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  1. gensetsteve
    The hilux chassis is not the heaviest ever made and I think the single cab only rated to 800kg . Air springs are great but you can pack some weight on with out realising.
  2. gensetsteve
    Rr in 1993 had a crap compressor which failed early 20 years later and the d4 has a crap compressor which packs up and recently doubled in price to £800. They are lifting our legs. Compared to my land cruiser it's a piece of junk
  3. gensetsteve
    D4 best car I ever drove worst car I ever owned. Apparently mine has been a good one . I wish the bills came in £1000 chunks on mine more like 2-3 k bills. I don't think they make Friday afternoon cars they are all suffering the same faults. I won't bore u anymore an enthusiasts vehicle and a total money pit but great to drive especially the 245 bhp just need a trailer to collect the bits of transmission that fall off. As soon As I find something suitable ours will be going while it still drives.
  4. gensetsteve
    Let u know as I go on stuck 40k in 2weeks ago. Rates in the bank are terrible especially if u pay tax. Ask Jon what he does he got pots of molar
  5. gensetsteve
    Price sounds about right not expensive Clean bone dry pine is the most popular we only sell neat packed bags cant shift the random stuff There is a huge amount of work involved for wholesale money Most of the work is in preparing the stuff to 6" not feeding the kindlet. we use 50x40 but you need to talk to your large customers. If you have to buy the timber you will be better off buying cord and doing bags of logs less work and more profit.
  6. gensetsteve
    I have a friend with crohns disease I think he is hoping for a liver transplant. He works but I would say he does what he can manage and does not push himself best way as it will cause more problems with your health.
  7. gensetsteve
    I wondered if people are just getting more quotes before picking the cheapest.
  8. gensetsteve
    I know someone who runs an auto gearbox centre if there was no renault he would be out of business he loves them.
  9. gensetsteve
    I have several big ifor trailers and run discos and Landcruisers. We have a field which is steep and when muddy we struggle to pull up an mt ifor even with mud terrains on especially if it has electronic traction control. If it has a centre diff easier but need to be careful when you hit some grip you dont snap the half shafts. Basically you run out of traction earlier than you would think with a heavy trailer on.
  10. gensetsteve
    Minimum wage seems to = little hassle skilled working man £10 with lots of hassle. Lots of engineers have left our trade due to driving hassles and never ending h&s paper work which most of the time serves absolutely no purpose but to keep the paper clip counters in a job.
  11. gensetsteve
    When I hired that big jd to pull our timber trailer got to the dual carriage way and it took me 20 minutes to get the light on the roof to flash. Lots of manual reading and computer fiddling just to get the beacon on. Not sure I would be worth £12 an hour
  12. gensetsteve
    Operating machinery effectively and safely involves skill understanding and intelligence especially the new £50,000 + tractors. If I was running a farm I would be looking at the quality of the operator considering the damage a mistake can do. A pound or two an hour is nothing compared to a bent plough or someone killed.
  13. gensetsteve
    If they lower your rate thank them for their loyalty and carry on as normal find another farm that pays more then leave at the height of harvest.
  14. gensetsteve
    Mercedes Vito dual liner 110 hp. Make sure you get one after 2006 and make sure it was one they galvanised. 40 mpg on a run and tows 2 tonne and its rear wheel drive.
  15. gensetsteve
    I was planking it and using it for kindling but not worth the time and not as popular as pine for resale. When I get a big saw up and running again will ring it and sell it for beer tokens.
  16. gensetsteve
    Got about 10 of these if you want to collect some
  17. gensetsteve
    Normally people pay to have Poplars removed not a great deal of value in the timber especially as firewood. It burns but I would not step over beech to get to it. I have a pile of 3ft wide straight buts 8ft long if anyone wants to try some.
  18. gensetsteve
    Adding 2 stroke to old diesels may not harm them but the latest stuff has dpfs. To avoid blocking them up we now use oils such as c1 spec which has lots of the useful additives removed to avoid blocking the dpf with ash. Then some bright spark goes and dumps a load of mineral 2 stroke in the tank. Components that are under more stress are valve train and crank due to lack of additives in the oil so two stroke wont help.
  19. gensetsteve
    If you use green they will assume you are running on rebate fuel from southern Ireland.
  20. gensetsteve
    My trailer is 2m wide and I cant get the metre cube bags side by side you need a lorry body for that. I have 600 gallon steel tanks with 2ft cut off the end. I drop one bag in the bottom and one on top 4 tanks 8 bags total weight of load incl tanks 2500kg.
  21. gensetsteve
    They charge £140 an hour now for a 17 year old apprentice that forgets to actually put any oil back in the gearbox.
  22. gensetsteve
    That sounds like the rule for tacho not cpc. If your gross kerb weight is under 3500kg you dont need a cpc. Your gross train weight can be over 3500kg and you still may not need cpc.
  23. gensetsteve
    Keep an eye on the oil level if it starts to rise get it to the dealers and burn their ears to change that and the oil filter free until they find a proper cure.
  24. gensetsteve
    Things that gave that listing away. No actual description of condition and did not list as I am selling or entering. Also a seller who has not had a review since 2007 indicates a hijacked acct.
  25. gensetsteve
    It does not seem to matter what you buy they all have their problems. In the past you could choose from a hand full of bullet proof trucks but not any more it seems.

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