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You have more than enough ammo, you will get paid!

That’s exactly what Thomas Higgins do on your behalf - costs £10 and you get that back when you win. Solicitor’s letter and a professional firm sorting all the paperwork - no brainer IME. Life’s to short to stress out chasing money, use the pros!

I’d bet that’s the real reason your stress control isn’t working - if the magic box isn’t receiving an engine speed feed from the broken alternator it won’t allow the rollers to turn irrespective of the charge in the battery.

Thomas Higgins - google them, brilliant for exactly this.

Don’t touch it, you’ll end up with very curly hair.

She’s been cocked more times than John Wayne’s rifle, you’d need to strap a plank across your back so you didn’t fall in I’d imagine!

Has it got enough hydraulic oil in it?

I recently bought an Ifor Williams Q trailer for moving my sheep. They are a great design and modular so you can spec them how you like (roof/sides/ramps etc). Definitely worth a look IME.

Don’t know sorry - it’s a terrible design though!

Sad to see this sort of thing. Saying that, if it wasn’t the other end of the country I’d have a few bids at work benches/racking etc, some decent lots there. Don’t forget to add 18% commission then 20% vat then the cost of collecting from Tavistock before getting too excited about any perceived bargains...

I’ll have a chat with him today and pm you

A mate of mine has one and is very pleased with it. He’s near Nantwich and would probably be happy to show it working if of use?

I don’t know why they don’t just tee them into the tank line off the motor as a matter of course. If everything else is plumbed correctly then it isn’t an issue.

What about a case drain - did you plumb it direct into the tank line in the head? Or do VD motors not need one?

What sort of oil flow did you manage to get through that EC oil setup Eddie?

I didn’t at any point say someone without employees need EL. A self-employed gardener can have whatever insurance they want/their employer insists upon. If they pay others to undertake work they will legally need EL though.

A bona fide subcontractor would definitely need all of their own insurance, full stop. If you are confused as to whether you are bona fide (or are employing someone in such a capacity) then you need to get your stall set out properly and remove any ambiguity. If you are a labour only subby you don’t need any insurance.

Surely you only need employers liability if you are the actual employer (ie the person/business paying someone to work)? Just because an individual may be operating as a team leader giving instruction to others (howsoever employed) cannot possibly mean that they have to carry separate EL cover. If a subby works for me (not in a bona fide capacity) and damages something, whether they hold insurance or not is irrelevant as the PL claim would be against me/my business. I can’t see how there is a difference with EL.

£300 is quite a lot for a couple of trees - I’d try and get stuff from a commercial nursery if I were you.

Anyway, forget this van nonsense - show is some more pics of ace diggers Eddie!

Yeah, physically they are the same size as the 3.5 tonne ivecos, just built on heavier chassis and axles (engines/gearboxes etc are the same across the weight ranges AFAIK). Iveco Dailys are built like little trucks (unlike transits etc, which are built like big cars) and can all carry weight incredibly well, especially with uprated springs on the smaller ones. Running the one you’ve pictured would be a sensible solution to many in our industry but brings with it a multitude of hurdles. Those prepared to jump over those hurdles can just as easily run any weight rigid truck and trailer combo, and the chances are if they are bothering to upgrade it’s because they need more capacity (volume as well as weight). The ridiculousness of the situation is that anyone could buy that truck and downplate it to 3.5 tonne, thus not needing a tachograph/o-licence etc. It wouldn’t weigh significantly more than the official 3.5 tonne version so would have a similar payload (next to bugger all). Obviously it could then be used day to day in the same way as the majority of transit based setups are - grossing 4.5 tonnes plus when loaded etc etc (anyone suggesting this isn’t the case isn’t being realistic). Totally illegal but arguably safe as it’s designed to run at 7 tonnes. They need to look at 3.5 tonne class vehicles in this country IMO as they aren’t really fit for purpose at present, something that will get worse as we are forced towards electric vehicles. It needs to be much more straightforward for people to run little trucks like the one you’ve pictured legally.

It’d make sense as an addition to a larger truck fleet for bad access etc but to my mind if going down the operators licence/tachograph etc route on a small scale you may as well have a proper truck (12ish tonner) as not much bigger but could be a useful tipper/hooklift/hiab etc setup. It does look handy though!

Tachograph and possibly speed limited too though. And 6 week checks. And you can’t tow 3.5 tonnes with a standard licence, even pre 97.

Tachograph and possibly speed limited too though. And 6 week checks.

There’s a lot of work in that Eddie - are the tracks longer too? They look enormous! I doubt you’ll be able to even see that bucket...