richy_B
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Yeah, it can be a nightmare. I only ever use it for parks or woodlands. Verges or pavements would be a toss of the coin everytime. Ntl/virgin/bt are the worst as they barely bury their cabling. I cat and now metal detect everything but you never quite know. You can use a genny but you have to spend ages trying to workout where man holes are and its pricework. It is a good load out. Took me several seasons to work out the best kit. The muck truck maxi was a good buy. For ages i thought it was a waste of money and a wheel barrow would suffice but it saves a lot of energy across a day.
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Another 2 bolts at the top may have helped as well.
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The further down the greater leverage so makes sense it contributed. How much would be6hard to know. Lucky escape really because your break away cable is attached to the part that would have snapped off. A 3 tonner on a plant trailer would have made a mess at 20mph+
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Anyway, as always arbtalk is a fountain of good info.
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Sounds good. Its difficult as there is quite a bit of kit available but space is often more restrictive than budget. I have my ifor 3017 caged tipper which is 12 standard trees, 25-40 stakes, mesh cages, planting box of strap nails & ties then wheel barrows. In the tow vehicle we have hand tools and power tools (breaker, cut off saw, small chainsaw). This year i invested in a muck truck maxi. This works well in combo with the mini digger, auger and 3017 tipper. Two of us can get a lot of holes dug.
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The digger is great for parks, etc but on streets its too cumbersome. Imagine a busy london street and you are doing 8 trees spread along a few hundred metres and on both sides of the street. Im going to keep an eye for a used knocker for mini digger. To be fair we do enough trees (and replace enough broken stakes) to make it worthwhile to have both.
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32 - 40kg. Thats hefty to get above head height.
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I saw these in the greentech catalogue originally. They do look handy. How much are they if you don't mind me asking?
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Thats pretty much what i was thinking. Anyone used one?
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Yes. This is one I'd seen. It'll be what go for if i can't find better.
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I did think that but they are 2.4m posts can't see a practical way of getting on top of it.
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Hello all, In the 'arb digger' thread there was some discussion about post drivers on mini diggers etc. I don't want to derail that at all do a new thread. Wondering if anyone has any experience of hand held hydraulic post drivers? I do a lot of tree planting, mainly street trees. For this we have a jcb hydraulic power pack and breaker. I was wondering about the availability of a hydraulic post driver for putting in 60-75mm wooden stakes. We don't have to put many in per day (30-60) but if the ground is compacted (as it generally is on pavements) it can be hard work and you really feel it in your wrists and shoulders over the course of the winter. I've been googling but can't seems to find much option for one. I've seen the petrol post driver which looks good but obviously with a hydraulic power pack there it would make sense to utilise it. Any thoughts welcomed.
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Accountant makes major VAT return error...
richy_B replied to TimberCutterDartmoor's topic in Business Management
This sounds like a crazy situation. I often wonder why HMRC can't apply a little common sense and 'pick their battles' more. Ultimately what are they going to achieve with this? What were they were ever hoping to achieve? How much will they have spent in officers time etc to achieve it. A fools errand. -
I prefer no cab on a mini digger for arb work. As you're relatively low down and have limited reach you'll find yourself in the thick of it often and its too easy to break windows. Plus quicker to jump in and out. Obviously has some downsides on a rainy day.... Hopefully the breaker circuit is double acting. Gives you a good choice of grabs etc.
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The first one is pretty impressive. You want to watch your fingers but it gets the job done!
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I'm surprised to hear this. I thought the petrol and pto versions would be very capable on full size cutting. How often do people sharpen their blades? I bought a 2nd one and switch them out fairly regularly.
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I have scd600 230v version. Chosen because we work inside and dont have 3ph. I find it very capable. It'll clean cut 10" oak/ beech billets all day. I'd imagine 15hp+ pto versions would be more powerful at the blade and very usable.
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Nice one. Looks like a decent little unit.
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Exactly. I have had a VAT inspection and it was confirmed in writing. VAT on delivery follows VAT on product. So 5% on both.
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Awesome bit of kit.
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I'm about £1500pa for public liability, employee liability then fully comp on a mini digger, agt tractor, couple of trailer, misc kit totally about £10k. Well worth it. I had a £13k item written off in transport and got the amount back (minus 500 excess) within 7 days.
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Been with arborisk for a few years. Fast replied, decent price. I'd recommend them.
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Hopefully insurance will sort it out. Most policies will cover you as long as the machine is in a locked compound. Even heras with a chain and lock qualifies. Obviously it was in a compound and they cut the lock off....
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Must be 3 or 4 cubes. You could do 3/4 with an axe!
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If you want to use them repetitively go hydraulic for sure. As mentioned earlier, I used electric winches for repetitive work (3-4 mins of pulling then 10 mins unhitching, resetting and then going again) and we killed two electric winches in no time. Will cost a bit more initially but it sounds like the right tool for the job. As bob mentions you have got a decent engine, hydraulic system and controls right there so shouldn't be a hard addition.
