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  1. doobin
    There’s a place at billingshurst that hire all sorts of attachments. BPH I think they’re called.
  2. doobin
    This is my stack. I’m not into slabs like you boys, this is just offcuts from the mill that were too good to waste. The forklift picks up layers ok with a tine in both pallets if you are careful.
  3. doobin
    I just stick ton bags of aggregates on pallets on top.
  4. doobin
    The most terrifying words in the English language- "I'm from the govenment, and I'm here to help"
  5. doobin
    Sack a member of staff- notice pay, redundancy, possible tribunal costs. Sack a machine- probably half to two thirds of the money you paid back!
  6. doobin
    True that. I’m fortunate enough to be in a very rich area, and my plan for the recession is the same as it always is- work for the well off, and be the man who can do everything- very well. jack of many and master of many. Turnkey soloution. Etc. that and keep staff numbers low and mechanise as much as possible. Machinery finance is indeed a cost, but it’s a damn sight less than a staff member per month and brings in more profit. Plus machines are an asset rather than a liability.
  7. doobin
    What do you propose to change this? Its always been this way for a lot of trades. All you can do is differentiate yourself in some way or find a niche.
  8. doobin
    I found myself a clean 50k mile 2011 Ford Ranger for this very reason. With tipper. I've no interest in the modern poser vehicles. I'll save 30k purchases for things like loaders that actually make money.
  9. doobin
    Life’s too short for matches and damp paper 🤣
  10. doobin
    I cannot wait to fire this bastard up, and keep it running full bore all winter with free wood. God I love having a sawmill.
  11. doobin
    A transit pickup of the same age as his truck will probably drink more juice and will have all the same issues. Don't worry Stubby- every true country boy needs a truck!
  12. doobin
    There are whole trees in there, left where they fell but chopped up into three foot lengths. Why??? The stools were cut at chest height, some big ones too. What a bodge. i finished the day with some rhody. No stumps to weave between and the brash from the last time they did that has all disintegrated. Cleared the same area as I did all day in an hour.
  13. doobin
    I dunno, I’ll give any neighbour to a job who asks as much free horse chestnut as they can handle !
  14. doobin
    There is a special place in hell reserved for ‘tree surgeons’ who take on clearance jobs. They love it of course- lots of lovely day rate for a bunch of unskilled brash/knuckle draggers 🙄 Whole trees are easy with a digger and a fire. Little bits, cut up and chucked onto a chestnut stool cut far too high not only make for shit chestnut regrowth, but also make it hell to clear- you can only fit three lengths of that diameter in a grab, so when the lengths are short it’s far more work. Luckily the loader was on site and can just about cope with the hills.
  15. doobin
    Man basket, mini chipper. Pass it down straight into the throat of the chipper, get it gone.
  16. doobin
    It’s so easy with the right tools lads.
  17. doobin
    Not looking good, is it?
  18. doobin
    The white hvo will be even more. The base fuel costs more, the tax is the same.
  19. doobin
    I love my loader mancrates for jobs like this. Coupled with a mini chipper it makes them very profitable.
  20. doobin
    The problem is getting it out of the low doorway. That's why in other countries you see cutouts in walls just under the ceiling.
  21. doobin
    Got a link?
  22. doobin
    I'm going the whole hog this winter. I'm going to wrap some flexible steel 6" duct around the stove, then couple this to a 6" inline blower. This I will couple ten metres of normal plastic flexi duct to, and suspend up the banisters to the top of the house. Will look gash but so would the gas bill otherwise.
  23. doobin
    I’m usually lifting big butts with pallet forks on the multione. For lots of brash the big clamp type ‘curved forks’ grab is good but cumbersome for domestic work. Generally if you can fit the large loader into a job then you can fit the chipper in too, so why make a mess dragging? Chip into the bucket and keep all the mess next to the tree. I don’t even have a pincer type grab set up for the multione. Although I do need to make a backplate for it like I did the Sherpa. Last week we were using a bucket grab on the multione- best compromise🤣 all sorts of cut and ripped out stuff to be transported to the customers woodland for future burning.
  24. doobin
    Because you told me it was a good idea! 🤣And the plate also fits all the other digger stuff like the auger, breaker and post knocker. I tried it but prefer the bucket grab.
  25. doobin
    Yup, they are certainly not at the level of Carter! I like the look of them but when I went to look at a luigong 1.8t I really didn’t like it in the flesh. Maybe the Sany will be better. The spec is good- twin aux on rockers as standard.

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