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John Shutler

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  1. John Shutler
    I was terrified of going VAT registered when it was happening but it’s one of the best things I ever did for my buisness.
  2. John Shutler
    i can’t comment on the semantics of how to hitch a trailer to pass a trailer test, or infact how to reverse a trailer to pass a test. however just because it is the “approved” version it doesn’t mean it’s better imo. thankfully il no longer have to pass a test to carry out something i’m perfectly capable of doing. my main issue is with the lack of common sense applied in these situations, I know plenty of 16-18yr olds who I wouldn’t trust to boil an egg, likewise i know a couple who id trust implicitly to run my tractor and grain trailer.
  3. John Shutler
    i’m in exactly the same position as you matty just because you’ve not done a trailer test doesn’t mean you don’t know how to load a trailer or how to drive sensibly.
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    out with the tree shear on my jcb today. the tilt rotater really transforms the shear as you can double or triple cut if needed. I went through today and took the tops out and il go back for a couple of hours with one of my guys to cut the thicker timber with a saw and stack on the chip piles IMG_4449.MOV
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    i don’t answer my phone at the best of times. my voicemail says to send me a text instead of leaving a message so if people can’t manage to do that i don’t generally call them back
  7. John Shutler
    personally i think grain trailers tow better than silage trailers. silage trailers tend to be taller but shorter length whereas grain trailers are longer but shorter in the sides. both those trailers carry about 20 cubic metres but the blue trailer tows much nicer (actually the blue trailer carry’s 22m)
  8. John Shutler
    just picked up a cherry products smart box, great to be able to carry tools, spare pipes and blades and other bits for the heizohack. easy to drop off if access is a bit tight
  9. John Shutler
    add my n174 and heizohack to fill the grain trailer and it’s getting there 👍
  10. John Shutler
    I bought the GMT 035 TTC for the roto, that’s in the back of the grain trailer behind the mog. very pleased with the new low loader, i’d always said my next trailer would have hydraulic ramps, it’s the small things in life 🤣
  11. John Shutler
    yeah that’s my roto
  12. John Shutler
    when i bought my bobcat e19 i was also looking at the volvo ec18. i think the 1.8-2tonne machines are a great little size, easy to move around, can still pack a punch in what they get done in a day and easy to sneak into jobs especially if they’ve got a variable width track base IMG_4324.MOV
  13. John Shutler
    Ive got a JCB 65R on 600 wide tracks with an engcon tilt rotator absolute cracker of a machine
  14. John Shutler
    not so much a job but our new (to us) roto and grapple saw turned up this week so spent a bit of time going through the functions
  15. John Shutler
    personally i think the tseries have got to big unless you need high HP for a mulcher or big heizohack 200hp will run my heizo nicely and i can still sneak it into places you won’t get a tseries
  16. John Shutler
    it’s ok i can live that
  17. John Shutler
    new tractor turned up yesterday N174 with botex 570 crane
  18. John Shutler
    Have you still got it? never bought it
  19. John Shutler
    13 years later
  20. John Shutler
    the problem is you want his work to much and because of that he has you right where he wants you. you should have told him the price was the price and if he wants any different then you can work back from the price, but certain aspects of it won’t be done. the mewp is your issue, you drove it in there and it got stuck. I don’t know the situation but generally you know your getting in a shot situation before you get to the point that it requires £650 worth of recovery accept the loss, forget about how wealthy he is and chalk it upto experience
  21. John Shutler
    I think we've all been there at one point or another I lost 2.5K when I first went out on my own 13 years ago, on a chipper that didn't exist. You don't make that mistake twice
  22. John Shutler
    Fair play for checking all those things mick. there’s a lot who wouldn’t, then would complain down the line
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  24. John Shutler
    id say your unlikely to be so far out on material, maybe you don’t get a 6th load out in a day or you’ve got to go back for another half a load of chip you couldn’t fit in another trailer. i’m not saying i’m infallible, but maybe i’ve just got a pricing method that works well for me or maybe i don’t try to screw down prices to win a job
  25. John Shutler
    ive not a serious cock up for a few years, certainly not in the last 10 years or so since I started buying more kit. most of the time if you've cocked up its down to the amount of arisings, but if your chipping with a heizohack and running chip in a bulker trailer and moving timber with a timber trailer another load or two isn't the end of the world generally when it comes to amount of chip il over estimate then be pleasantly surprised that we've only moved 100 cube off site

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