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I wonder if they would have told you that you need to lubricate the bolts to achieve the correct tightness had you told them you assembled dry?...

Any pics? What truck/body/load?

I took my 17 year old Jack Russell on what I expected to be a one-way trip to the vets a couple of weeks ago (he’s never been ill but was deteriorating and wasn’t comfortable). Fortunately he sussed what was going on and has entirely stopped pretending to be ill now - he’s back to humping our lab’s head and generally being the boss of the world. There’s a sad day ahead but as long as he’s bright and not uncomfortable life is good!

40?! Oh dear, the beginning of the end! In all seriousness, listen to your body and look after yourself as best you can - it’s a hard job and you are only here once.

It gets worse!!! You actually bought them? I was clutching to the hope that a well meaning customer had offered you one and you accepted through politeness... My perceptions are shattered, I feel cheated.

Just pulling your leg boyo! On a serious note, why start with what looks to be the easy one?

Fosters? Really? I have never met you but made many assumptions and thought you were a bit of a dude. I’m more disappointed in myself than anything else - I’ve massively overestimated some fella on the internet!!!

Forget better pics, try and work a bit harder. Those 2 tiddlers were an easy day’s work (don’t blame the rain either, you aren’t made of sugar)...

You don’t ever get stopped then (and you might as well run the lot on false plates anyway - it’s part of the caravan club rules I believe)!

There’s an app called Waze that does the same - it’s really good satnav for avoiding traffic too tbh!

The repair worked then!!!

I’m pretty sure that many modern speed cameras will have anpr and automatically know the speed category of various vehicles. It is to do with Mass in Service (I think it’s called) on the V5. Another reason to get a Navara - they are legally allowed to go as fast as possible!!!

Rangers (except for the smallest engine most basic one) are over 2040kg unladen (same as the Amarok) so are subject to lower speed limits than other pickups.

Chain oil is simply a single-use very basic cooling lubricant that you unfortunately spray all over the countryside. In reality you can chuck anything in there as long as it prevents the chain and bar from overheating, doesn’t block the pump and oilways, and doesn’t kill the operator or environment. Don’t concern yourself with colour/smell/how nice the font on the can is - as long as it isn’t corrosive it can’t really hurt your saw. I doubt that the oil you are using has caused your leak.

In reality the axles of the trailer and the Landy might not actually exceed their design weight so it may not technically be unsafe, but it’s definitely illegal!!!

Legally about the same. In reality as fast as the gearbox they are fitted with will allow - 50kph used to be pretty normal, now 60kph plus isn’t unusual...

Looks a really nice trailer - I’d ask if it is built on brand new or refurbished axles.

I don’t think saws have improved from the 361 personally. Since then it’s been all about emissions.

I’m amazed he’s been so tolerant tbh. I’d have been inserting your crap tools where the sun doesn’t shine if you had been undercutting me to win work off my customers (that you only had initial contact with because I’d employed you to do work for them on my behalf). If I were you I’d wind my neck in and Foxtrot Oscar...

Knock yourself out in here!... Just consider the immense weight of a 12m tower of soil, and how insignificant a little digger on long, wide tracks would be on top of all of that! Distribution of Stress in the Soil Study Notes for Civil Engineering : Civil Engineering GRADEUP.CO Get the complete details about the stress distribution topic in soil

Best bet is to walk away. If you feel so disenfranchised with the guy that’s been keeping you in work then you shouldn’t work for him any more. (If I was him I’d be kicking your arse for dealing with his customer directly by the way, it sounds to me like you are a bit of an untrustworthy dick).

It must be a nightmare for dealers and I definitely sympathise with your predicament. I am not yet convinced that Stihl or Husky offer anything significantly better than what’s available from more mainstream manufacturers when it comes to battery tech though sadly (if they did then we would buy it). If I were you I’d add a Makita franchise to your offering though...

Exactly that. At the last APF I asked the husky guys about their battery technology and they reckoned they had much greater capacity batteries ready to go but were holding them back to counter whatever the opposition brought to market. They reckoned there would be a long time before the current batteries would be superceded. Last weekend I chucked out a couple of old NiCad drills. They weren’t very old in real terms, but are now irrelevant dinosaurs. I don’t trust either Stihl or Husky to not make any investment in their battery tech quickly redundant with new systems. Much safer to spend the money with companies with massive battery-powered ranges imo.

We turned up on the site that forced our hand into battery investment with our 36v Makita (which feels like a toy compared to petrol saws) and another contractor had the top-of-the-range Stihl equivalent (which was what I was going to buy, and which I expected to be miles better than our toy Makita tbh). I used both and they were much-of-a-muchness - the Stihl was definitely no better. They aren’t petrol saws, they are all just motors running chains. Makita have been building that sort of kit along with the associated battery technology for a lot longer than Stihl or Husky so they are bound to be good at it. One of the main reasons I was initially considering Stihl over husky (before Makita was even on my radar) was that the Stihl battery hedge cutter is apparently very good, and I thought that once I’d taken the plunge with a couple of big batteries and a charger for the saw the electric hedgecutter investment wouldn’t be massive. Obviously I wanted the biggest hedgecutter available. It transpired that the Stihl chainsaw battery system doesn’t fit their battery hedgecutter without an additional £150 lead - at that point I did a few reely difffucalt suumms and realised that Makita offered massively better value for money. I’ve since invested in the big lithium ion Makita hedgecutter (for about 60 pence) and it is the dog’s danglies! Stihl and Husky are one-trick-ponies when it comes to battery kit imo.

I was looking at battery saws a few months ago as a client required us to use them on a particular contract. We ended up investing in the Makita system (bought a saw, double battery charger, 4x 18v batteries, and an angle grinder and big impact driver) for less than the equivalent Stihl chainsaw and a couple of batteries. Have since bought the Makita hedge cutter and little top-handle for peanuts and they are all brilliant. I picked up the 18v tyre inflator recently along with the DAB site radio too, and will buy the new grease-gun when it becomes available (and replace my drill etc with Makita when they die). The Makita battery gear is easily as good as the equivalent Stihl and Husky kit, costs less, and the expensive battery/charger investment is much more adaptable. It’s a no-brainer imo.