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Sure there is some trade between US and UK, but they are seperate businesses essentially.

I just got a new machine, and it "juggles" the load back and forth until its balanced and then starts spinning. If it can't get an even load it will spin slower or not at all if its really uneven. Clever stuff! Plus its got magnetic drive or something, can't hear a thing!

Well I just put my tuppence in, but in reality I'm not likely to ever want such thing and if I did I'd just buy a tipping L200 or similar and customise it myself. But in answer to your question I'd go for the hollow plank version as I assume its lighter than the press alu?

The saws do not all come from the same place. Its not like they come out of one factory and have different prices put on them. Ours are made in the Europe and are expensive. American ones are made somewhere in the states and are cheaper. I don't know if thats because they make more of them, or the raw materials are cheaper or waht, I'm not sure. But that is why there is a difference as far as I know? Also there might be more red tape in Europe, testing and what not that might make a difference.

Oops! I don't bother with a pillow case, I just chuck it in and get my girlfriend to sit on it. Gets two jobs done at once!

I think you got the . in the worng place! Surely you mean £1.50 ? No?

I used to have an aluminium block thingy years ago, and its now in a crotch up a lime tree. I know exactly which tree, so if I ever go up it again I'll so how far its grown into the tree! It must have been there 7-8 years so far. If I don't go up it but I ever see anyone felling the tree (its a highways tree) I'll get my deck chair out and watch them chip it!!!!!!!

Would it be more or less gay if it were the original body work?

I think if you want it for work then it shouldn't matter if you can tell its a tipper or not. But puttign the original rear body back on for re sale and keeping the tipper for your next vehicle would be a good service. I found this pic of L200 king cab tipper. Looks ok to me.

Yes factory fitted tippers are strong enough but the original body panals (is that waht you are calling bucks???) are not as strong. SO a tipper made to look like its not a tipper would not be as durable as an actual aluminiun doubles skinned tipper as is alread available direct from the factories. Refittign an almost new body set for minimal costs ready for resale, and leavign the expensive tipper unit ready for the next new vehicle would be a good proposition.

The only problem that I see, is that if you are going to properly use these vehicles for work (and therefore need a tipper) you would probably want a stronger rear end than the original body panels. The factory offered tippers that utilise a seperate tipper body from reinforced aluminium panels look more suited to the job IMO and the user would be less worried about dents/scratches etc. I good service to offer might be, removal of original panels and fittign of propper tipper, with a discounted offer of reversal at a later date. That way onwners of posh 4x4 can have a tipper and then resell them later with (virtually brand new) rear end bolted back on, keeping the worked tipper unit for their next new 4x4 vehicle. Thats what I would do anyway. And a company that could offer me that for less than 2k, with reversal for less than 3hundred and fitting of same tipper unit to new vehicle for less than 4hundred in the future now that would be a good idea!!

Will the "John H's New Bird" thread take on a whole new meaning then??

The groundie should know what saw you want!

Yeah trace elements of cyanide, nothing to worry about.

Waht else was available from "Deal" recently? I remember someone saying it down the road from them?

Cheers. New years resolution was "more mountains" so hopefully more mountain lunges soon!

ha. Lol! Never thought of daisy as beign camp? But then he his a he and he's called daisy so yes I can't argue that one! He's secure with his campness though, its all good!

Ok. But the logs are a bit gay! I use this trailer and then the quad pulls it and collects logs. I have a P6e too which I really like but its too small to be seen out with!

The quad is cool. I was using one of those yesterday, much better than my old (but original) Big red 1987!!! What do you transport all that around with? I use my ifor williams trailer to move the quad and then just put the trailer on the quad and use that for forwarding the logs etc. Much bigger capacity than your (slightly gay) log trailer.

Thats not cut throat, its healthy competition! Hiring out machinery is not a new idea I have been thinking of hiring one this year sometime. If I ever bought one it would be put up for hire when not in use.

I got the impression he means its available between april to october at 250 per week. Not that he want to hire it someobody for that whole time!!

My 10+ year old 044 seems to have more power than my new 460?? Can that be right? Its been retired for a while but I've started usign it again in preference to the 460. Same size bars on each.

How water tight is a cancellation clause? The customer must surely retain the right to cancel for many reasons. I'm not sayign its right, just that customers have rights. I can order a new phone, or a mortgage or many other things and I retain the right to cancel. Gettign someone else to do the job is low, but maybe your just not sure about the company you chose and they were jsut the best of a bad lot, then someoen better come along, maybe recomended by a friend at the last minute and you (the customer) decide to go and use them instead for whatever reason. I think the customer will always have that right. Money up front for the app. which is non refundable would be the only way, but if one company askes that and another doesn't the customer will possibly just go for the one that seems to be more trusting.

I asked for some slack in the rope and they thought I wanted some smack and some dope!!

I let him know if I'm going to do a much larger or smaller bit than before, that about all. And wind up if necessary and let it run, but that all done with hand signals anyway. We don't run the chipper while lowering though (maybe occaisionally) and that helps, so if I need to say something there is no need for shouting. I like a peaceful work site and customers (and neighbours) don't want a load of yelling going on.