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  1. monkeybusiness
    I can see that being an ongoing issue, very difficult to overcome. Small price to pay for being otherwise FARKING MEGA though!!!!!!
  2. monkeybusiness
    Love it!!! Have you had any issues with trapped and/or bent bars?
  3. monkeybusiness
    How big/how much are you expecting to spend etc? Have a look at hornbeam too - looks very similar to beech, tolerates poor ground, grows faster.
  4. monkeybusiness
    Get signage made up on either foamex or a better bet is dibond (aluminium backing). Foamex can expand/contract a bit in the heat. Screw either to the ply. I did once use vinyl graphics (single colour logo) direct onto painted plywood and it actually looked pretty good and stayed on for the life of the boards so that is an option.
  5. monkeybusiness
    46 grade hydraulic oil in my Bandit chipper (that’s what Global recommend).
  6. monkeybusiness
    These are worth a look too - https://www.johnadamssupplies.co.uk/
  7. monkeybusiness
    I have used Aalco - really good setup, loads of info on their website. I think they price by weight from memory so the price changes with metal value. http://www.aalco.co.uk/literature/files/aalco-stocklist.pdf
  8. monkeybusiness
    You can get a plain top plank so you don’t need to cap it - just cap the ends as you are doing. I’ve never built an ali floor but do have a couple of tippers with them - they are light but dent pretty easily. For the marginal weight increase I’d be inclined to go with easy peasy steel personally, but totally see where you are coming from doing it properly!
  9. monkeybusiness
    Just be ready for a bit of movement/bending/twisting from galvanising. And make sure you drill plenty of drain holes to allow the zinc in/out of your box section.
  10. monkeybusiness
    If you can fabricate/weld etc then salvage/repair your subframe, tipping floor and corner posts (all in steel). Then get ali planks to the correct size with the correct channel profiles to close the ends, clip them together (they can need a bit of persuading to clip in - don’t be gentle but make sure you don’t wreck them!) and then bolt the sides and headboards to your steel corner uprights. The ali board panels are strong enough to not need full framing. Tail gate build the same way out of ali and bolt steel hinge pieces on (weld the other halves to your rear corner posts). You’ll do it for less than £2k I reckon.
  11. monkeybusiness
    Check your fuel filters too. Is it down on power at all? Does it sound rough? What colour is the smoke?
  12. monkeybusiness
    Paint to match your vehicle tipper body (not specific vehicle paint, just the cheapest slap-on paint you can find that is close in colour to your tipping body) - chuck a few coats on. With all the will in the world plywood sides won’t last for ever (particularly if you leave woodchip in there for prolonged periods of time). Even not well looked after you should get 18 months-2 years out of 18mm wbp before it needs replacing though.
  13. monkeybusiness
    18mm wbp for the sides and headboard, 12mm will be fine for the roof.
  14. monkeybusiness
    Plywood? If so, 3x 8x4 sheets will get you a decent sized box (4x if you want a roof).
  15. monkeybusiness
    A touch awkward.... He did start it though in fairness!
  16. monkeybusiness
    Check the air filter isn’t blocked.
  17. monkeybusiness
    Did you buy your place off him?
  18. monkeybusiness
    Can you not offer him an olive branch and let him run it under your drive? Root damage would be minimal, you would get a resurfaced drive, you might become friends again? Next thing you know it’s keys-in-a-bowl time etc etc.
  19. monkeybusiness
    Brilliant, thanks! I’d still buy one if you ever make another batch by the way!
  20. monkeybusiness
    Oi Bob @aspenarb - any chance of re-uploading the pics of this barrel pump setup please? I can’t open them anymore!!
  21. monkeybusiness
    How much for a regular crate of whatever beer locals drink?
  22. monkeybusiness
    That is expensive, wowsers! In the UK it is pretty normal to get 10% off Ifor Williams list price when buying new. The overall cost of ownership tends to be relatively low for Ifor Williams too - they sell for big money second hand for some reason.
  23. monkeybusiness
    Because Brian James are shit in my experience. But not £2k shitter, so he bought the right trailer! @The dogwalker - are there any locally made equivalents or have the British cornered the market over there? An Ifor dealer over here reckons they sell a lot in Europe as they are cheap compared to what’s available on the continent.
  24. monkeybusiness
    Very pragmatic outlook, good stuff! To be fair to Brian James they will only buy those pumps in, they don’t make them. (I still think you should have bought an Ifor Williams though!). This thread has done nothing to improve my view of Brian James...
  25. monkeybusiness
    On a brand new trailer? What has the dealer got to say about it? Surely they have a new pump mechanism on the shelf, it should only take half an hour to fit. If not, have they got a trailer you can use until it is fixed?

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