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  1. monkeybusiness
    I can’t see any reason to withhold the vote from people who can legally breed/smoke/drive - surely their say is relevant? It might focus the minds of politicians to set out (and hopefully deliver) longer term manifestos, instead of only looking to the next election. It is impossible to implement any radical (or even non-radical but sensible) policies because of the way politics works in this country, so we end up mired in bureaucratic nonsense with problems getting worse but nothing being done about it because of quangos, political correctness, and parliamentary one-upmanship. There are millions of 18+ people in this country who probably shouldn’t be allowed to leave the house on their own, never mind have a say in deciding how the rest of us are governed. We do need to accept their thoughts on who runs the country though, even if they only take take take and never pay taxes….
  2. monkeybusiness
    Sounds perfect for your intended application - handy but of kit to have in the arsenal!
  3. monkeybusiness
    I’d think that might benefit from a ground anchor if you are going to do any heavy pulling, it’ll put a lot of strain through the hitch/boom etc and potentially drag the Avant to the load.
  4. monkeybusiness
    I’ve dealt with them a couple of times over the years and have to say they were one of the most professional setups I’ve encountered in this industry. It’s a shame they are closing - I hope it was on their terms.
  5. monkeybusiness
    Do physics and hinges work differently in France to Mark?…. 😂
  6. monkeybusiness
    Sorry all - I should have sat on it until tonight/tomorrow. I clearly misjudged what a serious business this thread is - I promise to be a better human in the future…
  7. monkeybusiness
    I thought so - it recognises quite a few ‘naughty’ words which are obviously always wasted guesses but worth throwing in as far as I’m concerned!
  8. monkeybusiness
    Not exactly…
  9. monkeybusiness
    Should have got today’s in 2 but a corrupted brain span it out…
  10. monkeybusiness
    Essentially someone bought some land with no planning restrictions that was thought to be impossible to build on because of potential mining issues. It was available for sale to the highest bidder, and nobody else fancied paying any more for it. Said buyer invested (heavily I would imagine) in ground investigations and subsequently proved that where they want to build 3 houses is actually suitable from a ground-stability perspective. It seems a bit late to be moaning about potentially having new neighbours if I’m honest. An investor has gambled and it looks like it may well pay off. Nobody wants development next to them - that’s why everyone knows the term NIMBY…
  11. monkeybusiness
    That edge should be sharp, it’s totally blunt. How clean was the material you were chipping? Any soil contamination at all?
  12. monkeybusiness
    I bet you got a decent view of the northern lights from up there last night!
  13. monkeybusiness
    I saw this last night - hopefully the rights of the dead and injured burglars carry less weight than those who appear to have been defending their property. (Although I admit to a great deal of speculation here on my part!).
  14. monkeybusiness
    I don’t recall his quote ‘This forum is a bellend magnet’. I need to watch more of his stuff I guess!
  15. monkeybusiness
    F4RK U
  16. monkeybusiness
    I guess none of you want to buy DR71OGS (dry logs) or GO71OGS (got logs) then?…
  17. monkeybusiness
    A mate has had Schleisings for years, always buys new from Overland, won’t have anything else. The last one he had was/is a total dog from new and Overland were pretty hopeless - I’d have been a lot less patient than my friend (it should have gone back for a full refund but they had him dragging it up and down the country several times for repairs with no compensation and no offer of a loan machine). I’d personally never deal with them after seeing how he was treated (and he still won’t speak badly of them!).
  18. monkeybusiness
    4 workers for 5-7 days plus a digger - there shouldn’t be a single twig or root left in 1.2 acres of woodland after that surely!
  19. monkeybusiness
    Exactly - I wasn’t suggesting no sides, just a flat-bed construction.
  20. monkeybusiness
    Unless you are carrying serious weight and therefore want as low a floor height as possible I’d personally avoid a tub-style trailer (wheels to the sides) as flatbed (wheels below the bed) trailers offer more versatility for loading etc. Forklift loading and shovelling loose material straight off the trailer are two massively limiting factors of trailers like the GD range.
  21. monkeybusiness
    It worked on my iPhone.
  22. monkeybusiness
    This looks not far off ready to go for fairly sensible money - it’s on a tractor and plant group on Facebook.
  23. monkeybusiness
    I’m certain that we fall under the exemption essentially covered by - ‘If you only carry your own goods in a vehicle of 3.5 tonnes or less and your trailer’s unladen weight is less than 1,020 kg you may not need an operator’s licence for operating within the United Kingdom.’ However, if you are delivering logs/chip etc then you would definitely need an operator’s licence. Where it might be a bit grey is if you are towing a heavy wheeled chipper. Tracked chippers and arb-diggers on plant trailers generally meet the ‘under 1020kg unladen’ rule. A couple of my lads and I are about to do our artic lorry and CPC training from a standing start so I’m hoping to gain absolute clarity on these rules - we will probably end up running hgvs of some sort in the near future so will obviously need an O licence then.
  24. monkeybusiness
    I’ve had a few pairs of Arbortec Fellhunters now and they’ve never fallen apart. One pair leaked from new but they were quickly replaced.
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