gensetsteve
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That makes sense some sites we go to have a very robust professional polite and easy to deal with attitude and you can work with. They are more interested in covering and anticipating relevant information. The offices full of ex traffic wardens and door men tend to be fighting with every contractor that comes in and as you say looking for quantity rather than quality so they have something to pack out the filming cabinet.
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Your post has opened my eyes a bit as to why we have to create so much paperwork on large sites. They tar everyone with the same brush. Smaller customers know that I have been in the generator industry 30 years and trust my reputation and experience to get the job right first time. As someone said its down to money. Most of these larger out fits expect you to produce reams of job specific Rams at no cost to them. They have to legislate to the thickest man on site. I was begining to think I was a dinosaur now I know I am I know lots of really good engineers my age that have had enough using brain and brawn for little extra reward and they now deliver dot com groceries
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Since the weather went so mild for 2 years. People have forgotten already what proper winter is. I can remember in 2010 stepping outside and thinking stuff that and finding stuff indoors to do and that went on for weeks.
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Years ago we left school and spent 4 years being trained by a team of mature experienced men. This gave you knowledge and the ability to plan and avoid risk as you worked. I cant help feeling this sudden urge to write a manual for every operation is due to companies employing low grade untrained minimum wage staff. I fully support health and safety when its used to preserve the working mans life. Looking at why an accident happened and putting measures in place to prevent it happening again. Where its gone wrong is a huge industry of little hitlers who justify their being by creating havoc on site throwing their weight about and paying themselves huge salaries. These salaries would be better spent actually improving site conditions rather than putting up signs saying piece of wood with nail sticking up. Try picking the debris up.
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It's still looking cold next week on the forecast combined with wind and moisture I think it will be prolonged enough and cold enough to get things moving. Bit of white stuff gets peopl thinking it's actually winter.
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Could be some white fluffy stuff in the morning getting excited now. Remember I am a soft southerner we can make snow men from frost ( not even had much of that recently )
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You used to have to add a few options otherwise you got the 2.7 170 bop I think they now come 3.0 245 bhp so may be worth going for the cheap seats. Mine was 40 k + vat In 2010.
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I would say a proper old school machine . Yes later machines are nicer to use but full of electronics and joy sticks which are expensive to replace when they go wrong. I have an old 525 b with big wheels on the front and it does us proud looking to upgrade to a newer machine with 4 wheel steering.
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My wife thinks I am having a mid life crisis and I have gone loopy. After my d4 experience if I bought another I would agree. We have had 9 discoveries over 2o years in the business. With the pressure of work I was heading for a nervous breakdown last year and the constant battles with land rover never helped.
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I prefer proper vinyl lettering. I found magnetics damage the paint underneath and getting reflective stuff after a few years normally means a re spray. I have sign written many trucks over the years can't remember actually getting a phone call from the signs possibly should my competitors where my jobs are.
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I think that vito is going to need a new wing mirror. Was the driver hurt? for every one to walk away un hurt would be a good thing a new chipper is small price to pay especially if its insured.
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I loved mine fantastically good to drive solo great for towing. All leather interior, upgraded stereo to die for. Unmarked unworked condition like new but it just fell to bits. I spent 3 times as much on it in 3 months than the landcrusier in ten years.
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I had the therapy now Jon and can say the £1200 a month saving is coming in handy. There was just too many inferior components falling off mine at such a low mileage when it had such an easy life.
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Yay snow plough now your talking. Think positive bit of fun in the Wight stuff for a day or so and a few logs sold. We just got to remember to look after the old and frail if it does come. I not keen on weeks of it though.
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Yep still looking nippy got me balaclava on now carrot for the snow man in my hand nose pressed against the window.
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That looks fairly nippy to me lots of hovering around zero when things are normally 6-8 deg got me snow shovel ready
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Sounds about right cash is king. I had a call last week from a big distribution centre 1 mile up the road. Large site generator failed when I got there they wanted me to do a site induction but would take 2 hours before they started as they had no power. The lunatics are running the asylum .
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When I say next week I am thinking ten days time. Feels like this week has started after my busy weekend.
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I am hearing about the jet stream dropping and bringing cold snowy weather like we had in 2010. Can anybody add some weight to the rumour.
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I tend to avoid soggy logs and briquettes. But saying that there is always a bucket of hotmax on the hearth and it gets used.
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I found sites that insist on Cscs tend to be a pita. Next thing they want is huge in depth job specific Rams none of which they mention at the quoting stage. When you finished jumping through hoops and show up with 200 kgs of ppe on some spotty ,paper clip counting ,clip board holding pleb tells you the jobs cancelled because there is not enough h&s people on site to oversee it. I like simple common sense jobs
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What did you compare them with. I sometimes start my fire twice a day and never slumber it. It always lights with half a firelighter, hand full of kindling and a dry log. I dont even adjust the flaps for the benefits I dont find it a chore or we would have scrapped it 8 years ago. I think lots of wood burners fall into disuse as the owners did not realise the cost of firewood and the mess left behind. But i think there is a breed of people that will carry on especially when the price of oil goes back up.
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I found if you try and include delivery in cost of logs. You charge too much to people on the door step and not enough to far customers. So you end up loosing the man next door and spending all your time on the road delivering 14 miles away. On the other hand if your area is overrun with people selling logs you may just have to suffer a bit of mileage to the next town.
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We used to go 7 miles which could be done in half an hour on a good day. But 15 miles ea way seemed to blow half the morning out and by the time you reload it's near people's lunch time.
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Verdo and hot ax are 2 miles from my house. Had a sample of each The Verdo burns bright and lasts well but no heat out the stove so through the last of it on the bonfire no point using it in doors. The hotmax lights easily and gets the stove really hot ideal as a starter wood to get heat quick in the mornings. I have never found anything that burns hotter but it lasts less than 20 minutes so up and down all the time. You can 't beat a properly seasoned beech or ash log
