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Mark Bolam

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  1. Mark Bolam
    Get a price from a local and qualified company. Any other answer on here will be pure speculation.
  2. Mark Bolam
    I am 100% behind Jimmy Carr. And I’m not being funny.
  3. Mark Bolam
    I’m quite chuffed so far that this thread hasn’t attracted some bleeding heart defending the dids. We all know the craic.
  4. Mark Bolam
    All I can think of Mick is that the dids have a network of a few genuine machines and can order the parts for the serial numbers from them. Doesn’t help if there’s a big problem only a dealer can sort out though. The manufacturers certainly don’t do enough to help. The basic security locks are laughable. They obviously see a stolen machine as a new sale.
  5. Mark Bolam
    There isn’t any stolen kit out there doing an honest days work Spud, that’s bollocks. Anyone accepting ‘mislaid’ ID plates etc. just to get a good deal is as bad as the pikeys.
  6. Mark Bolam
    Some food for thought here for sure. Anyone who buys a chipper without checking serial numbers etc. with the manufacturer is basically as bad as the thieves.
  7. Mark Bolam
    I’m not sure about the engine thing Mick. For instance a TW 160 is about £14k, the engine is less than £2k new. The figures don’t make sense. I agree about Eastern Europe, unless everyone in Romania has a chipper by now! It’s baffling. Beechwood in Coventry had a Forst stolen yesterday, painted in company colours. That would be very difficult to shift.
  8. Mark Bolam
    I don’t make the rules mate. I only know this because I used to find it effective for treating mould. I tried to buy some recently and found out it had been banned. Loads of stuff for sale is Borax substitute. Ebay. Mmmmm. The thieves friend. Selling stolen gear is banned in the UK, but Ebay don’t seem to mind….
  9. Mark Bolam
    Thanks for the updated pics and vids Tim. The wood is basically worthless. If I was pricing it I’d actually offer you a substantial discount if all the heavy wood could stay on site. Even as firewood, any intrinsic value would be wiped out by extraction and haulage costs. Sorry.
  10. Mark Bolam
    Hi Andy, I’ve been really impressed by what I’ve seen of the Microbulls on here, and by Dave’s input especially. I’m leaning towards the WQ simply because of the dealer proximity, and after using tracked and wheeled grinders I prefer wheels. Also good reviews. All the main contenders are pretty good I reckon, although the MB attachment prices are very tempting. I’ve hit a financial glitch at the minute, which I’ll probably have a rant about in a separate thread.
  11. Mark Bolam
    I have used MBS from Essex in the past, and they were great to deal with. Their operator Matt was also a full-on arb, and basically did the job for us. That was a 34m tracked machine, which was way less than a Transit width wise.
  12. Mark Bolam
    A lot better than a man with a saw I would imagine!
  13. Mark Bolam
    Borax is classed in the ‘borate’ group of chemicals, which are deemed hazardous to health.
  14. Mark Bolam
    Borax has been banned in the UK for years.
  15. Mark Bolam
    Get someone to price the felling and make your fortune selling the trunks yourself.
  16. Mark Bolam
    Get in! The planet is saved!
  17. Mark Bolam

    Pricing

    Mark Bolam replied to RobG 86's topic in General chat

    You go and work for someone else until you know what you’re doing.
  18. Mark Bolam
    I think loading on 2m ramps might be a bit sketchy. I was thinking 3’s to load onto a Transit bed. Good stuff though Dilz, thanks for the input.
  19. Mark Bolam
    As above, but with non-bio. Tie the rope in an electricians braid first to avoid tangles.
  20. Mark Bolam
    That’s a pretty good shout actually. Think of the millions of Kw that are generated by people exercising every year.
  21. Mark Bolam
    Let’s get back on track please gents.
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  23. Mark Bolam
    I was going to say mate, don’t climb on that!
  24. Mark Bolam
    I’m useless AB+, great at taking, bad at giving!
  25. Mark Bolam
    Cheers Don. I’m aware of the limitations of going for a small machine, but as many have said any loader is better than no loader. I’ve rived 100kg lumps into the back of the Tranny on my own before, but look back now and think ‘What the feck was I playing at?’. Popped guts, £5k’s worth of surgery and looking like 2 months off, I should have engaged my brain a bit earlier. 250kg lift doesn’t sound that much, until you handball 250kg!

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