Ian C

what's the opinions between the SG40 and the pred 38, there about the same price but the pred grinds deeper  and has vari tracks and is narrower and the RX pred now comes with a dozer blade as standard.

Can you enlighten us as I will pissed off if that's the cast. 

Yes been scrapped about 12 month ago and they blamed it on covid, ?, with the way things are at the moment we wont be needing driving refresher courses as we will all be getting a Donkey and cart each,,[emoji23]

I would never just take the customers word for it, it’s so easy check these days and if you want a shit reputation and a battle with the council crack on, if not tell him to do one.

Yep and there brilliant!

Each to there own really, I’m not a massive fan of Green teeth, yes the teeth are good but if you get a bit giddy and just do that bit too much you shag the pocket and nut making the tooth a twat to get off.

Can’t stand em, 60 days? Sod that couldn’t do 5 mins with em .

I wouldn’t be doing that stump with a little machine to start with, need a bigger machine at it.

I would go with coil, non genuine aren’t that expensive and easy to fit.

Sg40 and pred 38 are both 18k plus vat, I’m also looking at a tracked machine

Ain’t known as Grimdales for nowt !

All great info as always, most appreciated! Hand pump seems to be the easiest option, interested in hearing more on barrel stand and tap solution though. I must admit that idea fills me with worry about pissing it all over the floor, I'm presuming it uses gravity to fill rather than a pump?
 
To answer the question regards price on 200L drum.... I've been offered it at £400+vat. The equivalent Aspen is £480ish I think, so decent saving. I'm picking it up from a local dealer so no delivery to pay.

I use an American hand pump Mike, not cheap but brilliant, wish I’d got one years ago, wouldn’t use leccy pump due to possibility of sparks/ fumes, chain oil just stick to 20lt drums, I have had 200lt drums and they always seem to be so thick and snotty there almost unporable in winter and I end up letting them down with diesel.

Personally I would pass this on to an ecologist and the cost to the customer simple as that, no way I would put myself in the firing line.

Silver might not be too bad, I was gold for 5 years at £700 a year, like dobbin said, there are ways round it when it suits them! 

one of my commercial client went to Gold this year and I binned it last year, told them I aint bothered as there shit payers and want everything on the cheap, if your going to get some accreditation go for something like CHAS, SMAS or safe contractor, they will cover a much better and broader spectrum.

At what level have they asked you to join at? At basic level it’s easy enough, various bits of paper and documentation to email off, at gold level which is what most what it’s a lot more involved with signed policy documents needed for a load of stuff, basically unless you do a lot of work for them and good payers I wouldn’t bother.

I like the GB bars from Rob D there not as silly priced as the Jap stuff look good and are a quality bar.

Good job that wall is there, a table is supposed to have four legs! Doh

I won’t do “ through the house” jobs , simply more hassle than its worth , as for a little grinder I find it makes more money than our big machine on domestic stuff due to tight assess down sides of houses and tiny gates.

The last quote I had was £450,

I used a dugga dugga to rattle them out. They did put up a fight though and I sheared a torx bit in the process. 

29 minutes ago, Claire23 said:

I know but what they ask round here for what I can do in a day is crazy.

And what are they asking for to do what you can do in a day?

How do you know you have one? Or am I just a fat bastard?

Hydraulic pump on the Schlising chipper.
Bugger!