chaffey
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Like the quote. How can things be better. Wife to be that loves me. Children that love me and a bit of money to spare at the end of the month and a Land Rover that leaks!! That is my dream and that's what i have.
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Nothing worse than having to ask for money. I actually think it is plain rude that people should carry on as they do with non-payment:thumbdown:. They'd be the first ones moaning if their money wasn't paid on time. As for a grand the amount of money doesn't matter really it's the fact that you're owed. I generally just pop round as ' i'm in the area '. The first time they won't have the money but come the second visit they get the idea that you're not going to give up and they realise that you have balls and will pay up. Good luck with it anyway.
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Use one of those log crosscut benches myself,great for small stuff. Think it was a great investment. Saves a lot of bending down and make cross cutting easy on small stuff doesn't it:thumbup:
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This is my set up. Simple but effective and i'm only on about my brother:lol:
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Really nice looking van.
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And yes spray it off once then carry on. The only reason i give it two shots is that as it is a new lawn you don't really want any weeds poking their heads up as soon as you turn your back!! I'm just a bit anal ha ha ha
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Yeah sorry don't water in the heat:lol:. I'd water in the evening as it gives it time to soak in rather than evaporate in the blistering heat:thumbup:. Good luck
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I have to say after reading about this it's PC gone mad!! As already mentioned rat poison is IMO a very inhumane way to dispatch an animal as it suffers massive internal bleeding hence lots of pain over a long period of time whereas drowning is fairly quick. Wouldn't say painless but i'm sure less suffering but i feel the main lesson in all of this is that should you have to dispatch any vermin at all do it out of the way of the nosey neighbours and people that don't understand the reasons why!!
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Good work. I can't stand them got chased by a swarm once until i couldn't run anymore. Turned round and they were all over my trousers and jacket. I threw my jacket on the floor just then started jumping all over it just as a couple rounded the corner!! I only got stung three times:001_huh:. Anyway as this couple came past they must have thought i was nuts ranting on about wasps and jumping all over my jacket:lol:. I find now though that i get stung at least once a year:thumbdown:.
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All the jobs that i come across like that i would a - spray off with roundup as mentioned already b - spray again after a few days c - strim and clear as low as possible d - till the soil rather than rotorvate as levels will all go out if you rotorvate too deep and you only need a bit of a tilth for the turf to get its feet in e - add topsoil to level, rake over, lay turf. f - water. once a day in this but give it a good soaking. Lots of short soakings don't encourage the roots to go down very far. g - sit back pour yourself a cool carling and have a nice cigar and admire!!
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I bought a 98 Entec chippit (Timberwolf 150 to all intents and purposes) for £1500 second hand from a local guy that was closing his business down. Knowing this guy and his groundies they abused everything, but the only problem that i have had is with the anti-stress unit which would cost about £330 to replace. Got a computer buddy of mine to have a look as it is only a cuircit board and he fixed it for about £40. Good luck with £3-5k you should do ok:thumbup:
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Ha ha ha the first thing i thought was the same as everyone else. How close was greggs:lol:. Although have to ask was the driver ok? Fair bump really:thumbdown:.
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I cone a job for a guy once that had done exactly the same thing with a nearly new Mercedes estate. He dug the front out and then just pulled!! And he managed to get the stumps out although the clutch did stink a bit. Shame really i could feel a stump grinding job coming on:lol:
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See what you're saying. Bit of a typo!! You knew what i meant though didn't you:lol:
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First mistake my friend is letting her get away with the tenner. I had the same issue as you at a local pub, after i'd unloaded the lady that was there told me that the landlord had told her not to pay the £60 for the van load that we'd agreed. I figured that the guy was taking the p*** out of me so i loaded up and took it all away again and when he did call i told him i wasn't that desperate for his money!! Sounds silly and a lot of work doing what i did but there is a principal at stake isn't there? You don't tell Tescos you're paying a tenner less than it says on the till do you?
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What i meant was when we went to tip and weighed the vehicle the gross weight was nearly 5 tons. I realise we can only carry 3.5 tons and the train weight on a tranny is actually more than 5 tons, what i was trying to say is it is so easy to overload a crewcab transit as there is a lot of room in the tray! The weight of our van is 2750kg unloaded so if you do the math you will find that most of the people using crewcab transits are probably running with too much weight on them every day!! How many of the guys out there think although the tray is half full we're at full capacity? Full capacity is usually when you can get no more in:lol:
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Ours will tip over two tons and it doesn't seem to struggle with that.
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We also tow a Ifor Williams TT126 with a Kubota on ours and have not had any issues with the clutch. Brakes get a bit hot but i still say with the crewcab you're going to have weight issues.
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I said 5 tons the vehicle gross weight was 5 tons so a payload of 2 1/4 tons before someone picks up on that:001_tt2:
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We have a 55 plate transit. Where do i begin!! It starts every morning which is always a good thing and to be honest with you it is a little underpowered especially when towing but the biggest problem is as, someone has already said, the weight limit. We can carry about 750kg in the back once we have all our tools in the crew cab and that is a big problem as you will probably appreciate it doesn't take long when taking down a tree to get that much chip in it. And you're probably thinking now that it's no problem as you won't get pulled but if you do it's points and a fine for being overweight (and i don't mean the driver!!). We had nearly 5 tons on ours once you can tell it is there but everything will go in the back!!
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Ha ha ha how good is this one. I nearly spat my breakfast over the computer
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Perhaps she was filming because she wanted the trunk:drool:!!
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Ha ha ha exactly. Takes all sorts doesn't it. And just think what the wife could do with an extra £100......more shoes and with me gone more room for even more shoes!
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We recently done a job and the lady a few doors up sent her son out to film us working just in case i fell out of the tree!!. She said she would have given me half of the money from sending it to you've been framed!! Anyone else ever have anything like this happen
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I was told by a hippy chick that you're meant to ask the tree for permission to cut it! Goes for holly too. (folklore) Hope you asked permission................ Nice job anyway:thumbup:.
