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Theres not a lot in price between all the major manufacturers. I've just priced up the following: All around the same money, hard to compare as things like the tailgate is an option (!) on the Brian James and the ramp holders an option on the ifor! I think the above prices were with both tailgate and ramp holders. In the end I called Buffalo trailers for a price, around 4k, but they had a s/h triaxle 10*6 tipper that had been thru the workshop for 2.5k plus VAT. So I bought that to see if I like having a tipper trailer, it's had new tyres, new brake cables, all lights and brakes work which is the main thing on a secondhand trailer. Nothing I can't do myself but that trailer has to be the right money for that. Floor is steel plated so although the board underneath is going in places it should do a couple of years then l'll flog it for new if it fits the business. I quite like it. It's clearly had a hard life, but has stood up to it well, 2.5k is about what I'd expect a secondhand 3.5t tipper to owe me if I bought it as cheap as they get and put it through my workshop so I'm happy. Here's a beavertail I bought for £900 with new resin ply fitted (had to flip it over though! muppets put it shiny side up) Brake shoes were good, had two sets of ramps with it, I changed the cables, a bearing and put brand new wheels on it. Stands me in at £1600 including two full vehicle tie down sets, a spare wheel, new prop stands, new jockey wheel, box and a few other trinkets. Handy for bulky stuff and as a backup plant trailer than can handle all my diggers (just) Pro tip- if you have to change all the tyres on a trailer, then it's not a lot more just to get a set of wheels and tyres off eBay. I went for the more modern wider tyres/rims, and flogged the knackered set for £50. My plant trailer I bought for £400, added a steel over boarding floor, new lights and a few extra tiedowns. Ran sweet for a year then I did the brake shoes last month. Buying trailers at the right money for the condition is an art, and it's hard when you're VAT registered as the s/h no vat values are stupidly high because every smalltime builder wants a trailer. I seem to have ended up with as many old secondhand trailers as old secondhand vehicles, but you can't beat having exactly the right tool for the job plus spare capacity.

JCB seem to know their stuff regarding plant insurance. They were also happy to cover me for the limited amount of tree felling we do.

I only use my 462 occasionally, but it's a really nice saw. Yes, it's quick on the uptake- but aren't Huskys supposed to be known for that? It's certainly controllable power, I really like it.

Kohler parts are a nightmare to source, massive wait times. Would never buy again.

Sorry, just read this. I have 4x 5ah makita and 2x 6ah waitleys, been using them equally for more than 6 months. They hold their charge and work well, probably as well as makita ones. Both the cases of the waitleys are now cracked and taped up. They seem fine though and i have never dropped them, so must assume its just from flopping around on a top handle whilst climbing. I’ve smashed a few through abuse, Stixall works a treat for glueing them back together!

Waitley brand on eBay mate. Look like this- available in other sizes too. The Makita genuine charger doesn't like the 9AH, but the Chinese chargers will charge them- takes a good hour though. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/18V-9Ah-Li-ion-Battery-For-Makita-BL1830-1840-1850-LXT400-With-LED-Power-Display/223203647336?hash=item33f7f95f68%3Ag%3ArSIAAOSwRI1cxuFi&LH_BIN=1

When does any arborist ever have bark chippings? People keep asking for them, and I bet they're expecting a load like you'd get from B and Q.

Will still give you nothing if the terminals are corroded. Best to check them first on the machine

Undo them and use a flat file across the surface of the ring terminals to freshen them up. Same with the battery earth- often overlooked but critical.

Hard to see exactly but most likely yellow one with a spade on the end mate. Pull it off, stick the earth lead of the multimeter onto an earth point on the machine and the probe into that spade. Hold the igintion in the crank position and check that you get 12v at the spade. But if it's clicking, then it's clearly getting a signal here. What's the system voltage? Have you checked ALL terminals? Obviously the the battery terminals, but also the two terminals on the starter motor and where the batter earth strap bolts to the machine chassis.

That's bloody ridiculous. Try RS supplies for a range of microswitches for around a fiver. Probably the same place GreenMech buy them from...

It's all shit. As a business to business service you have no cooling off period. Often the contract will tie you in for X years, or have tricky conditions under which you must cancel a rolling contract (cancel three months in advance but no earlier etc) Unfortunately your options are limited, unless the paperwork that you signed (did you read it?? Take note people, this is how all these lawful scams work) explicitly states that you will not need to quote. What the salesman told you is utterly worthless in a B2B contract. It's what you sign that matters.

Libre Office all the way, especially if you are on Mac. Mac Office 365 is a substandard product that they won't bother to update.

Remember, 95% of fuel problems are electrical. Not on a small carburetted petrol engine they’re not.

Good shout

Either a dodgy battery or starter or wiring. Possibly a shot rectifier leading to discharged battery. First test is to measure the battery votage or try a jump pack.

Because if people have more income, they will offer more to get their dream home or whatever.

What's nice about the Makita is that you can speed it right up for fine work. Possibly it produces more torque at slower speeds too for thicker stuff- not sure but the brushless grinder have an extra torque mode when you bog them down enough.

All well think theory, but we can be pretty sure most wouldn’t have saved the tax money. And other prices such as property would be even more sky high.

I've got a better idea. Why don't we appoint an umbrella organization (we could call it 'Government') to collect a bit of money from everyone in the country in the good times so that when stuff like this happens they can pay a percentage (maybe 80%) of the wages to see people through? I know, we cou;d call it 'furlough'!

No offence but you must be joking. There’s this thing called furlough, I presume you’ve heard of it? Use it!

I used to use airstreams but they only last a year. I can get three pairs a year of Oregon Yukon from screwfix for the same money and find them very comfortable. I used them as a general work boot, they might be shit for climbing, I wouldn’t know!

My recommendation is, it’s a workshop- use a generator.

Of course it’s genetic. Wankers don’t breed! But seriously. Have a quick read of the free ebook ‘your brain on porn’. It lays bare the effect modern porn has upon men’s dopamine systems. It’s not healthy.

Linked. So 6HP. Double the CFM of one.