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I connected the battery on my Countax mower the wrong way once. It blew the printed circuit board. Why it has a pcb is beyond me. Replacement pcb failed after 3 months. Simple basic wiring mod and hey presto, no need for pcb. Only thing lost is a functining hour meter.
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Morning all, Dry here, so will do some odd jobs outside. Have a good day, be it rest or work.
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I know there have been some not so positive comments about Northern Arb Supplies, but I have never had an issue with the other part of the business, Saturn knives when my chipper blades go in by courier for sharpening.
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Morning all, Day off today, out to lunch with my sister. Had the heating on last night, crazy climate. Have good weekend.
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Morning all, Drizzle here, so doing odds and sods in the yard. Plus drinking coffee of course. Stay dry all.
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I hadn't realised that France had been as badly affected by the extreme rainfall that we have had.
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Morning all, Bloody boy band weather again Wet wet wet. Office work, a site recce, and getting some pressure washer hoses made up for the mewp.
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Two nuns were sharing the bath to save on water. "Where's the soap?" say one. "Yes it does, came the reply".
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Down turn uncertainty domestic market
maybelateron replied to mitchel's topic in Business Management
I wish more potential customers would ask to see copies of insurance certificates. I always attach mine to to the email I send the quote with. I live in hope it would root out some of the gypo/cowboy types. But then again, there are those punters who just want cheap cheap cheap, regardless of risk/liability. -
Yep, if they won't pay what it is worth then away it goes by whatever means is most expedient for the current owner of the "waste".
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Morning all, Another fine day looming here, but rain tomorrow. Nice gentle day today cutting back neighbour's low hanging trees to stop me getting scalped when mowing. Stay safe and have fun.
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Very belated good morning all, Lazy start back to work. Have taken on elderly neighbour's mowing and shrub maintenance. Ideal rehab day on out front ride on, with steering wheel knob, so can use one handed.
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Morning all, Hope it goes as smoothly as the last one did Stubby. Can't wait till Monday to have my stitches out from second carpal tunnel op, then cabin fever can clear off.
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Morning all.
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Morning all, Dry at present but rain possible/likely. Maybe get the lawns mowed/maybe roll the top field before it gets too firm. Bottom field is already too dry for roller to make any difference. Hard to believe after all the rain, but true.
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Yesterday my neighbour was using his BCS two wheel tractor, Honda engined. It stopped running while in use, not sure why. After it wouldn't start he decided that because the engine oil was black he would change this. It has an oil bath air filter on top of the carb (presumably for when rotavating in dry dusty conditions), so he decided to top this up generously. So generously in fact that oil ran into the cylinder. He then found it would not turn over on the recoil start. So he takes the recoil cover off and uses a metal bar to try and turn it over. When it would not turn over he called me to help. No, I won't be lending him any of my machinery.
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Absolutely. And that sums up why these days I decline to provide a chipping service to people who have done the felling themselves, or had a "tree surgeon" in to do it. The former don't know the difference between barbed wire and a tree branch, and the latter don't give a monkeys.
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Down turn uncertainty domestic market
maybelateron replied to mitchel's topic in Business Management
My phone is the quietest it has been in years. We are 95+ per cent domestic. Still got the regular trims booked in, and fortunately not a problem as I'm getting older and not wanting/needing to work full time. Until now, I have always felt the domestic sector seemed pretty stable, in that we rarely work for younger customers in smaller properties, ie we work mainly for older customers in larger properties who are more financially secure. -
Morning all, Raining here. Think I'll sort all my tax return details for the accountant today.
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Looking at Tracked Spider Lift Choice of 2. Which One?
maybelateron replied to Stevieb's topic in Cranes and Mewps
When I proudly told a friendly local competitor I had ordered a new 18m spider mewp he wisely asked what I thought I would need soon after. Said I didn't know, and he replied a 21m mewp! When using a mewp for dismantles I think the outreach is at least as important, if not more so than max height. A few times I have managed to get the last few metres off the top of the tree, whilst out of "direct reach". I have fixed a pull rope with the AUS poles and hook, then got the ground crew to pull it away from me and the mewp base; obviously needs a favourable drop zone, and only done with sensibly sized and weighted bits of crown. -
Good afternoon (12:02 now), Dry here again, only gentle pottering this week for me. Looking forward to return to gentle duties next week once stitches removed from hand.
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Absolutely agree. It takes a bit to make me dig my feet in in situations like this, in this situation I would argue my case all the way. The hire company cannot defend their lack of actions, ie blades utterly blunt and the all important setting of gap between flywheel blade and anvil has been completely neglected.
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Leaf shape would fit for that but the green is a bit too bright for Whitebeam I reckon. That said, if it has only just come into leaf they may pale down a bit?
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Hand is pretty good thanks. No chance of hosepipe ban (although we probably had the wrong size of raindrops all winter), as I will be pumping water up from the well under our front lawn.
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Morning all, Lovely day again here. Bit of one handed lawnmowing to do, then watering the recently seeded grass.
