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Surely one of the LBGTQSXFNWK+ letters stands for kiddy-fiddler, that rainbow is supposedly all-inclusive I thought? Perfect smoke for that job…

In fairness to the construction firms, I don’t think they purposely keep it quiet, it’s just a standard part of how they operate now (along with zero rated vat etc). They aren’t saving any money withholding the dosh, they pay it directly to HMRC so the cost of your invoice is exactly the same to them.

Technically it’s not a harvesting operation if being undertaken to facilitate development under planning permission - similarly you have to use white diesel in machinery etc as it falls under construction.

You can opt out but need to register with HMRC and provide proof to your customer when submitting your invoice.

Yes - and that trailer can now no-longer legally carry the weight it was originally designed to.

I think there was some confusion surrounding it around the time the trailer test was brought in - I have an old livestock trailer that a previous owner had downplated (by Ifor williams themselves apparently, going by the id plate). It was later clarified that it is the actual weight that matters, not the plated weight.

The Ifor Williams website has info on this - no need to downplate your trailer. My vehicle has a maximum towing weight of 1500kg and my trailer has a maximum gross weight of 2000kg. Can I still tow this trailer? » My vehicle has a maximum towing weight of 1500kg and my trailer has a maximum gross weight of 2000kg. Can I still tow this trailer? » Ifor Williams Trailers Ltd - Britain's Leading Trailer Manufacturer WWW.IWT.CO.UK Questions and answers on towing trailers and related laws for trailers up to 3500kg.

I’ve noticed loads of bug-splats on my windscreen over the last week - must be a good thing?

You can also carry cars, Land Rovers, plant etc on the 12 foot. If I could only have 1 trailer it would be a 12 foot Ifor tipper - they are the most adaptable bit of kit on the market IME.

On the flipside if that ‘small’ bit of easily replaceable woodland prevents the development of an otherwise suitable area of land for necessary housing/employment etc then pragmatism has to come into play, and the decision will lie at the feet of some/several people (who will upset parties on one side or the other either way).

Critiquing someone wearing a different coloured suit at the funeral of the head of the kiddy-fiddler cult?! Really! 😂😂😂

Go on then - stick some comedy Mohammed memes up on here Bertie Big Bollocks! (I have no Christian leanings by the way and see all religion through the same eyes).

Many thanks for this reply (which I totally missed until now, sorry!). The site is not in Devon by the way!

Do not remove!

It sold a few months ago - the ad stayed up on marketplace for ages as Facebook wouldn’t let me mark it as sold from my phone for some reason 🤷‍♂️

I didn’t realise he’d sold out. Always seemed an odd (and greedy) business model to me, stack-em-high-and-sell-em-cheap, essentially devaluing any brands they were flogging, whilst simultaneously pissing off small local retailers nationwide. They were a terrible outfit at the end - I wasn’t aware of any point where they changed ownership or MO though.

Will he also be advising you about advertising and selling stuff you don’t actually have? 😂

They fit on a 12 foot Ifor tipper perfectly - possibly smaller too but I have no experience of others. As an aside, the 12 foot Ifor tipper is the trailer I would definitely keep if I could only have one - it is the most versatile bit of kit out there! It’ll carry 8 cube of chip (with the high sides) and can also carry a 110 Land Rover (when stripped to a flatbed).

If that’s the case then it is a genius move by @Johnsond - I’d happily take as much money as possible from any bullshido net-zero funded nonsense.

Can’t their judgements subsequently be overturned by the ECHR though?

You were suggesting climbing over winching.

Would be great if they do implement something like this, but what a complete shower of pricks they were to have done everything possible to scupper the Rwanda deal and then cancel it outright before even trying it.

No idea tbh, and that’s not what I meant (but wasn’t written very well!). Where I was coming from is that if there had been at least one person on the site with windblow experience then I can’t see how the job would have been allowed to proceed the way it did. There are plenty of lads who climb trees (some very well to be fair) all day every day who have no forestry experience, and have never used any machinery other than chainsaws and chippers. They possibly had to get a small hung-up tree onto the floor with their felling lever during CS31 - that’s the limits of their knowledge of dealing with windblow and tension/compression etc. There is nothing really wrong with this, and it doesn’t necessarily make them unsafe in their day-to-day work pruning trees in back gardens. I don’t know the lad who was injured (and I wish him nothing but the best - some of my posts may appear critical towards him personally and that’s not what I’m getting at) but I do know of several other climbers who would potentially unknowingly put themselves in harms way in a similar fashion. If a team is sent to deal with a job and they are unaware of other ways of approaching a problem then they are obviously going to do what they know best - in this case it would appear that was climbing and cutting the tree free. All on site had a role to play, and they all appear to be entirely unaware of the potential outcome in the vids (which suggests naivety and/or inexperience). The entire thing is horrible, and I really hope that the climber heals well.

I’d suggest that quite a few commenting on here (along with at least one person on the site that is the subject of this post) would benefit very strongly from doing their windblow ticket as a bare minimum - there are some worrying advisory suggestions being bandied about. It is clear that several here have no winching experience, which should really be the first approach considered when dealing with hung up trees.

That’s a pretty narrow niche, but whatever floats your boat……