Spardo:
Mal:
what exactly is this motor gents? i think it might be a diamond tYes, Mal, or maybe a Diamond Reo perhaps?
And what about the 50s(?) Pete cabover alongside? Compare with the similar
KW 6-wheeler and drag in another photo on that site.
Salut, David.
definately a t, dave jj posted a thread that identifies it better.
it sounds like youve got a rook of good stuuf marky thanks for sharing it!
Mal:
by the way, can you fix my thread please?
your link to hanks is spreading tha page, i cant fix it, only you or dave can.heres how ,
Blimey Mal, I’m a Moderator, not a flaming miracle worker 
Lucy never said anything about IT sustiffkits when she gave me the job 
.
Here’s a thought, if JJ doesn’t understand either or is slow to come back, is it
possible for you to quote his link in a post of your own and then do the
necessary before re-posting it? Or is that technologically impossible?
If so, we will just have to wait 'till the senior staff arrive, trouble is unlike you
and me, they are all gainfully employed. 
Oh dear, out of my depth, and…drowning 
BTW, I should say thanks to you and Marky for acceding to my humble request
and stopping me going goggle eyed .
Salut, David.
Just had a look at the excellent site JJ posted.
Take a look down at that picture of the logger stretching his sylvester with the
extension tube. Doing everything right, keeping his face below the handle,
but if he slackens off a bit without letting go, what’s
the betting he ends up in the tree tops
Salut, David.
its impossible for me to fix dave,
unless i had priviliges,
jj might be able to do it
and if not im sure some kind person
like an administrator or another moderator
will be by this neck of the woods …eventually!
that fellow is doing it right david,
as you say keep your head below the damage causer!
you got to get some serious stress on logs that big i know,
aint carried them that big but i have info from someone that did,
he taught me to chain loads up, and im glad he did,
the first bloke i got advice from had me climb up op top
and dog em up there,
imagine the palaver, 
getting the chains under the chassis and taking them up top,
one side at a time, wedgeing them,
then going up with dog & tube
i dread to think if id have had a whack up there then fell off as well!
! i aint heard it called a silvester
since i worked down the pit!
we allways called the dogs & chains,
great things they are too!
Mal:
its impossible for me to fix dave,
some kind person
like an administrator or another moderator
That kind person is the new Mod of the Techies Forum Paul (Repton). A quick
PM from me and he leaps into the breach. How’s that for service? Thanks
Paul
the first bloke i got advice from had me climb up op top
and dog em up there,
Ouch! The very worst thing you can do, surprised you’re still with us!
i aint heard it called a silvester
since i worked down the pit!
we allways called the dogs & chains,
We always called them that or chains and stretchers, either way you keep your
head out of the way and as near to the ground as possible. Really satisfying
with a good piece of tube to hear those links scrunching into the timber
Mind you if the tube was too long and too near the ground you couldn’t get it off
the handle afterwards, very embarassing 
, only thing was flick it open
and start again - after you had retrieved your tube from the next yard that
is.
Salut, David.
well done repton! 
dave i only ever followed that blokes advice once,
and the next time i was going through the complicated process
the fellow that learnt me right said what the ■■■■ are you doin?
thats why im probly still here!
theres nothing better for timeber & steel ect
straps are not anwhere near as good for that.
Mal:
theres nothing better for timeber & steel ect
straps are not anwhere near as good for that.
Amen to that. A driver I employed once scattered stainless sheets all over
Mansfield road at Daybrook, found out that he hadn’t positioned the
sleeves where the straps went over the edges - sliced through every one.
I let him off that, on the principle of ‘he won’t do that again, but a new man
might’, but when I caught him bringing the truck home on a dodgy 100 odd
mile round trip from Northampton - he had to go.
Salut, David.
marky:
Be patient dear brethren - the Krupp info will be coming soon…For any Australian Atki freaks out there (sit still at the back, 240…) I have also
found a 32-page story by a chap called J P Smith who worked as an commercial
vehicle engineer for 49 years - firstly from leaving school in Tasmania and
working on Vulcans through Thorneycrofts and culminating in Atkinsons in &
around Melbourne. All unformatted text in courier font - no pictures and each
pages carries the Atkinson logo inthe top-left corner.I think it would need a determined mind to recreate such a tome in electronic
format, so I will leave that one for a while.
Eeeek! Where have you found that one??
In a self-sealing plastic bag with £2 - No offers written on it.
There’s all sorts of photocopied brochures and other Atkinson-related literature - not looked at most of it yet.