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  1. Dean Lofthouse
    If I was earning 900 a day for 6 men and equipment Id come out of self employment and go work in a factory....honestly. It must be hard where you are if thats what prices have been driven down to.. thats crazy
  2. Dean Lofthouse
    That probably means you were half of what everyone else quoted .
  3. Dean Lofthouse
    Ive just put a velux roof window in and found loads of wasps hibernating under the slates, I picked a few up and warmed them in my hand and they started coming to
  4. Dean Lofthouse

    moles

    Dean Lofthouse replied to a topic in General chat

    I did the same and found it was one single mole damaging a whole acre. twelve months on I have another one moved in, will sort it when I have time
  5. Dean Lofthouse
    Anyone had experience of these.. John Deere Gator XUV 855 diesel
  6. Dean Lofthouse
    I was hoping someone would say that. We bought ours second hand at 10 months old and although it was very low hours and like new, we suspect it had been abused because it was from a grouse moor shoot. Ive had lots of quads including polaris over the last 25 years and I would normally swear by polaris and put it at number one on my list
  7. Dean Lofthouse
    We have the Polaris and have had no end of trouble with it. The prop from engine to gearbox came off and slapped the gearbox about causing loads of damage. It free wheels downhill which is scary on mud slopes. Its had two new rear drive shafts The diff locks are always getting stuck / not working. One of the rear drive shafts is always popping out of the gearbox despite being renewed and the retaining clips renewed. It clonks and rattles through the steering column But all that said, when its cold/snowing and wet its ten times better than the kawasaki quad if you don't want frozen snoticles streaming down your face. We are going to a show in a couple of weeks to look at buying a brand spanking one and am following this thread with interest, we have considered the six wheeler, but where concenrned about ground clearance
  8. Dean Lofthouse
    I do have the addresses of five members but still need the address of: Wills-mills Allincoll Gnome tractorboy1 tree kangaroo If you could please pm me your address chaps, I,ll get all the multitools off together asap
  9. Dean Lofthouse
    To save Steve some work, could the multitool winners please pm me a delivery address so I can post them direct. Also can I apologise in advance, I am away till the 19th which means I can't post out till after that date. Many thanks Dean
  10. Dean Lofthouse
    If you can't get to the internals of the tree get out the mewp and climb, your not glued into it ???????
  11. Dean Lofthouse
    You've hit the nail on the head. Most bad mewp experiences are because the wrong mewp was used and there are very few in reality to choose from. Your mewp is the perfect mewp. Mine has 11m outreach, I can do a 22m stretch of hedge without moving the mewp or crown lift both sides of an avenue of trees
  12. Dean Lofthouse
    I think if I was his mam, I'd clip his lug hole and tell him to pack tree work in
  13. Dean Lofthouse
    What the hell was all that about ? Mental.....A simple job made hard
  14. Dean Lofthouse
    You share the same taste buds as me (-;
  15. Dean Lofthouse
    Hi Kev, The Verdict was expected late december but was postponed until end of January for some reason, they said they will inform everyone of the verdict by email. I,ll post when it comes through
  16. Dean Lofthouse
    Ive won loads of jobs others simply couldn't do or have priced higher because it would have taken much longer without a mewp. TBH Dave, its pointless arguing to pros and cons of mewps with someone who has never used or worked with one. The reason everyone has a chipper is because a chipper can be used on every job, a crane or mewp can't. But when they can be used the job is so much easier, as I,m sure your aware with your crane. (-:
  17. Dean Lofthouse
    But you have more chance of slipping on the stairs, especially when wet and icy conditions and you are only as fat as what you eat. Using a mewp every now and again doesn't make you any less capable or slower climbing than anyone else (-:
  18. Dean Lofthouse
    Its kind of like using the stairs to go up 30 floors when there,s a lift
  19. Dean Lofthouse
    Most sensible post so far Gray Git. I spent 3 days in the High court in London listening to the rights and wrongs of using a mewp in tree work, even the high court judge dismissed the arguments against and more or less said the same as you. Somebody who climbs a tree for the first time may find it difficult and awkward and dismiss it as hard work. Just in the same vain people who are inexperienced using a mewp will sometimes dismiss it as hard work. Unless you have used a mewp in most scenarios, you are not really qualified to dismiss them as useless and not suitable for tree work. Like it or not a mewp is definitely a tool for the armoury
  20. Dean Lofthouse
    can make a big difference as to who you put down as the main driver, with the wife instead of me as the main driver it was quite a lot less
  21. Dean Lofthouse
    For the moisture to condense you need to introduce a cold surface. I would remove the insulation from the end of the container, in this weather the wall would then act as a condenser and the moisture would run down it to the floor. You could put in a little trough to catch the moisture and drill a small hole to drain outside. ? You'd use a little more energy but it would remove moisture quite efficiently, especially if you increase the surface area of the wall
  22. Dean Lofthouse
    It was keeping an eye out for the hse that made it dangerous
  23. Dean Lofthouse
    Don't forget to put away 20% of your perceived profit for income tax too.
  24. Dean Lofthouse
    Problem is people moan about having bought wet firewood from someone else, but still buy on price. In other words they go for the cheapest supplier and get bitten time after time. You go to all the trouble if renting or buying land, putting up sheds, getting in pallets to raise the floor and then sit there till all the crap wood has sold before you start selling yours. Luckily now I have built up a customer base over the years who know my logs are dry and are good value for money, but it's taken well over a decade to get to that stage. You just get sick of explaining to new enquirers why your logs are ever so slightly dearer than others
  25. Dean Lofthouse
    Raise the feeding bowl 9 to 12 " off the floor. You can even hold it up while they eat. If a dog is allowed to stand over the food or dish, they have taken possession of it and it is theirs. Simple solution, try it you'll be gobsmacked. My dog was very aggressive, using this method I could stroke his muzzle whilst he was eating

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