simonm
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The site has to be clean afterwards so bulldozing is not an option, is there a swinging hammer flail that would be suitable for rocky ground?
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I have got about a 2 acre site to clear of mostly bramble, rough grass and lots & lots of small self sets. I am wanting to put a bobcat & forestry flail through however the site used to be an office block which was demolished & crushed on site, the hardcore was spread over most of the site & compacted down. I know that dropping the mulcher on the deck wont do it any favors, is it possible to keep it just off the ground to avoid the stone or would it just not smash stuff up enough?
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Second week on my own now and its being good, got subbies in on a few jobs then steady away on my own, no waiting for folk or telling them what to do. Get there get stuck in & go home earlier without worrying about working longer to pay wages.
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looks good...nice steady job.
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Looking for kubota grounds care dealer near Wakefield west Yorkshire
simonm replied to simonm's topic in Landscaping
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As per title...on kubota uk main website it inly shows 2 dealers both down south?
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I think the key is to have an exit plan and do what you can to work to it, I know there is some jobs i can do perfectly well on my own and others not so well. If subbies are working for me and various other firms then there is no issue! Skyhucks comment makes a lot of sense all of a sudden
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But its perfectly acceptable in construction...
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Are the government trying to stop all this subbing stuff & trying to get more people on.the books.
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Do you find you are as productive on the right jobs?
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Going to tattoo that on my hand so I can see it when.im banging my head
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I have been in this situation before & decided to keep going down the employment route for convenience more than anything as trying to get subbies in when you need them was not always possible, i suppose an organised diary would solve this. Struggling to get my head around the doing less bit without feeling like i am letting the business down.
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<p>No i looked at getting 1 from Vermeer but i dont think it would be much good for anything other than tall grass & weeds, think they were just over 4 grand too.</p>
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I have chased £ for the last few years but am coming around to the idea of taking on less work, turning over less money and just being greedy with my wage. The headaches that seem to be never ending employing folk are driving me round the bend. It seems perfectly possible for 1 man to do 1ks worth of work a week, any bigger jobs that come in bring subbies in to help out. Its difficult trying to change your mindset from driving work through to doing enough to pay yourself a good wage & enough to invest back into the business.
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Does anybody work on their own when the job allows it and bring subbies in as an when for bigger jobs? Is is possible to run a small arb firm with no full time employees?
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I appreciate that machinery by nature will at some point have problems, its the never ending list of problems, the fact that we are loosing money & being made to look unreliable! The list goes on! Ive got an 09 tw 190 that is in daily use and has being flawless, a carlton sp2010 that has never let me down & bandit grinder that has being spot on. Maybe I bought a friday machine! Either way its going before it lets us down again.
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No amount of spanners or spares will make up for the fact that its going to cost you time, money & reputation! Get rid now before you end up stuck with it! 9 weeks mine has been in with redwoods now, yes I have a loan machine which has also gone tits up, this is piss poor imo! 3 years warranty on a machine that has constant issues is a joke, nobody at redwoods seem to be interested in discussing the machine only the poor service manager! I cant understand why some folk are prepared to sweep it under the carpet as though its acceptable on a 22k machine!
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As a small business 22k on a bad buy is a hard mistake to swallow! Especially when its through no fault of your own. Its ok a manufacturer repairing stuff but when it just seems like 1 thing after another what do you do!
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But why send 20k + machines out to market that clearly aren't ready and expect everyone to accept it and take it on the chin! If it were a new car it would be replaced or refunded after so much grief!
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What tw is it? Problems???
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We are shafted with this johny as money tied up in it and resale value is nothing for a 2 year old machine with no hours! Stuck between a rock @ a hard place springs to mind.
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The loan machine actually broke down.
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Shame because it smashes brash...just unreliable to the point its making us look bad as we are knocking on jobs, more down time stood waiting for an engineer. Its crippling us!
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Longer, just found ticket for when it was collected on the 24,4,17. Problems in order... New electronic control unit... Feed roller bearings hitting each other, washers bodged on niggly bits. New ingnition coil. Tinwork around flywheel shaft cracked, chute cracked. New machine 270 hours on approx 27 months old. Loan machine while mine fixed blew hydraulic filter off emptied tank everywhere. Fed up of it!
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Mine has been in for 6 weeks now! Spends more time in bits than on site working, worst machine I have bought!
