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RobRainford

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  1. I've got a 60cm ocean poly 10mm prussik I have as a spare. Works well when I did use it. Don't anymore though. I had it on blaze and now on xtc. No problems!
  2. heres my additions, i mean mishaps!
  3. i meant to say left, but i put right instead, silly me! do the wonky spots work? looks like one is there to light up the night sky and the other is for lighting the hedge at the side of the road!
  4. ed does the big blue arrow not block your right headlight?
  5. its got some extra heavy duty ones, the hi cap ones sat down too much so stronger ones were bought, the water tank is full in those pics, and it gets very close to the arches, i think the front does touch ever so slightly when it goes down on its side.
  6. I have this problem too. My hi viz gear, stein jacket, t shirt and stretch airs all have black marks and stains which won't come out. They've been washed but it just doesn't come clean. Just don't do much work. They will be cleaner for longer!
  7. Well he wants to try put his new tyres. Within 30 seconds he was stuck up to the diffs. Even they were sinking a bit! Doesn't help that the water tank in the back was full! And it was very soft soil.
  8. We've had the boom for 10 years. Don't know who it came from back then. I think it came off an even older truck! We had
  9. Black beauty with her new shoes and a big box that would make an ideal chip bay!
  10. That's a downside to having friends work for you. You feel obliged and you don't want to discipline them. If any of my mates tried to rob anything I don't think I'd even consider them a friend anymore tbh
  11. I find it frustrating when I'm asked 'is that your best day rate' my response is yeah that's my day rate. It's the best price for me! I've been undercut by over £400 on one Job. The work was never done!
  12. We've got a birch by the looks of it. Been planted outside!
  13. ill ask the buyer (my dad) as he keeps spending all this money on his truck and stuff and then says hes got no money there is an aluminium box fitted now, similar design to the ifor canopies, but rather tall! will get some pictures in the daylight tomorrow.
  14. something tells me that he shouldnt have done that
  15. They are bfg mud terrains. 12" wide. I think the canopy has been collected for it today. Will post a couple of pics later!
  16. Update! Got some new mud tyres. It does currently have general grabber AT2 on for general work. But needed a different set for a new contract that's come in. 12" wide. Need some new wheelarches!
  17. you could play the killer line. 'Im not angry, im just disappointed' thats worse than a rollocking!
  18. you could always cut a piece off the top end so they will adjust lower, like with bashlins the holes on them can be changed, im sure you could cut them to size.
  19. well, being that age a lot more recently than some of you, i used to drink but because of where we lived it was difficult to go anywhere i.e. had to get a lift of parents from anywhere. I can compare myself to my sister, and see how different we are, she went to college and mixed with the wrong people, basically chavs who hang round at b&Q car park at night for no reason and generally cock around! She went downhill, shes better now as she was 17/18. she isnt much better now though. But at least you can have a decent conversation with her now she found a job! i stayed sensible, when i did get wasted a couple of times, it was at home as we had the space to, however after getting alcohol poisoning and two horrible hangover days, its been enough to steer me away from drink and now if i do go out with my mates, it will be to the pub for a few hours once every few weeks and ill drive and just drink shandies. then tease them saying ive had 5 pints and im fine! haha. I think you made a good call plippy, there is a fine line between being the dad nobody likes and the dad whos cool. Ive had kids who are 12 coming up to me and saying 'ere mate can you go in dat shop and gerruz sum fagz?' to which i say no and just say ive got socks older than them. Dont waste your life! id rather tell a kid to go do something else than just no. even if its a group, doesnt bother me in the slightest what they choose to do but when they involve me i will give them an opinion!
  20. if you were experienced and aware of what might happen youd sever the rootplate first. Be safe guys
  21. You should add the toolbox, definatly on a 130 as your chip box will be bigger without overloading the rear axle! I can understand its a prototype and you should be open to all range of comments as there will always be something to say! If i was in the market for a compact work vehicle, if that had a toolbox instead of a chipbox and had a trailer suited to it i.e. a long chute which extended from the chipper to the trailer behind the truck, i would be looking at one.
  22. i have a 10ft one, bought for £500. 2.5m wide. It used to be an old generator housing so has two huge vents on each side which are now boarded over but arent air tight, a big hole at the top centre and an exhaust hole, never have a problem with condensation, its inside a workshop so water doesnt get in either! to fit a chipper in aswell id go for a 3m wide one andas tall as you can or youd be looking at moving the chute possibly whenever you wanted to store it.
  23. Google street view images are from 2009 so you can only get basic information. But I do find it useful.
  24. Looking at your last pics it looked like it did stand back up when it was a few feet long. I've seen rootplates that looked like they weren't going anywhere spring back fairly readily. It's something you just can't think "oh it will be alright" And even if it's only you stood near the tree. Your the one who's in harms way! Only looking out for colleagues. H&S is everyones responsibility
  25. Geez. That's something I wouldn't wish on anyone. If your lucky then the rope could get cut as it hit the chipper blades but it's unlikely it would.

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