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If its a drum braked axle, we have the answer! My old 110 wouldn't even lock the back wheels up on gravel, yet would sail through the MOT on the brake tester!

Thanks guys! The vet says if he goes lame on it he needs to go into the vets for tests and scans. I dread to think of the costs

Any news on Brandy's leg?

:wave:FANTASTIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:wave:

That must of took some real guts to do that!!!

Matt,

If you don't mind me asking, where did you learn to weld? I see a lot of the guys on here can do. I might go to night school. What sort of welding plant have you got? I'm looking in to buying one myself to do little projects like your bumper?

Good luck buddy, can't of been an easy decision.

I can understand where you and others are coming from though. I mean, do I REALLY still want to be doing this when I'm sixty?!!

I think youve got to strike a balance between doing the work we love, earning a decent crust, and having a back up plan for emergencies and old age!

Please let me know if anyone's managed it?!!

I'm getting close to the threshold now, but it would never of even occured ro me to start charging it until I'd got a number.

Used to work for a bloke who tried it once on a doctor to get more cash out of him, but he asked for a VAT receipt!

To make your money in this game, you certainly have to put the hours in ! I dont think people appreciate this when they say our prices are too high !

I'd like to second that notion! I'm sure that the ones that look suprised at the quote, would be more suprised at the price of a chipper and saws!

"We don't all pay 99 quid at B & Q Sir....."

That is the definate down side,I tend to find they can almost become a chore over the winter months as I don't get time to enjoy them. Got two aswel, fell pony and a clydesdale. Try to get home before its dark to get jobs done, even if it means I'm out quoting in the dark afterwards!

gotta go out and check up on one of my explorer scout units tonight, scouts takes a lot of my time, concert going / music takes loads and off roading in the landy when i get chance....

Do you get paid for scout work, or is it a voluntry thing. Our local group closed, apparently due to lack of support?!!

Look after my horses, kids, clean house and occasionally go out on the piss! lol So not much

You Have my sympathy, not got kids, but I'm sure our horses are more work! how many you got?

Just sitting here idling away time until dinners cooked, and started wondering what the rest of you get up to when not buggering about with trees, or spending hours infront of the P.C. on a certain Arb forum?!!

Surely our whole lives can't revolve around tree work?! (although mine sometimes seems to!)

Don't have any pictures of him, but we used to have a German Shepard that would start to growl and snarl at the word, "Pikey!"

Had to nip to the dentist one afternoon, and being as it was a hot day and the saws were in the bag of the high sided transit, I left Nash in there too! When I came out about twenty minutes later, found him quite merrily chewing on the sleeve of a padded shirt!

Never did find out where it came from, I can only assume that there is someone out there who will think twice about reaching into someone elses truck!

"Do you think you could dig that out?" As the customer points to the worlds biggest Ash Stump!

"You've got more chance of S**ting Stawberrys!" As I reply!

Seemingly one that can't spell either?!!

Now hang on, I never ACTUALLY said thad I WAS old, just that I sometimes FEEL old!

What Can I say...?!!

I'm a very ahrd working member of the youth of today?!

Errrrr........ I was hoping you wouldn't ask that!

26!

That's opened up the floodgates for plenty of mickey taking!

oh to be twenty one again......

I even noticed the other night that I've started groaning when I collapse into the chair at night!!!

OUCH!!!!!!!! Thats more than I'm paying for the damn trailer! some days it really does feel like someone doesn't want me to be self employed!

Are there going to be any benefits to me from having a Tacho?

Can you have an O licence for a domestic address, or do you need to have registered business premises?

Really can't be doing with more paperwork, but I'm getting a trailer to pull with the transit next week!

Roughly how much is it to have a tach fitted?

Qutie like the look of that Jo-Beau, What sort of size stuff can it handle?

Can anyone recommend a cheap and cheerful PTO chipper that would run off about 30hp?

Doesn't need to be huge.

Have you thought about having one made?

I'm in the process of making one myself, powered by a power pack from a road breaker.

I used snap on tools for a number of years to earn my living as a on site plant engineer.

How anyone can call them over priced crap is beyond me. How do you put a price on the piece of mind that comes with the reliability of them when your livelihood depends on it?

Britool are very good, but there is only one brand for me.

Hi all. I quite fancy building myself a hydraulic log splitter, either to run off our tractor, or possibly its own small power pack.

Has anyone else ever built their own and how hard is it? I have a ram off an old farm trailer and have some welding experience.

I hate working in the dark, and its not good for morale! Does't matter how many flood lights you put out, you cant beat natural daylight.

Wouldn't use a saw in anything less either!