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    Looks like the Americans can get a fair bit in. I'd say there was a fair few transit loads of brash and logs went in this video. EDIT: Watch till the end, the trailer is the best bit. Just when you think hes running low on room in the back.
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    I know nothing about timberwolf chippers. But seriously doubt the figure. The ones I've used would be really struggling to do 1/3 of that per hour. If you are talking about a Bandit 280 then that is definitely possible.
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    More than likely there is a pulled thread on the inner somewhere and it's binding. Try the oil but I suspect the whole thing will need to be changed.
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    Firstly, LOL at asking customers their opinion. Don't underestimate how quickly towed chippers sink, they all seem to have quite high ground pressure in my opinion. You may find you leave worse ruts dragging a wheeled than carefully tracking a tracked machine. I have a fair size tracked machine (compared to the machines being discussed on this thread) and we can get about pretty well even on wet ground.
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    In England we have MCOL. No need for solicitors. Apply online, pay your £60 and let the judge decide who is right. Edit: In response to the original post it MAY be worth pursuing in small claims, you can only try. Don't expect it to end 100% in your favour though. The lack of paperwork, terms, conditions and a written go ahead to do the job mean that you may end up back at the £200 he has offered.
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    Have you tried employing someone with no previous experience of trees, landscaping or college? Maybe you could mold someone to suit what you want them to do. They may turn out a lot more useful than you expect, but it will take time.
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    http://www.lubetechshop.co.uk/product_info.php?cPath=22_35&products_id=77 Apparently it's pretty good for any two stroke application and only £65 for 20L. I used to use it in an RM125 as well, it seemed to work fine in that. I'm sure there are several manufacturers all making decent products. What I should have said was, I don't use cheap 2 stroke oil or mix it wrong. Which may be why engines seem to last a long time for me.
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    Bit of an delayed response, sorry. I forgot about this until deciding to clear up the leaves from gravel at the house today. Took all the bits home, filled it up with fuel (still that same fuel from a several years ago in the bottom) put the sucker attachment on and away it went in about 4 pulls. Pretty astonishing really. I do only use very high quality oil, not stihl or husky. So maybe that has helped it survive so long in the tank without going off.
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    How many full time staff do you manage in your current job?
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    I have a picture in my mind of an engine crane with a chain/sling and a hydraulic ram. Not sure where I've seen it, but pretty sure it was being advertised as a fence post puller. Maybe cheaper than a digger for the OP if they are any good.
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    I would say that there is nothing on the market that will cover that, then you mention that it would be nice to collect which again adds another problem. It will always be a compromise with one machine. The only possibility is to get an outfront with a flail deck. These have loads of hp, will smash down thick stuff and leave the neat areas pretty good. They are about 20k new and second hand ones with some hours have generally had a hard life (I've spent a fair bit of time on them and would not want to buy one we used to use) The other option is to put a flail deck on your tractor. Trimax are excellent if they do a little one, it will be just as effective but quite a lot slower than a decent outfront. In my opinion a zero turn will not handle your field conditions well. It will tire the machine really quickly, they have really small, high speed blades and fine cut well maintained grass very well. They are not much use in the rough, certainly not for long anyway.
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    ArbDogs? Pics!

    Jonny69 replied to Burnham's topic in The Lounge

    That's a lovely looking dog, good job getting her out of a bad start in life.
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    Could you post a link or description of how this is done? Many thanks
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    Almost right. I did the tree climbing. 6-9 months later customer runs out of firewood in the store and says........next time you are here working can you go up that and knock some more off for the log burner. Next time we were there involved a telehandler for a load of hedges so i knocked some lumps off into the basket. I did try and explain that this was not the most cost effective way of getting firewood! Can't remember why you went up, probably just cause you love to climb so much.
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    That is a terrible idea. Have you ever used a pole chainsaw off a set of spikes? More likely to end up getting knocked on the head when you can't get out the way. Or worse, get hit on the head and drop the pole saw, they are really expensive. Even if that tree was live, i'd call 50/50 chance with the rope height of the same thing happening. The tree was rock hard and could have been spiked up so it could be cut and chucked. Or the easier option, put the pull line in higher and go steady with the back cut. For reference below, this was like spiking up concrete. https://www.instagram.com/p/BBvYTEex2_l/?hl=nl&taken-by=treeworx1 r.e the second video, I'm guessing that's an experienced climber who has made an error in judgement. To be fair he was trying to rig off a good size bit of wood. Hopefully no one got hurt.
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    The only reason tiny businesses have been left alone is because its not worth chasing. In reality you may as well make every business go VAT registered from the start and everyone is on the same page. This would probably cost more to implement than they would ever recover from it, as small non VAT registered business make up such a tiny amount of money its irrelevant. We do some work for businesses that have a daily VAT bill probably more than everyone on this forum combined in a year. If you are a SE plasterer, tiler or similar then I can understand being labour only, not having many overheads and no employees it being a benefit not having to deal with vat. Also makes paperwork marginally easier. On a side not. Turnover has no relevance to how well a business is doing. So it's more "penalising" a business for turning over more money.
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    That is the sensible thing to do. I like the thrill of living life on the edge
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    The short answer to the thread title is, you don't. I really wouldn't worry about it. Anyone employing more than one person, working full time and not hitting the VAT threshold is either hiding income, crap at their job or earning no money. If you do a bit of fencing as well it looks even more suspect with the cost of materials so high. You can still do all jobs. I did a tiny £100+VAT stump grinding job last week at a small private house. So it makes no difference. If you quote for decent work against decent companies then everyone should be VAT registered anyway (that's gonna cause some offence!). Regarding cash flow. It's sometimes nice to do the return, wait till the 10th of the following month when the VAT comes out the bank. Then get some unpaid invoices paid at the end of that month where you get to keep all the VAT, it feels like winning the lottery.
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    I've never used one. But assuming there are support legs I would have the trailer and truck parked alongside the wall, still hitched up. The attachment to the truck and the length of the trailer would surely make working over the truck (or further) and over the back of the trailer more stable than over the sides. Four wheel site pickers with no legs always feel better down the length of the chassis rather than over the side, in my opinion.
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    Cheers for the update. Not sure I've ever seen one of those. Will keep a look out.
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    What does (did) the seismograph look like? I've just had a google and only found small briefcase ones.
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    I would want it on the outside. To put more belt on the pulleys so it could be run at a lower tension without slipping. But it looks like those belts would be to long to run it the other way.
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    https://www.toyota.co.uk/owners/warranty/toyota-warranty Says there you've got 12 years corrosion warranty on the paintwork at least.........................................*Excludes Hilux. lol I'm on my second main dealer purchased Land Rover and it drives me nuts they give me an Evoque or Discovery Sport to drive when warranty work is being done. Nice to know all car dealers treat their customers with disdain though.
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    I have never not owned my own grinder. Have had a few different sized and come back to a smaller one for ease of access and only having to own one machine which does everything I want. Got a HB20 which has ground a lot of stumps. We do loads of fell and grind jobs where I can be in and done on the same day which makes life easy for me and the customer. Do occasionally grind for other people but i'm normally to expensive, it's rare it takes more time to grind that it takes to drive, unload and reload the machine. People don't seem to appreciate I want paying for the driving to grind a stump that takes 3 minutes. Not an issue when you fell the tree because you are on site already.
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    My fault on the poorly worded question, it should have read. How much money would a person have to take from a business per year for it to be considered "real money"?

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