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  1. gensetsteve
    Mines insured with nfu but only because it was fitted by an approved bodybuilding company and carries a serial no for the tipper conversion. If you go home made nfu wont touch it.
  2. gensetsteve
    Sounds like a plan buy a mog by the time the other half realises you have it from the bills comming in it will either be invaluable or you will be bored with it. Either way new toy to play with.
  3. gensetsteve
    Sounds like you need a u900 mog not one of those big 80's things. Small enough to get into the job big enough to carry chip out.
  4. gensetsteve
    And three times as much from us wholesale
  5. gensetsteve
    That thumb looks a bit close to the blade. Might take some time for us to get our 20,000 bags a year out.
  6. gensetsteve
    You need a stabilizer I find a fully loaded ifor williams trailer does the trick but I think thats another thread
  7. gensetsteve
    The double carries more weight than the single cab and the extra cab more still. The extra cab would be the best compromise as it has a bit more load space. I am not keen on building to high that far back on the chassis. Try and keep the weight down on the build by using ally floor and sides. Dont put too big a ram on otherwise before you know it the new body weighs 1/2 a tonne and you can only carry 500kg inc driver.
  8. gensetsteve
    The biggest one was the best value for money only about £300 more but its just a monster for most jobs
  9. gensetsteve
    Our old trailer is about the size of the smallest new one. Its been modified to 2 cu metres with divider. The new numbers must relate to the sizes of the trailers in metric. The small trailer will be a bit top heavy for 4cu metres as you can see from pic. I was going to put a pic up but none on this pc if anyone is interested I will put one up from the office.
  10. gensetsteve
    Sounds like a good idea but I would be a bit concerned if the magnets came off and the filings were dumped in the engine in one go. Some vehicles also have a centrifugal filter which seems to work well. I dont think you can beat a good service at half the recommended miles or hours.
  11. gensetsteve
    I have an old Honda one for about 15 years should give it an oil change really. Use it more than one of those toy ones. more power and less string breakage with 4 spools. Less crap in your face and your not carrying it. Bit hard on the lower back until you build up the muscles. Not ideal for strimming along walls or fences or steep banks. If mine died I would buy another.
  12. gensetsteve
    I would imagine since engine oils have evolved to allow them to stay in the engine for 20,000 miles and hold the dirt in suspension there will be alot more crap in it than there was 20 years ago.
  13. gensetsteve
    Ibc work better than the vent bags aswell. I cut the bottles up and get 6 lids out of 1 1000 litre bottle.
  14. gensetsteve
    The reason I want a hydraulic feed is our stuff is a bit tough bushy knarled and forked. We dont have nice straight hazel willow or sycamore. Its more elder, hawthorn, conifer and caked in ivy. If i have to cut it up too much may as well put it through my huge incinerator. Soon I will be surrounded by houses so thought I better bite the bullet early.
  15. gensetsteve
    I think the problem is if its wood its on its way to a power station with the government ( tax payer ) picking up half the bill.
  16. gensetsteve
    Our bags are 40x50 and we currently charge £1.60 a bag but we are booked solid for months and getting the timber is becomming a pita. You are right to get it local send it any distance and the only person making a good margin is the courier.
  17. gensetsteve
    Which did a test on all of them and zen were top with plusnet second all the other popular ones were nr the bottom with awfull scores
  18. gensetsteve
    Kindlet on here has one he hires out
  19. gensetsteve
    Plus net 60 gigs a month for £14 do you really use that much on unlimited ? Bt are not great but plusnet have been very good yet they are owned by bt. Does not make sense does it. My phone line account originally by mercury was bought out by talk talk they are dreadful to deal with.
  20. gensetsteve
    As someone who services generators daily I put myself in the other persons shoes. How would I like to be approached if I had carried out the service. The last thing on my mind would be charging for further work more getting the customer up and running. When you service a machine often you can disturb something or new parts can fail shortly after. Annoying but hardly the end of the world. If I have too much work the first customers to go are bad payers the second ones to go are the chippy ones. Talk to them nicely if that fails you always have the dummy spitting option to fall back on.
  21. gensetsteve
    I was watching one of these used chippers on ebay. The seller thought it was 30k New but a quick google shows they can be bought brand fire new for 10k + vat. I am still looking for a hydraulic feed chipper for my large garden. I was hopeing to buy the ebay one for 4k but it made 7k and its 8 years old. There is a posch one with conveyor out on ebay but I have no idea if they would do the job. The conveyor may be better for us to load tonne bags rather than spit it all over the hedge and lawn. Anyone have any ideas ? Would and entec treebusta do the job.
  22. gensetsteve
    We used to produce tonnes of the stuff with the chain bar on the processor but with todays sueing culture we were concerned about the bar oil in it.
  23. gensetsteve
    1998 Hilux. I have tried to put it on Arb trader but it says limit reached ? £4995 +vat
  24. gensetsteve
    Give it to someone who makes bricks in exchange for the odd bag.
  25. gensetsteve
    No its 1.2 cu metres with air space. Thats how we sell with air space. If you want the air space out it will be 3/4 of a metre.

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