Dr.Green
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how you guys going about salt supply ? my dads worked for the council for 27 years on the gritters , thou he's took his bit and retiered this year, typical ,the first year i decide i need tons of the stuff for 'free' he still has the key for the main depot thou..
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in need of some new wheels for my chipper - just a small 18/100 tw does anybody know what makes of vehicle fit them ?? you know like ford/vauxhall etc... my spare has GM printed on it , so i guess vaux are going to fit , however , this is a spare wheel that was supplyed and has never been tryed on chipper:blushing: if i get 2ticks il try the spare on , but in the the mean time if anybody knows , fire away
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happy with my kit , thou the strop for the pulley is a tad on the long side , so il have to order a shorter item for those skinny trees other than that i got a good deal on a ex display item
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looks like the treeworker is out of stock for a while so my lass made me order a stein rc3001 , with the words of advice 'you can use that with larger ropes and blocks in the future when you are less gay and do larger trees maybe ,look at your chipper,you were guuted you could only afford a tw100 and not a tw125' women eh , think money grows on trees
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great advice here , thanks guys - looks like a rc3001 or treerunner . . more towards tree runner as its not an every day tool im going to use, then maybe in time il get a rc - like most say , a job will pay for it so it pays for itself. 14mm rope, 16mm pulley and 19mm dead eye sling (thanks for pointing out the miss matched items
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if i got a larger device instead then in the future this would be a good idea maybe so as not to cart larger heavy kit around for a small tree job - be like turning up at an eco convention with a hummer
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ok then , i could push my cash more and go for the rc3001 ,thou then il have to rethink ropes and pulley maybe or just stick with same idea and upgrade later when i do larger stuff ?????? - want to make it a very usable piece of kit for all types of jobs any advice is always great recieved i was i tad worried about the 500 getting damaged with being lower end kit but im not dropping big bits , well , not yet , so maybe if im spending cash i should just get a good kit outright and add to it then
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time to move on from the oldrope/steel crabs and natural crotch method im ordering up a small rig kit , budget around £500 - i do average domestic trees , not your massive big scale stuff so dropping large pieces is not an issue. heres a list of the major stuff i was into , if anybody can see any flaws please point them out i would be very gratefull lowering device - read a few reviews and looking good Tree Runner P500 lowering block , not sure if to go up a size ISC Small Pulley 16mm Yale Split Tail 16mm x 4m 50m or 60m of this rope Yale Polydyne - 14mm will also be treating myself to a load of new steel crabs,slings and a small rigging plate
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Anyone free tomorrow with a tipper - Northumberland
Dr.Green replied to John Hately's topic in Employment
noticed this a bit late , sorry cant help , just to dam bizzie - cheers for the mention veggie boy -
just seen the picture , looks dry . 1200cc 70's bug ?.. i recon that motor will fire up and still go no probs , haha , we got a bug that had been in a garage for 16years , rotten box it was - jumped it and a bit of juice and it fired striaght up , mint.. the enignes now in the show bug , but got a full rebuild , bored out... does 120mph , takes out cats eyes if you have the front end to low
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GOOD LUCK ---my other job is a panel beater and restore loads of cars - especialy beetles , me bro loves them when people say there worth loads they are full of @$%^ , a standard car is worth 2-3k in average condition , if you buy a scrapper you will spend that much doing it up... if you want to keep it thats great , but for profit , no way.. heater channels , floor pans ? i recon they will be shot if you split the body from the floor , brace the shell between the doors posts otherwise when you cut out the channels IT WILL MOVE . the beetle me n me bro built has about 12k in bits on it not including the labour which of course we do ourselfs .... bugs are great , even better with a big engine and airbags
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weight is always the bugger , my double cab tranny is 2.7t juiced up and with tools - doesnt leave much after that - thou them uprated leafs springs do help me look no where near overwieght - need to get vosa to reclassifie it and upgrade my liecence
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some1 can get a good little job there by the looks of it , gutted i cant do it , 'just yet' - good luck whoever goes for it
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thats the one ,glad i wasnt talking shite in my sleep
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i read about a lad who was getting upto 17k quotes for a p-reg polo - he decided to buy an old tractor , restor it and got insured for £57 - he drives it around bolton read it in motor traders magazine as they trying to sort all this rip of insurance out so , buy a tractor ,not a bird puller thou
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3 days garage -pays all bills - 2/3 days tree/landscape work - if no work no stress . im lucky i supose but work alot of hrs at garage since 98 , time to chill
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get a trailer and use the skoda pickup aswell (if you still have it)- i know where your coming from insurance wise , but u would have to get businss usage on your insurance 'if' you wanted it to be above board - thou with you being so young not sure on weight restrictions . i started with my ex-army landrover 90 with sankey trailer/chipbox - it did the job for a while but soon got sick, especialy getting some1 else to tow the chipper
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liking the 'gipsey sticks' name , thats like being a 'grass reduction engineer'
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its the old percentage thing to work out aswell ,got a rather large beech to do soon, 10% , i fart more than that , but the joy is its such a nice tree i can take as long as i like - i can get out to the tips, just , its just my arm isnt 1ft longer or belong to inspector gadget .
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more toys to tit about with , get in ..
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and if anybody has used these before can you rate them for me thanks https://www.gustharts.com/Products/Pruning%20Tools/Silky%20Fox%20Saws/SILKY%20FOX%20Long%20Reach%20Saws/Product/Silky%20Fox%20Longboy%20Folding%20Pole%20Saw/
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so you must pull the yellow handle to close the jaw ? looks alot better than the 'string type JML' ones ive seen never seen them in bnq , looks well handy for the outerspace thinning missions - seen these , thou im sure it says the wiegh just over a kg http://www.niwaki.com/store/ars-telescopic-pruner/
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David Goss - where did you get those crazy looking long reach loppers/Secateurs from ? they look handy for those flimbsy outerparts
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so the moral of the story is to get out to those tips and work it from there . learnt a lesson at the weekend , its not as easy as you may think it is , but time will come .. and working out the old percentage is a tuff one aswell , so far i have learnt that saying you will do a maximum amount and then let the customer say , 'great , im happy with that' and the amount in the tipper , just till i get more confidence to say to myself 'thats enough' just having hard time learning it at the moment , thou i have time unlike maybe some of you who need to get the job done
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il get the guy to sign a disclaimer if he wants me to go ahead, he'l be sweet - now wheres my trumpet for his lug hole thanks again -
