Peter
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Supermarket or cash and carry. I joined Booker as they sell it in 25 litre drums.
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CHAS helps if you are already tendering for commercial work, but it wont suddenly bring in lots of work. As for getting someone in to do the application for you, if you already have all the paperwork done, (risk assessments, method statements, health and safety policy statement etc) then what are they doing for £350? You might as well put it all together and submit it yourself. On the other hand, if you are starting from scratch and need a complete set of paperwork drawn up, then it might be worth using someone to do that for you, but if you do make sure you use someone with an arb background, otherwise you may pass the assessment but the paperwork will be useless when you actually need it for a tender. I can point you in the right direction if you do need someone.
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Midland road springs.
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I use pure rapeseed oil, about £1 a litre. Avoid sunflower or other veg oils.
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No one is going to make you use one, whats your problem?
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I very occasionally let the guys have a lunch break, unpaid of course.
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It is possible to uprate them to 3500kg gross, give me a ring if you want more info. I have uprated the leaf springs on my Navara, but Nissan fit really soggy ones in the UK to improve the ride quality.
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Just replaced my old Stihl HL75 (I think) with the Echo as I didnt want a 4 mix engined Stihl. They are ok, nice cut but managed to jam the gearbox on the first outing, adjusting the angle of the head isnt as easy, and they wont take the abuse my old ones did.
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Its a pity tree surgeons weren't around in 1867, we could have wangled a tree surgeon's exemption to Isaac Newton's law of universal gravitation, and dispensed with the need for ropes and mewps.
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You could make the same argument for haulage, the only reason to drive anywhere is to collect something and then drop it off, the driving is incidental....... As usual the rules are as clear as mud, until we get a test case. Any volunteers?
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Some days it is the main part of my job, that's why I'm doing it. Besides, one 7 hour course a year is hardly onerous.
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Sept 2014. I am doing it, FWIW you can do one 7 CPC qualifying first aid refresher every year and that will give you 35 hours every 5 years. If you've left it until now to start you may want to book a 35 hour block, uptake has been low up to now, next year or so is going to be a scrum.
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Ps, bloody glad we're not on that site today after last nights rain! Reckon the lorry would have sunk without trace in that stump sinkhole!
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Cheers, got any pics of those lumps of beech?! Flipping monsters!
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Possibly, depends if you can find evidence of the design weight being higher than the plated weight. Much easier to buy a 6.5 though, lots more of them about anyway.
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Er yes it does! Whatever the plate says is what you can carry, no physical changes to the vehicle but if you downplate it and then load it up to 7.5 tonnes you will be in trouble if you get weighed!
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I think he means with a chainsaw.
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Just the chipbox or a Pro Tipper with high sides? Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App
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In theory yes, however it is cheaper to trade a flatbed trailer in for a tipper. Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App
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Or merc 614 if you can find one Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App
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Iveco 65c or 52c would be your best best. 65 are fairly common (6.5 tonne) 52 is the same thing plated at 5.2 tonne. Problem with downplating your 7.5 tonner is you will lose most of your payload. Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App
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Why don't you do the C1+E test and then you can drive up to 12 tonnes train. Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App
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Stihl combi can please.
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Hi, honest opinion, I wouldnt be without mine now. You get about 2m3 with high sides on, I find thats enough for a decent sized reduction or a smallish takedown. The other advantage to a smaller chip truck is its easier to give away small loads local to where your working, especially if you have 4x4 to get into the paddock. Plus you can still chip into the trailer and put logs in the pickup on bigger jobs. (Or the other way round) How much does your TT85 hold in cubic metres?
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You can put a standard forestry grab and rotator on a digger, you will need a bracket made up to suit your digger, and a variable damping on the link would be handy to stop it swinging around too much. You can buy fancy grabs designed specifically for excavators, but they can be very expensive.
