richy_B
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Everything posted by richy_B
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Is it a 100km drive from base or a 100km radius around the base?
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+1. Lovely bit of kit.
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Bought myself a riddle bucket from digbits for the mini. Does a pretty good job - seperated out a pile of about 15 cubes into soil and crap on an allotment in about an hour.
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True, but the same will go for most kit. You need the right type of jobs and a reasonably steady flow of it to capitalise. If you can fit two jobs into a day where you previously did 1 then you are surely going to see a good return on investment. . Savings are not purely financial either. Anything that reduces stress and strain on your body is a plus point in my book. A mewp may perhaps extend your climbing career, etc.
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Leo 23m looks like a good unit. Tricky though as these size MEWPs onwards are getting pretty big and heavy. If it can't go behind a 3.5t tow'er it opens a new can of worms. Certainly wouldn't work for me.
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That's not limited to MEWPs imho. Chippers, 360's, tractors, winches. Avoiding the obvious dick joke, whatever you've got you always want a bigger one!
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What's a good size MEWP for tree works? At auctions I often see 13-15m ones and for a few minutes think 'these would be great' but they decided against it. 15m is going to be a bit limiting???
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If it's attached to the tipping bed it's going to be hard to keep gear in place. Wouldn't you be better shortening the bed and having a tool box/cabinet built on the chassis?
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Tried. No change.
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Time and effort I'm afraid.
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http://www.servicemetals.co.uk
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I click on you and it goes to your profile. I click on message. The message page doesn't not show up your name as I would expect it should. Then anything I click crashes the app.
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Yes, latest version it seems. Can't PM at all from the app. Samsung s5.
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Build some ally plank sides yourself and put on a 1/3 roof and you are away. £350-400 and looks good. Rivet gun and some bolts are you are away.
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I can't send PM on the app (android). I couldn't search for the website feedback forum. The app crashes every time.
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Can I ask why you want to sell a transit tipper for a 4x4 tipper? Do you find you are offroad the majority of your work time? I have 4x4 pickups and transit tippers and for everyday tree work the transit wins hands down. The pickup is the easier to use tow vehicle and with BFG mud terrains it can get most places - but if you filled it with chip and put a chipper behind it you are going to be making a mess of the site you are working on. I'd suggest a single cab standard pickup to run alongside a transit tipper would be the way forward.
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I'll send you a PM, I have an 18 month old tipper I was possibly looking at selling.
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I like that. Smart looking tipper body.
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How much will it cost you to do? That plus your desired profit margin. Don't worry about others prices IMHO.
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I was just going to suggest that. We have lots of infected woodlands in London amd I've seen some of the guys with a rash similar to this. Seriously itchy I am told.
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It will improve drying time but not by enough to make it worthwhile. As has been said, heat and airflow is what you need. Insulate your shed, stick a oil filled electric radiator in there and a domestic heat exchanger unit. Or just air dry and be patient!
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Interesting to know. I do some land drainage and water pipe work so differs from your set up.
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Sorry. No toe treading intended! I'd be on it if I come out of arb though.
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Recipe for disaster in my opinion. £100 a day is very reasonable for chipper hire. If you want to provide a chipper, tipper and labour for anywhere near that you are going to end up making a pittance. Work out the actual cost of you making minimum wage is, plus the running and maintenance cost of the chipper, plus the running, maintenance, insuring and taxing the tipper, plus any business admin costs. Consider the depreciation of your assets/investment. Ask yourself then if it is worth it? If you want to make money you need to offer a more unique service. Hire, with operator, something not widely available locally. Sell a skilled service not an unskilled one. If my budget was £15k and I wanted to make a decent return I'd be lookin outside of arb. Get yourself a burger van, get a drain jetting unit, get a decent car and a PCO license, get a narrow access mini digger and muck truck. I can think of a dozen things that would be more profitable and likely to succeed.
