kevinjohnsonmbe

2 & 3 are achievable.... 1 is near impossible - either for reasons of irrational emotional attachment or the complete absence of a punter willing to part with folding which equates to the Herculean effort of (a) milling it in the first place and (b) moving it around the yard twice a year for 10 years.... It is the ultimate fools errand!

Do the same as most do (myself included.) Mill some timber, stack it with illogical precision and symmetry...... Then move the stack(s) around the yard at least twice per year (every time it gets in the way of some other job) for the next 10 years until it reduces itself to unusable mush. Then repeat....

Gotta look on the bright side.....

Are you predominantly urban (chip removal) or rural (chip remain on site)? Reason I ask is, if rural, a dinky little trailer for the tracked chipper would be ideal. I've often wished I had one like pic 1. I tend to use IW GX125 for chipper / MultiOne which allows for plenty of extra space for ancillaries but makes for a long vehicle / trailer combo. Can't grumble though, it's been a good combo. Just ordered the Auto Vox W7 wireless reversing camera. Going to lash on the back of the trailer for awkward reversing jobs. Planning to tap into the lights rather than the reversing light so as to have a constant rear view on screen when lights are on rather than just when selecting reverse. Never tried putting chipper on the tipping trailer, it would be a high centre of gravity.

You are only an apprentice miserable bastard Kevin, Thank you kind Sir, that’s the nicest thing anyone has said for ages ?

They don’t expect people to check / question their work....

Mecca Bingo?? ????

Best be prepared....

Ouch! The owner of the outfit I used lives just up the road. I’ve done a bit of stump grinding for him in the past. Nice bloke - but, I suspect, quite detached from the day-to-day business and customer feedback. That’s likely to change when I next see him! Im about equal distance from the established depot at Fraddon, and the recently opened depot at Holsworthy. Both about 30 miles away. I don’t venture across the border often so thought I’d have a trip out across the Tamar to where the roofs are thatched. They had to send a fitter from Fraddon to Holsworthy to do the service ? I wonder if the 2 hrs extra Labour I wasn’t expecting was his travelling time each way?? Id just have well have taken it to Fraddon in the first place.

As a courtesy, you’d expect them to supply & apply if theme gonna bend you up like a pretzel ?

ArbTrak 150. I know what you mean about quality. It takes time to do it yourself but you’re looking at everything and going the extra mile rather than rushing through a tick sheet to get it finished before tea break. I seem to be constantly disappointed by big name, flash showroom main dealers whether it be vehicles or machinery. A small independent doesn’t have flash sales staff, admin, premises and bosses salaries to cover. The bloke on the spanners isn’t getting any big bucks, it’s all being pissed away on overheads. Won’t be taking my business back there.

That’s very fair!

Just chopped it in ½ and said it was because service manager hadn’t seen it before it was finalised. My mate ‘was’ working out of a barn 500m away but has now got himself a unit and has changed business direction otherwise he’d have done it.

Just put mine in for dealer service, I like to keep on top of such things and I prefer not to do the 'mechanicals' myself. Quote was 2 hrs labour @ £50/hr + necessary ancil's. Bit rich perhaps but a necessary and justifiable expense. On collection I find 4 hrs labour @ £60/hr and other costs such as 'cleaning' and £6 for white grease. So where I was expecting a couple of hundred quid the invoice was close to twice that. A little bit peeved wouldn't be an entirely accurate description of my reaction. OK, I can see a few sprays of white grease around the appropriate areas - but certainly not a whole £6 can full. I know it wasn't cleaned because it was 'king mint when it went it. A short discussion ensued which resulted in the person on the til undertaking to discuss the matter with the service manager who was currently out at lunch. Chipper loaded and off I toddled without having settled the bill waiting for the phone call which had been promised. Apparently, the service manager had not seen the bill before it was compiled and presented to me. It's been "adjusted" from just shy of £400 to £188. Now I know I'm a miserable bar steward at the best of times but there are occasions when you feel like someone is trying to pull your pants down (negative grease) and it pays to say "...hang on a minute....." What sort of money are folks paying for chipper service?

Think I'll pop down to MVF and have a top up on shotgun shells tomorrow.... https://finance.yahoo.com/news/ammunition-sales-soar-response-coronavirus-133400231.html

Its not at all implausible.... China have rolled out an app for citizen tracking. Can't see that being abused at all! China's coronavirus detection app is reportedly sharing citizen data with police THENEXTWEB.COM Last month, China rolled out an app for people to test if they’ve been in ‘close contact’ with people exposed to the...

You sly old fox! You still trying to catch up with that mystery tree guy you had a previous fleeting, ships that pass in the night ‘moment’ with back along?? If only I could remember the thread title..... ????

Indeed Mr S, just we don't have the benefit of his encyclopaedic knowledge anymore.... Ever since "StumpGate" ???

TCD was a font of knowledge on such matters.

What is the bottom section? Just an ash can or is it an oven of sorts?? Im looking at wood fired, not so big as a range, but smaller (holiday let style) wood burner oven combi. Any decent recommendations??

Completely obstructs access along side of bungalow - I’d give that ‘actionable.’ Maybe less so as it drops away down the garden but as it drops away down the garden so does the possible potential to warrant TPO. From the pen picture, I’d be 98.5% crack on and muller it.

Money in the bank ain't worth a toss at the moment Egger, and if things carry on it'll end up COSTING money to have money in the bank!

? I’m guessing, it’s been a while since you left school?? Modern translation: - Have a ‘time out’ - Call a conference - Separate each party to a ‘safe space’ - Ensure no personal ‘sensitivities’ or prescribed characteristics were relevant - Set up a mediation facility - Have a day ‘working from home’ or ‘flexi time’ - Monitor / review progress to date - Start again from the top and continue endlessly - After several years, refer to an independent adjudicator - Start again from the top