doobin
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How about a windfall tax on planning permissions? The whole housing system is a crock of shite whereby a lucky few win the lottery and get planning permission on a field for 200 houses. They pocket millions, everyone else pays through the nose just to live in a new build shithole and the countryside gets destroyed.
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Stump grinder wants lots of hydraulic flow, which neither machine you describe will provide. You'd be better off mounting a petrol grinder to the headstock somehow. I think someone on here did that for an E10 micro digger.
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I have always very little in the bank but lots of machinery, tools and assets. What are you trying to buy? You'll often find finance much, much easier to get against a brand new asset of known value than secondhand.
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Seems to be the case. I opened a business account shortly before Covid simply because personal overdraft rates were about to rocket. Stupid, dumb luck on the timing. I didn't put a penny through it. When I called about changing the overdraft over, they said they couldn't, depsite me being a sole trader, as they couldn't take into account personal banking (used for business) history. They could, however, give me 50k in a BBL straight away without any checks. So I took the 50k. It was the first transaction into business account!! The support has definately not been particularly targeted, but without the time to means test everything what else could they do? I do feel lucky. If I was in running the same size business but in hospitality, I'd probably be suicidal by now.
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Briggs are shit. It needs a Honda instead.
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I love my 462, especially with a West Coast Custom exhaust mod. However,I also really love my little Echo CS501SX, and had I had that before the 462 I may well have tried an Echo instead. That said, the Stihl is a fair bit more powerful for a good deal less weight. But I like the Echo 2 year commercial warranty. Stihl warranty is barely worth a wank.
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Same goes for drill grinders.
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1t digger is ideal for garden fencing jobs. It can scratch out levels, auger holes and lift ten foot concrete posts in and out of hole no sweat, plus it will fit anywhere. If you're going for a more modern micro such as the 1.2t Bobcat E10, they will handle slightly larger attachments than the old school 750kg micros. I have a Digga PDX3, which is rated for aux flow rates between 30-55 litres/min. Whilst the E10 only puts out 20 litres/min, it just means the auger turns a little slower. Unless you are predominatly on soft sandy ground, I'd rather have an auger with masses more torque turning a little slower than a faster auger that jams every thirty seconds. Plus this way it spans my range from 1.2t, 1.9t and 2.8t, and it's an absoloute weapon at 50litres/min on the E27.
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Which model?
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Strimmer/brushcutter recommendation for tall person
doobin replied to MarkyD's topic in General chat
It's not really overkill. We use FS460s for everything. Pro tip- the trigger is a throttle, not an on/off switch! The FS360 must be as heavy and not much cheaper than the 460. Below that you loose all the anti vibe, so that would be a no from me. If you care enough about your worker to find the right size strimmer, make it a decent one. I have some that have done 8 years hard graft before dying, very little goes wrong with them. -
No, but he can mill em! 🤣
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We are now all indoors. In those at the time were stuff that didn't matter if it got wet, but out of all those plus ten more you don't see, only one got rain in.
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Your Codmidi does look bob on, but if I go down loader route I think it will be mini wheeled variant.
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Only if exceeding the rated load. My point is that the standard skip when cubed often doesn’t make even half the rated load.
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It doesn’t make even half the money though, that’s the sore point! They should be cheaper for that they are. Way more engineering (multiple pumps and valve blocks / rams for a start ) in a mini digger yet they are the same price. That tracked dumper of mine is nothing more than an engine, hydro box and tipping skip on tracks. Incredibly basic yet still 15k
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Generic Chinese rhinoceros micro. No offset boom,single cylinder Chinese engine. You’d be mad to buy one.
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I suppose. But I bet it doesn’t hold anything like a ton, none of them do. The skips aren’t big enough. I have a 1.8t rated tracked dumper, it barely takes a ton before it’s fully loaded. Had to make some greedy boards! that was bloody steep for what it is too at 15.5k. You’d get a mini digger for that ffs.
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The e19 was great, it pushed the trailer full of materials up a very steep and narrow drive you could barely get a car up. Slung the posts and boards off then pulled out and stacked the old sleepers for the neighbour. Pulled out the old fence too including some big balls of concrete. Materials in and site clear in two hours with three of us, it made my day.
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I have a muck truck too, it’s a good machine for the right jobs. Got turf tyres as well as the flatbed and a vacuum leaf cleaner thingy.
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All graded off today to match the new levels.
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Fair enough. I’m probably jealous, I only have the cheapy lumag high tip, but I only use it every other month or so.
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Augers are great. This was today, first time I’ve used it in a few months but it saves a lot of time in tough ground.
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Jesus that’s steep for what it is. You’d almost get a micro digger for that.
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£120 per bay for larchlap panels on concrete posts/boards so long as access good and a clear site. Would probably work out £60/£60 materials/labour as mentioned above. good luck getting hold of concrete posts and gravel boards at the moment though.
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It won’t when they don’t pay out or it happens for the third time. Layers of security, a gsm or phone alarm and a camera you can access remote to check things out should the alarm go off are what helps me sleep soundly.
