richy_B
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Mine is road registered and I do some short trips of 2-3km from my base occasionally. They are painfully slow and I feel a bit vulnerable when I do it though.
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They look awesome. I just Googled it and watch a promo video on youtube. I'm going to get one as I often buy a couple of months worth of red at a time.
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As the time I bet it was just panic. The minutes after are often worse as the reality of what nearly happened sets in. I had a very near miss on a boat and after I began to go into shock pretty much. Still feel a bit anxious when I think about it nearly 8 years later.
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Daft carry on. All that weight and bad angle/twist on the grab - obviously going to cock up. Lucky the grab didn't get flung further. 15 minutes extra and they could have stropped it and taken it down in three/four pieces. Cutting corners....
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+1, If you can't find a demo/guide video of it on youtube it probably doesn't exist!
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You almost don't want to get it dirty!
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Good size logs.
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I use flowfit quite a bit. They have loads of good stuff that might help you - http://www.flowfitonline.com/clutches-and-gearboxes/agricultural-pto-pump-assemblies
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This is very useful to know. I operate pretty much exclusively in London amd have kept away from lorries because of the LEZ issues.
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If you are darting your own goods for sale - firewood for example - are you tacho exempt?
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I had an enquiry about chipping some brash piles left from previous works - 'I've got a serious issue with piles and people keep tripping over them' was the exact phrase used....
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A telehandler would be my best option but I don't think my budget will stretch far enough for something decent. A neighbouring contractor at our site has a JCB teletruk, which seems to be an awesome little machine but finding one in budget is an issue.
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If you want to be more employable skip the B+E and get a C1, or better a C1+e or the full fat C+e. The world and his wife has cs38,39. Being able to drive a 7.5t and >750kg chipper will set you apart.
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I'd advise asking the council you work for, for reduced hours. 3 days a week for example. Councils are crying out for cost savings. You then have a bit of income 'guaranteed' and can test the waters working for yourself 4 days a week for 6 months - year.
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Both approaches will work. Letting the business grow organically is basically minimal advertising and not 'chasing down leads'. Perhaps just a website and sign written vehicles. Word of mouth would be a prime example of this. The longer you run the more people will find out about you. I see the advantage of this being that you can concentrate on the work you have and keep the quality high. Pushing growth is the opposite. Aggressive marketing campaign, regularely contact customers enquiring about work, follow up all enquiries, etc. Could be very successful but obviously takes time and you may need to spend your time working on this rather than the practical delivery of services. You take on a purely managerial role and send your teams out. The concept of working on yur business rather than in it.
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Rethink required, billet bundles are too heavy
richy_B replied to difflock's topic in Firewood forum
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How much is it with a trade card?
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In the long run the most economical thing to do would be get a c+e license. Yes, it's going to biggest outlay initially but you have b+e, c1, c1+e and c categories all included and it lasts till retirement. What vehicle you buy is a different matter.
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I really like their turntable trailers. Big J, I think we spoke about it on a thread about it a while back. I'll PM you.
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I had a look on the site but couldn't see - do you know if its 1 or 3 phrase for the electric? Edit - ignore that. I found the info on the .EU site. 16amp single phase.
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It looks like it's petrol engine only.
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Is the Lucas Mill comparable in prices?
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If you find any let me know. I've never found anything actually waterproof but doesn't become a sauna inside.
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Could I ask the rough prices you had? I am tempted by a branch logger type machine but I doubt I could justify more than a £2k spend. From the H&S perspective I think it would have to be owner operator use.
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Yeah. At 600 kg odd it will be pushing it in terms of rear lift and stability. Especially if you plan of pulling a trailer as well.
