doobin
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I wouldn’t mind a go- fancy showing me the ropes somewhen? (Or lines). I’m just the other side of chi.
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Ah, so you mean they have their own insurance?
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And... what's to stop the self employed guys from poaching your clients?
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Same size really as a 13hp one.
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Goodwill is worth a lot less than people think it is, especially as that goodwill is almost certainly towards you, the face of the business who is no longer there! Anything a startup would need can be bought individually secondhand. The only way that would be attractive would be as a bulk buy- ie, a discount. Let’s talk figures. How do you value it?
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The business is worth the secondhand total of the equipment, and that’s about I’m afraid.
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I need to make a decision on what loader to buy. Do I go 6.3+k or 8.4+k? The 6.3+k looks to have very generous aux flow in a compact size, but I'm worried that even with back weights it wouldn't be the boss of a ton bag, which is the most I'd need it to lift and not often, but I'd want to know it would. Do you find the extra foot of length on the 8.4 plus not being able to slim down to 1.1m limits you at all?
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Until the crane falls through the house. The days of bunging a crane operator some cash are gone, the stakes for the firms are way too high and they make sure the ops know it.
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Tell him not to be so bloody stupid, it goes through the neighbours building site garden or he can find someone else to do it.
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Where at? Plus vat? -
We do have a fair bloody bit of it though!
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I remember a zip line consisting of blue poly rope, a tall oak tree and a pair of BMX handlebars with a gap cut in the brace bar to let you thread it over the rope. It's a miracle nobody died!
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So now I'm thinking that I might as well jump up to 8.4 size and be 'future proof'. It's no wider than the 6.3, and only a foot longer so shouldn't limit me too much on access. Thoughts? Only one mini tele boom model and the flow rate etc isn't like the multi one. It's a little smaller than I'm wanting.
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You don’t want a brad point bit for green wood drilling into the grain. You want a normal bit sharpened ideally around 80 degrees. Speed is important when plugging. Brad points are for clean holes at a serious speed penalty. I always have extra heavy gauge washers around so just used an m12 of them, but a shaft collar would work well.
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Hands, face, back to my place?
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Pro tip- weld the washer on to the drill bit yourself for a £15 saving!
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I want a tele boom.
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6hp won't cut it, you'll be forever waiting for the revs to come back up.
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Can i come back into the thread? I'm thinking seriously of a loader. So far between MultiOne 6.3 or Avant 630, as the flow rate is perfect for existing attachments and the lifts are adequate for what I will be using it for. Which should I buy, and why? I keep hearing the following: Avants fall apart more...but they have a proper dealer presence and warranty work is easier. Multione warranty is hit and miss Multione centre joint is better Plastic panels break more on multione- but new ones are 'unbreakable' Neither lift as much as they claim? What else should I be aware of?
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I run 460s. No guards. 4 way head with 2.7mm cord for thicker stuff- twice the cords, half the wear. The smaller head with the larger nut and 2.4mm cord is my go to for grass and soft things like thistles, and I highly recommend it with no guard. You can run a fair length cord like that. I couldn’t get on with jet pro heads. Always felt like it wasn’t cutting very efficiently as it had worn down a bit, but wasteful to change it!
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You're not going to get half day hires of that sort of kit. Best to sub it out to a company with plenty of machinery and put your bit on top.
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Yup, the price differencial is way too much to ignore. I'm not the cheapest tradesman, but if I was 4.3x the price of the competition for the 90% the same spec then I'd be out of work.
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I had similar on my ranger, it was so long ago but I’m 99% sure that changing the uj sorted it. Get underneath and give it a wobble to check for play.
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That skarper c90 is basically the Chinese drum unit with a Honda engine and a much larger markup. Might be made in Europe, but I bet they buy in the chipper bit.
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If it needs to be that heavy duty, just weld a hinge to suit. They are just hollow stock coupled with bar stock at the end of the day.
