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Prices have totally come down. You can go out and buy a new micro digger with warranty from stock at £16-18k plus vat. Same with trailers. Lots of people are currently looking to get out of newish machines, with clouds on the economic horizon. I'd be tempted to hold on to it if it's a good machine for the odd job and you don't need the money- inflation is still biting hard and machines will keep pace with that overall.

The first thing they need to learn is that a high stump makes fk all difference unless the digger is 20t plus. 'High stumps for leverage' is an old wives tale. Stumps are removed from the roots upwards. A ripper tooth helps. All a high stump does is give them something to rip pipes off when they finally get bored of tipping the digger up towards the stump and decide that it might actually be a good idea to loosen a tap root...

It's like having a very high specced and rare machine. It might be 'worth XXXX' but it's only worth what someone will pay for it which means a lower price or waiting for the right person.

I think he’s assuming a full 20t lorry. Firewood is £70 a ton these days in the south.

What part of 'the salesman is a lying runt' did you not understand??? It's your funeral mate. 🤷‍♂️

Someone was after a big yew butt not long ago on here- try a search.

Did a test on a 45 mile round trip today. Some hills, some flat. Must be around 6t train weight. I drove as carefully as I could, but when you are driving a loaded works truck anticipating for slowing down and trying to avoid braking is about the sum of ‘economy driving’- you need to burn diesel to get up hills or up to speed, that’s all there really is to it. 20mpg average.

I'd be looking for reliability rather than ultra economy. Tales of woe abound of small 'eco' engines with bi turbos and God knows what else simply not being up to the task of an Arb truck, and consequently shitting the bed. Moving trees and chippers uses diesel- it's unavoidable as you well know. A few quid extra in diesel is nothing compared to the loss of a day's money added to a teams wages due to a breakdown. Most importantly, I'm sure @dig-dug-dan has had a lot of problems with recent Canters.

We talking proper micro or chinesium?

£250 a month is fk all money for advertising that works, and I say that as someone who spends zero. Yell, however, are a total utter ripoff. The way it works is this: 1. They promise you the earth, over the phone. 2. If you believe them, you sign their contract. 3. This contract doesn't actually guarantee results. 4. However, it does tie you in for a long period. 5. You try to cancel, then come back here complaining when they tell you that as a business, the sale is business to business and therefore you have no consumer rights to cancel and have to wait for whatever period is specified in the contract you signed but didn't read properly. @Newtons- ignore the above at your peril. £250 per month would get you a lot of adverts in village magazines and post offices. You know, local, targeted advertising. Middle class and wealthy homeowners read a village magazine, not Sharon from the council estate who wants a price to remove a tiny apple tree in the middle of a dogshit maze. Sharon, however, has heard of Yell and Bark....

Micro digger next on the shopping list then?

Getting some more flail collecting done before bird nesting.

sorry mate, did you mean to post this in the recession thread?😆

Agree in principle, but I'd say its common courtesty for a job advert to state the area.

I'm not really Arb, but from how they have conducted themselves on here and with regards to certain aforementioned articles in their magazine, I'd have to be really desperate for work before I considered it. Same if anyone asks me for CHAS, Safecontractor etc.

I’m not worried about targets below, the shed is going. Just can’t believe anyone would want to anchor in at the top of those trees.

This guy I think was a bit of a hoarder and there may not have been much rational thought behind it at all.

Yeah they are down the road. But if you look at the schematic of a tracked lift, all the height restriction is along the top. Even if it just squeezes in (which it won’t) then as it tips over the ramp it’ll jam.

Only the back through no man’s land and a nature reserve. Would require cutting scrub to get mewp through. Can of worms but looking like only option. Id be happy enough stunt felling half of them through the shagged fence. But a lot of the others are leaning over the neighbours garden and hard up against the fence and shed. Previous owner had them all ring barked for some reason a few years back!! Made the job from a simple one into a head scratcher.

Be my guest 🤣 here’s the offending garage door/lintel

My motley crew all in the yard today.

Concrete and leading out to a concrete ramp. No way through at that height without taking the roof off.

Just googled, even a 13m one is still 1.95m! Taking the garage door frame out isn't an option as it's also the lintel and the bricks above it are cracked too...

Bugger!