I went down to Devon to pick the bench up on Saturday. Good old highways agency had closed one section of the M5 and diverted it through Taunton. That turned a 2hr20 run into a 3hr30 one and I wasn't too pleased. Then when I got to the town the fella's address was at I rang him and it turned out he was 7 miles back up the road I'd just driven down! On top of all that I was up the night before throwing up with some weird stomach bug. I'd already let the guy down once though and wasn't going to let it happen a second time. I was going no matter what and all in all it was a right ball ache of a trip!
On a positive note it's a great piece of kit. My little Kubota lifts and runs it easily and it's only a little 2cyl 12.5hp diesel. I recon a mog would turn it all day long just ticking over. I cut up a dozen or so barrows of wood with it today because I couldn't wait until the weekend to try it out. It's so comfortable compared to a chainsaw, you barely know you're working at all and it even puts the old bench to shame!