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Al and his team are a great bunch of guys , it would be daft not to grab the chance to work with them. Bob

Two of the guys I supply timber to have put up their log prices, both now charge £100 a load. A load being what fits on the back of a small 4x4 pick up. Bob

A decent rake on an excavator , grub out and burn. Bob

A few hundred meters of chain trenching we did for a shingle land drain from a waterlogged/blocked roadside drain to a brook . The three ton diggers on site were struggling with the rock hard ground, chain had it all done in about an hour. Bob

As John says just buy it. Its also surprising how much other work and how many new contacts are made from owning bits of kit like this once folk know what you have. Works well both ways. Bob

Fecking space cadets ,wonder what the climbers been snorting Bob

Hand cutters for sure, they are swinging a saw around all day. Two of my lads were working in front of the mulcher all day today in this stinking heat and there was steam coming off of them, its just non stop. Stark contrast to the my lads on domestics who are probably sat on a patio in the shade somewhere drinking Mrs Miggings iced tea. Bob

The Ranger bought it today, apparently needed to be rammed into a lampost to avoid a cyclist, stuffed the rad in the process. I think the driver has just won the DCM. Bob

Give Stuart Dale a call at Honeysuckle sawmill, he has taken a a fair few oversized sticks off me in the past . May pay to speak to him first before you cut them up. http://www.surrey-oak.com/ Bob

Give his neighbour a call, at the very least you will find out if the business exists. Dont hold your breath, most of the units are boarded up. https://www.google.com/maps/@54.5254614,-1.5048567,3a,33.5y,188.34h,82.68t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1spC3QYrKwlUkR2Uo7lgtmrg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 Bob

Meet Quackers, thinks its human. Follows us around like a dog.

1000 hours Stefan? The grinder must only be a week old Bob

I suppose with the new MOT`s on 40kph + tractors for non ag use all the trailers towed by them without over run brakes will need to be tested as well. Its either overrun and no test or its a tested trailer with nothing in-between. I am also wondering how they go about the euro/yank system of electric brakes, that could be deemed "power brakes" They are on the imported yank Morbark chippers as well so they may need testing if used behind a truck. Bob

There are two criteria that will bring a trailer into the scope of plating. Firstly is the braking system, if its fitted with a coupled braking system it will need to be plated and if the unladen weight exceeds 1020 KG. So anything without overrun brakes over the 3500kg . I suppose in theory some of the bigger chippers should really be tested. Bob Edit : The blurb Vehicles that must take the 'annual test' The annual test is for: goods vehicles with a gross weight of more than 3,500 kilograms (kg) vehicles that are built or have been adapted to form part of an articulated vehicle semi-trailers horseboxes with a gross weight of more than 3,500kg ‘A’ frame trailers and converter dollies manufactured on or after 1 January 1979 trailers with an unladen weight of more than 1,020kg with powered braking systems (instead of standard overrun brakes and as well as the required parking brake) all public service vehicles with more than 8 passenger seats - not including the driver’s seat

I think you should forget buying a machine at this point and crack on with the design and development of the gadget. If its modular you can always trial it on a hire machine or machines until you find one that suits what you are doing. The last thing you need at this stage is to be trying to develop an invention whilst paying 50k`s plus of finance. Bob

I suppose you need to keep below 200kgs to avoid the penalty.

Just looked Chris, there was about 422 kgs of batteries and they nicked about 10%. Not sure what the cut off is but I will take them in smaller batches from now on. Its some kind of hazchem bollocks.

More arses polishing office chairs, just what the country needs. I ran a few old batteries down to the scrappy the other day and because they were over a certain weight I had to fill in a form and pay some kind of charge to the government . Two years worth of battery swaps , not made like they were. Seem to just get past the warranty and then fail

Cant see a £40 license worrying the place I buy my truck/plant/car batteries from and all the ones I get online are gel. Bob

A proper place for less than £20 a day, not at all bad and if a business cannot support that its probably of a size thats still ok to run from home anyway. Its important to try and keep the peace with neighbours no matter where you are, running up saws , chippers and trucks early doors or late at night is antisocial. Shed building law https://www.planningni.gov.uk/index/.../advice_home_structures.htm Bob

Its been ok as a greasegun but may well be at the end of its serviceable life then , I certainly wont be spending anything on it. From what I have read the Milwaukee gear is among the best but I just cant find it in me to shell out that kind of money, I may well have a look at the dewalt to see if they have a greasegun that will use the same batteries as my drill. Bob

Spot on Matthew, all the surrounding land falls/drains to the patio which unfortunately is the lowest point. All the Aco drainage and the shingle traps are piped into an old well which has a pump with a float switch, that in turn pumps the surface water away to a stream. Before we built this they had a permanently unusable quagmire right outside their back door. Bob

My Draper leccy grease gun was getting a bit gungy so I gave it a quick squirt of brake cleaner and a wipe. The fecking thing melted and the switch glued itself to the outer casing, with a lot of patience and a stanley knife I just about got the switch moving enough to use it. Must be made of crap plastic, never seen that before

Most farmers around here have had enough of the grief associated with renting space to the arb industry. Minus points are by its very nature it tends to attract midnight visits from the great unwashed section of the community which impacts on the farm security , farmers are normally left with a huge cleanup bill when they go, a fair few chip mountains have gone up in flames recently and are smoldering for months on end , traffic in and out all times of the day /night, most are messy and untidy blighters, most want the space for next to nothing. Noticed a lot of tree surgeons around here are now running out of secure container storage facilities or proper industrial units. Is five or six hundred quid a month a lot for a safe secure yard ? Bob

A good general purpose rope is the normal poly rope, if you are pulling over big sticks without a winch and are tying directly to the tractor I would go for the 32mm poly rated at 13 tons. its a criminal waste to use a quality rope off the back of a machine This gear is good and so is the company https://www.ropeservicesuk.com/32mm-black-polypropylene-rope-220-metre-coil?search=32mm poly rope&description=true&sort=p.price&order=DESC Bob