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  1. gensetsteve
    I think the next generation may have been dragged up to be clients. They are used to being waited on and consulted on the level of service. At school, college and university they are clients and when they finally leave after their midlife crisis they are institutionalised and had their common sense removed.
  2. gensetsteve
    If your a japcrap man you could be heading for disappointment. If you only need 700 kg in the butt and don't need extreme off road. If you have a life and family at the weekends. If you are more than 5 ft 6 in height and have elbows. If you like heat in the cab and doors that shut. You could be better off with a hilux.
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    I agonised for a day or two having kept my eye open for five years and not seen anything as clean. It was too far away. He came down to 21500 but it books at 16 k as a private sale and 18 k at a main dealer with some after sale back up. I offered 20 k for it as it stood needing an over due service and cam belt. With these jobs the flights, taxing it at £500 and possibly a new exhaust at 8 years old I could see another 3k disappearing. For that sort of money I could buy a new double cab hilux with 3 year warranty and no mots for 3 years. Large Cars are very poor on saving income tax commercials very good.
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    They still do the v8 4.5 litre diesel. But it's hellish expensive used. Very electronic and not as nice to drive as the old Amazon. Butt ugly from the rear and always seems to come in black or white. Had no real experience lc3/4/5 but looks a bit fantastic plastic and only tows 2.6 tonnes.
  5. gensetsteve
    Ever faithful Amazon. 11 plate merc Vito Hyundai i10 1996 hilux in top gear red Very nearly bought a 57 plate mint Amazon last week but it was just too much over priced.
  6. gensetsteve
    I know but with a saw and splitter we do about 1 cu metre an hour. How much can u charge when people around are delivering a cu metre for £60. Remember it's their wood as well. If it was cheap we would have been run off our feet but more often than not people expect to pay minimum wage unless your a brain surgeon. Then they might pay £10 an hour Middle england tight as a ducks chuffer
  7. gensetsteve
    I used to do it with a trailer vertical splitter. If someone has a big ash tree across their garden they are happy to pay about £40 an hour for a two man team. We used to guarantee a minimum amount of logs but normally would produce a third more.
  8. gensetsteve
    Winter has not started yet still plenty of time
  9. gensetsteve
    If you buy a bmw or mini avoid the 2 litre diesel
  10. gensetsteve
    I had a 20 hp ford with a cab. Actually made by shiburu or similar. Rear door was missing went to order a new one £570.00. Found the pto jumped out so took it back to the dealer for a refund glad to see the back of it. I hate ford stuff but the old tractors were fairly good just watch out for porous blocks. I have a kubota 3 cylinder in my small forklift. The previous owner left the original air filter in from 1982 until it stopped running then I bought it. Needless to say the compression is knackered but it still drags its butt out the shed on a cold morning and runs all day on a pint of cherry
  11. gensetsteve
    The jag engine and discovery are the same. Made by ford sometimes ok more often than not crap. Shame you don't want a 4x4 because the 4.2 straight six is a very high pressure direct injection and very durable and reliable. I think the 4 cyl merc is good and the v6 never gives our local merc dealer any problems. The 6 cyl bmw engines are good with the swirl flaps out. The 4 cylinder is cheap crap assembled in South Wales.
  12. gensetsteve
    If it was me I would be looking for what I call a little big tractor as you say. Above 60 hp below 100 hp. Later on it may be useful on a processor. I found small compacts and Japanese horrendous on part prices. May be a ford 4600 Massey 135 with cab or similar.
  13. gensetsteve
    I look after the emergency generators in most of the big shopping centres around the country. So we are in a consumer shed at least once a week . I find it strange they lay in a shopping centres getting their eyebrows plucked, getting dyed orange and tottering miles on high heels and the women are no better.
  14. gensetsteve
    I reckon with the beer goggles on I have had worse
  15. gensetsteve
    Good to hear I sometimes wonder if it's a bit strange having a generator engineer on an arb forum for 6 years merry Christmas to all
  16. gensetsteve
    I never realised people took it so seriously how do you know if you are one of the irritating ones or am I about to find out
  17. gensetsteve
    I love dates but found its best not to eat too many if your going waterskiing off shore
  18. gensetsteve
    Yes but they may have just towed his car of his drive and crushed it especially if he was 20 minutes over.
  19. gensetsteve
    I think that ship has sailed here I have owned a few landrovers plenty of rainbows when they been through. I think it helps towards a self healing drive way
  20. gensetsteve
    Where will I now get ham that has the texture and taste like its been dragged around the bottom of a parrots cage. Stale ginger bread houses and disgusting custard creams. No more broken bargain Chinese tools to clutter the workshop. The kids are delighted as they no longer need to break their teeth on the breakfast cereals.
  21. gensetsteve
    Well I rang aldi today and spending £211.00 and filling two trolleys not a good reAson to get my penalty notice cancelled for the following reasons. The average time an aldi shopper is in is 27 minutes. As a driver it is my responsability to check their signs every time I enter their car parks in case they have changed their terms and conditions. If I did not comply with the terms and conditions in a council car park I would get a ticket so why is theirs any different. I explained I had the reciept but mislaid the penalty notice and the woman said no problem they would be sending plenty more. I was polite and civil and was so gob smacked when I put the phone down I rang back again to check I was actually speaking to aldi customer service and not some sharky parking outfit. All I can say is my weekly shop cost £70 more at aldi and you get what you pay for. Their loss not mine it's christmas
  22. gensetsteve
    I had a hakki pilki processor with gravity fed oil supply to the bar. A winter grade oil would have been great. You can always turn the tap down if it flows too fast but on full bore if it won't flow you are a bit stuck. As for mixing mineral with bio I only made that mistake once big sticky jelified mess time to get the steam cleaner out. Not sure if it would make much difference on a gear pump chainsaw although different grades may get over a worn pump problem.
  23. gensetsteve
    Imo I would say the same possibly honda have the edge. A single cyl air cooled 3000 rpm engine is never going to be the best. I noticed overhaul times are about 2200 hours and the warranty last time I looked on the yanmar was about 2000 hrs. If looked after I would expect 4-5000 hours out of them. But I would expect 30-40,000 hours out of a 1500 rpm watercooled 3/4 cylinder quality engine.
  24. gensetsteve
    Put 300 concrete railway sleepers down last year. Some lesser used areas have woodchip which works well as long as you don't take the bobcat over it, the mud bit is just mud stay off it till the summer.
  25. gensetsteve
    The small diameter of the hose could be causing the pressure relief valve to dump. If it's been doing this for a while it may have damaged the valve. Also if it's a rotory lance for a bigger machine the jet will be too big. Or it could be a combo of all above

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