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Completely agree. You can't have an authoritive control over something such as TPO's / conservation areas and have a commercial interest in it. It would be a huge conflict of interests. A council would need to be to prove a clear financial seperation between the different aspects of its operations, which it could not possibly do. VAT, corporation tax, are the staff in anyway subsidised by the tax payer, can council staff employ the tree contractors to work on their own property (anti bribery etc), split of equipment purchases/maintenance/depreciation, staff pensions, etc. No way this would stand up to property scrutiny. I would email the leader of the council and copy in your MP, your local ward councillors and the leader of the opposition locally.
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I don't think its a 'take it leave it attitude' , it is more that I've done what was agreed and you want me to do extra its going to be £xxx more. You have to be firm, if you give an inch they'll try and take a mile. We are in one of those trades where people think they can just ask for extra for nothing. Value your time, put it on your quote that extra time is available at £xxx per 15 minutes should you have anything pop up whilst we are there....
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Ah, you're probably right. Been a long day....
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I just had one on hire today. Needed a tracked machine as we were on an island with only small bridge across. Overall I liked it. The two speed tracking was useful for the longer runs. Felt stable with the tracks expanded. The chipping speed was comparable with the older models but I found the wider mouth to be useful for brashy stuff.
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I'd agree. An eye for and eye and we all go blind. You can both find endless ways to annoy each other.
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Pretty sure my MK7 is 6t train weight.
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I thought this - the mitsubishi fuso tipper is only 20mm higher than a standard transit. An iveco 75 for example was 120mm which would be a push.
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If you already have a dpuble cab pickup then a transit single cab tipper is the obvious choice for me. If you can pick up a tipping trailer with high sides you will have a pretty versatile set up for domestic work.
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Stolen in Battle East Sussex between fri last week and this morning
richy_B replied to beachbum73's topic in Stolen Equipment
Sounds like a holiday and like someone knew you would be on holiday as well. -
Stolen in Battle East Sussex between fri last week and this morning
richy_B replied to beachbum73's topic in Stolen Equipment
Damn, that's some loss. As you said, sounds well planned, no way chancers would have been able to shift all of that. -
No high sides. Just standard factory 'one stop, one way tipper'. Full tank of fuel and me.
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I think the steel sides version would be just over 2500kg. Double cab with steel sides has got to be 2700kg I'd of thought. It doesn't leave a lot of legal payload!
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I've driven the fiesta van and really liked it.
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These things often crop up and as I'm fresh off the weight bridge I thought I'd stick it here for future searches! Ford Transit MK7 T350. Single cab , one stop tipper (factory ally sides). Full tank of diesel and 95kg driver, no tools = 2430kg. Accurate to withing 10kg I am told.
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My main thought - the importance of having a clear escape route so if it goes you can be off like Usain bolt. The last thing you need is to trip on some bramble etc.
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What have you got currently?
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I have an auger torque head on my 1.6t komatsu (after talking with you on here i think). I can run the small flights ok and have a 500mm one for tree planting which is ok in most soils, just very rocky grounds are a struggle. I think the stump planer would be a big ask for my machine.
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I prefer to fixed grab. Less bits to get damaged, very robust. Got mine from digbits. I'd recommend.
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I got an old tumble drier off Gumtree for £30. Low heat for 60 mins sorts most stuff.
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Fantastic. I'd have no chance of anywhere near that on my mini digger. Is it quick enough to switch between auger head and pallet forks?
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What size is your auger flight theocus?looks about 60 cm. I have a 45cm on an auger torque head on a mini digger and it's useful but could certainly see the benefit of your set up.
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It's probably not the 'ultimate machine' but a jcb teletruk is a super useful machine to have around. The 4wd 3.5t lift version is very capable.
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I'd agree. I have an older L200 double cab on BFG mud terrains. It's great in most offroad work situations and get me and a bed full of kit across fields, mud and boggy areas. What I like about it is not how it handles the rough stuff but how it copes with the easy. If I drove across a damp, level field you can barely see I've been there as the mud terrains don't slip at all. On road tyres or in a rwd transit we'd definitely leave tracks. Towing a >750kg trailer even using mud terrains and it bogs down very quickly and leaves a mess. If I took our ifor 3017 tipper trailer with a full weight load across a wet field it would a nightmare. I can definitely see the value on a single cab or king cab tipper. A double cab tipper is going to be limited though in my opinion.
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Can't comment on a chainsaw but you don't want to hit a discarded nappy with a brush cutter. Believe me.
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Anyone with a tracked chipper available for Saturday 17th March? Needs to get through a 1.5m gap so a 6-7.5" machine. Would need to be able to get to Ealing W7, West London (A40 / M40 turn off from M25) for 9am then about 6 hours on site. Working with one other person. Can pay a decent rate for the day. PM if of interest. Thanks, Rich.
