Men or machines.

[skyhuck]

it would be so nostalgic to go back to throwing our sewage in the front street, sending our kids up the chimneys while we head down the mines for an 18 hour shift just to make sure our rickitts doesn't get any better.

 

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Rickets is back Stevie, due to children not getting enough fresh fruit and veg.

 

And children are being admitted too hospital with malnutrition during the school holidays, as they are not getting their free school meal.

[Stephen Blair]

The companies that are struggling will struggle for credit aswell now Dave, not like a few years back. It was giving folk a false sense of security. I know i stretched myself because it was just too easy to sign the dotted line:blushing:

[Mick Stockbridge]

I wonder if now we are in more uncertain economic times, firms can get cheap labour as and when required and so are less likely to make the investment require to buy big kit??

 

Someone put up a thread about show us yer excavators/diggers recently and I almost had the gaul to post a pic of my spade, shovel n pickaxe.....

[Peter]

I thought exactly the same thing!

[Stephen Blair]

have you got a grab for your crane yet Peter?

[Peter]

Yes, bought one as soon as the truck was ready to work. I'll get some pics, its nearly 6 feet tip to tip when its open, I can lift a 4 foot diameter log with it. Weighs 500kg with the rotator.

[Stephen Blair]

nice one, i dont remember seeing any pics. Go on stick up some pics lol

[skyhuck]

Weighs 500kg with the rotator.

 

:001_huh:Does that not reduce your lifting capacity too much??

 

I can carry my grab on my own.

 

I use strops for the big stuff.

[Peter]

I use strops for the really big stuff too, so it doesnt really matter how much it weighs. Handling brash or big bundles of small diameter material is where it really shines.

 

(Bigger crane would be nice though)

[Stephen Blair]

i really need a bigger crane and grab. You guys should get yourself a winch for your cranes, they are really handy. Saves a lot of booming out and up n down:thumbup1: