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    I had the TW230 35hp on demo yesterday. Afterwards I thought " that is how a chipper should be..." Then today, the TP175 which though very well made has a clumsy stop bar and only 26hp plus a narrow infeed. I'll try an Evo next. Stuart
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    Still smarts today losing it to the liquidateur... Stuart
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    Partisans hide in the mountains and shoot Germans. I rather like Germans, they make reliable chippers... Stuart
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    Not the €10k quoted locally... I've seen new tipping units, Ford one stop with alloy sides for sale for around £1k online. Obviously no greedy boards. I'm in the U.K for a couple of weeks taking my chipper back to GM for warranty work and thought I'd see about the tipping unit whilst I was there. I can get it welded locally of course. My man who can is also a woodsman here and we occasionally work together. Stuart
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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
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    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
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    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 .
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    Seriously? How have you come by this info? Stuart
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    Hello, not a Efi engine by chance...? Stuart
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    Guilty as charged. Stuart
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    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
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    Greasable track rollers, a foot plate. The controls look well thought out too. Stuart
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    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
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    Was the strange fruit hanging on a Southern tree? Black Walnuts have rights.... Stuart
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    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
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    Muscle Mondeo!
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    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
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    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
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    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
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    And what lesson would that be?
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    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
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    £7...? Can anyone confirm the price of GM blade bolts? Or a supplier of the same? Stuart
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    The blade which is now embedded in the back of your transit plywood? Lol... Stuart
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    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

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