flatyre
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i'd like to climb but its a lot of money for all the certs, and all for nowt if you pick up a bad injury, plus I have a healthy fear of heights. Granted a bad injury could finish a career in brash dragging. I already sub occasionally to another firm as a groundsy so am thinking i'll possibly get more work if I have more equipment, plus I can still use the setup for my own work. Thanks for the input.
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Hey folks the local arb scene is a bit of a mix round here between small one and two man firms and much larger operations, some of which have large backlogs of work. At 39 I don't think training up as a climber is an option, so am considering subbing as a groundsman with his own gear as well as doing my own work. Currently have a tipper and working on getting a chipper, then a stump grinder. Do any of you sub with a similar setup and is it financially rewarding? What percentage of your work is as a subby? And where does the bulk of your work come from, small firms with limited equipment and staff, or big firms with too much work? much appreciated.
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Thanks Ian C will keep my eye out for a full set of re conned ones, will also be looking over the whole fueling system as its probably all coked up.
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Am thinking of fitting some sort of hoist into the back of the tipper to aid unloading bags of logs and occasionally timber. Want something that can be removed easily on days when i'm chipping into the tipper. What sort of hoist do you guys use for delivering logs or timber, even if you don't chip into the same vehicle?
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Thanks folks, yeah a bit of a tidy up and put her to work, would like to mount a small lifting crane in the back for delivering logs and maybe a cheap respray in white to match the business graphics.
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well folks bought my first tipper, not much to look at and needs a few bits here and there fixed, but we all gotta start somewhere!
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Selkirk twinwall flue!
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thanks folks followed the youtube tuitorial and found a dud injector, replaced it with a reconditioned one and the vans running well! much appreciated.
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My Citroen relay has trouble starting, couple of squirts of easy start and it's fine, but even when its warm it still won't start without the easy start. Just had the heater plugs checked and everything seems ok. Could it be a fuel pump problem? Runs fine once started which is why I don't know.
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does look like it as the light was pretty poor, but actually eucalyptus.
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sheds starting to fill up, need to start splitting it soon
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took down a eucalyptus yesterday evening and returned today to remove the rings, totally covered in wasps, hundreds of them, mainly around the phloem, is this common?
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Sorry to drag up an old issue but my newly acquired tipper has a steel box section frame with 8x4 ply sheets fitted to the original steel dropsides. The dropsides have seen better days to be honest and the greedy boards looks rather home made. It works but i'd like something a bit more professional looking so will be changing it. Rather than start messing with the ram mounts and hinges, i'd like to keep the original floor base as it will save time and being original, I know it is strong enough. But add fresher looking aluminium dropsides and removable greedy boards which one man can do easily. I'll be looking out for an existing body for the sides, and a local firm sell 8x4x3mm aluminium sheets for £80+vat as well as extruded aluminium box section for the frames. Would anyone who has a professionally made alloy tipper body be able to tell me what grades of materials were used, or even anyone who built their own which is still going strong? Really need a closer look at one but there aren't any around here.
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Thanks for the replies folks, its a 2003 Citroen Relay2.5 crewcab tipper.
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Hey folks first of many jobs to do on the new wagon, two way tipper ram goes up fine but won't come back down unless you put a battery directly to the terminals on the pump, been told its the relay but can't find one specific to the van, is there such a thing as a universal relay that would do the trick?
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Thanks Joes but i'm in northern Ireland, though for some random reason my brother is getting married in Devon in September so if the Transit is still there I might be interested in driving it home!, In the meanwhile I just picked up a 2003 2.5 Citroen Relay crewcab tipper with removable greedy boards, needs a few small jobs done and a bit of welding, but has good potential, anyone have any experience of these motors as an arb truck?
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to be honest i'd say stuff what other people in the business think, its what the customer thinks that's important, and in my experience Joe Public neither know nor cares about vehicle makes, models, or age. As long as its clean, reliable, and respectable looking, that's all that matters, everything else is just vanity.
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probably too big but still, what were you thinking?
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Northern Ireland, but just out of curiosity how much was on the Iveco?
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Hey folks need a tipper asap unfortunately I've had a number of big money outputs recently so am looking at an old LDV or smiley transit, basically the sort of thing you folks were running twenty years ago. Anyone have experience of running either machine in the business and could one still be a viable workhorse until funds are available for something fresher?
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thanks folks not as easy as I thought, looks like i'll probably just replace the whole pipe:thumbdown:
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spalted beech.....or fossilised dinosaur poo?
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hey folks the brake pipes on my old van are badly corroded where they meet the flexi hoses, rather than replace the whole lot as it involves removing the diesel tank and loads of under body guards, I was hoping to cut the bad section out and fit some new flared pipe, can these be used to tie the old and new sections of brake pipe safely? Metric Brake Pipe Line Joiner Connector Male Straight Union 10 x 1 mm 3/16"
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agree about the fiskars for splitting but as said any cheap axe will do for kindling, and the biggest gnarled log you have for chopping on, the tyre is a good trick too. As for a saw horse I have a cheap Mitox which I modified and it works well for smaller stuff.
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Reggie Moore, Moore Horticulture Moore Horticulture Equipment home Just Outside Carryduff. If possible deal with Reggie Junior as Reggie senior is an awkward old s**t
