monkeybusiness

You can plumb case drains into the return line if they run freely enough (in simple terms) - if the valve block essentially does this then it’s probably fine. I’d try and contact the manufacturer to see how it is supposed to be plumbed in case it has been modified and is causing issues.

Just check your case drain is plumbed correctly and it hasn’t blown because of back-pressure. And that your return line is open to tank.

I’d price a complete motor off Flowfit before chucking time/money at a repair too - they can be surprisingly cheap brand new!

Where did you buy it? Any comeback?

I admire you BigJ and reckon we’d probably get along in person, but that is a terrible position to take IMO. I might as well move to Chelsea, rent a room, bung my sprogs in school, flog a few copies of the Big Issue and claim the same! Surely I should be able to build a warehouse to store my magazines in and build a house on the same piece of land bought at agricultural rates (crap ground for growing anything on along the banks of the Thames so 3-4k an acre seems fair - it can’t be worth any more than that otherwise people would have unfairly benefited from planning legislation?). I really don’t think you’re argument stacks up I’m afraid.

You don’t NEED to live there though as far as I can see? You just want to. There are plenty of other options within budget surely.

Did they get broken bringing them home from the nursery? They’ll straighten up no worries IME

I understand that, but how is it ‘policed’? I doubt it is ever investigated in reality, these grants are dished out to meet targets, it is in nobody’s interest to start the massive paperwork exercise undoubtedly involved in clawing the money back. The whole thing is bullshit - let market forces dictate prices and business can follow.

There was a really lovely Valtra/roofmount/trailer setup at the APF that was 12 months old and had done no work (was essentially brand new). It was being sold by the dealer on behalf of the owner for many many pounds, and was undoubtedly worth its asking price. I can only assume it was bought with a grant and someone was cashing out (obviously this is pure conjecture!) as I can think of no other worldly reason for such a setup to be commissioned and not used/flogged so quickly. Nice little 20-30-40% profit for someone with the available funds and forethought...

Not by network operator authorised cutters - they can fell where possible.

I’d think a decent land agent would be able to negotiate a good financial return to the land owner from the electricity company for this type of work, over and above the works being undertaken to whatever spec the land owner insists upon.

As demand increases (through humans breeding more than anything else) the price of property will increase, as there is a finite amount of it (basic rules of supply/demand). Whether it is a house, a building plot, or an acre of land that grows barley particularly well - it is going to get more expensive over time if population continues to grow. Artificially deflating the values to help a current generation get what they want ‘NOW’ will change nothing long term, but may damage the availability of land capable of sustaining life in the future.

That’s simply a business issue though. If those are the market rates and they aren’t affordable then you need to look at your business model as it may not be sustainable. You have machinery that can in reality be parked anywhere when not being used on site. That is where your argument falls down unfortunately. An extension of your reasoning would mean that any firms could throw up new factories/warehouses etc wherever they fancy (there are loads of relatively cheap, empty (aside from the inconsequential crap farmers are growing in them...) fields alongside the M6 for example - stick a few industrial units along there for decent motorway access) because it’s a lot cheaper than buying/renting on an actual industrial estate. Why should your business benefit from relaxed planning rules when everyone else’s (other than the anomaly that is farming, but let’s not keep poking that particular nest) is bound by them? It’s a tightening of the rules around farming that is probably more called for, not an across-the-board relaxation elsewhere imo.

And I reckon some of those South Wales boys would love to be ridden by you/your Suffolk’s/anything with a cock and balls really, they aren’t at all fussy!!!

‘Like I know you’re going to’ - the way he says that is one of my favourite lines in a film ever!!!

On an industrial estate I’d have thought?

I think you are correct. Most farmers know everyone/everything that is going on in their area - their’s isn’t a business that pops up overnight. It is moving away from the point to suggest that it is difficult/impossible to deal with farmers though - they (and this is a generalisation based on my experience) tend to be incredibly shrewd, and often successfully run much much larger businesses than appearances may suggest! They are as good at doing deals as they are at turning sunshine into milk/wheat/lamb etc!

Is it just really really close to the camera then?

If anyone turned up unannounced in my yard in a Transit requesting to ‘work alongside me’ I’d make instant assumptions that their intentions were not at all beneficial to me. I cannot think of a single reason why I would take such an approach as anything other than the start of some sort of scam. Maybe I’m racist towards transit drivers though!

That’s not a 7.5 tonner. Look at the size of the wheels/tyres - only a nutcase would put all that kit onto anything less than an 18 tonner. That with a bin on the back won’t have much payload - it would be a great arb truck (running at 18 tonnes) as it would possibly legally carry 6 or 7 tonne, which is a decent load of woodchip or timber. Pretty much useless for moving aggregates/machinery though.

I’d bet you it’s more than that. No way that vehicle can carry anything legally running at 3.5 tonnes - I doubt it’s legal empty!

I’d pull the motor off and run it up - you’ll know straight away then. Shouldn’t be more than 4 bolts holding it on I’d imagine.

More pics required - where is it/what’s behind it/what does that grease nipple supply? I suspect your motor might have shat itself and oil is finding it’s way through the shaft into the drive flange and then seeping out through the bearing (but from the info and pic that is pure conjecture!).

Mega skills for loading it in the first place - how did it not all fall off before he got the chain on?!

Is it plumbed in the right direction?!