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  1. Matthew Storrs
    They can’t have their cake and eat it- if you’ve been fiddling the books to avoid paying tax- then it may come back to bite you (not literally you btw!). And rightfully so.
  2. Matthew Storrs
    I’m not working today as looking after daughter- typical isn’t it that after 6 months of rain, finally a nice spell of weather comes along and now can’t get on with it with the usual gusto. I have a job lined up for later in the week where I will be well away from anyone, but think il probably be shutting down work soon. My wife works in NHS so she will probably be rushed off her feet shortly.
  3. Matthew Storrs
    Do you store things in sand? I’ve heard of that being done but never grown enough of anything to have to store things for long term supply
  4. Matthew Storrs
    Exactly my plan too. I have a greenhouse being delivered in 10 days so looking forwards to putting that up and spending time growing stuff- il be largely looking after my daughter (4) too so hopefully it’s something I can engage her in too. other than that, I never play the guitar as much I used too so will hopefully do that a bit more, i have a number of jobs I can do that are completely self isolated on the moors etc. But as with others I expect work to drop of over the next few months.
  5. Matthew Storrs
    If buisnessess are out of work and their staff apply for the government grant- shouldn’t it be on the basis they undertake other required works- like stacking shelves or agri work (sure there’s loads more jobs that will need to be filled- delivering meals on wheels to the elderly etc...) if your not happy to do those jobs to keep a roof over your head your not that desperate... obviously all being well normal services will resume once this has settled and they should hopefully have their own jobs to return to.
  6. Matthew Storrs
    Where do you get your filters from? Genuine question. Filters for both machine (inc 1x hyd filter) would have been £120 from where I normally get them from (Rico) Plus oil too. I know what your saying in principle though.
  7. Matthew Storrs
    Yeah I know I normally do it myself. But I had a lot of work on so thought I’d get them to do it. It was £353, minus the fuel cap (£40) - 2x filter kits, hydraulic filter and oils. There wouldn’t have been much difference between that and me doing a days work elsewhere... when they did just the 1.8t first service it was £91 on site. I don’t think that’s unreasonable is it?
  8. Matthew Storrs
    And that includes a £40 fuel cap which I’d forgotten about. 1 machine service on its own was about £100 including labour/oils/travel
  9. Matthew Storrs
    Yeah- that’s rip off money. I have CBL saltash come to my yard to service 2 of my diggers, track motor oils, engine oil, fuel/ air and hydraulic filter. Total was £380 for both machine inc VAT and their travel time. Can’t grumble really just checks invoice £353 all INC.
  10. Matthew Storrs
    Why so low? My NI are 9% of my profit. Certainly isn’t £2.60 a week! ahh your talking about Class 2 contributions- not sure what the state pension entitlement are if your only paying class 2?
  11. Matthew Storrs
    You can still buy the 3.0l new, I got a quote recently for one. No way on earth I’d have a 1.9L engine pulling a 3 ton digger around Dartmoor on a daily basis! and then realised that a 2wd truck was just a non starter all round so abandoned the idea!
  12. Matthew Storrs
    As if the system doesn’t get exploited as it is- sounds like it will become even more messy!
  13. Matthew Storrs
    Ah I see, can’t see how on they’ll enforce that except on the big construction sites etc? What’s to stop your average tree surgeon sticking 20l of cherry in their chipper
  14. Matthew Storrs
    So I assume they’ll be coming around to sites dipping the tanks of Plant, or are they stopping red diesel and everyone uses white (inc farming etc) only they can reclaim the duty?
  15. Matthew Storrs
    I’m quite looking forward to a few weeks of pottering around the garden! Particularly if the sun comes out too! Got loads of personal projects I want to get on with and never find enough time- just got to make sure I get the materials in before the lockdown.
  16. Matthew Storrs
    Yes this is exactly it, and if you do landscaping/decking/fencing or whatever it also excellent for the same reasons- just need the odd cut here and there, no need to faff around with fuel and starting
  17. Matthew Storrs
    I had a funny one the other day with mine- wheel nut on a dump trailer,mechanic on the farm had a go with his top of the line Milwaukee 3/4” with full batteries (which is supposedly more torque too) it didn’t touch it, I quietly went off to get my Makita not expecting it to be any better- but it hardly even hesistated.
  18. Matthew Storrs
    ... and the Mak 3/4” impact wrench, strimmer, angle grinder, SDS drill, I have found them all to be very good tools.
  19. Matthew Storrs
    Even without the batteries being used for other stuff- bang for buck I’m well chuffed with mine, not the most powerful but no issues with 8” and below. Can do bigger but that’s when it starts to slow and use up battery. I’ve had mine for 2 years now and aside from a new chain havn’t had to touch in in regards maintenance etc
  20. Matthew Storrs
    Makita!!!! All the way!!!
  21. Matthew Storrs
    China seem to be doing a pretty good job of containing it there now- by locking down- stopping incoming flights, obviously the horse has bolted now, but the amount of new cases in China is very low. If its as serious as they make out (I’m slightly struggling to appreciate the severity of it that the media is referring to) then think we could be locking down a lot more than we are whilst we are at this low stage of infection- surely prevention is better than cure? perhaps viruses actually need to run their course to prevent them from manifesting into other strains.... no idea really
  22. Matthew Storrs
    I was kind of thing about it for cutting through concrete/tarmac for digging trenches. But not sure if it has much benefit over a road saw for that application... in fact think road saw could be better for long linear cuts, but chain saw better for fiddly stuff
  23. Matthew Storrs
    I’ve dug these few small ponds recently with a 3 tonner- it did it ok- there were some pretty massive boulder which I used to shore up the sides as they were tending to migrate into the water. One of them was filling up quicker than I could dig it! the last pic of the pond has sine been extended out laterally to make it less doughnut shaped.
  24. Matthew Storrs
    It looks much bigger than 20m square I must say.
  25. Matthew Storrs
    Why else do you buy bog roll!

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