Gray git
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We did it, two hyper children now especially since eldest (6) worked out her cousin in oz is actually in Christmas day now. Such a clear night for it!
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Could do but kinda defeats the point of speed in this tool as girth hitching it on could pull very tight and lock itself on taking the groundsman too much time to undo so might as well tie knots.
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Call out to a windblown tree near Sutton bank thismorning, call in on some good regular customers with a few thankyou bottles of wine on the way back, quick bit of last min shopping then back home grab cherrypicker and into richmond to help fix the light's on the town Christmas tree after someone tried to climb the tree and got tangled. Also picked up plenty of bits and bobs to give myself plenty of important fixing fettling projects to do when people I don't want to talk to visit over the next two weeks that I'm ment to be having off.
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Not bad really 100 per hour for nearly 150k of truck!
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Good quality image from it and nice without the fisheye like the gopro, take it you put the remote onto a watch strap for wrist mount Nice bit of rigging, looks wet and slippy up there!
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Crane was £400 and would have cost a lot more than that in wages and time alone to spend the time rigging it down then having to disk down the last bit of stem /protect the stone flags around the house, carry everything out to where valtra could reach it or lots of trips with landy and trailers not to mention the extra time on site getting agro from a neighbour about the tree being removed (whole other story) We don't do logs so the timber was sold and the bigger the bits the more we make as less time and fuel used in cutting it up for them
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Cheers guy's, going to try and put together a video showing a bit of experimental stuff trying to get the slings to come off as of yet i haven't managed to. A while back we crushed the barrel gate on a big dan crab which ment it couldn't be opened which slowed the job down till it was replaced with this that wouldn't have happened as no moving parts.
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Most polite and efficient way to chase late payment.
Gray git replied to mowandgo's topic in Business Management
Yes had a rubber ball cheque before but quickly got that sorted with a less than polite/subtle phonecall to his wife. -
Most polite and efficient way to chase late payment.
Gray git replied to mowandgo's topic in Business Management
True but anything is better than nothing sometimes. Got a big shock yesterday when the council/highway settled there invoices early when I was half expecting them to use Christmas as an excuse to pay end of Jan instead. Happy days!! Now just a few k of others to chase! -
Most polite and efficient way to chase late payment.
Gray git replied to mowandgo's topic in Business Management
Like it, or call round with the bottle and claim it's a thankyou for being a good client and ow if you happen to want to give me a cheque while I'm hear to save it getting lost in the Christmas post....... Bonus! -
Yes fen, front is standard hight but got rear springs which are slightly stiffer to stop it dipping into corners, lifting a long landys rear end isn't normally to much of an issue due to the length of the prop, start messing with the front and it'll cost you as likely need new props etc. I'd have said scrags kit should be fine for you and take around an hour to fit both.
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I've got 2"lift on rear of my 130 and only alters the prop angle v slightly as not a true 2"lift as only the shocks that are bigger, means it sits level when loaded. Cherrypicker was recommended to have +2" shocks for when it lifts itself up. I've used the britpart orange shocks on both that are fome and oil filled and designed for top heavy overlanding. Careful with shocks that have remote external oil reserves as these are easily removed by stray branch's if you regularly drive in woodlands.
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Yes you will Check out this item I found on eBay: http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=181599336115&globalID=EBAY-GB&alt=web
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charge customer for day with petrol log splitter?
Gray git replied to mattyboy's topic in Firewood forum
£80 for the 1st hr then £20 - 25 hr after that . Just remember 1 or 2 hrs work takes you longer than that because if loading unloading travel etc so a higher 1st hr rate takes this into account. -
Looks like it's hardly been used compared to some I've seen. Didn't spot the other 1 behind before, running 2 now or is this the replacement.
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Nice looking bit of kit! Should have excellent visibility of the head with the way cab and boom are set up. New machine?
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Short back, not a vast amount of chip space, I'd hold out for a 1650 if I was you.
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One of the best chippers I've used in its size class! Fact! Just a shame they can't make the paint stick to them, always look old before they actually are.
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Cheers Mark, was a balls out brain on day for sure but nowt like a challenge, good team and big equipment to get a job done!
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Vastly improve or rather reduce body roll, put a heavy duty overland 1 on my twin cab and it transformed how it behaved with a full load of chip! Also put 90 rear springs on the front which stopped it dipping into corners. Like the hi viz hodge, think I'll get the rb44s front bumper done the same as it stick out a fair bit..
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I'd be happy to be able to afford any of them at the moment to be honest, new clutch and full set of brakes on the 130 twin cab kinda scupper some funds this month!
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That's the exact same stuff I have on both the rb44 and landy and soon the cherrypicker once I get round to it, so much nicer on the hands and can fit more on the drums without loosing pull. Rufftracks is a good company to deal with and were very helpful when trying to sort out line for the rb44.
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Thems the 1ns :thumbup:
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That's because celox as granual form is not highly recommend any more due to it entering the bloodstream and being a problem elsewhere and being a risk to the administrator in breathing it in or to the eyes, far better to have a celox impregnated bandage that can also administer presure to the wound at the same time. Sounds strange way of going on stopping you doing a job because of this, don't think iv been asked about 1st aid provisions in the last 3years nevermind not allowed to start because they think it's not good enough.
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Think you'll be pushing 8+ with a tt126 if I can get a good 7 in a tt105! Yes can vouch a full trailer makes a good ground anchor but normally when you don't want it too! Like the big lid, bet you need it with the bandits ability to pack the chip forward! Good set up but again a compromised on smaller jobs, do you have a smaller rig or just don't do smaller jobs?
