gensetsteve
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Looking for a few days away to do attractions in Manchester next week half term Monday to Friday or few days as available we are flexible. Will leave it spotless any ideas ?
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We were discussing this the other day. I think there is a lot of people who use fire pits etc but don't have experience of an indoor fire. Often they just buy kindling to burn on it as have struggled in the past to burn nice logs. Got us thinking that 6x3x1 pine off cuts would be ideal. Easy to burn and bright even when u have had to many tinnies. I think the key might be printed bags which leads the buying decision.
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I thought the idea of staff and employees paying national insurance apart from the obvious is that should they become ill after three days they would get a reduced income that would not come out of the company purse. I bet mps still get full money if they break an ankle good of them to pull up another draw bridge. You can still answer the phone make the coffee and maintain kit with a broken ankle.
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Disco 2 auto revvy and a bit gutless. If you get a good one will be more reliable and cheaper to run but the disco 3 is light years better to drive. The disco 2 is a bit of a dinosaur with its design roots back in 1990
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Ours are 40x50 where roughly are u in the country.
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Anyone go off a massage after a hard days work thanks
gensetsteve replied to mendiplogs's topic in The Lounge
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Thanks for the posts some very valid points that never even crossed my mind. We have produced kindling for 6 years and never even considered that it could be a reducing market just warm weather. We will carry on producing for our regular customers making to order with a surplus of stock. Run as always as a side line and see what the winter brings. We had more demand than we could cope with when there was no timber about and the power stations were paid a subsidy to burn it. It's possible the abundance of timber has reduced the cost of a bag of kindling but this could go the other way during a long cold winter. Who knows but I look forward to finding out
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Anyone go off a massage after a hard days work thanks
gensetsteve replied to mendiplogs's topic in The Lounge
11 women have conceived after being massaged by the Bowen guy -
It is if we make it for you Jon you just got to double the price and hold it up in front of the customer
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If anyone does want kindling some distance away the cheapest way to transport is 24 pallets on an arctic often this gets the pallet rate down to £20 ea.
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I keep the good stuff for my own fire especially now we stopped log sales. There are plenty of tight fisted people about to pay good money for the crap if it looks cheap
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Yes when I looked last autumn the sheds and pound land worked out at about £1.60 per kilo. We have a few coal suppliers who still order 5000 bags a year and sell the lot so I don't think its declining that much. Log merchants are normally surprised how much they sell over a winter especially if it's neat and clean. You won't get rich on the profit but you don't need to break your back for it either why let Aldi have the cash.
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Could be. Also do people light their fires more now using briquettes like hotmax and Verdo. We still have a good steady business but would not be surprised if it did not grow this winter. On the other hand if it's cold I would not be surprised if it went nuts.
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I had mixed results some burnt as well as beech and some was a bit of a waste of time not sure why. I would imagine you need to get it seasoned and use it before it goes past. I would give a sample a try before storing too much.
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Have you noticed the demand for kindling has dropped in the last two years ? . Do you think the discounters have killed it more than the weather. I never really considered this idea as I didn't think the public really shopped around for the best price on sticks as it's not a weekly purchase. I would imagine most of my bags get purchased with a delivery of logs as it's convenient and saves carrying home. I noticed years ago aldi etc have a flurry of kindling in October then it dries up and sells out so may be they got stuck with it this year.
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If it is cold I think the whole trade will be caught with trousers down again like in 2010 do you remember the anyone know where I can get some cord ? Threads. Some of my generator customers think we will have a cold one. I think it will be the same as the other years if it's cold we will sell out if it's not we wont
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Yes I think your right about more machines fuelwood said they have made hundreds. Also I think clean timber was in short supply while the government was paying a subsidy to burn it in power stations. So any nice stuff we had was in high demand. Difficult to know how much to stockpile for the winter. We used to make it to order through the summer but seem to be storing more than ever.
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The forum seems very quiet regards kindling over the past year. A few years ago it was buzzing and we could never keep up. We have been ticking over nicely but wondered if the weather has slowed things recently or is their another reason.
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That tele would be perfect in our yard and the amount of work I have for it I could justify it but we also need to pick up 2500kg regularly. Have thought about a big old 5 tonne forklift to run along side.
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No need to rub it in because people love them so much the lack of depreciation after a year made up for the cost of repairs. It was one of those vehicles that was on the edge of a cliff sorry to see yours has toppled global but you should get your 2.7 litre cheaper than trying to find a 3 LR. I have looked at all the options and my conclusion is just buy the 3 litre hilux and gloss over the towing limit.
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I tried a 3 year old diesel cayenne it's about 20 years out of date. Amarok is good but it's still a pick up and very expensive.
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That's what I thought especially having 9 discos over 20 years. As one motor trader said their crap but you got to have one. The compressor is a very good example of a poorly made component but that will be the least of your problems I did 10,000 miles in mine with about 2,000 miles towing 3500kg and it just fell around our ears I spent more time in our 16 year old landcruiser which never misses a beat. I can't name one component on the disco 4 that does not have known problems. I won't list the faults again and I hope anyone buying one loves it and has better luck than we did but it's best to know up front it could just be the later disco 4 is more electronic.
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Your fine for three years then if it's been good you could chance your arm for a few more years. I think best 4x4 to drive on the market but money pit when they go wrong. Get a bad one and you can kiss good bye to 20 k in a year.
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If it smokes heavily as it dies it's more likely air starved ie blocked air filter or collapsed hose. Seized turbo check the rotor spins if fitted. If there is very little smoke it's more likely fuel starved check the route from tank to injector. Diesel has a lot more solvent now and will kill cheap rubber fuel lines
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I think there is a small gauze under a cover on the lift pump 10mm spanner. They block all the time if there is any muck in the tank. My old 1984 525 is terrible for getting pints of dirty water in the funl tank every few years. I think it must puddle on the top and leak in or gets in through the lock on the fuel cap must sort it one day. I would loosen the pipe on the fuel filter and pump the lift pump to make sure you have a good flow. If it has a turbo have a look there next.
