Stephen Blair
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Ouch!! How bad is it Dean? Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk
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My diet sounds similar, I do eat a lot of bagels and pancakes. I get loads of energy from them, a big bag of mixed nuts and raisins is always good. Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk
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Well done Huck, last I was on the scales I was just over 13, I think I've lost a few lbs this last week walking and cycling. Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk
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Very well done, but it's forum rules not to believe you unless there's pictures Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk
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That job has hiab written on it more than mewp. Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk
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What you guys weighing in at? Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk
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There was a really good and pretty cheap extension hydraulic saw on here a while back for machines. Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk
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If it's says Turbo, buy it!! Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk
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No 1 machine is perfect, and the way I look at it is compared to man power. Maybe a mini digger and flail will be rubbish in the eyes of a road sude verge guy, but any things better than a day hacking away with strimmers and hedge cutters and a week of picking thorns out your fingers and arms! If I buy a £3k flail, it will either last me 10 years or pay for itself, make me money and I'll renew it every few years. Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk
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That's cracking Tom!! Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk
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Ha ha, wasn't expecting that Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk
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I'm sure Tom exhausted that option before firing up the saw! He doesn't give up easy !! Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk
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Honest reply time, unless that tree is wobbling about on its roots then they don't come much easier than that for an experienced squad. A morning shift and time for bacon rolls included . Cutting from a mewp doesn't stop you smashing stuff! It would still need lowered, or are you cutting and chucking beside the fancy patio? If you want the wood that much, pass the job onto an experienced company and say you will take the timber once it's ringed up and stacked at the pavement. Forget the risk of the patio, you have pedestrians and a commitment to the homeowner that you can competently take that tree down safely. This is friendly advice Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk
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3-5 year old, tight and good price is not an easy equation to find. Remember the tax efficiency of a brand new machine. Cat were doing 3 years 0% finance and 2 years warranty. Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk
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You should of unhitched Tom and positioned better, a straight lift directly behind the tractor rather than angled. Make sure you chalk the trailer wheels or you can shove it away What's the story with the butt? Is there iron through it. Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk
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Depends what your doing, a 1.5tonner will do a lot but most of the time it's getting abused, mine is the zero turn 2.7ton and the jump in power and capabilities is emmense. 1.5 tonners are 10 a penny, £60 a day to hire. So get something not as common and you will attract work with it. I've got the 4' rake aswell and it's great for ripping out stumps, roots and grading soil. I went to a cherry root that builders had been clawing at for a day with a 1.5 t, then the owner called me, 1 pull, it was classic:) Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk
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That's my next purchase, I'm just waiting on the right job coming in. Exac-1 is where I get my attachments Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk
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Very nice!!!! Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk
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Beauty!! Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk
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I had a CF loader out on demo, it was brilliant crossing lawns and lifting stuff, but on in even ground it was nearly on its side and had no down pressure for digging or shoving and the cost was eye watering for what it was. Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk
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It plays its part in me not needing staff. I can go to jobs myself that are suited to it. I did a job last week that was priced for 3 days, 2 labourers and the Mog. I did it in 4 hours myself with the digger .( I re negotiated the job to suit us both as ground conditions changed from when I priced) Then I went to another job and lifted 5 ton of timber out a garden and loaded a trailer with it, then I went and tidied my yard and didn't break sweat once It costs me £444 a month . I bought the attachments outright and 25% of the machine and it's 0% interest. Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk
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That head with electro diverted switch built into the quick hitch is £5650 p vat. Big money compared to normal timber grabs . The diference is unreal though, the digger turns into a robot arm. Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk
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I run a 3 tonner with demo grab, some jobs you can get into, some you can't. You will find your work will change to suit the machine the more you use it and the more it's seen. There's always a way of making a job easier, will you do it with 1 machine? No, I have a range of them. 3 tonners a brilliant size! Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk
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Ha ha, secrets out garland pa!! Happy half century:) Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk
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Good idea, just a bit viscous ! Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk
