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PeteB

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  1. In a similar vein, "I'm sorry, I have a clue". Is back on Monday I believe.
  2. PeteB

    Energy Bills

    I think my provider is getting a call. The smart meter reckons I've had some £30 in energy this week but my DD has gone up from £77 pm to over £400pm!!!
  3. A GreenMech Evo205DT and Tri Axle Brian James trailer has been stolen from South Street in Retford overnight. It is a demo unit and was locked to the back of a Ford Ranger. Serial Number 220311 and Trailer ID is SJB4605BPE003042. Please contact me on 07774 282481 if spotted.
  4. The whole concept around the Wee Chippers is getting the thing around the house and into the back garden instead of dragging arm loads of brash and timber to the roadside and then the subsequent clean up! Our CS100 will do 4" but why really bother? Just chip the brash at source and carry the logs out!
  5. What make of wheels and tyre size is that Dan? Looks smart!
  6. The Evo165 and Evo205 from GreenMech are top performers! The 205 could load an Artic trailer through the barn doors!
  7. If you got 100 at the shaft, a GreenMech 220 would run okay in 1000 speed for the most part, less diesel, less smoke, less noise and they always been a right "crisp" chippervwith a good action and heavy rotor! Prior to working for GreenMech, I had the predecessor on a Unimog 1250 - worked a treat! Get a demo of one!
  8. Howard Marshall may do Deere approved stuff, tow a CS100 and trailer or an Arb130?
  9. To be fitted with mega crane and grip n snip! Ash die back?
  10. PeteB

    Jokes???

    Spotted this in a well known sports retailer! Told the staff, "head office problem, DILLIGAF"!
  11. The F1 motor museum has gone now. It is a bike shop and bikers cafe!
  12. Wanted a holiday job before Poly. Asked Uncle for a labouring job and stayed. Went from self employed to being employed to the employer. Had 6 teams out but bad luck on my part and bad management on the side of the Utility company and it crashed after 18 years! Mother's side of the family had been contracting since before the First World War. Went to work for GreenMech so have technically been in the game (loosely) since 1982!
  13. PeteB

    Overloaded

    Needs to change his chipper blades too! Blunts as buggery!
  14. PeteB

    What Broadband?

    Now appears to be a Sky spin off, £22 per month for the same speed that BT do for £28!
  15. Look at the cheap bits first! Belts tight? Clutch good? Sensor okay? Valve got 12v supply etc? What makes you think it is the box?
  16. I love the LR brand, learnt about crash boxes in the 1st registration in Hereford, had 8 different variants and got to admit, got bad issues with my D4 but, had plenty of trouble free stuff too. Older stuff has corrosion issues and electric gremlins. But a reliable thing is good!
  17. Back in the 80's and 90's. We chipped and took to our yard. It was piled and turned etc for 4 months before we would consider using it as a mulch etc. We did a mix of work but mainly overheads..... One year, a chap brought the lot, paid delivery and rented a chipper and two blokes for twelve days to chip sawmill offcuts etc just to make woodchips. The European F1 was held at Donington Park and the forecast was bad, it was used for footpaths and access roads/gates and did the job well. I couldn't tell you what we got paid but it was worthwhile!
  18. The winch has put a bike licence on her bucket list. Going to get some training and stuff before buying a learner 125. My knowledge ended with FS1E and the like! She likes "retro" looking stuff and I would rather put money into something less far east? What do folk recommend? I might even do this myself too!
  19. I've done it with our beavertail, just got to watch the trailer jockey wheel. With a standard tipper, find a good way to secure the ramps on to the bed of the tipper.
  20. "Hunting" can be caused by a poor damper that is now allowing the governor to open too much which then closes the throttle to stop over rev and the cycle continues. Try to tighten the clamp on the governor to see if that helps?
  21. Ingamex are the manufacturer of Ford commercial bodies.
  22. As an alternative, these got a good report from a friend. Portfolio - Work and Welfare WORKANDWELFARE.COM Previous manufacturer approved and type approved conversions on pickups and vans
  23. Still hurting after pulling out into the path of that car?
  24. PeteB

    What Broadband?

    Got to admit, I find the whole process of dealing with this a shameful ball ache.mi had been with virgin for 17 odd years but crept up to over £100 pm for basically a single bloke who didn't stream films, games or use landlines etc. Approached them and got fobbed off with the comments "new customer only", "everyone in the house can stream and game at the same time", "no such thing as a loyalty bonus" and I hacked off with unintelligible call centre staff! So I went to BT. They made a rook of promises etc so I gave notice to Virgin and took the day off to await BT. The promised emails and tech calls never happened and so I called him. No answer.....I called the call centre who also discovered that the Techie never answered. His line manager then tells me he isn't coming, at all! They planned an urgent visit for some 4 weeks time......I cancelled and went back to virgin. BT cancelled the deal, apologised and put £20 into the account that I couldn't access for my bother... Virgin had some issues with the email system, security and trying to get fixed got too much after another year so back to BT. I had a rook of promises made about UK staff, no price hikes, best TV packages etc. But, within a few months, the three TV channels we watched most of had gone to Amazon etc...so I had to subscribe to them! Then the charges went up and the broadband starts to get intermittent! With the extra TV channels etc, the cost is rising to a point that I'd rather explore just having the subscription channels through rather than a landlines that hasn't even been used in 20 years and BT TV which has lost what I wanted it for!

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