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Duncan.

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  1. As per title my 2012 Transit tipper was stolen Wednesday night at 10pm north herts area.

    Was sign written with Rabley Tree Care on it and a steering lock but obviously that counts for very little.

    Just thought I'd put it on here to give people a heads up the bastards are about!

    Van was parked on the road in a quiet cul-de-sac, 3 men seen on camera walking to it at 8pm but spooked by someone walking their dog then back at 10pm and away with it 2 minutes later.

    Don't expect to see it again so if anyone has a transit for sale let me know!

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  2. 2 hours ago, topchippyles said:

    If you paid by credit card phone them to refund you 

    Thanks. I did but annoyingly I cancelled that credit card last month so doubt they will help. Will find out though.

  3. Mate just rang me to tell me it's gone bust and their phone lines are down as well so doesn't look good.

    I'm still waiting for 2 hedge cutter combi attachments I ordered in March. They were part of a bigger order which I received in dribs and drabs over the last couple months.

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  4. 31 minutes ago, kevinjohnsonmbe said:

    That’s not unreasonable - and a conversation I would happily have - apart from the pay what you want part. 
     

    it’d be pay for a day at the price I set and if you ain’t happy we won’t do any more rather than pay what you want. What communist, new age hippy shit is that? Madness, I set the rates, they are nobody’s business but my own and the person that’s paying them.  

     

    I should think it's having confidence in ones own ability to get the job done in time and make everyone money. I have done this. Only a knob wouldn't pay the rate set after proving themselves worthy. And if they don't you will never give them the  privilege of learning from a master again!

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  5. 1 hour ago, Tree cutter said:

    Thanks yes the rollers still work on tick over. I’ll check the sensor does it need to be really close?

     

    The rollers shouldn't rotate on tick over. Did you mean that? I had a similar issue where the stress system would kick in but took slightly too long for the rollers to continue feeding wood in and it was down to the sensor being the tiniest bit too far away from the flywheel. It is a very small gap between.

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  6. 23 hours ago, Chuddy said:

    Sorry for this being in the chainsaw section but couldn't see any other fitting area.

     

    Seeing as the HS82R are literally impossible to source new now a days in 30inch blade, I just wondered what other go to hedgecutters people use?

     

    I usually rotate with new cutters every year but the last 2 years I haven't managed due to this. Are the Makita or Husqvarna at all comparible?

     

    Anyone had any experience?

     

    Thanks

    I had the same dilemma earlier in the year as I wanted the 30'' cut.

    Ended up going with the  Husqvarna 522HDR75X. Was very close to taking it back as the throttle response was slow to build it up to full revs. Thought there must be something wrong with it. But persevered and it probably took at least 10 full tanks for it to bed in and run normal but now it's fine. You notice it doesn't have the same power as the Stihl so isn't as good on the bigger stuff but it's okay. Seems slightly better balanced though.

    Would try an echo next time if Stihl still aren't making the 30'' blades.

  7. On 17/08/2022 at 10:09, GarethM said:

    It's got to the point where I actively avoid the news. Usually relenting once an evening whilst eating tea or a quick skim through the news feed on your phone.

     

    I wouldn't be a surprise if there is a link between the levels of depression, anxiety etc and the rise of 24/7 news and not having the common sense to just turn it off and avoid.

     

    I'm the same, try and listen to it a bit but end up just getting annoyed with the idiot presenters on the radio or tv and have to switch it off.

    Was telling a customer this last week and he replied

    "That's like the chap who got pissed off with reading how bad smoking is for you all the time. So he stopped reading."

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  8. 2 hours ago, peds said:

    Christ, what a ****************ing dinosaur. 

     

    Promiscuity? I bet you start gnashing your teeth whenever a young filly shows a bit of ankle. 

     

    Here's a solution... mandatory vasectomy for all males of sperm-bearing age. Reversible once you've got your life together and decided you can raise a child.

     

    What's that you say? My body, my choice? Keep your hands off my testicles?

     

     

    I'm assuming this is sarcasm? Obviously there are cases of rape but surely most abortions come about from consensual sex so where is anyone being forced to do anything? Why should men be forced to have a vasectomy? Women aren't being forced to have babies. They choose to have sex like men but the implications for them are far more serious.

