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  1. Gareth Dalzell
    I,d agree with others, that's Gris and not any form of prunus/laurel.
  2. Gareth Dalzell
    Up until a few years ago nptc would still take the old blue books and re- issue with the new CS equivalent. They stopped this now as far as I know.
  3. Gareth Dalzell
    Here's the one.
  4. Gareth Dalzell
    All this chat about an 18" bar on a 550 and I was starting to worry i,d wasted my money getting this as a second bar. So had to put the new 18" bar onto the 2 week old 550 just to see if it was a runner. So........it's a match made in heaven. Perfect cutting ability, through, eucalyptus, some ash and a few macrocarpa rings. Full depth, flat out - very impressed.
  5. Gareth Dalzell
    Sounds like a plan. Nice and light, neat and does the job.
  6. Gareth Dalzell
    As mentioned check the door rope and check the door is fitting and sealing correctly. Depending on which one it is - check the ash pan door is clamping tight also and check the air control sliders are closing properly. When we shut down our Clearviews you can starve the fire and drop the flame right down. With a bit of coal on board it completely knocks the flames out and then when you open the vents up again it explodes I.m not going to do that again and don't try that at home!
  7. Gareth Dalzell
    I wonder what they would consider reasonable. If you reduced the buildings in square footage perhaps would there be an acceptable compromise that they would allow, and work it forward from there. Access lane, hard standing and a smaller unit?
  8. Gareth Dalzell
    A slightly different approach - if possible, try to get a bit of a cross fall on the lane and form a channel along one side to clear the water. We find pot holes are worse on lanes with no camber and water lying or washing along them. Not sure if about the strength of this one although it looks similar to the BLEC one which works for gravel driveways but best on soil grading jobs. If the base material is fine aggregate it may be able to loosen it enough to regrade. The blobs of concrete might stress the tines though.
  9. Gareth Dalzell
    Thanks.
  10. Gareth Dalzell
    Fuel turn over isn't a concern for us but what is a concern us those machines we don't use so often the big saws. Should we be draining them and running them dry?
  11. Gareth Dalzell
    If you have a bit if dry kindling/twigs/dry ferns to hand it will take about 5 minutes. Then you have to let it burn out after. Jet boil is built for speed. Take a flask, and put any surplus hot water into it from the jetboil. I only use the kelly when I,ve got time to.
  12. Gareth Dalzell
    I got a set of these last year. Stronger than the transit chassis. We crashed them with bits of concrete rubble, tree butts and heavy timber rings and they're still perfect. Saved our light units many times. Did deep, they're more of an investment than a purchase.
  13. Gareth Dalzell
    I reckon this went over 99.9% of Arbtalkers. Made me laugh though.
  14. Gareth Dalzell
    Like the Mini Arb tracked forwarder. Perfect:001_smile:
  15. Gareth Dalzell
    Maybe not as out of touch as you think, I process our wage run weekly and monthly for our staff using Sage Payroll 50 which does our RT submissions at the touch of a button, but was hoping to keep it more tangible for someone entering into the fun of running staff. I have to admit I have personally have never used a bureau but know people who do and thought the bureau would take one of the worries away from employing people. At the end of the year there is still a year end procedure to complete though - although if you're using Sage 50 its straight forward. For starting off there is Instant payroll which is cheaper but we have over 10 staff which is the user threshold hence we us Payroll 50 (Other Software also available)
  16. Gareth Dalzell
    Excellent piece of engineering. Have any plans for harnessing the hydraulic power unit for any other attachments. Hydraulic breaker, winch, saw bench?
  17. Gareth Dalzell
    You must be talking about the volvo in deep .... That is amazing winching power.
  18. Gareth Dalzell
    I want that bucket and tiltrotator combination for our digger, and I want that guy to drive it. He's a bit useful on the controls.
  19. Gareth Dalzell
    Don't get to hung up on the payroll aspects of employing someone. If it's not your thing you can get a payroll bureau to process and do you yearly returns.
  20. Gareth Dalzell
    Whatever your total 52 weeks a year costs are, we would divide by around 42-45 being the total number of likely productive weeks in a year an employee will yield. After holidays, lost days, sick days, unproductive days, training days etc etc.....
  21. Gareth Dalzell
    Ditto, I could always start up the PC. If I switch it on now it should have loaded by around tea time.ha ha.
  22. Gareth Dalzell
    It's up to No 01726
  23. Gareth Dalzell
    The past few weeks weather has been extreme, but we,ve most of the storm work complete now. It's been good challenging work, an interesting start to the year.
  24. Gareth Dalzell
    I know and we,ve both been in business long enough to know this otherwise I,d have told him what I,d have charged:lol:
  25. Gareth Dalzell
    What sort charge are you talking about, just to give the OP an idea.

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