gensetsteve
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I would think oak would be much better than keruing. I used I iroko or similar on my conservatory cill and it rotted out in 10 years. Rotted quicker than the bits of softwood I sneaked in to the build. I think people use tropical hardwoods to save spending money on a nice piece of oak ? You put a set of oak gates up and they are there for 40 years minimum.
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I had a 96 tdi from almost new to 120k never missed a beat and pulled really well. I do remember some talk of cambelt failures but new belt and tensioner will give you years of trouble free motoring. Mostly merc running gear and nice tight ride when new.
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Had a bad experience with a member on here
gensetsteve replied to John Hughes's topic in General chat
With 20,000 members you are bound to find a few rotten apples. Be a bit on your guard until you have met and formed a friendship. In 5 years I have only found 3 rotten apples and dealt with hundreds of honest friendly spot on people -
How are people finding their new Ford Ranger?
gensetsteve replied to Andrew Barrett's topic in Arb-Trucks
sounds like the springs have gone weak in the dmf causing the clutch to snatch. The sudden take up on the clutch may be making the pump cut back to save emmissions or the software needs an up date or new throttle switch. Get it sorted before warranty ends they have a habit of finding problems after 3 years. -
I think the downfall here was painting the machine. Its like washing a Landrover or worse still servicing it
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What ever you do it will still be too expensive not dry enough the wrong species and can you deliver sunday afternoon if its not raining. I can remember one customer rang up to complain because he found 10 litres of small bits in a 2cu metre load. Then he piled up what he would accept and what he would not and demanded half his money back. We collected the lot and gave a full refund with a polite request to go somewhere else in future. Glad to be well out of it I feel for any one that deals with the general public I love sticking to the trade
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Those scaffold winches made by who flung dung ( my saying for the week learnt it on here ) carry 200kg when doubled up and would save lots of sweat for the sake of £100
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Sorry for poor pic it's dark in here
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I would say 0.3 of solid timber would fill a 0.5 cu metre bag. I think those bags would be ideal for walkers crisps.
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I found a decent 9 in stick of green beech weighing 1000kg would turn into 1.5 cubic metres of loose logs. If the truck was full of 3 in sticks you would get lots less and spend loads of time doing it. This is why its useful to get a weigh ticket so you dont pay for too much air.
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3 in thick piece of hardwood with 4 holes made from gas pipe sticking up. I dont store much in the house due to bugs.
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Build the body on your truck to 1 1.5 or 2 cu metres. Then you can send a level load or heap if you feel generous. When you buy green cord in you know exactly whats on the lorry by converting the space on the truck so what comes in goes out priced right with a profit. Also when your dry logs run out in december you can deliver the green crap for use next year at the same price.
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I never heard of "who flung dung" I like that
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Commercial rates for firewood storage building
gensetsteve replied to Philip Anderson's topic in Firewood forum
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Talking of over thinking we moved our set up a few days ago and could no longer see the bulk bags when full up. We rushed around trying to nail a mirror up gave up and decided we need a camera to go with a spare monitor. When I took a step back and a coffee I realise all we needed to do was shove a pallet under.
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I tend now to look at my working life as a marathon rather than a sprint. If you do sprint and make lots of money two things could happen 1. you may get ill 2. you will pay lots of tax
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6 months ago for the first time in 20 years a job was keeping me awake, big turn over with tight profit. The job went from one cock up to the next and at times I could even feel the start of panic attacks. None of it helped by the fact I was necking 3 or 4 cans of strongbow in the evenings. The conclusion I came to was a job you quoted for 3 days may turn into a week but its only money and some you win some you loose. The worst that can happen is you carry on tommorrow. Nothing wrong with a few tins but it makes your brain race when you are asleep especially if you are stressed already.
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A good choice up to about 2007 then they went a bit too electronic. Mine is now 15 years old and so far in 10 years of owning it one exhaust, 2 front calipers, set of discs all round and a cambelt. Similar build quality and reliability to the trooper but fair bit heavier on the diesel.
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The ones that I have met are full of pride and respect for themselves. Its respect for other people and their property that is lacking.
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Avant
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Before you consider buying a disco commercial google the internet and believe everything you read because I am finding on a weekly basis its all true. I have run high miles in 4x4 for nearly 25 years and had virtually no problems the d4 we have now just falls to bits and apparently its not even a bad one I feel really sorry for people with a bad one. I read in one of the lr blinkered followers magazines someone bought a 4 year old sport and spent 12k on a service some suspension and a new steering rack. Come back trooper all is forgiven ( even the 3.0 )
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We cant have it both ways. You cant criticise using foreign labour and importing and then say anyone unemployed is work shy. We do have lots of work shy same as any other country I have seen and heard of a few east europeans that take up our ways after a while. There are lots of people with families that simply cannot make ends meet on £6 an hour. Another way of looking at it why would you. if you are a lot better off on benefits you would be a bit of a mug to work. There are lots of people in this country who have the work ethic we just need to re balance they way we give the hand outs. Empty belly = keen to work especially now its getting cold as well.
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Used to sell thousands of pounds. Dont bother now I would rather give my stuff to a good cause rather than a crook or skin flint. If you are a private seller you get 20 free listings a month just start the item at the price you want for it. If it does not sell you loose nothing. There are alot of pale crane necked people who sit on ebay waiting for people to make a mistake in their listings. I tend only to do personal collection only with cash prefered. Rather than a stroppy courier turning up 2 days late and charging the buyer twice.
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I was sitting here scratching my head thinking that pic was of the old 3.1 bullet proof engine and not the common rail engine. So I think you answered it for me
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I never meant to join an argument more a quest for info to understand both sides of the story. You answered all my questions and even supplied links I have seen a few times on hear a new poster advertising their products without contributing any paid advertising or contributing to the forum. The fact that you are clearly not doing this and yours is the banner above is great. I wish you luck with your business its hard enough to find something with profit in to put food on the table.
