monkeybusiness
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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?
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I reckon it’s getting it down to a level that can be maintained with a tractor flail.
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Makita twin 18v chainsaw vs Milwaukee M18 Fuel?
monkeybusiness replied to doobin's topic in General chat
I’m a bugger for running the electric saws out of oil tbh. I’ll often grab one off the shelf, clip a battery on and use it for one or two cuts, and then stick it back unloved and unchecked. It’s not like a proper saw where oil gets filled when it’s fuelled up! -
Definitely ask your insurer to provide you with the ombudsman’s details - it can help to ‘lubricate the passage’. They really don’t like going down that road - do not be afraid of pressing the point. Shitbags the lot of them.
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That’s the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever read on the entire internet! This place is predominantly populated by trolls and thieves!
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High Hedges - killed if cut to actional hedge height?
monkeybusiness replied to benedmonds's topic in Trees and the Law
I can’t see that dying if reduced to 4m - there appears to be a lot of growth on the owner’s side. Send lads in unbranded vans and other company shirts, cut to spec and deny to anyone that you were ever there when questioned about the state of the finished job… -
We’ve had brand new Rotatec bars and chains twisting so much that they won’t cut (15’’ stuff, nothing special). Others have been fine. Quality control is terrible, and Saturn Machine Knives (Northern Arb Supplies/Rotatec/call them what you like as they are all the same outfit) aftersales is definitely not something you could reliably fall back on!).
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Is it this one?!
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This was on another site a couple of weeks ago - the tractor was a loaner and apparently underpowered for this chipper but it was still doing a decent job. The walking floor self-loading is quite an unusual sight!
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This cracking setup is on site turning larch into biomass this week - lovely bit of kit (we are making it work hard though!). It was filling these walking floors in less than an hour (which is very good IME - an Albach will do the same in 20 mins but is 3 times more powerful and probably 4 times the price). The chip quality is very good too.
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Ultimate brash cart today - the Rototilt making the little Bobcat punch well above its weight loading this thing!
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I saw this at a dealers the other day and was really impressed tbh - looked a very smart, well screwed together tool.
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It’s a real long shot but if anyone is available to work in Atherstone tomorrow and/or Friday please give me a call on 07970188050. We’ve just had a client increase the scope of some works and could do with a couple of extra bods to help clear small trees and scrub from a site. No real experience necessary, just a decent work ethic and relevant PPE please! Cheers, Dan
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What age machine and which control box is fitted? Does it turn over with the key or do nothing at all? Check your fuses (not just blown but corroded blades/carriers). Check the connections on the back of the ignition switch. You might have to take the face panel off the control box to do this. Check your battery terminals and chassis earth.
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I think it’s UFKES - we had one on a job recently and I was really impressed! They were running this on a loaned tractor whilst there new one was being prep’d (swapping controllers over from the trade-in) and it was apparently massively underpowered - it still did a great job as far as I was concerned! I think they’ll build you pretty much what you want - mounted on tracks/with a bunker/self powered etc. Good bits of kit. IMG_5370.MOV
