Next door neighbour V tree cut down time 08:15

[Richie]

Originally Posted by BILLY

And next time get the biggest chain saw you can find

The week after next I'm doing a tree Doctors course up in scotland

(Does that mean I'll be Dr Rich #2 ?)

Paid for by you lot... The British Tax Payers.... even though I do pay my own taxes... Which means I'm paying for it myself....... out of my own pocket...

Richie,
On a completely unrelated topic, Why are MOD vehicle Diff plates painted white?

Oh, and I'd be tempted to dig a hole, stick the tree back in it and cut it down all over again!

Cheers,
Carl

Originally Posted by Berlin

Richie,
On a completely unrelated topic, Why are MOD vehicle Diff plates painted white?

Cheers,
Carl

Not in the Army, but I've always been told that they paint the Diff white, 'cause when they're running at night with no lights on, the driver behind follows the white bit on the vehicle ahead, so they don't get seperated. Could be wrong, but sounds good

[Stu]

Originally Posted by rigor

Not in the Army, but I've always been told that they paint the Diff white, 'cause when they're running at night with no lights on, the driver behind follows the white bit on the vehicle ahead, so they don't get seperated. Could be wrong, but sounds good

Thought they had a white panel that was reflective for the same reason but thought they would need a little light to reflect off it?

They have a small light underneath the vehicle which shines on the rear diff (but can't be seen from the air). When they're travelling in convoy, they switch off all the normal lights and just use this convoy light. The driver behind then follows the light infront.
HTH

[Richie]

Originally Posted by jamessunhill

They have a small light underneath the vehicle which shines on the rear diff (but can't be seen from the air). When they're travelling in convoy, they switch off all the normal lights and just use this convoy light. The driver behind then follows the light infront.
HTH

Yep, The most boring thing to do, a night move following a convoy light....
I remember being on stag (night duty) and my m8 saw a convoy light going away from us, we watched it go over a hill (we thought) then continue to rise up into the sky... what we were looking at was infact, Venus rising....

Well there you go! You learn something new every day!

Originally Posted by Richie

Yep, The most boring thing to do, a night move following a convoy light....
I remember being on stag (night duty) and my m8 saw a convoy light going away from us, we watched it go over a hill (we thought) then continue to rise up into the sky... what we were looking at was infact, Venus rising....

feel sorry for the poor bugger half asleep following it

You know i'd be very tempted to wait til 04:30 and point this towards his upstairs window. Tree, what tree?

Get a tractor in next time to pull it out, see if you can catapult it in throught the window and into bed with him