gensetsteve
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Best get and cancel mine if its not worth the paper its written on save £3000 a year.
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Are you sure its not on your equipment. Are your filters in the right place.
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New chain Vs 5 nails in the middle of a tree
gensetsteve replied to dansound's topic in Picture Forum
The worse thing for nails is when people make a tree house and nail steps on. I had a piece of ash a few weeks ago with 27 4" nails in a 10ft length. Managed to ring it for fire wood without killing the chain. I used a ms180 slow going but cheap chain if it goes pearshaped. -
20 years ago I used to get and install 1 in 10 generators I quoted. Then 5 years ago it had dropped to 1 in 100 and the margins were tiny. So now we dont look for generator sales. We used to take all repairs offered because we offered service as an overall package taking the rough with the smooth. Now I vet any work offered very carefully if people can buy on line and get couriered in they can send the crap back that way for repair. We concentrate and target the profitable parts of our industry. You may have noticed some suppliers less interested in new business and your accounts getting shut if not used regularly a generally cant be asked attitude in the country.
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Its the same in most industries. Brewers fair do two nice meals for £10 with a pint ea and pudding around £20. Go to most local independant pubs you will be faced with a sour faced old bitch long wait and cold food dead atmosphere and a bill for £50. Point I am making is there is a recession and alot of people just dont have spare money. Things in some cases are getting cheaper and trades men unfortunately are one of them. You can leave your generators unserviced or let your trees grow but you need to go to the supermarket for food and petrol.
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You have to earn a good wage to pay rates on a small business. Alot of small businesses dont relies that they can ask for excemption due to low profits. Since the greedy pigs brought the country to its knees its time the working classes got something back.
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Possibly looking for some poplar to make kindling in hampshire
gensetsteve replied to gensetsteve's topic in Firewood forum
Yes I know nightmare. I think there is probably more the further north you go. Cant really use stuff thats grown in someones garden as it has too many branches. -
I am sure my doctor told me if you sneeze or cough up green stuff you have an infection often you will fight it off without medication. The thing I find the worse to work with is sycamore especially if its spalted agony in the eyes. I think spaulted beech is bad news too.
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Anyone got any sand ladders they do not use?
gensetsteve replied to Sussex Groundie's topic in Arb-Trucks
I have seen piles of them at Brian Hirst Scrap yard nr st marybourne. He has recently bought the yard and is having a clear out. It used to be called J Hirst and sons. Could be worth a call if you are quick. -
Everybody knows you dont need to be safe at home. You can forget all that h&S stuff when it means spending your own money. Make do and mend at home and rely on common sense, but thats where it all falls down because they have trained common sense out of them. My brother is a healthy and safety officer if he can dig up enough problems he can go days with out lifting a spanner or breaking in to a sweat. Health and safety succeeds where scargil failed.
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green mech still make the same model so all details including owners manual is on line.
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yes I think transit can tow 2000 kg so easily. They tow really well very stable on the motorway.
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urgently need Chestnut coppice for a client
gensetsteve replied to Joy Yeomans's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
You could ask chestnut on here but not seen a post for years. -
It is big but the shredder folds when transported but could see on a drive you would be stood in a flower bed on occassions. Also you cant run the chipper with the shredder folded up. Its heavy to at about 1200kg so need old fart licence to tow it. Part of the reason its heavy I think it feels well made.
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The blades in the chipper are completely seperate to the shredder. I think there is 4 in the chipper and 22 in the shredder. They can be sharpened and when one side is blunt can be turned round 3 times. Only used it for about 20 mins so far so cant report much. The speed of the chipper frightened me when I first used it not had a chipper for about 10 years they have improved alot.
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Possibly looking for some poplar to make kindling in hampshire
gensetsteve replied to gensetsteve's topic in Firewood forum
Still interested in any poplar cordwood, nearer to Andover the better. Ifor Trailer loads or 8 wheeler loads. -
Yes 22 of them
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what did you feel would be the problems. May be able to answer already.
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So what would you list as common sense rules to apply. Maybe a list would stop people getting ill and less likely to bring it to the attention of the clip board brigade. 1. ensure you work up wind of the chipper 2. empty the tipper that day. 3 wear a mask if its dusty or you are turning over a heap. 4. If you feel ill always wear a mask go to the doc if you feel ill.
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You can charge what you like your self employed. The idea is to have some profit left to live on, not supply rich stock brockers and bankers with cheap fuel. Small logs = more work, more fuel, more saw dust, and more in the bag as it fills the gaps they know this thats why they ask for it.
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Just bought a green mech ecocombi 150 . Not had a chance to use it properly with birds nesting but in the autumn it will have its work cut out. The bits I have tried its superb has chipper and shredder in one machine. We have alot more bush than timber so went or this machine about 10 years old 4k
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The spores must be active most at a certain stage. Otherwise people would be dropping like flies as the walk through woodlands ect. These big recycling centres must be on top of these problems and have systems in place to deal with it. The other thing to watch out for around grains stores and water is weals disease very similar symptoms.
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ring them to 6 in and drop them off with a free silverline hand axe. Granny logs are a pita.
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This is not something I would consider normally. I am well versed in asbestos but a harmless natural organic material like chip ? . I have just bought a large 35hp chipper shredder for use around my garden so appreciate the heads up maybe this should be a sticky.
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I dont think there is much wrong with the price I think its the way you put it on paper.Out of your £500 I bet there was £100 on fuel wear and tear. When you get back to the yard you have to unload and clean up so not much else will get done that day except log a few of those rings.
