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What bit of 'not in council hours' don't you get? Most employers here would be fine lending their labourer a 750kg trailer to move a sofa for his mum. They'd be less chuffed if he did the mum's sofa, plus the neighbours, in company time, in the company van, with the company diesel. The differences aren't even subtle.

It doesn't need to look like new. I'd put far more emphasis on changing the oil, filters and belts and making sure the teeth are all sharp. 30-50 days a year is more than enough work to warrant some substantial investment in a decent machine in my book. That sounds like a great deal that will make it's money back in no time.

Pallets are all you need. That subframe means you can stick it down pretty much anywhere and it will still run true.

It’s tight but you can still load it with the forklift The Sherpa is great for smaller logs too

The weather was so shit last month that it made sense to bring it inside. That post might have been for a job or for a sale, I can’t remember, it’s been busy. posted in another thread but we added the extension too. So it won’t forklift through the barn door anymore! 🤣 should be able to lift it out with the backhoe though.

Added a drop in mount for the chopsaw to do weathertops easier.

Huge uptick in the amount of people (well, wives and girlfriends) responding to ‘recommend a tradesman’ posts on FB.

Are you an employee or a contractor?? This has clusterfk and falling out with everyone written all over it.

No, any drill bit (such as an auger) that will be tranmitting a lot of torque comes with a hex shank. The SDS is designed for percussive works, not so much torque. It also has a clutch in there that will slip easily, as anyone who has got a little trigger happy boring a large diameter hole through concrete will attest to. The high torque drills come with very long brace bars to help you hang on! @dumpergot a link to that? An impact wrench or driver produces jolts of torque, for loosening tight machine threads. Sustained torque is what you need for drilling (and installing coach screws/timberlocks! although the impact motion can be helpful in preventing cam-out here)

Are you using your jetter pack to pressure wash? That must be a sweet setup! Something like 40 litres a minute? I keep thinking about getting one for the yard, would make even lighter work of muddy machines than the 13hp 21 l/m honda unit.

An SDS is totally the wrong drill for the job. You need a low geared high torque drill like oak framers use. I have the Milwaukee variant. Milwaukee M18FRAD2-0 M18 FUEL SUPER HAWG 2 Speed Right Angle Drill Driver Bare Unit FFX.CO.UK The Milwaukee M18FRAD2 is a 18V FUEL Super Hawg, 2-speed, 2nd generation right angle drill driver. Ideal for...

It's forestry. Have as much chainsaw use and traffic as is required for the forestry operation, fk the neighbours.

It's official- the recession is here! Seriously, branching out in to patio cleaning is a sure sign of a recession. 'Easy' trade with low entry barriers. If you're sure you want to do it.... Customer supplies water, if you have a decent pressure washer (ie, of the standard required to call yourself a pro), you will need a buffer tank. Customers hose fills this, presure washer draws from it. Whenever you're not washing, the tank is refilling. This deals with the usualy (though not always) mismatch in flow between a domestic water supply and what a 13hp 16 litre a minute pressure washer wants. Most common is a wheelie bin with a ballcock and hose fitting at the top- simple, cheap and effective. You'll want a hard surface cleaner (whirlaway) and for a proper job a wet hoover to remove the waste water/muck. Otherwise you'll just end up with dirty pools against borders etc. I don't actually offer this service, I just send a guy out on a couple of the commercial contracts and only because they begged us. The whirlaway is more useful to me for keeping the yard clean outside the workshop doors. Regarding sealing- I know nothing about this other than you need to take good advice, pay good money for the right product and test a small area first. If you get it wrong it will cost you big time- which is why most pressure washing outfits only have a mobile number!

I have to ask- what happens after nine winters?

Or a cut and collect behind said tractor!

What's your role in relation to this? Are you a potential employee of the landowner? A contractor looking to work for the landowner? An employee of a contractor? The first thing that springs to mind is that twenty years old is not very old to be thinning a mixed hardwood plantation.

If I'm honest I'm not looking forward to chainsaw milling, but it's a means to an end!

DitchWitch is looking a bit unloved. I crossed the pipes and it turns out the track motor is at fault, pulled it and sent it off for inspection and crossed my fingers.

Cheap loader here for someone... 🤣

Currently it has a 36" Stihl Rollomatic, mainly for removing excessive butt flare and crosscutting milling logs prior to placing on the bandsaw mill. I'm thinking a 54" bar/mill would be the best setup. 48" of cut is a fairly chunky butt, and apparently the same Panther mill will take a 64" bar if needed?

Thanks for your input guys. Is the consensus that an 881 is not taxed with a 54" setup, so low pro chain is more hassle due to having to treat it with kid gloves? If I were to get a .404 bar that could do double duty for large fells and crosscutting also. So a saving there. @AJStrees- what is the biggest butt you can handle with the 42" bar? On a 48" mil- are you saying the mill would take up to a 48" bar but you use 42"? How does that work, I don't quite follow.

What a cluster****************. I don't understand how firms take on and win jobs like this without machinery. A 2.7t with a grab and a good op would have kept that clear no bother, either feeding a chipper of bonfire.

I dont get why the OP, when presented with a total soloution for both mowing and scarifying, just says 'I don't want another tractor'. Well if you already have a tractor, you could have a suitable soloution for both mowing and scarifying for around £3k! Secondhand finishing mower and scarifier/collector.