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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

A few pics of a patio my landscape lads did a few years ago, I never got to see it finished but we were back there doing other work a few days ago so took some snaps. This was all dug into the bank, a fair few tons of soil removed and a lot of aggregate went back in on the sub base .

Cant see how anyone could kill themselves overworking, fatigue would set it long before that. Folk do burn out though and normally end up changing direction. Bob

Steady on Chessa, matelot will have an accident if he reads this Bob

Most days are ten or twelve hour days, have also done my share of eighteen hour days when needed but flip side of that is I can have as much time off as I want . My hours are fragmented in that I repair/service and move the kit about after hours to beat the traffic so I can take it easy the next day, puts everything where it needs to be so the lads can just turn up on site and crack on leaving me a bit of office/cafe time. Bob Edit: still beats being an employee

When I was a gobby teenager I got endorsements on my license for parking on the pavement. I was unloading my van outside my house and plod asked me how my van got on the pavement, I told him I drove it there ( plus a few other things ) and I was duly knicked for driving a vehicle on a public footpath. Plod back then used to deliver a summons by hand and when they turned up they also parked on the pavement outside my house, shame camera phones were not around in those days. Bob

I am working on it, need to find somewhere for twostroke to sit Bob

If its cracked e6G`z it will be on the move so its a liner or just smear a few big dollops of clay over the cracks and refill quickly . Ponds used to be lined with unfired bricks to retain water. Bob

It would appear from reading the various spec sheets that the glyphosate content/ratio seems to be the same throughout the leading brands, What seems to differ is the surfactant / rainstay capability and suitability in and around watercourses. Bob

Steve how can anyone vote for option three if they dont own a computer? ? Tough phone for calls, I pad for on the move and pics , desktop indoors and the trusty laptop in the workshop. Cant get on with these modern phones because my peepers are not what they were and I have broken way too many. Bob

Grabbed a couple of 20ltr tubs of roundup the other day from Mole country stores, seems to have had quite a substantial price hike in recent months. What else is there on the market of comparable strength without the £144 a tub price label? Bob

They did manage to throw a track off our 20ton slew once while de silting a pumped out lake. The mud/slush was halfway up the track frame, twas a messy day Bob