LeeGray
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How many buttons/rollers etc must that have on the joysticks! Bet it takes a hell of a skilled operator not to get tied in knots with it, just to get your head round what it can do must take months in the seat. Looks an awesome bit of kit.
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Can you not just stack them in the wood and get someone to move them when you’ve got a load? Be a lot cheaper and easier than buying, tax, insurance, mot another vehicle
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Even big smelly dog, even I don’t want to get in the truck when my old labradors been farting in there!
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If someone came to my yard and started threatening me or anyone working for me with a knife they could take what they wanted to be honest. And I’m a licensed firearm holder with guns within relatively easy reach. Hopefully the tracker/data tag/whatever security on the machine would get the machine back to me, if not the insurance would pay out and I’d try to be a bit more vigilant in future. Then sit down have a beer with the wife and kids that need me not to be dead or maimed!
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Service leaver looking for work in the Teesside/NYorks area
LeeGray replied to stevejnr's topic in Employment
You’ll be a joy for someone Steve, that listing is a hell of a lot different to the usual either ‘well I just want a bit of work here and there until I can afford a trandit and chipper of my own’ or ‘my mum and dad said I have to get a job and I like axe men on tv so’. I’m sure you’ll find something, good people are hard to find. Good luck. -
+1, top welder and rtech are good to deal with. Anything with a three year warranty for that sort of money is incredible value.
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Sounds like tough conditions with the cold for sure. When you say the dark isn’t a problem is it because it’s not black out like it is here or do you use masses of lights? Was wondering for example how does a brickie or farm fencer get on, same issues. I’m struggling to anything outside here in Northumberland by 4-5pm depending on cloud but luckily have plenty of stuff to do with the lights on in the workshop or butchery etc. When the chap on the radio was talking about it it was dark here and I was thinking f**k I couldn’t do anything out there without the machine or yard lights on never mind start swinging a chainsaw about 60’ up a tree. Only been to Copenhagen, never rural and never more north so don’t have a clue.
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Any jobs going?
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£ is a strong motivator I guess. Tough work though, I’ve done 12 hour nights before and found it hard going even inside. Mind hardest bit was driving past the pub everyone else was in at 8 o clock on a Friday night on the the way to work.
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Do the days feel long? I imagine constant darkness outside must be hard going on your head.
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After hearing on the radio yesterday about a place in Norway where the sun has now set till middle of January I was wondering how outside workers get on. Does everyone shut up and just enjoy the time off, workshop projects etc and make the most of the endless summer days or just muddle on with lights, proper set ups for night working? Find it fascinating that this happens not that far from us. Any experience?
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Very useful that, thanks for sharing. Wish I’d done similar when I bought my new machine rather than relying on what I thought the other specs were but probably had forgotten.
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30k towing miles in 6 months, shit that’s a lot of hours driving!
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Wanted. Monkey winch or sandwich powered winch wanted.
LeeGray replied to RideTheNight's topic in General chat
Yeah, nice to meet but no problem. Message your address with postcode over and I’ll get it off to you. -
Good idea, I’ll give it a go. reminds me of wearing carrier bags inside boots when I used to motorbike through the winter. Now I’m a soft shite and don’t even want to drive unless the heated steering wheels on?
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I’ve got some of those but can’t feel a thing through them, and the inside bits always come out seperately. Definitely war though and cheap enough.
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Wanted. Monkey winch or sandwich powered winch wanted.
LeeGray replied to RideTheNight's topic in General chat
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It’s always the hands that get me, never found a pair of gloves that you can work in that keep fingers warm. I can be sweating in shirt sleeves but fingers are in pain. Any tips for good gloves?
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Got the husky and love it now I’ve calmed down from remortgage to buy a couple of big batteries. Well worth it though, ended getting the strummer and mower for home as it’s so nice not having the engine noise
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Wanted. Monkey winch or sandwich powered winch wanted.
LeeGray replied to RideTheNight's topic in General chat
@aspenarb was very generous to me recently, so happy to pass on some goodwill when the opportunity presents itself ? -
Wanted. Monkey winch or sandwich powered winch wanted.
LeeGray replied to RideTheNight's topic in General chat
Hi Saul, if the op doesn’t want it and lets me know then it’s yours. Better he has one than you have two unless you’re in need of another particular. -
Wanted. Monkey winch or sandwich powered winch wanted.
LeeGray replied to RideTheNight's topic in General chat
I’ve got this old tirfor that I never use and had been in the container for years, you can have it if you could use it and pay the postage
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Your bathroom must be compact ?
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I’ve got my name down for a bollinger if I can afford it when they get released. I’m amazed no ones building electric defenders yet, you can buy all the chassis parts easy. Drive motor on each wheel for fantastic breaking/traction, plenty of room in/above chassis for battery, would probably have more power and torque, not worried about battery weight, most users won’t go far in one journey, folk love the look and pay over the top prices anyway! if I had millions in the bank that’s what I’d be having a go at.
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Maclean’s had it up for £25k for a long time, tbh I was shocked it didn’t go then so must be rough
