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Matthew Storrs

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  1. Matthew Storrs
    0.45p is not going to cover costs. It'll cover diesel but that's about it. Tyre wear/ extra servicing costs and wear and tear will all come out of your own pocket. I pay someone £1 a mile when he uses his own truck to tow a trailer to the job sometimes. So for a job 15 miles away I'd pay £30 extra. I'd feel cheeky paying any less then that to be honest as I know he would ultimately making up the short fall in the long run. A truck should be the same as any other machine hired out to do a job in my opinion- you cover the costs and make a bit extra on top for profit.
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    As in using your own truck to help someone else out at work? Don't think 45p a mile would cover any more than diesel if that- certainly not if towing
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    Isuzu grafter tows 3.5t too- I'm told it does it well too...
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    I get odd ringing in my ears every now and again- comes and goes but generally only lasts a few seconds at a time. Iv started wearing ear muffs when I'm doing road journeys in the tractor now. im only 29 but going to be pretty careful from now on I think. Smashing rocks with crowbars always hurts my ears.
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    Double acting is a cylinder which will push and pull using hydraulic power both ways- e.g. A log splitter ram. A single acting ram pushes one way only and allows gravity of the implement to push the cylinder shut again- like a tipping trailer. If you are working a single cylinder you need to use a single acting circuit so that the oil can flow unrestricted back to the tank when the cylinder closes- if you used a double acting circuit you would hear the pump straining as it try's to force fluid into a ram which is countering with oil being tried to flow back On the Tak tb016 there is a tap/lever outside on the front of the cab next to the king post/ switching this will change from a single acting circuit to a double acting. I hope I have explained the above ok!? Eddies right though- I think you might find it a faff coupling a hose every time you want to tip and then having to have the standard 12v system for your truck anyway.
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    I haven't even read his final thread, but il stick up for Jon- iv met him on several occasions and helped out with a job he had on etc- top bloke and very honest which is all you can ask of anyone. It's a shame with Internet forums- as generally you don't really know anyone until you have met them.
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    If the auxiliaries were set to single acting- I don't why there would be a problem with pressure relief or dead ending. It'd work just like the post rammer I use on mine. I think!
  8. Matthew Storrs
    That's disgraceful if true. Talk about taking advantage of the atrocity. As bad as the lawyers who will no doubt be rubbing their hands in glee.
  9. Matthew Storrs
    Thanks Axel. I notice my local dealer has started stocking it- I'm going to get a bottle and see how we go. I don't actually use a huge amount of 2 stroke these days but still a lot of stop start work which always seem to make the saw fume more on each start up.
  10. Matthew Storrs
    That price doesn't include Vat and you have to but your own pipes and doesn't look like tungsten tipped bit either- I wouldn't say it was a great price TBH Last unit I bought (admittedly 3 years ago) was an x2500 with cradle hitch 12" and 6" auger with tungsten tips- pipes and everything except flat face couplings for little more than £1600 all in- straight from Augertorque. Edit- sorry they do have tungsten tips on that link- might be worth phong Augertorque direct even so..
  11. Matthew Storrs
    Sorry Richy- I should have mentioned about the cradle hitch to you before you bought, as you say a must. Glad it's serving you well though. Keith your tb230 will probably take the x3000 if you are after big holes 12" plus- augertorque know their stuff though so will advise better.
  12. Matthew Storrs
    Augertorque all day long mate. Iv had 2 on different machines and both have been faultless in tough ground they get used in. I have the x2500 model which I run with a 12" auger. Reasonably priced too
  13. Matthew Storrs
    It's like all these things- eye protection, sun cream, mask, if really only takes a minute to apply and probably well worth it. I'm a little bit hot on this kind of thing this evening having just come back from a job slightly sunburnt and (most likely) creosote dust in my eyes!
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    Iv literally just ordered a draper twin filter mask of amazon. It gets good reviews and not bad at £26.99. I did think about full face mask but have ordered goggles seperatly so I don't always have to wear them. Been cutting a few telegraph poles up today and no proper mask until customer lent me one. Will always keep on in truck now for these kind of occasions.
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    Best be up early than:biggrin:
  16. Matthew Storrs
    Lets say you spent an hour a day on arbtalk- but instead worked an etc hour a day at £30 an hour- that's nearly 11k an extra per year! Nearly all profit.
  17. Matthew Storrs
    Who said I didnt! Actually I have one job which is lasting 5-6 weeks so that knocks a big whole in the diary- generally most of my jobs are 2 weeks so doesn't take much to fill up. His point about people being in the pub by 4pm is probably true- a bit like the regular users on here who claim to be flat out but still manage to devote hours a day to arbtalk:lol:
  18. Matthew Storrs
    Hmm Maybe, I know I have enough work to keep me going well into October- it's a nice feeling but at the same time I havnt crammed it all in so tight that it doesn't leave me any leeway. To an extent you have to pencil it in because some customers want to know when you can do it- no point saying Christmas because you most likely won't get the job- that said some people actively planning projects will engage a contractor many months before the work is due to commence- these are clever people:thumbup1:
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    Did they say that fumes where likely the cause of your breathing problems- if you don't mind me asking?
  20. Matthew Storrs
    Same mate- 10 years ago I just didn't think about it but prevention is better than cure as they say. Short of walking around with a respirator mask- I think we just have to take simple precautions where poss.
  21. Matthew Storrs
    Don't know about any one else but feel like I breath in quite alot of fumes throughout the working day. If it's not from chainsaws and the like it's from diesel machines. Pretty hard to avoid as wind generally blows fumes about. People say it's a healthy job working outside- no doubt it is in some aspects- but reckon I breathe more fumes than the average office worker. What can you do? I try simple things like stop the truck when I'm hitching up a trailer and take a deep breathe if I know I'm about to get a lung full- switchinbnon a machine etc. It's hard not to get too neurotic about the whole thing but at the same time want to avoid where possible. It doesn't just stop at fumes- wood dust, bonfire smoke, chain oil mist. Yeah i don't think our job is healthy in the slightest!
  22. Matthew Storrs
    Thanks Rob- I'm not sure about that one in the link- to me it looks a little 'awkward' with the handles being perpendicular to the drill piece- and possibly quite restricted when gateposts are up against walls etc??? Do you sell the echo petrol drill that Goaty was referring to above? Thanks
  23. Matthew Storrs
    Interestingly had to hang a few gates this afternoon- not having a cordless at the mo I had to use my Genny and 5kg SDS. Got to say it absolutely blasted through the 10" telegraph poles with barely a change in motor tone. I know it's not as hard as oak but really can't see it struggling. Whether you loose power if it had been a cordless SDS who knows..
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    I have a genny which I use to run a 5kg SDS drill for granite concrete etc- its brilliant but bit of a ballache loading it up and humping it around a job site if I can't get truck near. I was kind of hoping a cordless SDS either 2kg or 5kg would do everything but from what people are saying perhaps not as good as a cordless drill when it comes to torque for wood posts. Cordless does seem to have a knack of running out of battery at 4pm when I just need to hang one more gate:laugh1: Over the last few years iv been trying to get everything cordless- the best thing being a grinder which is great for cutting bits of gate ironmongery and the like.
  25. Matthew Storrs
    Bob- do you live in your shed? You seem to be able to produce a photo of any given tool just like that!

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