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Everything in moderation but I am sure juice is better than lager. Although Jon seems to run well on old Apple juice.

In what way ?

That is a very good point. The reason we gave up logs was we were flat out busy beating processors trucks and tractors in to the ground for two years around 2009 - 10. I sat down and thought the money we earnt was it worth the amount of work and the answer was not in month of Sundays and what would happen if we had a mild winter we would not even break even so canned it. We only did 300 tonnes so had time to do other things but that may of been our down fall as being bigger may of been the making of us with more efficency. I tend to think no matter how cheap you made the logs your stuffed if you cant sell them.

Looking on the bright side I think we are still in a recession added to the fact we have had at least two years of mild weather. Previous year people stocked up because firewood run out in 2010. So it's mild and some people have piled logs up. It can't get a lot worse so if you can survive this you can survive anything. I am glad I just do wholesale kindling now.

I seem to get lots done in my life but as wife points out I am not a tidy person an I leave a trail of mess and carnage behind me. I tend to repair the generator on site till 10 at night then pile everything on the van and forget about it.

I am looking for a jcb 527 67 . In your position I would keep the David brown for the pto and get a tele handler. One machine to run kit and load is a pain. You can never have enough forklifts.

I have given up drink for four months and do at least 6k on a rowing machine 4 times a week. But the vodka shot in juice sounds great to me I am converted the juice idea sounds better than 4 hours of torture a week:biggrin:

I have a big well made juicer in the garage. Probably old and useless but used to produce huge amounts of pulp and the odd teaspoon of juice you could feed in a carrier bag of fruit and get a cup full if lucky. Should you not be keeping the pulp in for fibre and volume ? but as jeff said dont put the skin in or you will get the sqits.

A good way to look at it they do say if you have your health you have everything. Also money does not bring happiness although I would rather be rich and miserable than poor and miserable

Uranium could be easier to process it does not need to be seasoned for 18 months cut to exactly the right size and delivered a 4 pm Christmas eve. Also glows in the dark so you don't need lights to work on it

All very true but some how they still seem to get the gas and leccy through. The public are rightly complacent after the millennium bug which never happened and subsequently the dire warnings every year of black outs. If we do run out of power it will be hard as we just don't have the resources to deal with it. If the wind blows now it's weeks even months before people get their leccy and phone back on. Has any one noticed in every day life most places just don't have staff I waited over half an hour at Harry ramsdens in Bournemouth the other day. They had 5 tills but 2 people serving at least 50 people waiting every where you go you que.

I can't claim to of suffered depression or at least not diagnosed. But I have noticed through my 40's I have had a good go at the mid life crisis, I know this is nothing like what you,lads have suffered but at times it feels like a good starting point. I think as you hit middle age you have more ties responsibilities and aggravation. The little things you used to look forward to no longer hit the spot. I can remember saving up for an old vehicle or a tool and looking forward to it. I have a good budget to buy a decent landcrusier but just can't be arsed.

I think the biggest thing that is keeping the log trade down is 24 months of mild weather. a good 4 weeks of freezing weather will clear out some of the stock pile left from panic buying years ago. Most people that buy logs only plan 3 days in advance especially if they have central heating as well.

I think when you get to this stage in your business for the sake of safety and cost it's time to consider a 7.5 tonne beaver tail and operators licence. Pulling 2500 kg for an hour a week is a trailer job but if your moving big machinery 3-4 days a week to a work site it's time for a little lorry with tacho and the brakes to match especially in hilly slippery terrain. I have in the past took a step back and looked at the 2.5 tonne bobcat purched on the 5 year old trailer behind the 10 year 110 and thought what would this look like in court if someone got hurt. Answer = ridiculas

I can only speak from experience but have owned landcrusiers,fourtraks,discos,RR, hilux,trooper, navarra, 110. For moving trailers you can't beat the land rover low box with no diff lock the d2 was just about ok for reliability the d4 a complete disaster . So in future there will be no more Lrs for us. The land cruiser 4.2 and new v8 is too expensive to buy and fuel for work. That leaves the Ranger, dmax and hilux re certified to 3500kg. I have in the past used low box in a Navarra to tow 3000kg up a steep Tarmac motorway with no ill effect especially if towing in a straight line. If you are on a steep hill and need to pull a heavy trailer of the line I think you will do less damage in low box than slipping the clutch. I don't know what went wrong with the shogun but if I get a good load of ballast on my ifor tt105 the whole lot will weigh 5 tonne. Since the shogun is only designed to tow 2600kg that could have been the problem, I would imagine the reason he selected low box is he could not move the trailer in high. I think you can feel if you are straining the transmission by using common sense which most of you have plenty of

Epic fail here. Chuck it in a pile throw it on the burner mentality let me down

I have had a look about several times in the past but a good new one looks about £300 a cheap one on ebay at the moment at £94 but who knows if they are any good. Used ones come up for £70-£100. I just need to get my finger out and move it up the to be bodged list

Part of the reason I dont use the hilux so much is the diodes in the alternator are draining the battery over night. Have you ever changed the diode pack in a mk 3 55 amp alternator or know of a good unit ?

Nice set up must be the size of you average arctic lorry I think hobbies are 7ft wide as well have you taken it through Devon and similar places. I can remember it getting a bit tight with land cruiser and 19ft van.

If I get rid of the wife's wardrobe and fit patio doors will fit in bedroom just got to throw some more shoes and hand bags out run it past wife jobs a goodun.

It could be a possibility. I have an old hilux but find it a bit big for squeezing through gaps etc. I like the idea of seeing the tow ball under the hitch or being able to pull the quad into place but maybe a large quad is too heavy to pull about ? I have up to 16 trailers at times although I think I am down to about 6 at the moment.

I have about 1 acre of house and yard. My Westwood ride on has given up. I had a bit too much mud for it this time of year and am thinking of a quad. I would like to move my trailers around one of which is 16 ft. I am a bit short on space so tight turning circle is a must. I want to move half a dozen dustbins full of saw dust around several times a day as well as general tidying up. Part of the ground is grassed garden so low ground pressure would be good. I fancy buying something nice 2-£3000 rather than buying half dead scrap to compliment the rest of my kit. Should I look for Honda and if so are the later automatics ok or should I buy something older an manual. Sorry for so many questions but I know nothing about quads

I found my disco 2 happy with 2500kg it could do 3500kg but the Amazon does it with ease. A 110 with 16 ft trailer would probably feel more stable.

I think processors have a hard life and as the hours go on they suffer more breakdowns. If you are getting through lots of belts may be worth checking wear on the pulleys and try and de glaze them possibly hyd relief valve on splitter set too high. I think most processors are designed to run on straight pine so cope nicely with beech but oak and elm waste is pushing the boundries.

I think our average with 2 men inc sharpening and adjustments was 40 minutes per cu metre. The cord we bought in could easily be described as arb waste that's part of the reason we packed up