The awsome feeling

[Ian C]

That's not a big engine for a 7.5t truck is it? My 3.5 is 3lt .

[Steve Bullman]

Iveco 7.5t 3litre with air-con, leatherette seats and a maze of little dashboard cubby holes to keep the boys sweeties in.

Geared down low as it's limited to 90kph

Not recieved my tacho key yet but I've a weeks grace on that.

Now to rack out the tool chest.

Signwriting has been ordered.

2.5 teams rolling!

One on trees, one on trees and landscaping and another on stumps, quotes and maintenance.

Ty

7.5t?

[Maxnaggle]

I think the newer ivecos run a 3 litre twin turbo which is plenty capable, the 4x4 5.5t ones do any how

[Ty Korrigan]

3litre = 170hp

I was wrong about the weight, it's only 7t

Ty

[Ian C]

That's handy, so you could pull a 1250k chipper and be legal here with the 8250kg train weight.

[eggsarascal]

I remember that feeling, I had it between 2000 and about 2010, it was cool, kinda miss it really :sad:

 

What went wrong/changed in 2010?

[skyhuck]

What went wrong/changed in 2010?

 

The recession caught up with me, I know the recession actually happened in 2008, but that was actually my best ever year and it took 2 years for things to go bad.

 

Back then I had more LA work than I could cope with and my pick of domestic work, there were very few tree surgeons and money was really good, you rarely saw chippers.

 

Now everyones a tree surgeon and many seem to want to work for peanuts, I'm one of the dearest in my area, but I'm charging less than I did 8 years ago.

[Ian C]

The recession caught up with me, I know the recession actually happened in 2008, but that was actually my best ever year and it took 2 years for things to go bad.

 

Back then I had more LA work than I could cope with and my pick of domestic work, there were very few tree surgeons and money was really good, you rarely saw chippers.

 

Now everyones a tree surgeon and many seem to want to work for peanuts, I'm one of the dearest in my area, but I'm charging less than I did 8 years ago.

 

That must be really hard when you have built up a good business have done nothing wrong then times get tough, it's tough here, like you say the amount of tranny vans and small chippers around and 2 men working for peanuts is sole destroying. I get under cut a lot and I'm amazed at what some people will work for!

[skyhuck]

That must be really hard when you have built up a good business have done nothing wrong then times get tough, it's tough here, like you say the amount of tranny vans and small chippers around and 2 men working for peanuts is sole destroying. I get under cut a lot and I'm amazed at what some people will work for!

 

Don't get wrong Ian life is still pretty good, I keep my family on just what I earn, but things were really good back then.

 

The stupid thing about prices is that often the customer is happy with my price, then some numpty comes along and quote half my price

[hamdogg]

That must be really hard when you have built up a good business have done nothing wrong then times get tough, it's tough here, like you say the amount of tranny vans and small chippers around and 2 men working for peanuts is sole destroying. I get under cut a lot and I'm amazed at what some people will work for!

 

 

I were coming through Bradford yesterday and there was four truck and chippers driving on same road 😳