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I think it was three times I filled up from Chichester to Lockerbie. Or maybe four, can't remember

A very astute poster (can't remember who)m once stated upon here that: "'Can you just?s' start at £30 plus VAT" Wise man.

Fork handles, I said!

Of course it's a scam. I'll flag this post.

:thumbup: At least give me time to print it off!

I'd invest in a big deep cycle leisure battery and be dedicated about taking it home every few nights to charge. That way a cheap inverter will give you a way to run small power tools, chargers, laptops etc in addition to the battery providing a 12v source for lighting. For lighting, these stuck along the top of the walls will give you reasonable lighting with minimal shadow, without drawing too much current. I have them in a van, and they light the whole back up no problems. I'd look into an LED spotlight above the workbench for better lighting where needed. New 5M 3528 SMD 600 LED Strip Waterproof IP 65 Cool White Light 12V Xmas Party | eBay Single light sources in a shipping container would be a complete waste of time and you'd be better off with a headtorch due to the shadows that would be created.

He wants to come pick up from the yard. He is clearly a cheapy cheap merchant who has run out already. Otherwise it stays in the yard.

That looks handy, I could do with something like that for the yard to run off the alarm battery backup if the power goes down at night

No. Modern LED bulbs and Li-ion batteries are streets ahead of what you used when fishing. I use mine every single night around the yard. Simply can't do without it.

I've been asked if I sell cordwood by the m3. (Stay outta this, TCD! OK I'll tell him I sell roundwood...) I have some large poplar butts that I'm not averse to offloading at the right money- easy to measure and calculate the m3. How does this compare to tons? Assuming it weighs 600KG/m3 at the moment, I want £40/ton, so does £24 per m3 sound about right?

Better off with a decent headtorch. These are best value for money: 1600Lm CREE XM-L XML T6 LED Headlamp Rechargeable Headlight 18650 SET A2 Charger | eBay Always focused on the job and no shadow. If you're set on LED worklights, maybe see this thread? led work lights - The British Construction Equipment Forum

He wasn't spotty faced, he was at least 40! Local garage.

Skin cancer is no fun, and engine oils/greases etc are all carcinogenic to varying degrees. Top tip- keep a bottle of talc handy to dry your hands and make putting on a fresh pair of gloves easy.

That is progress, you don't have to waste time wiping the excess off your gloves. I use spray grease, spray copperease, spray everything! Not thinking to do a basic check such as battery terminal clamp fit is unforgivable for a trained mechanic, however. A mates HiLux S-reg wouldn't rev up- classic fuel starvation, random occurence/severity, certainly not 'limp home mode'. The 'mechanic' was poking and prodding, pulling wires off, muttering something about an ECU. What ECU? Bloody muppet. I sorted it- blocked injection pump inlet filter.

My neighbour has one with grab etc and really rates it. Might be ideal for you, Stephen? Looking at the photo with the two guys chilling beside it it looks much bigger than 2.6 ton. It certainly packs a lot more reach than my 1.5tonner. In an ideal world, I'd have a 5t and a 1.5t. In practice, I don't have enough work for the 5t and they are cheap to hire including grab (or even a 7.5t) for the larger jobs. I spend a long time two years ago deliberating whether to trade my 1.5 ton for a 2.6 ton, but when I did the calculations half my digger work required a smaller machine to get into gardens, etc. Another 30% of the work was good nature reserve day rate where I wouldn't have got much more for a larger machine (even though it would have been justified/useful) Only about 20% was quote rate where a larger machine would help. But for that tiny amount, it was a job by job decision whether to hire and do it quicker, or plod along and use my machine. 5 tonner is still in the pipeline/pipedream (), but I think a tracked post driver may well come first. Possibly a conversion on my tracked dumper, but she's old. But cheap

Please tell me that's not really you? And they let you use a chainsaw?

£400 is steep for an 84 reg with no MOT- it had better be spotless on the rust front. I think that age will be a 2.0 litre diesel engine, not the much admired later 2.8 litre. Tread carefully and be ready to walk away.

I need an air nailer, anyone have any suggestions? Mainly for closeboard work. Liking the air idea as I have decent compressors, lots of air hose already and the impact wrench will be ideal for driving the timberlock screws.

Love it! It's nothing short of amazing to think what that tiny redwood seedling could become.

In that case, it couldn't hurt to change the words 'Cash receipt' to 'Quotation' on a few of them...

Sorry to burst your bubble, but that sounds like excess building materials. Most likely a bit of larch cladding, if you can get £20 for the lot you'd be doing well. Worthless by that age I would think.

Washing up liquid works well for me cleaning safety glasses. Seems to stop fog for a bit also. To my mind, a visor is face protection from a chainsaw only. No way does it stop stuff from getting in your eyes, I never use one.

Good thread anyhow chaps.For landscaping/countryside maintenance jobs, I follow the following formula: Man days x £150 plus materials plus digger or tractor at £100 if required. Then the total has 20% added for profit. This still doesn't make me enough- I was enjoying a couple of steaks on the log burner after work with my colleague tonight discussing this very issue. Ok, so we both can do pretty much what we want and own 50k of kit each outright. But that's sweet FA in real terms. I'm thinking I need to be charging £200/day for a man. Thanks for this thread, Tom.

I'm exactly like you. What good would separation do? What will you do instead, waste your time/money taking the woman shopping? Count yourself blessed that your hobby also pays your living costs- many folk would kill to be able to go to work and enjoy it.

I burn old fence posts, anything. I still reckon with paying the lad to cut it up it's more expensive than gas!