two rope working
Dan Maynard replied to kevinjohnsonmbe's topic in Training & education
I'm not totally convinced, if you have a groundy then your work activity poses a potential risk to others. I've LOLER 98 has a specific clause saying it applies to self employed, and again I'm interested if this supercedes it. -
This was tucked in the back of my mind, if polyprop is good enough for Graham should be good enough for anybody. Not that I've taken this advice myself. Love the way he pulls out his small saw to cut these branches and it's a 461.
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I was thinking this, the vast majority of the stuff I rig is just the awkward branches and done with spider sling, I reckon it has about half a wrap friction. Dead easy to set up, saves getting the bollard out of the van at all. Shizll 14mm Deadeye Sling with ArboRing - Lowering & Rigging from Gustharts UK WWW.GUSTHARTS.COM Buy Shizll by 14mm Deadeye Sling with ArboRing from our Lowering & Rigging range - @ Gustharts
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I've a P500 and 14mm line, easy to set up and use. Based on your other posts you probably won't be rigging anything that won't handle.
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Not sure if it's the reason but butter bubbles and burns at a lower temperature than oil, I've only ever used oil.
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I've also dreamed about doing this but not a goer with Mrs, kids, etc etc. I think you have to do it the other way round, get yourself a map and start ringing all the people who have been advertising for staff and see if you can plot a route between them. There are sure to be enough, have been ads from South coast up to Scotland. If we're ringing you then we have to guess where you're going to be. Otherwise just set off even if you only have a few dots on the map, something will be sure to come up.....
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Is it safe to to remove these leylandii
Dan Maynard replied to alankearn's question in Homeowners Tree Advice Forum
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As long as you mean privet, hawthorn etc then generally hedges are easy to grind, you'd probably be fine with a cheap one and then maybe hire a bigger machine if it's a big row of tree stumps. You do have to swing a 460 side to side yourself, but it's well balanced and on a turntable so that part is easy. Some of the smaller grinders just have a brake on one side so swinging means pushing one wheel back and forth through the pile of grindings. You then end up fighting the machine forward to grind without it falling in the hole you've just made. So much easier to just press a button for a couple of seconds between passes.
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We need to see the shaft. The blade clamped against a shoulder on a 20mm locating diameter makes sense - more accurate and stronger than relying on the bolt to centre the blade.
