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Invoicing software... What do you use??
scraggs replied to MGSLandscape's topic in Business Management
We use one that is custom built by one of my boys, we are one of the guinea pigs for any bugs, it is going out on sale soon, he tweaks it to how the customer wants it. I believe there is going to be a mobile (android only) version Works very well for us as we do the invoicing, customer balances and payment info on it, we could do expenses but that is all dealt with by the book keeper, so the software sends her a report in the exact format she wants it. -
not a bad price for a 200tdi even if it does want work on it. For bearings I would use oem which will be timken, springs if you are not lifting it are just as well to go with genuine as there is very little price difference, pipes you can get made up or make them up yourself cheaply enough if you buy the kit to do them.
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We use britcar the website is a bit iffy for finding parts without a part number, they are local to us and we get a discount off the site prices, download yourself the parts manual pdf here also get the microcat brochure, you can download it from various places on the net or use this online version here As said above avoid the blue box pattern parts like the plague, for safety critical parts go for genuine. I miight be interested in the camper if it's any good.
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They are excellent, I'm not surprised they sell well.
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At first I thought what the hell is that, but looking a bit closer I think that could be a pretty nifty bit of kit.
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I have generally bought Hitachi for all my power tools but my last 18v drill/driver has 3 dead batteries after just over 2 years which I am not too impressed about, no issues with any of the other hitachi tools I have though
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Sorry to jump in here Britpart parts are in the main rubbish, we refuse to fit anything from britpart, for pattern we use either bearmach or allmakes but try to use genuine or oem where possible. They are nicknamed s#itpart for good reason
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Spend a bit extra on a decent one imo, parts are cheap but to do one up properly is fairly time consuming, 200tdi & 300tdi are pretty bullet proof engines but a bit lacking in power although they can be tweaked pretty easily and cheaply, as said take someone along who knows the problem areas you get on older landies if you aren't too clued up on them yourself. 90's make good tow motors but the rear space is rubbish, 110 hicap make good work horses, and will have the salisbury rear axle. Be choosey about what brand of parts you use on it when bits need doing and it should see you well, we avoid one particular brand like the plague.
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It certainly is a thing of beauty. Not sure his build for next to nothing idea works though "and did not need planning permission as it was classed as a summer house" surely it isn't for full residential use then ? A residential building plot is a very large part of the cost of building a house.
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Anyone who thinks or say's painkillers have no serious long term side effects are kidding themselves, my mum spent years on various painkillers due to her arthritis and is now in stage 4 kidney failure and steadily getting worse as a result of them. I very rarely take anything.
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When we were looking into these I done a fair bit of research, this is some of what I found out about them. GPS can be blocked fairly easily and cheaply apparently you could get the blockers from maplins, VHF is a lot harder and requires some pretty serious kit. Also GPS can be pin pointed making it easier to find on the machine, VHF puts you in the rough vicinity ie: it's in this yard somewhere but you can't pin point it. They are a bit of a minefield but like most things I think you get what you pay for. My brothers firm had 2 new 360 diggers stolen off site that had GPS trackers fitted.
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Security for me is a major issue, in the last year alone we have had major kit and fuel stolen on site on 4 occasions, I am happier when kit is in the yard, but that hasn't stopped people trying to take it. Don't get me wrong I wouldn't swap what I have but yes you do have to be disciplined which I am not, I find I never switch off and find myself wandering into the workshop to sort jobs out when I should be indoors with my feet up and then there's the "what was that noise" syndrome I have had a couple of places with yards and a few without, and I was always more relaxed at the ones without, if that makes sense ?
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Not sure this would work very well, you would need to consider if a tipped load would cause problems with the stabiliser legs getting in the way. It depends on what size load you are tipping off the side. Anything can be done though
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Agreed, however at the time we were looking at having quite a lot fitted and the subscription per year for all of them added up to a fair lump, every little helps but considering what service the trackers we were looking at included in the price I was surprised at how little they were discounting, which gives me the opinion they couldn't really care if they were fitted or not. But yes for us it was more because of the huge inconvenience having kit stolen causes.
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Your insurance company will have a list of tracker units that they will give you a discount for, when I inquired with NFU the most they were offering was 10% which didn't even slightly cover the annual subscription costs, and that was on the best track & retrieve system that tracker has on offer.
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Call me cynical but i'm pretty sure if Dean wasn't making out of these then global wouldn't be remotely interested in selling them. There are ways sole agency dealers/importers like global could help combat machinery theft if they really wanted to, but it would cost them in time and money to implement.
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The only benefit I think is that you are on site for security purposes, apart from that I personally think being that close to work has a lot of down sides
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I have a mobile gprs unit with cardsave, which is multi network and rarely have connection problems. I wouldn't be without it and although the fees can add up for the stuff we have subbies deliver it means we get paid before we deliver, and for jobs we get paid on the day.
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Wordpress as said is good and fairly secure regarding being hacked compared to joomla, there is also the yoast seo plugin available for it, I use artisteer to help make my own site templates, but support for it lately has been crap so am looking at template toaster.
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After an embarrassing christmas meal many years ago when one of the staffs partners didn't know when to shut up there will never be another christmas doo here, also a bit different now as the only people I work with now are my own boys
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Top right image needs optimizing for web it takes too long to load just a personal thing but the top 2 images need shrinking a bit, they detract your attention from the menu buttons You can save a lot on design but good designers earn thier money by making a site SEO optimised properly, if you are competing on keywords with local competitors you will understand what I mean soon. I am lucky that I do my own site building and have a friend who works for a big SEO firm who advises me how to make it work better.
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I use these aswell during the winter, really nice warm socks.
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Tis where I would be looking at aswell Dealer sounds like they need sorting out, as I said before I would be quoting the sale of goods act to them. I would never use any main dealer again and we use our own fitter even for warranty work, the dealer just supplies the parts after we agree that there is an issue.
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Don't worry the friends list will only take a couple of minutes which is a couple of minutes longer than mine would take
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Shows what I know
