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Yes we all slow down for Pusey

Doc Brown could answer that Bob

Are you Arboracle Bob

Leave the van e6g`s , all new kit only impresses the impressionable and who the feck wants to work for them. Clean and tidy is good enough, the standard of you work and customer relations are far more important. Bob

Kinnel, thats the end of us then. Bob

If you are going to run a grinder on the inverter get a big one, we have a 2000w Ring inverter and that's only just about capable of running a 800w grinder with soft start. Bob

Cable ties and rape tape Bob

Put two decent chimps in it and chog it down, it would be on the floor long before you decked out the job with mats and set up a crane. Bob

I have noticed that around here a few tree surgery outfits are using these secure container storage facilities that are springing up everywhere. It wont replace a yard as a chip/chog dump but a good alternative for saws,chippers and stump grinders. 24hour patrolled, floodlit and cameras everywhere beats any remote farmyard. Bob

These trucks are out there, we used to run a 10 ton Daf, that had a five ton payload and could tow 8 tons. As I mentioned it needs to be piped for air or you have the ballache of getting the air conversion approved and the plated weights altered. Bob

You will need something already piped for air like a wagon and drag if you want the big train weight or you will be limited to something on overrun brakes. There are a few SWB wagon and drag units about that would lend themselves to ARB work. Jenkinson run them

Before the like/laugh button was introduced on here there was a lot more interaction between members. Its now so easy to just read then like,laugh or pass on a subject, the point scoring laugh button seems to encourage the trolls in a very facebookesque way. Just saying. Bob

I would have thought a timber truck would bend into that gateway without too much trouble, If it cant be got into from one direction because of the telegraph pole I am pretty sure it would be manageable from the other. Quite often had to shunt about into gate entrances much narrower than that. I would be more concerned with sight lines. Bob

It gets worse for truck operators, the DVS zone kicks in tomorrow. Any unregistered/non-compliant truck unwittingly running into these areas which is basically anywhere inside of the M25 will cop a £550 fine which will no doubt escalate if paid late. Nice little money earner, no doubt others will follow. DVS2020 DVS2020.ORG Direct Vision Standards Bob

Most know about the LEZ/ULEZ in London., received a notification from Bath&North East Somerset council the other day that their CAZ ( clean air zone) will be in place and chargeable from the 15th March 2021. They must of been harvesting reg numbers for at least a year because the letter quoted a reg number off one of our vehicles that's not been down that way for quite some time. Trucks inc Euro 6 £100 per day, vans and smaller £9 a day and that includes petrol vehicles. Come upgrade time it may alter potential vehicle choices, there is a registration scheme that lowers these daily charges but I am not sure what this entails or if there are any concessions for those that live in these zones. Others to follow this year. New Low Emission Zones for 2021 - Confused.com WWW.CONFUSED.COM Cities are enforcing Low Emission Zones to reduce air pollution. But how does this affect motorists?

Ours go off and are analysed for infringements,if these infringements are not addressed the operators Olicence could be revoked come audit time or at the very least go from green status to red. Red to DVSA is a guaranteed pull no matter where you go, that needs to be avoided at all costs. If you qualify for tacho exemption its best to get the form filled in so DVSA know its exempt before you get stopped. https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/754827/declare-heavy-goods-vehicle-does-not-need-tachograph.pdf

Worth checking with the client first, we have a done a few where they wont accept crushed concrete as fill, gets expensive using clean stone. Some of them want the tracks taken up and the ground reinstated when extraction is complete, some insist on root protection. Best to get a spec. Bob

The TMech has been good Will,. Just a couple of small things to consider, bolts holding the teeth on are crap so use uk sourced bolts, teeth are not always available so keep a decent stock of them or modify to Rayco teeth and the throttle lever is crap, change that for a decent mower lever and cable. other than that its not missed a beat. Bob

With the increasing roll out of lez and ulez zones in a lot of the bigger cities the 8k budget may be better spent on the deposit for a newer truck that’s allowed into some these cities. It will probably get to the point where the older trucks are worthless. Bob.

I can see this being a very slow process.I don't think the self employed in particular will be bearing the brunt of this, it will ultimately be the working class and I think they will pluck our pubes one by one over many years rather than a swift kick in the nuts. Bob

We have employed a few arb girlies over the years, as an employer I have not had any issues with them but it can cause a bit of resentment with the guys. Normally hinges around the graft/pay ratio as in the "why the feck are you paying her the same as me when she cant lift heavy fings" argument. Bob

Andy I would avoid gravel as its always on the move, not too bad in grass grids laid on top of a substantial sub base in a driveway that's used for cars, it wont work on membrane laid straight on top of grass with a five ton forklift scuffing around on it. Have a look at Protectaweb , good for 44 ton trucks and pulls up easily when you need to take it up, probably cheaper as well. Go for angular stone , it self interlocks and stays put, top it of with planeings or scalps

Follow it, it may lead to a Chinese takeway Bob

They look like fortnite symbols. Bob