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Fresh plant trailer... anything better than the ifor gh1054?
swinny replied to swinny's topic in General chat
I bought a second hand ifor gh1054 in the end as not paying the new price nor waiting for ever. Trailers new were fine at 23-2600 plus vat not 3900 plus vat. Sold a brian james tilt bed plant trailer as obly 2700 kg. Still have my gx106 I bought new un good co dition but I think this is going to go so I can buy a 12x6 dropside instead 👍 -
Problems and issues this industry faces and how to deal with them.
swinny replied to Mick Dempsey's topic in General chat
I didn't want to depress too many folks Steve ... I'm usually a glass half full person. But I'm a realist too..... been a funny year so far and going to get very hard soon! -
Problems and issues this industry faces and how to deal with them.
swinny replied to Mick Dempsey's topic in General chat
In this day and age very few people just get one quote.... many are 3 quotes plus..... How do you feel you are going to get on in the economic climate which we currently have and possible heading to a recession if not allready in one and waiting for the money to run out? -
Problems and issues this industry faces and how to deal with them.
swinny replied to Mick Dempsey's topic in General chat
Come up north and compete against some of the local lads and you'd be on the dole very soon 😆 🤣 Being serious I take it you have a low conversion rate but high profit? -
Looks good Paul 👍 What model is it? And would it be a hi tec? Still got your fendt too?
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Bang on! Same here
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Happy days! Thought this thread was on the bottom of the ocean 😆 Yeah I'm going to have to order some proper ones..... don't know why but the ones that screw upwards seem to have a bloody nut ontop of them! And this is covered by the big plate the engine sits on. I will have a good look at it next week and get it all sorted. Cheers Richy 👍 Chris
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Just wondering if other people's machines had these double ended screw in pins fitted to their machines at all? 2 of mine have been changed for what looks like a big nut and bolt / bodged....! One of the correct ones snapped today 😞 was going to remove this one but it's going to foul the frame on the way out! (Snapped one looks like an animal with Stilsons have been at it 😆) Crap design but just wondering If those are rhe correct pins / bolt etc or if they've moved onto something else. Cheers
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I'm in need of another plant trailer. Needs to be for my 2.6t digger etc.... doesn't want to be wider than the gh1054 ifor which I believe is 2.1m wide.... and it only weighs 660kg ... so far this is the one I need.... Looked at Brian james but they are heavier We use a gx106 but the back roads I run on its just too wide and could't send a members of staff out with it comfortably. We also run a little brian james tiltbed trailer 10x5 but only a 2700kg! This is used everyday. Is there anything to rival the gh1054 ? Comes down to weight and no bigger than 10x5'4" for me Did consider a 12x6 dropside but don't want the hassle of pissing about with ramps all the time. Cheers
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There is still permitted development allowed in a CA..... As said needs to fit in... has anyone else set president? A porch can be built up to a certain size with out planning etc. It's no biggie. I'm in a CA and replaced all my front windows and kept the Georgian bar in them to keep in sync with the rest. Rear windows don't have it. Wouldn't phase me getting another house in a con area again
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Ahh ffs, noticed first thing this morning! It must have gone on way home from job yesterday as was making a racket!
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Had this recently.... even rang hmrc up as didn't want to believe my accountant lol 😆 Your vat reg, charge vat.
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Sounds awful, but dumpers suggestion sounds good then.... scaffold and small grinder. And most of all...... Charge plenty for an inconvenience pain in the arse job 😀
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Like ****************...... Come on! Thats clearly a cut to stump job and poison and walk away.... let the builders sort the stump and roots as they dismantle sections of the wall and repair. You or someone will make a right pigs ear of that if you grind! (claw away with a digger if you have to gently but no no to a stump grinder)
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He's like you say naive or plays dumb and just a winging twat questioning and bidding 2 sides of stupid questions / arguments against each other. Like radio Jeremy Kyle. I suppose its what folks like to listen to nowadays. Pointless shit to distract them from their lives or getting forwards
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Scott Mills is the replacement I believe... ohh my he is shite and annoying..... With that and that prick Jeremy vine it's gna be hard to tune in nowadays.....
