Stormin

I used to have to mow the lawns with one of those as a young boy.

He'll have to let me have his ITW to look after, Rhys. To make room for it.

Decided to make a bit of space, so got the saw bench out and cut up a couple of trailer loads of logs. Hardly made a dent. Ready to go.

This afternoon got the C-125 out and put the deck on. Mowed the green and verges, but something was not quite right. I usually have the height adjuster set with about 1-5/8 of thread showing. The deck was not cutting well and to close to the ground. The adjuster ended up so the lift lever hardly moved from up to down. Back in the yard, deck off and started to clean the 125 down. It was then I noticed a damp patch on the concrete, just below the lift arm. Petrol! The fuel line passes very close to the steering quadrant. As in very close. When on full left hand lock, the quadrant had, over the years, been trapping the line between it and the chassis edge. This had finally sprung a leak. Bad bit cut out and a piece of copper tube used as a connector and no leak. Oh! I did slightly modify the tower where it joins the chassis. Bent it out a bit so fuel line lies in the gap out of harms way. Next job was to clean off the deck, To do this, and for storage, I've made a timber stand so it sits vertical on it's tail. Started to clean the underside and it was then' I saw why it was not performing as it should and adjustment was all to pot. After the last mowing session, someone decided to sharpen up the blades a bit. This was duly done and all re-assembled. Only problem was, Mr Richard Head doing the job had not got his brain engaged. THE BLADES WERE UPSIDE DOWN.

That is truly a labour of love Rhys. Well done.

Love the Matchless trials bike.

Clearing up done and last load. That's it for now. I need to finish felling the ones round the corner. Carol said, "The reeds need thinning out." "Be my guest", I said.

Definitely worth saving. Even the handles look good. Not worm eaten.

That's nice.

Beautiful job.

By 'eck! That looks like new stock. Some place closing down or having a clear out? You jammy so and so.

Strangely enough, though b****y hard work, a certain amount of satisfaction in it. I'm not passed it yet.

I guessed that.

Just because you now have two 4 bays, doesn't mean you have to fill them.

That's a nice little pump.

You have to buy petrol. Your clients electric is free.

Mine came from Machine Mart some years ago.

Hope you can remember how they fit together, Nigel.

Two different dogs, Andrew and both bitches. Just biding their time to pinch any bits of wood they can.

That's going to be one handy machine. I think I could do with one.

A bit more today. A little pull from the Disco and it's on it's way down. Another trailer full. Hard work this logging. Flamin' ivy.

Fighting fit, Ian. Fighting for breath and fit to drop. And those photo's don't really do justice to the tree sizes.

Or black and silver.

Very disappointing for all concerned when that happens.

As some may recall, I mow the green and verges in our little hamlet. Recently, while doing the verge 'twixt lane and pond, I thought the foliage above seemed to be getting lower. On doing some investigation, I discovered a tree on the opposite bank was reaching right across the pond. The only thing stopping it falling in was a large Leylandii tree whose branches it was resting on and it's weight pulling that down.. It would be only a matter of time before both ended up in the pond and on the lane. So today, as not much water in the pond, myself and a neighbour's son set too to remedy the situation. First, using one of those pole chainsaws and my extending loper with pull saw attachment, we cut of as much as we could off both trees, to reduce the weight. Next I cut through the trunk of the tree on the far bank. Not completely, just enough for it to start to fall. Then back over to the Leylandii and cut through the branches supporting the other tree. until it descended gracefully. The Leyladii was then felled dragged out using my Discovery and cut into manageable pieces. The Disco was used again to extract the other tree from the pond. My C-121 (The Black Horse) and Saxon trailer were then pressed into service transporting several loads of logs. More to move tomorrow and another dying tree to fell.