monkeybusiness
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I’m thinking it’s a spam post tbh. Otherwise an investor who has bought (very cheaply) a run down house with known subsidence issues (that we’ve yet to see) with the aim of bulldozing their way through the planning dept, fix the house up and capitalise on their foresight (whilst further depleting the area of some of the only decent features in an otherwise bland overdeveloped shitatopia hutch-fest). But I might be a bit cynical…
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A shame to take those down - nice trees that look to add a great deal to the street-scene… I bet that was a cheap house - how bad is the subsidence (nothing obvious in the pics)? If you take those down and they have been responsible for subsidence then there is a very good chance that the ground will re-wet over time and possibly lead to heave. Not a great deal you can do about it other than install an engineered solution (better footings not affected by subsidence/heave) - if you are going down that road anyway then you could save yourself the expense of removing the trees in the first place.
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Try Digbits - the tracks will have a measurement stamped on them somewhere.
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29th Nov- £350/day rate - East London
monkeybusiness replied to Chainsawmadness's topic in Employment
Not every day though - sounds like this guy is desperate and this is a one-off job to me. There are often big-money days to be had up and down the country. It’s uncommon for them to be the norm though - you need to do a lot of running around to take advantage of them and there is no guarantee of another tomorrow… -
What would happen if you fixed them down in the room they are to live in freshly cut/green? Screwed through to the joists so they have to dry flat and straight? Once dry, lift them and plane/finish them before reinstalling? (It’s almost definitely an idiotic idea and obviously not a practical approach unless the room is not in use but thought it worth an ask!).
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A decent experienced climber would move around the majority of trees a lot less than a newby.
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BS5837 (implemented for the sole purpose of protecting trees) is directly responsible for this type of felling - developers/builders/supermarkets etc can’t take the risk of leaving unprotected trees on site pre-application as they can be weaponised against them and become significant constraints. There are flaws with the current system, and overall I’d bet that BS5837 leads to more tree removal than it protects…
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Tracked chipper on a tipping trailer?
monkeybusiness replied to billpierce's topic in Large equipment
Also worth pointing out a lot of trailer handbrakes don’t work in reverse… -
Tracked chipper on a tipping trailer?
monkeybusiness replied to billpierce's topic in Large equipment
I never use the support legs when loading - too much faff. However, it is worth pointing out that it is possible to lift the rear wheels of the tow vehicle off the ground, which can lead to everything rolling away if on a hill as they tend to be the only braked part of the combination… -
The guides were in with the fixings (I just didn’t look hard enough!) - once fitted it was easy to knock the posts through. I’m really impressed with the ‘feel’ of the quality of components and attention to detail of this kit - every last nut, bolt and washer is there, and the assembly instructions are extremely clear.
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I had one of these back in the day - ISTR the box mounted directly onto the outside of the flywheel rotor chamber behind the engine. The pickup sensor aimed at a toothed wheel mounted on the driven rotor shaft, behind the pulley.
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I’ll have a good look for them when I’m next in the shed. My dogs probably ate them though - they decided the box was a great place to sit…
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2 piece - they’ll go together no problem with an extra pair of hands. I’m pissed and decided to walk away!
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I’ve seen my arse with it tonight - everything out of the box is as-per the instructions until now. A steel section has to pass through the mill head and will ultimately be what carries the entire mill, controlling the thickness of cut, so obviously needs to be a tight interference fit. The instructions are very clear on there being a disposable plastic guide that is to be removed following assembly. There is no guide in either upright, and the fit required is incredibly tight (which is good). I’m on my own, in my happy beer-shed-Saturday-night-do-shit place. There is not a hope I can get this steel through the nylon bushes without any cutting (which I’m definitely not going to do) - those guides are definitely a necessity and are missing. Bastardo!!! (I’ve twatted the shit out of it with a 3x2 - it will go in with someone else lining it all up but that’s not the point!).
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Off road I always went straight for low as high range first is pretty highly geared on them - occasionally it would be a bit of a bitch to get back into high 2wd (which I’d forgotten about but was sometimes a pain in honesty). I genuinely loved mine - it towed my Landy out a couple of times too….
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I’m just nailing a WM 130 MAX together right now (I’ve only had it since March…). Bang for buck they take some beating, and I have to say thus far I’m impressed with the quality. I looked at buying a couple of 2nd hand Woodland Mills before ordering this so I know how well they sell if I decide it’s not for me and want to move it on! This is only for a bit of hobby use - I know nothing about milling and felt that I could justify the cost/potential depreciation of this as a learning tool.
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I loved my last Navara (the current new shape) - did 60k in it over 3 years, a lot of heavy towing (4 tonnes plus…), a lot of off road, zero issues. It was fast too. I would definitely have had another but couldn’t get any sense out of the dealer when trying to spend my money - I ended up ordering a new Hilux in March but delivery keeps being pushed back and they now reckon I’ll be lucky to see it in January! I honestly preferred the Navara to drive than the Hilux I demo’d - nicer truck all around IMO. I’ve had 4x Navaras from new as my own truck since 2006 and have worked them all pretty hard and never had any issues tbh.
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Ha ha ha, as if Ifor have company techs, or know what temperature their hubs run at! ’Give Dewi a shout, there’s an English bloke on the phone after some info about brakes or something’. ’What do you mean? We just nail them together, he must be doing something wrong with it’. ’He reckons it’s getting hot when he tows it’. ’Tell him not to check it then, nobody else does. Now leave me alone, I’m busy shearing my wife’.
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Have you actually weighed it? Is it definitely light enough to drag around?
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Looks like there’s possibly another similarly included union higher up that is in pole position to fail next, particularly now this branch has gone that was providing it with some degree of shelter. It needs looking at ‘in the flesh’ by someone who knows what they are talking about.
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There are some crackheads about who think old shagnasty Landys are worth more than gold - the overpriced ones tend to stay for sale though (asking £40k and getting £40k are two different things). I’ve just seen this which is probably priced correctly - it’s an optimistic price for a late, tidy, well sought after model. Undoubtedly other misguided sellers would expect it to make another £10k plus though….
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Use Thomas Higgins - set up an account (quick/easy/peanuts) and let them send the proper solicitors letters. It normally flushes the money out before court, and they also automatically calculate the additional interest you are likely to be awarded by the courts and chase that at the same time as the original debt.
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I’d buy your mate’s machine then - it sounds like he’s offering you a bargain!
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I’d give you £7k. Either through the books plus vat or cash as a private sale.
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And why is the MS362 list price higher than the ‘on-paper-better-in-every-way’ MS400?
