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  1. monkeybusiness
    100% horse chestnut
  2. monkeybusiness
    Sorry - I meant the same 1928 safetraks as in my previous posts. I haven’t had any experience of the new 150 I’m afraid. The 1928 will easily fit into a 4 1/2 foot wide (internal) plant trailer no problem.
  3. monkeybusiness
    We use the same safetraks on ifor gh94 plant trailers - they fit on perfectly and aren’t too high for chipping (you stand on the open ramp to load).
  4. monkeybusiness
    Yes. He wants to pay someone £250 to clear it up/take it away.
  5. monkeybusiness
    We regularly carry Greenmech 1928 Safetraks on 12 foot ifor tippersfor what it’s worth. No issues at all.
  6. monkeybusiness
    Reversing a trailer down a track whilst on the phone to a customer (having just washed the pickup for the first time in weeks)... Doesn’t look too bad but took a serious amount of dragging out!
  7. monkeybusiness
    It’ll go on fine, but would be difficult/too high to load and use whilst on the trailer.
  8. monkeybusiness
    Didn’t for me - they wanted at least £200 (but wouldn’t commit to an actual price!). I bought the full first service filter kit from a different bobcat dealer (on principle, but to maintain the warranty with no wriggle-room) for £70ish plus fluids and got my mechanic to sort (so I have an invoice to prove it’s been done). I enjoy spannering/servicing my kit but really struggle for time nowadays so have a guy in half a day a week. It’s amazing what doesn’t get picked up though - things that I’d notice as an owner/operator that lads don’t report and the mechanic hasn’t the hands-on operating experience to notice (oversensitive stop-bars as an example).
  9. monkeybusiness
    Sounds like a bargain to me - I’ve just had a Takeuchi 1000 hr service kit for my 6 tonner which has every filter (but no fluids) and that was £200 on its own.
  10. monkeybusiness
    You know you’ve pushed your luck when you contemplate unloading a few sticks to get through (but would definitely rather not)... Once you are forced to unload a bit of weight as you’ve tried all your little ‘off road driving god’ tricks to no avail, you become very aware that you’ve been a bit optimistic/silly! Once you have emptied the trailer entirely and still can’t get out of the hole you start contemplating any other possible way of making a living!!! (Or is this just me?!)
  11. monkeybusiness
    I’m not sure those are small tyres, have you seen the staircase up the side?!...
  12. monkeybusiness
    I’ve had this with NPTC before - they won’t give you any info without the person in question’s say-so due to GDPR regs. You need to get them to email Lantra and give their authority for Lantra to share the info with you, which shouldn’t be a problem if it’s all legit... Ive also had the same issue when trying to check a potential subby’s insurance. The insurance company (who I am also insured with!) couldn’t/wouldn’t even give me a yes/no answer as to whether the person in question’s supplied in-date insurance certificate hasn’t been cancelled ‘because of GDPR’. The whole thing is ridiculous imo.
  13. monkeybusiness

    Heave?

    monkeybusiness replied to tim361's topic in General chat

    How old is the house? Is there any history of subsidence?
  14. monkeybusiness
    Any reason why you went for this as opposed to a more straightforward shear (TMK etc)?
  15. monkeybusiness
    I’ve a feeling that that will be a day of woe. Hopefully I’m wrong (take plenty of files though!).
  16. monkeybusiness
    If you take that down/away for free I think the landowner is the real winner!
  17. monkeybusiness
    Not sure where you are Swinny but you are welcome to grab a saw to try if you are anywhere near Cheshire.
  18. monkeybusiness
    The 3/4 impact wrench is my favourite tool tbh - I had a wheelnut nearly defeat it the other day though (standard socket so not delivering its full potential). I allowed the nut a couple of seconds to consider its options as I checked the charge in the battery (which was low) and sure enough, the nut decided that coming undone at the next attempt was its least-worst option. So the impact wrench has maintained its clean sheet to date!
  19. monkeybusiness
    Makita all the way. As said, you can then share batteries with drills etc which you may already have? You say you aren’t interested in any other battery kit but the big makita hedgecutter is excellent too, and not expensive if you already have batteries. Just saying like...
  20. monkeybusiness
    Same shit, different day!... At least it has stopped raining!!!
  21. monkeybusiness
    Depending on how you are providing oil to the crane you might need a flow restrictor as the tractor will be running at high engine rev powering the chipper. It will be much harder to feed than with a digger too, as potentially less control (depending on what is on the end of your digger) and zero visibility.
  22. monkeybusiness
    I’ve had a lot of stuff off them over the last few years (including a replacement 12v tipper unit for an ifor williams trailer at a bargain price, a number of complete rams for various kit I’ve had fabricated, big cetop operated valve blocks to set up radio control on a bandit chipper, loads of hoses and fittings, new electromagnetic coils they have identified from photos etc etc) and it has all been top notch stuff. Nothing has ever arrived that I felt was of poor quality - quite the opposite to be honest. And they are really helpful on the phone too.
  23. monkeybusiness
    I’ve never had any issues with their kit tbh, and have a couple of motors that will have done 1000 hours plus on a chipper.
  24. monkeybusiness
    Hydraulic motors are ridiculously cheap from Flowfit too. They’ll match whatever is fitted.
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