ukminch
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No it's not it 3.5t truck plus the weight of the chipper Nope you can under certain circumstances tow a heavier trailer. I don't understand why this is so hard for people to understand all the information is clearly available on government websites. R
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Does anyone know of climbing/arb shops in Market Drayton?
ukminch replied to MaxJ's topic in General chat
I'd say Buxtons is your nearest, although Giles as MD Mowers can be helpful and order stuff in, but probably not much help. R -
I am sorting it, but I am being slack about my website. In fact I'm going to put a rough email together now of what I want with some pics to send to the guy thats going to do it for me. Right now!!
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Bang on, and I'm going to fix it. £600 or £50 a month sounds reasonable for the invaluable advice you can get. I just need to make sure that a system is put in place and stick to it. I also use my debit/credit card or cheque book for everything. This was part of the problem when the tax man turned up. I could prove what I'd brought from the statements - this is how i'd done the returns been through the internet banking and added it all up. What I did struggle with was the physical receipts. I've sorted this now, but I need to take it further which is what I'm doing. R
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I know what I'd be doing out of paying the money and losing a vehicle and staff member for that amount of time during the day. I'm sure you'll find somewhere closer though. R
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I guess not:001_tt2:, although the truth always comes out int he end:001_unsure: It is and it isn't at the end of the day people need to take some responsibility for themselves. A bit of research would show what the job market is like and so if they decide to go down that route they need to be doing it bigger or better than the next person! R
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LOL nope. I'm just wondering if I know you. But there are hundreds of firms round here, especially with myerscough being just up the road. R
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Are you Liverpool based?
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I had that little chat a year or so ago it was a nightmare, receipts missing left right and centre. Was quite uncomfortable. I can honestly say now all receipts are kept in a file, not organised but they are there. Biggest problem was all the fuel receipts for £5-10 quid, all paid for by card so I could prove I'd had it but not got a VAT receipt. The fuel card comes into it's own for that. An invoice once a month thats itemised. Brilliant!! Still thanks to my accountant I did come out of it better off:thumbup: I have been better since then but I've been looking at different ways of doing things and I've flagged this as a major thing. I'm going to have a chat with him about doing everything later on in the week. Ideal scenario would be I'd give him an envelope with receipts, one with invoices then a list of mileages and wages and away I go. R
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Tells me what to put on them:001_tt2: Thats the point that I was making I don't use him effectively at all, mainly because I'm always to late to get stuff to him before I'd get fined. I'm quite happy paying someone to do a job their good at. Just wondering what I should be paying as it's not the kind of thing you get 3 quotes for....... R
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I don't think that would be right for me. All my accounts get done last minute and in a rush this is why I want to put a system in place to make this more efficient. I simply wouldn't use the package effectively. What I do is to make a note in the diary of money received, money paid out (wages, fuel) and mileage that could easily be put into a spreadsheet once every so often by me. The purpose of this is that it could then be easily analysed to see if I'm better off running personal vehicles, means I can't claim VAT on fuel, cost of repairs but get 40p/mile for them. Especially going to be relevant if I get a newer vehicle rather than an older one that doesn't cost a lot. Same with hiring equipment vs buying etc etc. Then all the other stuff would be done by the accountant - does that make sense?? R
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Gotta slow them down somehow!! If you can't win fairly - Cheat:001_tt2:
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Something that I've been thinking about for a while. I don't use my accountant properly. I fill in my own VAT returns and tax forms. I use my accountant for advice but I know I miss a lot of tricks of the trade. I ought to just keep records of mileage (I run vehicles as personal vehicles) and what I've done where along with receipts and let him take it from there. Next time I see him I'm going to ask him about whether he'd do this and how much he'd charge for such a service. How do other people do stuff and how much (if you don't mind me asking) do you pay? I reckon with the hourly rate he charges me it cost me about £400 quid for stuff last year. I reckon if he got everything every month/3 months/whatever along with a spreadsheet it may not work out much more than this and would be a lot more efficient?? R
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Just tried the de-walt one at the British superbikes today, awesome bit of kit. Think I'll invest in one next time I get a decent decking job come up. R
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In reply to Highland forestry: Bang on my accountant explained this really well to me. I was struggling for work when I lost out on renewal of contracts and started panicking. I'd go out and do jobs that paid immediately and do them cheap as it really helped my cashflow (I was on 90 day terms for some work) I'd have equipment on hire or owned for other jobs and have a fuel card for the van so didn't really see these expenses. When the accountant told me I was working for about £60 a day for a 12 hour day I was shocked. I had loads of money in my pocket, when he showed me the figures I discovered that actually what I'd got was a loan, and there were better ways of borrowing that money for the short term that I needed it. A good accountant will save you more money that you spend on them. I don't use mine enough and need to make better use of him as I know he's very good. R
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Only one way to find out!!! Dare ya:001_tt2::001_tt2: Jo think carefully about what your writing with regards to insurance on public threads. I'm sure your not the main driver and that you are driving it as a second driver. Make sure that nobody from an insurance company could misconstrude what your saying, it's all to easy to google search your email address before paying out if something did happen................ R
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How will that work with concrete posts though?? I normally put a post in as close as possible to the tree, then there is no set way of doing it, it's always a compromise as the tree will always grow and cause problems or die eventually. I guess you've just got to use a bit of creative joinery. R
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Good point. I've got an old knackered car that I run round in. Someone broke in and hotwired it, unfortunately for them the fuel cut off switch had been activated. Meant I just needed new bits from a scrap yard instead of another car. R
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I like that idea, only thing is it may just end up doing damage to the trailer when they try and pull it out. As for the wheelnuts idea, I know 'someone' that did this then forgot to tighten them again.... I always think the main thing is to slow them down/make sure that your stuff appears to be harder to get hold of than someone elses. ie two houses one with a new looking alarm, one with a knackered one, whats going to be the target. If they want your stuff they'll get it we've just got to make it as hard as we can for them, and make sure we're adequately insured/have a contingency plan if the worst happens. R
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If it's a twin axle make sure that you wheelclamp the back wheel, else they just lift it and tow it on the back two wheels. If left for any length of time wheels off is always good!
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But although jo bloggs would buy a chainsaw would he buy wedges and stuff like that, someones got a be buying it innocently or otherwise R
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You must have been more expensive than him when they got 3 quotes then:001_tt2::001_tt2:
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What's the best method of removing pampas grass?
ukminch replied to Treewarrior's topic in General chat
attach other end to truck after a bit of digging and pull, bash soil of chuck in truck then dispose of.........................