    I'm not either side of the fence with this issue but when people get on their high horse and put their "male feminist" t-shirt on and start defending what I understood was some sort of legislation that would allow full term pregnancies to be aborted it does wind me up. Surely that is madness.

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  9. On 25/12/2021 at 17:52, Acerforestry said:

    No idea Duncan I'm a technophobe, what is conversation format

    Not sure if that's what it's actually called but It's where you can see your sent messages and received messages on the same page like a conversation and you can scroll up and down through the conversation rather than go into the inbox and all messages are individually opened. Sorry if that makes no sense.

  10. 5 hours ago, Acerforestry said:

    I bought a Sonim XP5 from the States (via Ebay), they are cheap as chips over there as they are pretty common, and if you get a used one there's no duty. They are pretty much unbreakable and waterproof military-grade but more importantly than anything else the sound quality is excellent, I have had several CAT phones and they are very durable but a lot of the time people struggled to hear at the other end. And battery life is super. Or as J said the Ulefone models are pretty good but I still managed to break the screen on mine

    Does this phone have a conversation format for texts? I find that pretty handy.

  11. I've had 2 or 3 of these exact snaps and had the same issue a couple of times in about 10 years use of them. When the bit of metal slid under the other i felt the resistance and just pushed it out and carried on. A bit like when your normal 3 way carabiners don't twist locked when closed cos of sap or whatever, you just twist them locked and carry on. 

    Then later that day I contemplate buying shiny new stuff.

    Never thought of writing to the manufacturers to complain about my lack of maintenance on the kit they sold me.

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  12. 1 hour ago, jfc said:

    That looks right to me.

    An accountant should be able to advise what is best for your biz, but sounds similar to mine and FRS was recommended.

    BTW you get an additional 1% back on your first year on Frs. So 9.5% to vat man.

    J.

    Thanks for that. Are you in forestry or Arb? Did your accountant think that was the closest type of business on the scheme if your in Arb work?

    I will be talking to an accountant soon as to get everything in order, just wanted to get a rough idea of what it's all about.

    Thanks

  13. On 13/11/2021 at 14:53, jfc said:

    Speak to your accountant, I went vat reg this year but had anticipated it and included plus vat (if applicable on quotes).

    I am on the flat rate scheme, you only pay hmrc 10.5% of the vat you charge. The rest you keep to balance out vat on purchases. Keeps it simples!

    You can claim backdated vat on most purchases and some services,ade before you registered.

    You can also claim vat back on any future purchases over £2k Inc vat. I just did a big order from an arb retailer and will get vat back on that.

    Did I say speak to your accountant!

    J.

     

     

    I will need to go VAT registered in the new year so have started to prepare for it and was thinking of going down the flat rate scheme. As you say it seems far more simple. I have a couple questions.

     

    Have I read it right that you pay 10.5% on your total income including VAT so £100+VAT= £120

    10.5% of £120= £12.60? so you get to keep £7.40 of the Vat charged?

     

    As you said flat rate scheme seems so simple and better for me as I did some rough maths and

     

    On a turnover of £90000+VAT= £108000 I pay £11340 to the tax man and keep £6660 of the Vat I charge?

     In order to be even or better off than on the flat rate scheme I would need to spend over £33300 to claim back £6660 worth of VAT. Is that correct?

    And I can still claim back the VAT on single purchases over £2000 anyway.

     

    Hope this makes some sense tell me if it's complete bollocks.

  14. 18 minutes ago, sime42 said:

    I don't think immigrants are destroying this country at all;- it's Boris the lying buffoon and his little fans, and a few other small minded people that say immigrants are destroying this country!
    The country is largely run by immigrants anyway, when you consider who it is that mans all the vital services.

     

    Sounds like your saying immigrants are destroying the country as the country is "largely run by immigrants" in your words. 

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  15. I once had a customer ring me several mornings on the trot at 3.30am left me a voicemail each time. He eventually rang during day light hours and told me he had left several messages to which I replied that I don't respond to messages left in the middle of the night. His reason was that his phone was on 'aeroplane mode'. He was very odd but we did do the job. Always leave my phone down stairs at night and it's always on silent so it didn't actually bother me to be fair.

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