doobin
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Yes, get a CBN wheel. That machine with a CBN wheel is magic. You can get them as sharp as a fresh file, and it's very quick with they hydraulic clamp..
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A steam cleaner is the only way I've found to remove it. Same for gummed oil pumps- fill the tank with very hot water and run the saw.
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I hate the 4 mix engines, and find the 94 engine fine for all attachments. I don't strim with it, which is the most power hungry usage- I run proper strimmers.
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Cone splitter on a smaller digger - any good?
doobin replied to Tom at Heartwood's topic in Large equipment
Well I’m happy to report that the Mouse Valley 250mm cone (65mm round hole) is a perfect partner for the Digga Pdx2 on my 2.7t. Fast enough and works very well. A bargain if you already have an auger. MVE 250mm Log Splitter Cone - 65mm Round - Mouse Valley Equipment Ltd MOUSEVALLEY.COM Suitable for Excavators from 2.5-5 Tonnes and skidsteer Loaders Easily fit to your existing drill (65mm... I was intending to make a more ‘fixed’ mint, but actually it’s quite nice to use with the dangle auger mount. Easy to pick up and move logs too simply by screwing and unscrewing. Far more effective and controllable than I’d dared hope.
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Firewood wanted arb waste accepted! Cheshire/Staffs border
doobin replied to BigRon's topic in Firewood forum
You've not got to drive very far at all with a load of arb offcuts (particularly if you have three loads to shift over a day) before it's costing you more than the potential profit in firewood once the costs of processing, storing and delivering are taken into account. -
I've always thought they were as good as money in the bank. Most of them however I paid aroudn £40 for- prices seem to have shot up recently. The best purchase was a pair of the thirty drawer ones for £60!
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Zoom in and read the labels 🤷♂️🤣
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And if you are in a rented yard, moving is a lot, lot easier.
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That’s only half…
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You must be looking at fair size jobs if that's the kind of kit you need. My advice (unless you are in a dirt poor area) would be to keep a balance of both kinds of jobs. Commercial can be a trap, both in terms of all your eggs in one basket with a big company and payment terms. I would keep quoting domestics, but quote them relatively high and take them as jam if you get them- particularly with some bigger kit to make them even more profitable.
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£500 per day profit would be £125k a year over 250 working days... People read the headline figure and assume you want that- profit. But as we all know, that profit after wages is soon lost on overheads, and in my case, finance! As an aside- you say you had an extension built a few years ago but also mention that you are trying to buy a house for the first time? I'm confused.
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It’s so much easier. I reckon even with just a mini chipper and loader the average (back) garden tree removal is more efficient. Im a total convert, especially for things like bramble etc growing up in the tree. Just feed it straight into the hopper. You really notice (or rather don’t) the lack of mess from the drag too.
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Each to their own. Personally I like to avoid the trail of bits and pieces leading to the chipper as much as possible, especially with stuff like ash- I'd have chipped into a couple of ton bags or even a big bulking bucket and carried it out if the only lift was a digger. I also have no problem telling neighbours who complain about noise where to stick it 🤣
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I don't like to piss on anyone's chips regarding using diggers for arb work, as I'm a huge fan. But what am I missing? Why on earth didn't you park the chipper under the tree?
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Drop those regular clients. It's honestly the easiest. Being VAT registered is the only way to properly grow a business with the limit as it is. Find clients who expect to pay VAT- and thast's not necessarily commercial jobs. High end domestic clients view VAT as part and parcel of getting work done. Have you considered mechanising somewhat? It's the only route I could find to (vague) profitability.
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It doesn't subsidise food. Commodities are a global market- that's why New Zealand lamb (raised by smart, forward thinking farmers who rose to the top after subsidies in NZ were abolished) depresses the price of British lamb every year. All the farmer friendly legislation does is push up the price of farmland and make it attractive for City investors, who generously let the UK equivalent of the progressive NZ farmer scratch a living on it once the investor has claimed the subsidy. I the UK, you have famers on modern 5-10 year farm business tenacies paying four times as much in rent as the farmer on the third generation of a tenancy from the 70s, who can either just be a crap farmer and cruise along (plenty of them), or use their arbitrage to buy their own farm! Subsidies should go.
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Gotta take enough hay to fatten them up for Appleby 🙄
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Sounds to me more like they charged the going rate but didn't have the skills to back it up.
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They do get good reviews from owners. Spec looks tidy. Still Chinese though. I wouldn't say 42l a minute was enough to run a flail without fitting a priority valve- but that goes for all the 2.5-2.7t machines I've tried. What did you run, @Ian C?
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How? It's not really horticultural- you're not growing anything. More landscaping. I wouldn't want to have to justify it in front of the judge, put it that way.
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What happened?
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I can’t get delivery prices that aren’t at least 20p more than pump price currently, and that’s on 2000l of white. Who are you using? Crown Oil are a joke, Certas recently haven’t been much better. As with you, won’t quote until morning before, and on BOTH the last deliveries have sent me an invoice after payment and delivery with a much more expensive price! Even had their debt team calling me! They got told where to go and I eventually got credit notes for the overcharge. But that’s no way to do business.
