Gardening, Postill style!!

[ChristopherP]

Heres how we tried to pull a dead tree out of the ground this morning...

Were not rednecks, honest!

It er... didn't really work that well either!

 

[Ian]

Did you manage to get it in the end?

 

[ChristopherP]

The beastly turbocharged tank was no match for a maculloch 2 stroke chainsaw, a fork, spade, and the combined strength of my dad and i

It was great fun... the abuse we give that car - it still goes!

 

[Adywebb]

Love the ingenuity Chris


Is the reg on the Volvo really PHH3 HNH? - never seen one configured like that before.



*Hey just noticed the new smileys - cool!!

 

[ChristopherP]

My father is a very ingenious bloke

It was halarious watching the tree get the better of the car... the car was rocking back and forward (suprised the tyres kept traction) and then the exhaust just started to smoke really quite badly so we decided that was probably enough abuse for the day. After all we needed it to take the damned tree and roots to the dump in!

No - its not. Its P-Number Number Number H-Letter Letter

Aparently its not a great idea to show registration numbers on photos on the internet so i edited it a little

 

[Adywebb]

No - its not. Its P-Number Number Number H-Letter Letter

Aparently its not a great idea to show registration numbers on photos on the internet so i edited it a little

Thought it looked a bit odd!! - I was worried that if you became a traffic cop, you would have to report your Dad....

 

[muckshifter]

It was halarious watching the tree get the better of the car... the car was rocking back and forward (suprised the tyres kept traction) and then the exhaust just started to smoke really quite badly so we decided that was probably enough abuse for the day. After all we needed it to take the damned tree and roots to the dump in!

Trees are very hardy ... bet the thing gets its own back and regrows.

 

[ChristopherP]

Trees are very hardy ... bet the thing gets its own back and regrows.

No way

We dug the roots right out, and put a laurel in its place

 

[ChrisIMRIE]

I spy a Chav petrol cap on Mr Postills Car

 

[ChristopherP]

Yeah was on there when i bought it, tried to peel it off but leaves horrible gunk stuff on the cap so i decided to leave it well alone.

 

[TriplexDread]

Awww poor tree!

SAVE THE TREES. DOWN WITH PAPER

SAVE THE TREES. DOWN WITH PAPER

SAVE THE TREES. DOWN WITH PAPER

SAVE THE TREES. DOWN WITH PAPER

SAVE THE TREES. DOWN WITH PAPER

SAVE THE TREES. DOWN WITH PAPER

Sorry just had too

 

[michael 118]

i'd like to see you get any paper from that tree he dug out

 

[Adywebb]

i'd like to see you get any paper from that tree he dug out

Very true - it looked a manky old thing

Edit: The tree I mean - not Chris's car.......

 

[murdoch]

health & safety

The beastly turbocharged tank was no match for a maculloch 2 stroke chainsaw, a fork, spade, and the combined strength of my dad and i

It was great fun... the abuse we give that car - it still goes!

On a point of health & safety did you wear protection when undertaking the chainsaw work, just as an ex-highly trained chainsaw operator/council lacky, they are dangerous bits of kit and chainsaw protection trousers, boots & bone-dome should have been used.

 

[Frodo]

Or was it more like this

 

[cirianz]

Awww poor tree!

SAVE THE TREES. DOWN WITH PAPER

SAVE THE TREES. DOWN WITH PAPER

SAVE THE TREES. DOWN WITH PAPER

SAVE THE TREES. DOWN WITH PAPER

SAVE THE TREES. DOWN WITH PAPER

SAVE THE TREES. DOWN WITH PAPER

Sorry just had too

Grroooaaaannnn..... triplex that was awful

Chris, you should come over here & give us a hand We've got a nice big trailer full of greenery... & the Landy's died on us . Just take a short left at Australia & keep on going... you can't miss us

 

[ChristopherP]

I think he wore eye goggles

Ciri - Sure why not... The Volvo has 226,000 miles on it atm, another 14,000 can't hurt.

**he goes away to develop some kind of flotation device for a motorvehicle**

Oh its all good fun

 

[cirianz]

Oh the visual images
Well we're right on the coast so you'll be able to cruise on in here anytime Kettle's on & heating, just giv's a yell b4 you arrive & I'll chuck some bikkies in the oven (Health warning... ciri's baking should be consumed with great caution & may be hazardous to health, longegevity & dental work)

 

[floppybootstomp]

There is definitely pikey blood in the Postill clan

Whatever it takes..... ya shouldda seen my efforts trying to kill a silver birch (it's roots were threatening foundations of house before you greenies start....)

 

[cirianz]

You should've seen us a couple of years ago taking out a hardwood that was also getting cosy with the foundations of the house. The wood was so dense & heavy that when we were lowereing the branches down we dropped one that was only about as thick as John's arm & it shattered the concrete path into pieces literally. The trunk was so heavy that we had to section it on the tree & lower it piece by piece & once down we had to cart the b*stard down the back paddock for seasoning. I have never encountered wood that heavy in my entire life. Didn't know wood could BE that heavy & I've done plenty of carpentry in my time.
It made good firewood though. Burned long & slow & kept us cosy last winter.