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  1. maybelateron
    And that is why I changed years ago to only selling unseasoned logs, and my minimum quantity for delivery has been 2 cu metres for ages, as I am not interested in hitching up a trailer, loading it and delivering, then parking it up again just for one cubic metre. Even less enthusiastic about 1 cube of seasoned only to be greeted by Mr Hatchet with Mrs Mositure Meter ?
  2. maybelateron
    But because I am VAT registered and can claim my VAT back on most of my expenses, I am reducing my running costs s and can afford to quote a bit cheaper anyway.
  3. maybelateron
    Wrong tree in the wrong place IMO. There is an old saying that you cant take a nice big mature tree and turn it into a nice small tree. Topping it will be ongoing maintenance over the years, taking it out now is a one off cost. I'd be interested to know what option you finally go for.
  4. maybelateron
    My advice would be to focus above anything else on taking on the right person, who will be reliable, work hard, and be enjoyable to work with. If they are any good they will be able to be trained and get their tickets. I would suggest initially giving them a short term fixed (6 months/1year) contract, which can then be made a permanent contract if all goes well.
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    World is going mad
  6. maybelateron
    I use Moneydance for my accounting (as well as an accountant). It really is very simple indeed to do my VAT returns.
  7. maybelateron
    I gave up taking my phone up the tree a long time ago. Partly through being fed up with marketing calls, and once I realised that most serious enquiries etc can leave a message. We use helmet bluetooth intercoms quite a lot now and I could link my phone in to this, but I just check for messages when we have a break.
  8. maybelateron
    I bought a new Bateson 8x5 manual tipper with high sides in 2003. Within a couple of years I did this exact conversion to electric tip. Sooner or later I will be replacing the trailer, either with an Ifor 8x5 electric tip, or the same Bateson again if they will make it electric tip for me. That said, I like the Ifor principle of having a manual backup facility. I have been delivering several loads of woodchip recently in my Ifor 12ft high sides tipper - imagine if the electric tip failed and i have to shovel out 7 cubes?
  9. maybelateron
    Yes, I have experienced the joy of cutting into an unseen nest when hedgecutting. Luckily I was wearing ear defenders rather than a helmet for them to get stuck in!
  10. maybelateron
    I would inform my colleagues, with a record of doing so, in the planning department asap, and the planning agent along with the applicant. I don't think there would be anything else within my power. Then sit back and watch the comedy/tragedy unfold.
  11. maybelateron
    I am assuming you mean the Daily? If so, yes I have run a 3.5 ton once for five years, now got 30K on clock. Mine is the 146bhp 2.3 engine. Overall I like it, especially the fact it is on a c section chassis and will not die of tin worm at a young age. Faults so far: N/S front wheel bearing change at approx 20K, needed helper springs from day one, but then so do lots on 3.5t tippers, clutch is not beefy enough but we cope with it, just had O/S rear caliper changed today due to the handbrake link in the caliper sticking on. Overall I would buy the same again.
  12. maybelateron
    Well, not strictly broken but certainly caused some grief. Our local Stumpbusters man (Chris Gregory, great bloke) called on me for rescue earlier this week. His Carlton 2.5 ton tracked grinder was on a side slope when the downhill track came off. It was at the bottom of a sloping lawn with only flimsy shrubs between it and a 3ft drop onto the lane beneath, and there was no way he could safely raise the side of the machine where it was to replace the track. We used my Series 3 Land Rover with PTO winch, with the vehicle linked to the Iveco tipper for an anchor. With Chris operating the track that was still on and the winch pulling on the other side we managed to drag the grinder along and uphill to level ground, where Chris then manage to get the track back on. I think that is the heaviest load the winch has pulled so far, and that was without using a pulley to double the pulling power. Pity I didn't take any pictures.
  13. maybelateron
    I don't know if this applies to younger specimens or not, but if you stroke the underside of a leaf Elm is rough and whiskery while hazel is smooth. Digressing slightly, two of our offspring are in Scotland, one in Edinburgh and one in Glasgow. There are numerous wonderful large Elms in both cities, more so in Edinburgh I would say. Anyone know why? Did the carrier beetle not like to travel so far north?
  14. maybelateron
    The voice of reason prevails here.?
  15. maybelateron
    Some weeks are better than others. So this week the air con on the van packed in (electrical fault), only 5 yrs old and 35k on clock. Also the trailer circuit has gone mad - replaced the most distal part of the wiring harness on the Iveco Daily to the 13 pin socket as 2 wires were snapped due to corrosion. But no, that didn't fix it - the n/s indicator and side/tail don't work unless you press the brake pedal wtf? So off to the garage it goes, 5 yrs old, out of warranty and the local garage who look after it (who are great) said best take to main dealer as would no doubt be a pita to diagnose. Then the next day the MS880 seizes, about 12 yrs old, but not done a lot of work. Going to get that fixed for sure, as they are NLA.
  16. maybelateron
    Any "service provider" who ultimately charges you twice the initial estimate without any interim discussion is taking the micky big time in my opinion. I seem to remember reading somewhere that estimates were "allowed" a 10 per cent leeway either way, certainly a 100 per cent increase is way off this. Not at all sure this is legally binding, probably just more a matter of "code of conduc t etc"
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    Only real advantage to the Land Rover mewp is that with its legs down it is narrower. I am having to hire in a van mounted mewp for a roadside job with traffic lights because my mewp needs 14ft to get its legs down.
  18. maybelateron
    Nope, not Cheddleton. She was a Brummie, and she was serious till I pointed out the error of her thoughts!
  19. maybelateron
    Confuscus, he say: Sex and joke is same thing really - no good if you don't get it. Confuscus, he say: It take 100 nails to make a crib, but one screw to fill it. A lion will not cheat on his wife, but a Tiger Wood.
  20. maybelateron
    Not a joke in the usual sense, but this is 100% true. Had an "urgent" email earlier this week from the property management company that look after a housing estate (set in grounds of the old county asylum, lots of big mature trees). They sent me a photo of a 3-4 inch basal diameter branch that had dropped from a Maple, and asked me for a quote for "tree works". I decided to ring the young woman who had sent this vague request, and I asked he what tree work they wanted me to quote for, to which she replied, deadpan serious, that they wanted me to put the branch back and make it look right!!!???
  21. maybelateron
    My thoughts are exactly same as HuntingHicap, looks like bark 99% intact.
  22. maybelateron
    Or will it have that useful function of preserving the chassis around the engine with oil spray?
  23. maybelateron
    Just googled it. They are specifying 8 speed auto, seemingly as standard. I wonder if they could build in rain leaks round the doors and roof to make it more like a Defender.?️
  24. maybelateron
    Looking forward to hearing what will be under the bonnet. Also transmission options, I like my autobox Disco 2 for shunting trailers.
  25. maybelateron
    I'm sure you did not take too much off, going by the before and after pics. Looks like you did a good job. I always tell customers I cannot 100% guarantee the outcome after pruning - even if it is a repeat pollard on a really healthy Weeping Willow. That way I cover my arse.

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