ukminch
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A mate of mine works for gristlewood and toms in london and he was telling me about how they've stolen and attempted to steal kit over the years. Quite scary really, but lets not sidetrack this thread to another thieving scum one.
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I'd leave it open, there are some really thick thieves about as I've had the misfortune to gather other the years. I was thinking more about on site during the day when it's parked at the front of a house and your out back..... A few of the guys that I've subbed work to over the years have had toolchests in between the chassis rails so you have to lift the back to get in, don't know how practical it would be. Probably more practical than my toy tipper, i reckon it will be ideal for little jobs and my chipper is only small anyway:
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Get the old truck on ebay somebody will probably buy it!! As for the toolbox looks good, although don't know how thief proof it is. I've known roller shutter doors be put in very easily. They hit the middle of it with a sledge hammer which causes it to pop out of the runners then they just bend it out the way. We found that a bit of steel bar half way down means that this should be easier to stop. You could put a steel (Or wood) shelf halfway up which would have the same effect. Or it maybe that that shutter is better than the roller shutter door type and wont come out the runners as easily. Rob
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It is indeed scary those pictures say a lot. Guess it all depends on what the original poster wanted to do with it though. If your bringing 200kgs of logs out along a track possibly not an issue, if it's more then well, the above pics speak for themselves. Never even thought of the above scenarios..... R
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Yep always difficult, at the end of the day the customer knows what they want, and somebody will do it for them. Mowing and foot traffic are supposed to be one of the worst things for a tree I believe.
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My first attempt at rustic outdoor furniture...
ukminch replied to TimberCutterDartmoor's topic in General chat
Gets my vote to, it's natural so shouldn't be 100% straight and rigid. Looks fantastic Rob -
It's not something that I've ever had to do so never really given it any thought until now. How would you go about turfing up to a tree, or would you just not do it. R
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Where abouts in the midlands are you?
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Whats the propellor for on an aeroplane? To keep the pilot cool, if you don't believe me take it off and watch him sweat!!!
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I'm just wondering when I did my cs30/31 a few years ago this guy had a safety chain that wouldn't bore. He tried it and it just smoked until the instructor clicked. He had to borrow a saw for boring until he got another chain. Can't remember what saw it was or anything useful though. Rob
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Does that mean that you cannot do a boring cut with it?
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I'd say a grand is about right, obviously depending on the condition of it. Go and try it see what you think. I know what tractorboy is saying about it working better when the blades are slightly dull, I can't decide whats best completely sharp or slightly used, depends on the wood I guess. You'll learn how to use it most effectively without blocking after a few hours use, and anyting over 4 inch will become a log that you can sell!! Rob
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Gota be something to do with the square root of the hypotenuse............
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I'm guessing it's probably the difference between 1-2 grand and 4-6 grand, quite a big leap when you first start. Rob
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Am I right in thinking that this is the 4-5inch gravity fed chipper? If so I've got a version of it, and it's good but you need to be aware of it's limitations. I find myself hiring in bigger chippers on bigger jobs. It will take big stuff ie 4inch but you can only put short lengths of it through, with conifer you need to hold it back as it will take two much and block up. Good little start up chipper if its the one I'm thinking, how much has it been offered to you for? Rob
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Where were thos pics taken Mr ed somewhere round bury?
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I know, it's something that I normally don't want but just recently customers have been keeping the log and the chip, and even letting me put the rakings in their green wheely bins. Rob
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Nobody got any chip for me down that way then??
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I think he's talking about cash accounting, basically you pay the vat man when you get paid. Rob
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I'll second what SWB said, last year my take home was 10% of my turnover. This year it's going to be about 70%. I'm only working a few days a week but the money I earn is mine, I'm not chasing my tail to pay subbies, staff etc etc. If I don't get paid for 6 months now by one company it's a nice bonus when it does come in as I can survive on not very much. You've got to make the mistakes yourself in the first place though, it's hard to learn from someone elses. If you can you'll do well!! Interestingly I reckon my second year in business was my most successful so far, so I'm trying to go back to methods I used then to some degree. Rob
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I was told that I was ok with an IPAF ticket and CS39 at myerscough college but don't take it as gospel. Rob
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Hi there, Bit of a cheeky request I'm after a load of woodchip to put down for a friend/part time customer. It's for paths between shrub beds so the quality is not important i.e conifer etc. Access is an issue, your not going to get an arctic in there but the drive is compressed hardcore so your not going to get stuck. I'd estimate I'd want about 3 or 4 transit loads full, She doesn't want to pay much for it either but I'm sure we could arrange a few quid beer money. Can be dropped any time after next week. Thanks in advance Rob
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Never had to make a claim - fortunately touch wood etc, but Trust didn't seem that cheap to me, was with them last year for Prof Indem, Emp Liab and Pub Liab. I've got my vehicles insured on a motortrade policy with Bollingtons with the business use tagged on. I do buy and sell vehicles as a side line though. Rob
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So we still don't know what happened, any chance of the full details to stop any of us falling for the same scam. Rob
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Simply put you can tow a 750kg behind a car, there are some exceptions for 4x4's etc. The infos out there and doesn't really contradict itself IMO Rob
