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Its a load of bollocks, if you buy any new cap screws they are covered in oil in the box and the rotor when new will have lubricant in the threaded holes. Is the nobsocket suggesting they are degreased/dried before they fit them? Bob
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Have they not got those weigh pads now that they can carry around? A lot of them use the mobile weighbridge or pads, the strips in the road are quite accurate so they use info from these to initiate the pull, the system is linked to dvla so by the time you arrive at the layby/pull in they have all the relevant vehicle info to hand. It saves them a fortune in lost time from the days they did a visual guesstimate assessment prior to a pull, basically every pull will be a nick. Bob
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It's a bespoke vehicle and won't have to hit kind of production numbers Land rover needed to be viable. Bob
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True, the single wheeled rears are a lot less forgiving on weight distribution. Overloaded 3.5 tonners are easy pickings for Vosa , they are hitting them hard at the moment. Lots more weighing strips going in on dual carriageways and motorways, they can nick you at the side of the road now instead of the long haul and time-consuming trip to a weighbridge. Bob
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Last time this question was asked I think it was the Fiat Ducato with a 1.605 ton payload that came out on top. Shit truck though. Bob
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I would split the quote up into two, separate out the work quote from a pc sum for the supplying of ground mats and let the client make the decision. It’s not worth overthinking about at the pricing stage, the work won’t change but they get to tinker with the ground pressure solution and make up their own minds. Bob
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Chuck a few hand fulls of pea shingle in there with a bit of water/detergent , put the lid on and give them a good shake about. Bob
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Not so sure I would want a 14ton machine on a trailer behind any tractor, 14 ton is the dry weight, add in the fluids and head it's probably nearer 15 ton, chuck on the grab tank, normal clutter and the extra weight of a trailer that will poke up with the load and its all getting a bit too much. It's a lorry job. Bob
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Hills kill tractors, even the ones with 300+hp. They make very inefficient use of transmitting power to the road, fully loaded trucks with the same power would fly up the same hills a tractor would crawl up. Bob
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Dont know how that happened Bob
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Great looking truck but where do they get 4.5 ton from? Its got to be a tad under 2 tons as it sits there so are they saying you can dump 2.5 ton on the back axle which is the only place you can put it ?Thats going to be 3.5 ton on the rear axle with BFG tyres and1 ton on the front. Spurlain that one to vosa at the side of the road . Maybe 4.5 ton mam Bob
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Its was black , I have some 40 year old photos of it somewhere. Not quite sure how to get them on here other than taking a snap of the photos . I will have a dig about in the week and see what I can do. Bob
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I ran a Autocraft Cobra for about twenty years, it wasn't as leery as the one Stubby posted but leery enough to scare the crap out of any unsuspecting passengers and me ,it was only 6ltr but knocked out about 550hp with gobs of grunt. Great fun but totally impracticable, you cant leave them anywhere and it gets tiresome having to answer stupid questions everywhere you go. I dont think mine clocked up 10,000 miles in all the time I had it. Bob
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I cant see the problem with being VAT registered even for domestic work, it only affects the likes of Mrs Miggins and she is unlikely to jump ship just to save a few quid. VAT should only make you around 10% dearer overall. Bob
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I have had failures in aftermarket blades and sent them back to the seller for analysis, on both occasions they have been lost or misplaced and despite chasing them up never had an explanation or refund. On both occasions the knives exploded through the chute and thank god there were no injuries. For this reason alone I will only by genuine blades, not saying it can’t happen to genuine blades but I have never seen a failure in one. Bob.
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Have my guys been working for you on the side ? Bob
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What do you think is the most important issue in arboriculture today? Ridding the industry of the never ending money grabbing schemes dreamt up in the name of compliance. HSE in arb was the governments brainchild, they should certify and implement the audit's. Bob (SMAS)- 1 reply
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Spending some lockdown savings on a 2 post lift
aspenarb replied to difflock's topic in General chat
A mate bought a Chinese 4 ton single phase two post lift about four years ago for about £1200 , its only for hobby use and he has had no issues. I got a used Stenhoj off the bay of thieves for £650, thats only needed a set of belts. Bob -
Got a deal on ten units , got Faac at the yard and there must be a hundred gate cycles a day , they have lasted about fifteen years and only just given up . Bob
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You would probably like the one we have just done Mr @Commando This is a completely self contained unit ( Mick Dundee)with the photocells, keypad, gate hinges, motor mounts, camera pole and everything else built in and concealed. Basically just dug it in and put the gate on with no further set up needed. All cables etc between posts run in the buried box section thats keeping the posts in line. One gate with two Faac rams, all electrics are 24v. Bob
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If the drive thats there is of sound make up I would scarify and roll what's there., then top off/roll with the bare minimum of dressing. Nothing worse than driving through a sea of stone and it never stays where its put. We use a guy that has what looks like a mini mulcher on a small sit on machine that planes off existing dressings, makes very easy work of relaying existing build ups. I will dig out a pic of his machine. Bob
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It can be done with conventional gate automation running off truck batteries, an inverter and a solar panel. Good for about twenty gate openings per day if you get it set up properly. Bob
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I was following a transit this morning that had two pallets of turf on it, I would have thought about 2.5 tons on there minimum. All looked about right because it obviously had HD springs but I noticed the bulges on the tires at road level were touching each other, that`s a blowout waiting to happen if it were on a motorway or dual carriageway for more that a few minutes. Bob
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Ian Hampshire runs a tracked mulcher and more importantly knows how to drive it , he is also one of the few old school good guys that knows what a days hire means. https://www.ukfisa.com/membership/membership-listing/ian-j-hampshire-son.html If you get stuck and can wait our tractor mulcher will be in Haslemere in August for about two months. Bob
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I suppose all this hinges on who your buyer is, where we sell to will only pay on a weigh bridge ticket, we are lucky as there is one a few hundred meters from the yard.If the haulier is the buyer you may end up with the short straw, the on truck weighers only work accurately on level ground and that's a rarity in most woodlands. I know skulduggery goes on but there is little to nothing you can really do about it short of watching them load and following them to the depot. Bob
