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I had a 7.2t Iveco Daily with tool box, regular steel tipping unit with alloy plank sides, tarp roof which had a 3.7t capacity. Use of alloy would have made it close to 4t Stuart

Hello, I've a 2007 Iveco double cab whose tipping unit is becoming a bit rotten. It is also quite a heavy unit too not that it matters now I've 5.5t springs fitted. My question for the members of the Parish is. "Where to go to find a fresh compatible USED tipping unit on the South coast of England?" I'm not looking for a fancy new £10k custom alloy body here due to the age of the truck. I admit, I know little about the subject but can see ram and hinges position being rather important. If it proves too much of a fag, I'll get it patched locally. Thanks Stuart

Client is quite particular about her garden and as a result I was nervous about her reaction. Fortunately she chose to absent herself for the afternoon, leaving me with an audience of 3 retired male neighbours enjoying beers whilst I sweated. All the grindings removed and replaced with decent topsoil. I'll be back in September to add a touch more soil once it has properly settled and sow grass seed. Client was 'Ravi' ( delighted) with the result. Stuart .

Seriously? How have you come by this info? Stuart

Hello, not a Efi engine by chance...? Stuart

Guilty as charged. Stuart

Is there a right to light in the U.K? After all, this isn't a wall of leylandii. I do some local authority work here, my biggest clients in fact They are often assailed by petitions demanding trees be removed or cut back to within property lines. Almost always, our intervention is to thin, lift, clean off ivy, reduce very lightly offending branches and the overall effect of our 'toilettage' is enough to satisfy all but the most rabid of complainers. In short, by just having some light work done that can show a demonstrable difference is often enough with having to go to extremes. Best of luck Stuart

Greasable track rollers, a foot plate. The controls look well thought out too. Stuart

Have you worked out the kw to hp? It doesn't seem very much. Still mithering over the Jansen RD-300 with log carrier or Grillo 507 which is double the price but has other features which appeal. I'll fix a towball to it for pulling the chipper around. Stuart

Was the strange fruit hanging on a Southern tree? Black Walnuts have rights.... Stuart

In the past, owners of German tracked machines would have just denonated charges, blowing them up so competitors couldn't poke around making comments on forums. Or am thinking about Normandy 1944...? Stuart

Muscle Mondeo!

As in Ford Mustang the muscle car? I think the future of charging may be via induction zones in parking areas. A 'foot' descending from under the car makes contact with the 'zone' Secure from vandalism and aesthically cleaner and potentially less expensive than thousands of charging points. Stuart

I agree, I am a bit of a whinger who through this forum feels able to express his woes and dissatisfaction. Though it doesn't matter what you people think or say about me in return. You are not my friends nor people I am likely to meet in my life time nor more importantly potential clients. Nothing you can say about me in the way of personal insults on here can impact my life. That is the great thing about the online Arb world. That insulates me from your vitriol. I don't think I would ever write such stuff about others on this forum. I'm just not that nasty. Stuart

John, that is just a smart ass comment "couple of quid"... 'Lemon Plant' intentionally sold a faulty machine. An engineer admitted as much over the phone that this machine had a history of issues which is why the hours were so low for it's age. This week GM admitted they cannot find a French dealer able to undertake the structural repairs so even if I had bought the machine in France it would require returning to GM anyway. This is now in hand. Stuart

And what lesson would that be?

In 2014 I bought a mint 3 year old Carlton 4012 with 176 hours from 'Lemon' Plant. Upon arrival, we couldn't start it. Nothing would work. Then it would start, then stop mid grind or on the loading ramps or in the middle of the clients drive. I soon realised 'Lemon Plant' had foisted a proper lemon upon us and there was nothing we could do except bitch and bellyache online. I even booked a ferry ticket to return it to the U.K only to be told that the Sussex depot would not be open that day after I'd made the rendeveous nor would any other 'Lemon Plant' depot accept the machine back. Sold as seen they claimed despite having a 3month warranty which they said was an error. Crooks, villaines, opportunists. Beware the Orange Plant bearing Lemons... Stuart

£7...? Can anyone confirm the price of GM blade bolts? Or a supplier of the same? Stuart

The blade which is now embedded in the back of your transit plywood? Lol... Stuart

I believe I could up sticks and move to near any French city and make a viable business. If I had to move, I'd choose Nantes on the Loire but I've also worked West of Paris where the soft rolling chalk hills remind me of the home counties and the money therein. Stuart

I'll post a few images of my chains for slating later on. The 500i is now running a new Sugihara on the thickest oil my local motoculture supplies. 1st new chain now due for a light tickle. I can see the bar is quite oily where as before with Aspen bio-oil is was much drier but 'cleaner'. I'm still using Aspen bar oil on all other saws under 60cm as I've never really had an issue and still appreciate it's benefits. Stuart

It shouldn't matter where you buy a product if the warranty makes no mention of being tied to geographic zones or specific dealers. I had my French bought Renault fixed in Chichester under warranty and a camera bought in the U.K repaired under warranty in Auckland N.Z My machine has several faults which from experience will be beyond local dealers and are definitely factory return jobs and beyond a dealers experience to correct. GM are recalling machines from all over the E.U all the time for factory upgrades. Stuart

GM are not making me take it back to the U.K, that is my choice to do so. In 2017 I owned a GM190 which developed mysterious roller issues not so dissimilar to the 150. It spent a great deal of time at the dealers who could not find the fault (bearing in mind this isn't a Rolls Royce Griffin engine) and even told me the fault did not exist despite videos. GM France actually exchanged this for a 200 which was faultless for the 128 hours I owned it but I was never told what the 190 fault was. At the time of the 190 debacle we had a back up chipper so managed, this time I do not. I see posts like this (image attached) but have never experienced similar service in France. Now I have multiple issues which effect the machine which I want sorted before the end of the warranty. Handing it to a French dealer means losing the chipper for possibly months. Plus from experience they will argue against the faults existing because it is not in their interest to do warranty work on a machine they did not sell. One mechanic at a French GM dealer has even suggested that I should not chip up to the maximum as the machines are not up to it. The Briggs engine fault I recently experienced fully justifies my phobia of dealers here. 4 weeks downtime over a £150 part I could SHOULD have fitted myself. Compare that experience with the screenshot. The fear of violating the engine warranty prevented me from doing so. Stuart

GM will repair in the UK if I get it back to the factory and have offered to deliver it back which is a nice gesture. Sadly I cannot travel myself due to quarantine restrictions. I could also pay a transport company to take it, however that will leave me without a machine for quite some time. This post is really about whether the rebending of the offending rails is a red herring and non-permanent botch. My local engineering shop seems to think so... Stuart

Same fault as yours took me 4 weeks 900kms and €2400 in rental. So you can imagine just how long my multiple faults would take to sort out. Stuart