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  1. Peter
    Winners Curse The article is about buying at auction, but it equally applies to competitive tendering.
  2. Peter
    You must get calls from the same customers as me....... I'm going to tell new customers that I'm only interested in quoting if I'm the only they're asking.....
  3. Peter
    Iv used the 150, ok chipper but gives me backache as the feed chute is too low. Also used the 200 on a turntable with a hatz engine, good simple chipper, chews through the brash ok. From memory weighs just under 2 tonne. ( nothing your Iveco can't cope with!)
  4. Peter
    Best put it on wheels then!
  5. Peter
    I almost never win work on price, in fact I actively avoid quoting for work where its three quotes and the cheapest price gets it, because its a waste of my time. If you feel you have to quote low to get the work, you are quoting for the wrong clients, look for some better ones. My man day rate is nearer what most people on this thread are quoting for a 2 man team, but my setup relies on machines rather than cheap labour so its not really a fair comparison.
  6. Peter
    I can see the look on the drug squads faces after a 5 am raid on your house, when all they find is a state of the art hydroponic system complete with lighting rig, and 12,000 yew plants.......
  7. Peter
    0.3 m2. Planning portal has some good info.
  8. Peter
    Planning is required, "mobile" are exempt hence the vast numbers of old artic trailers etc. Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App
  9. Peter
    Could you with consent from neighbour, either put both stoves into the existing flue liner, or remove the existing one and replace with a bigger diameter liner for both stoves? Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App
  10. Peter
    I can still go to the bank, but my nearest post office is only 1 mile away. Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App
  11. Peter
    Co-op Fsb members account. Free banking, I can make deposits at my local post office, and they are one of the more ethical banks in terms of not selling tobacco to children or arms to dictators.
  12. Peter
    Missed you Tim. Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App
  13. Peter
    Again I think you missed the point, the TO didn't say all Leylandii are suburban, just the ones in question. You have extrapolated a sweeping statement from a very specific statement, and misused it to make a sweeping statement of your own that has nothing to do with the subject of the OP. Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App
  14. Peter
    Highly unlikely in your part of the world, from what I'v heard.
  15. Peter
    They havent excluded it from protection, they are justifying their reasons for not making a TPO. Personally I'm glad that tree officers have better things to do than make TPOs on Leylandii.
  16. Peter
    I reckon you'd struggle to overload my 18 tonner with chip. Does the fact your truck is always overloaded not bother you?
  17. Peter

    Eco Plugs

    Peter replied to Dowie's topic in General chat

    Very effective when used as per instructions. Not cheap though, I only use them if there is a good reason to use them over a liquid poison.
  18. Peter
    Another test they apply, if my memory serves me correctly, is whether you can send someone else in your place. Ie a genuine subcontractor should be able to substitute workers, and also whether it is your decision to work certain days or hours, or the employers.
  19. Peter
    There is no single test of self employment. If you do the same days or hours regularly, then you should be paye, and if the majority of your time is spent working for one firm you should be on paye. You may well get away with it, and it is your employer who will have problems with hmrc anyway. They are tightening up with the introduction of rti, so it probably won't be long before they crack down on "self employed" workers. Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App
  20. Peter
    Not sure, I was just the tree killing machine in those days. LA owned trees, public space. Mixed reactions from the general public. Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App
  21. Peter
    Ok I'll correct that. The mini chipper will comfortably fill your trailer once a day, more if your a masochist. Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App
  22. Peter
    Just above the original pollard, so aiming to recreate the original head. Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App
  23. Peter
    A mini chipper will fill your trailer in a day, a good tow behind will fill it 5-6 times in a day. If your mostly doing small jobs then buy the GM or the JB, it will easily pay for itself, and if you find you need more chipping power in a few months or a year buy something bigger. There is always a market for secondhand machines.
  24. Peter
    To answer the original question, I find Euc to be pretty reliable in the hinge department, so long as its knot and decay free.
  25. Peter
    Also Tesco and Eddie Stobart have a good OCS, and a team of crack lawyers on staff to deal with potential prosecutions.

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