richy_B

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.

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!

Interesting to know. I do some land drainage and water pipe work so differs from your set up.

Sorry. No toe treading intended! I'd be on it if I come out of arb though.

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.

Anythings possible. Worthwhile is a different question. For me the largest factor would be wear and tear on your body. I find it harder to recover as I get older. It's a strenuous job and easy to pick up stresses/strains.

I have a t350 tipper insured with Aviva as well. When I had a claim (albeit not a tipper) they were easy to deal with and paid out quickly.

If its a sudden stop its got to be something in it. Wire, nail, etc.

With insurance you need to declare fully. If you say its a panel van and it isn't then you give them a way out in the event of a claim. Shop around, someone will take your money.

I'm considering selling my AGT 835 forestry tractor. It just isn't getting the use we intended for it. I am wondering a fair price to ask for it? AGT 835 37hp tractor. Articulated steer. Full factory forestry guarding. Only a year old and less than 100 hours. We'll looked after and grest condition. Only defect is front grill got pushed in slightly by a branch (cosmetic only). Bought direct from Riko. I was going to include the ifor lm126 flatbed trailer we use for it as it's ideally suited. http://www.riko-uk.com/product/65/405 £17k + VAT new (probably worse the way the euro to pound is going!). Any suggestions?

Talking of training (I appreciate not very positively!) Does anyone have a recommendation for an NPORS <10t 360 provider in Oxford/bucks/berks/Surrey?

We use the term 'shred' for when is mainly leaf. For example we run all our basal and epicormic pruning through a chipper or shredder and what you get is 'shred'.

Moles valley farmers? They sell it. It seems pretty hard to source.

Agreed. Wrist breakers, I'd avoid as much as possible.

No, it isn't. It looks a bit elm like to me.

Its not the question you asked but the answer is : transit tipper and road tow chipper. Pickup with tipping trailer to back this up.

I've been buying from Steve for a couple of years and would recommend his kindling. Very neat packed and quality stuff.

Saw this on ebay. Really tidy looking truck. Not specficially in this case but I find mileage can be deceptive on council vehicles. I used to drive a council van and it only did 6k a year but this was stop start driving in traffic in London traffic - I'd put it on par with doing 18k a year normally. Condition is obviously key, the front seats and door sills are usually the key indicator.

Can't tell exactly from the article but does it sound like he had removed some if the guarding or failed to add additional.

This is more complicated as it has duality of purpose. The business could buy the hardtop but if you make use of it when using the car personally you have to put it on you p11d as a taxable benefit. Might be extreme but the same would be necessary if the business paid for a tow bar to be fitted for work use but you used it to tow a private caravan. From what you are saying Id say you should keep your vehicle within your business for the time being. In a few years you can sell it to yourself and make use of the 45p. Obviously before that have a major service, new tyres and buy the hardtop. Just my 2 cents.

The business can own/lease the vehicle and pay all the bills. Or you own the car personally and claim 45p for everything, including the fuel. My understanding of it and i am 99% sure i have it right.

Then the 45p can't be used.

A pertinent question might be - are you likely to work for them again? The outcome maybe influenced by this.

The 45p is a business expense and 100% deductible. It is also tax free as an individual so regardless of your salary/dividends you can claim £4,500 PA (if you do the full 10,000 pa). So you reduce your business tax bill but pay no tax on it as income personally. Maybe not worth if for 1000 miles but from 5000 miles onwards it is an efficient option. It will hinge on how much the vehicle actually costs to run.

I don't think this scenario would be tax efficient. It is more the case that the business buy the van new (say £30k for example) and runs it for 5 years. At 5 years you buy the vehicle from the business for £10k (or a justifiable price, ie a PX amount youve been offered). You then run the van personally and claim 45p a mile for business usage up to 10,000 mile PA.