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I wouldn't say undercut.... that word gets thrown about too often. I would say some can go work cheaper or have less work in their diary so can jump on sooner. And then some folk will be a bit desperate
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I'd say this interest rates and energy scare tactics are coming in early..... I'd say its a lot more quiet on enquiries at the moment. A lot more window shoppers too.... There are some folk still with money that will get things done but a lot that either won't or will wait for people to go cheaper or find someone cheaper. A lot recently I have found if you ring back maybe 2 days later, some one has allready been out to price and even some folk are doing the jobs near straight away! Folk just do not like to wait but if you've a full diary what can you do. I try to be optimistic but I fear things will get a lot quieter sooner than later.... you can't even blame it on summer holiday lol as they're not even here yet....
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Just get the deposit put down and worry about the rest later lol 😆 No videos?
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I think personally the smart thing to do would be to get someone to price them.... If your hell bent on doing it yourselves : Up your budget slightly. Buy a driven hydraulic machine like a vermeer sc252 or rayco 1625..... stumps will be a lot easier for you and your back! with the above machines, you stand to the side and use levers to grind the stump and drive the grinder. Lot easier than ragging yourself to bits with pedestrian grinder. Do the stumps and move the grinder on for very little depreciation!
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Up for sale is my Vermeer Sc252 stump grinder. Year 2003. I have owned this machine for approx 7-8 years and have done a heck of a lot of stumps with it. The hours are currently 1357. Engine was replaced by previous owner at 1000 hours but I have no paperwork to show you to confirm this. Fitted with a Kohler twin cylinder 25hp petrol engine. Please look at the pictures for the condition. It is no “Looker” and the paintwork or lack of, lets it down a little but it is mechanically spot on. In my ownership I have replaced : New electric clutch when I first purchased (450.00 plus vat) Replaced the bottom main pivot pin at some point. In the last year or so I have replaced both jack shaft and cutter wheel bearings and the cutter wheel side belt pulleys. I'm sure the main cutter wheel shaft was worn when I did the bearings so changed that also (expensive job!) Machine comes with spare vermeer belts ( approx 100.00) and a set of dual wheels (450.00 plus vat). The dual wheels help a lot when on a wet site or to aid traction. Also they help when grinding and riding over the mounts of chip the grinders pile in front of the drive wheels! This machine has paid for itself time and time again but this year I bought myself a tracked replacement and this is no longer being used. These machines are great and reliable. I have done some very large stumps with this in my time. Backup from vermeer is also spot on and parts readily available. Machine is fitted with vermeer yellow jacket teeth. Once one side dulls you can turn them around and have another sharp cutter side. It was running the standard amount of teeth and pockets but I dropped it down to 3 sets of pockets to see if it ground more efficiently as less pockets mean less resistance and drag in the ground. I have not had chance to try it out yet. There is some spare pockets to come with the machine, but if you wanted to put it back to the standard amount of teeth and pockets you'd need to buy a couple of pockets I think. Great machine albeit scruffy looking. Please no silly offers or tyre kickers or I will simply remove the grinder from sale and keep it! Price is £3000.00 plus vat. I cannot sell with out vat! Item is located Barnoldswick, Lancashire Payment via bank transfer only. And only on cleared funds will the machine be released. Sold as seen. No warranty given or implied£3,000
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I was wondering that.... A friend sent me a video a good while back of a new tracked 540 or even 550 demo video and it was absolutely pathetic.... You wouldn't have parted with your brass with that performance!
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Didn't they go small crappy engine?
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Ahh balls.... better get my wallet out again then! Ebay sort me out hopefully
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Right I've ordered it... if its shite, its on you Gary lol
