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Mick Dempsey

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  1. Mick Dempsey
    Great shot!
  2. Mick Dempsey
    Not the worst idea I’ve heard. Good shout.
  3. Mick Dempsey
    Lucky deer.
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  5. Mick Dempsey
    Whereabouts are you Will? Just seen IOW, soz.
  6. Mick Dempsey
    Isn’t the South Asian population in the midlands largely due to the import of labour to manufacturing industries in the 60/70s?
  7. Mick Dempsey
    While we were at it we replaced those paper thin pressed steel brackets that hold the light board. The originals had been bent and bolted up and were just about useless. A productive weekend!
  8. Mick Dempsey
    Maybe whitebeam then.
  9. Mick Dempsey
    I understand, no real moans from me, compromises were made. Maybe making the inner 12” (closest to the feed rollers) in something a bit thicker might have sorted it, but it’s not a real issue, a relatively easy fix.
  10. Mick Dempsey
    It was very cheap, they only sold about 5000 all in all, but better in red, agreed. Says it’s a pig to ride uncomfortable and doesn’t tick over reliably, but he likes the odd stuff.
  11. Mick Dempsey
    Not mine, but owned by my welder mate who has a few bits and bobs, mostly old BMWs. A genuine flop sales wise, but an interesting footnote in Ducati’s history. The Ducati Paso.
  12. Mick Dempsey
    The sheet metal does seem a little on the thin side.
  13. Mick Dempsey
    I don’t get the fuss with ID cards, seems logical to me that you should have some form of ID on you, especially to vote.
  14. Mick Dempsey
    Cheers Jase, figured as much. I had a big tracked Arbor Eater with vertical rollers like that, if you put wood in the wrong hole it would make a funny noise and not pull it in, no harm done. Fnar Fnar!
  15. Mick Dempsey
    Yeah, ours had gone beyond that, when we tried to straighten it the weld broke along the seam. putting it back together tomorrow morning, it’s a cracking little chipper, just need to sort out the issues caused by the previous owner.
  16. Mick Dempsey
    Without someone having a look at them it’s a bit unfair on the OP to portray him as whatever some people are saying. They could be an easy fell and extraction, in which case it’s a good deal.
  17. Mick Dempsey
    More fine tuning…. The top of the hopper just before the feed rollers has bowed upwards and the weld was failing. Due I’m sure to the previous owners employees ramming oversize wood in, still, a surprising weak point. This was making the infeed troublesome so needed sorting. We cut out a section and welded a new piece in. Question. I discovered the funny bit to the left of the non static feed roller had broken it’s mounting and was moving loosely. I took it out (see second to last picture) iirc you can use the machine quite happily without it, any owners experience of this?
  18. Mick Dempsey
    Yuk!
  19. Mick Dempsey
    Have a look on the end of your legs, it’s where I keep mine..
  20. Mick Dempsey
    You can’t beat a good long walk with the dog, perfect exercise as we move into our dotage Stubs.
  21. Mick Dempsey
    Dust off your kettle bells, they must be in the back of your wardrobe somewhere.
  22. Mick Dempsey
    It was good, don’t worry. I liked, ‘don’t make the customer’s problems your problems’
  23. Mick Dempsey
    I have always found that saying a bit trite and simplistic. (Profit/turnover saying) Haven’t got round to finishing the rest of the podcast. Your sales training come though….in a good way! Your business model works for you, for the moment. What was the famous Mike Tyson saying, everyone’s got a plan, till they get punched in the face. Good stuff though!
  24. Mick Dempsey
    How much less petrol you use as well.
  25. Mick Dempsey
    Any tree firm that aspires to have any sort of future needs powered assistance. They're right up there with chippers these days.

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