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Doug Tait

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  1. Nothing dramatic but really good to be away from hedges and pruning! Winch assisted Ash felling out of a small domestic woodland up Yarrow Valley. All arisings taken off site at the end of the day's work in one grain trailer of chip and a decent load on timber trailer. MOV_0450.mp4
  2. Bit late in but work was priority, another beautiful morning. Have a good afternoon all.
  3. Ever tried blindfold archery? Well you don't know what you're missing...
  4. Morning all, lovely morning here. Nice view on the way to site at the bottom end of St. Mary's Loch. Working at the end of the tree line in the left foreground of pic.
  5. I've a little loop of elastic cord through the handle of mine. When I reach for it out the scabbard just slip hand through then I can drop it to use 2 hands whenever and it just hangs from my wrist not causing any trouble, you can bend your wrist to grab it again for use. It's always attached to you when out the scabbard and I can't think of dropping it once.
  6. That could conceivably be next year's Eurovision song winner!
  7. You're not squinting hard enough!
  8. Wouldn't fancy "Howdy Doody" the bull riding shotgun in my motor I'm afraid. Seemingly the cops in Nebraska just told the guy to take it home!
  9. 👍 With a dog or two dreaming at foot!
  10. Very kind of you Ted, think we'd have a lot to talk about.
  11. No, it was excuse enough to go to the cafe!
  12. It's worse than it looks in the pic, pretty much oval and leaking. Even if it still held liquid I can't unscrew the lid anyway. Quite impressive that it's not squished completely flat but that's German engineering, unlike my rolls and scones!
  13. Regrettably, it didn't seem to make sense, until now!
  14. New (to us) chipper arrived today, oh dear. Well it worked ok for the hour or so we ran it on little stuff, but I ran over my rucksack and I can verify Forst chippers do break a lot. It smashed my lunch to smithereens and worst of all my coveted travel cup brought by the OH from Germany, gutted. It was definitely the curse of the Forst and not the operator (is what I'll tell her!).
  15. We did consider an ATV powered topper a few years back but my mate decided not to at the time and stuck with getting someone in to do it occasionally (helpfully we have a couple of mates that do agri contracting work) but their machinery really struggles with the narrow access to the paddock. Given what you've advised, and the costs involved, he may need to look at the ATV option seriously. Many thanks for your advice.
  16. Too late, it's nearly gone! The offensive sausage was served by a pretentious waiter at a 'posh' hotel in town, today I'm at the proper cafe where it's done by busy women who know how to satisfy. Speaking of good women, have you asked Fash to marry you yet?
  17. Currently awaiting a fry up in the cafe, but I'd happily cancel it and sit at your table Ted!
  18. Thanks for all that, very helpful knowledge. It seems we're in deeper than we ever realised!
  19. That's all very helpful Mick, thank you. We'll get the oil done on it but I think you're right about sharpening just now, it made a good job of the more level areas with thinner growth so not in need yet. I think more important to repair the broken height adjuster which is allowing one cylinder to bounce a lot.
  20. By that advice we should have rotary! I'll hang on to Will's comment about the ape with a lump hammer, describes my mate and I better than 'technicians'. How far South is the sharpening fella located Spud?
  21. Sorry, was asking quite a lot of your memory! The rizla scale of measurement works for me.
  22. Thanks will. Hadn't thought of the blade gap at all, very helpful. It's the levers for transport that we've freed off already so they're ok. Any idea what the oil level should be? And is there a drain plug (I didn't think to look earlier).
  23. We've picked up a towed mower to do my mates paddock, looks a bit tired but doesn't seem too bad really. Anyone familiar with them? We got another mate to top it with a tractor then tried the gang mower and it did ok, was still a bit long/rough in places but I think if it's done regularly it'll be fine. Needs some TLC though. Got the clutch levers freed off and lubed, but grease is a stranger to the nipples and one height adjuster is broken. I suppose it'd be advised to change the oil in the clutch/gears but no idea how or what to use? If anyone knows about these things be good to hear your opinion.

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