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the point being a 7 seater disco is 2.7 tons. Car speed limits. 2 seater disco with rear window blanked 2.7tons. so the crucial deciding factor is windows....

Not quite right. Weight is irrelevant, all rangeovers would be classed as vans if weight was the issue. Don't have to have second row seats. Don't have to have rear windows (disco commercial has them but are blanked) Car derived vans keep car speed limits. Landrover disco commercials therefore keep car speeds. Other make pickups are not cars as they have no car option. It all boils down to a window tax really as far as disco commercials are concerned. They take a normal vehicle remove the rear seats, blank the rear windows and ta da its a van for tax. You can put seats back in but as long as the windows are blanked you are good. Pretty perverse really, making the vehicle more unsafe by restricting vision in order to carry goods is the only way the tax man will wear it.

on the radio it just said they were operting these projects on a 3% profit margin. Doesnt take a whole lot to go wrong and you make nothing.

try talking to the landlord ? If you play the nuke card first you have no more cards to play. Be reasonable and friendly until its time not to be.

my atlas is 2ton on short, 0.8ton on third extension. will lift a jumbo just about on full reach or a full pack of bricks/blocks on short.

try and avoid the 12v pack I got one on mine and it gets VERY hot if you make it work, im on my second. Get PTO version, I'll be changing mine to PTO once its out of warranty. if you talk to your van company they will have a kit for the gearbox to mate it to an off the shelf pump.

in the building we request lines are sheathed if we need to work close to them (scaff). WPD dont charge for this.

you need business insurance, NFU have allways been best quote for us.

mine is about 15" wide, its as tight to the cab as possible.

i did look at the volvo but 200mm less dump height, 300mm less reach (no long arm). the long arm is 2800kg (buckets on the pickup obviously) Can comfortably tow using this trailer and stay under 3.5 as long as not too much mud on her! http://www.batesontrailers.com/shop/special-trailers/1687/

there are the people to talk to https://www.pmcranesuk.co.uk

there are already solutions to the power issue. For example DMD coin uses proof of work (mining) but without the need for a mega farm. Your coins do the mining, can run it an a raspberry pi. DMD is also the only coin that pays interest, 25% per annum.

have an atlas on my 3.5 tonner. lift 2 ton close in and a jumbo bag full boom. they were cheaper than hiab and palfinger. Runs of 12v motor as my tipper in an auto, but pto definately better.

As this has the longest reach and dumpheight of any sub 4 tonner class and can still be towed, looking to add one to our 5 tonner for the smaller jobs. Had one a couple times on hire and seemed ok. Any long term owners have one - how they hold up ?

and we wonder why houses are soo expensive!

sorry chap i cant dumb it down anymore. you are clueless.

well I hope some of you did invest a small amount in Bitcoins on the weekend. You would have realised 30% return on your investment! As BTC are now over £10k, could be worth looking at other coins to put a toe in the market. DMD coin is a popular upcoming coin, it pays interest as well! You can get the wallet and information https://bit.diamonds/ buy some https://www.bittrex.com/Market/Index?MarketName=BTC-DMD Don't put your life savings into it but consider it was $4 not so long back and now $16. Several stock exchanges are starting futures trading of Bitcoin at the end of the month, there is talk of exchange traded funds also where pension funds buy bitcoins. So the £50k per bitcoin may not seem so crazy! Oh and if you do get lucky, buy some coins and in 5 years end up a crypto millionaire, make sure you buy them through your business so you can sell up and only pay 10% cap gains on it via entrepreneurs relief!

you are wrong and still dont understand. I'll try explain it clearer. If you have the private key printed then the coins CANNOT be on an exchange as you cannot get a private key from them for obvious reasons. Bit like the bank giving you the pin number to the banks own account. So to sum up. 1. Print out your private key. 2. burn your computer. 3. Coins perfectly safe.

ok perhaps reading is hard for you. here is a copy paste a few times for you ) Print out this private key and put it in the safe (also called a paper wallet). It's all you ever need to secure your coins. Print out this private key and put it in the safe (also called a paper wallet). It's all you ever need to secure your coins. Print out this private key and put it in the safe (also called a paper wallet). It's all you ever need to secure your coins. Print out this private key and put it in the safe (also called a paper wallet). It's all you ever need to secure your coins. there we go.

for sure a prediction is just that. Thanks for quoting what I already stated.

not the way it works. Bitcoin and all the other clones work on basic cryptography. Public key (this is the address you give people to send your coins too) and Private key (this is what enables you to unlock the public key). Print out this private key and put it in the safe (also called a paper wallet). It's all you ever need to secure your coins. As 1 BTC closes in on £9k you may think the boat has sailed, many respected pundits are talking £50k per coin in next 24 months. The likes of Bill Gates is a supporter of crypto, read in that what you will.

so it happened to you then ? When did you goto court ? What were your solicitor costs ? Did a big burly 'covenant enforcer' appear ? If you just fold then its non argument. I'm a builder we see covenants all the time, normally like 'you shall not build more than x on this land'. We take out indemnity policy to protect against enforcement and these cost less than £100. We are talking about builds £500k+ That is how highly the insurance specialists rate covenants. So tosh they are. Bullies are bullies and have to be stood against.

There is no we. Its you as far as the tax man will be concerned. Your mate is a subbie and you are paying him as such. He can copy receipts for his own comfort but wont be able to use them. Just like I cant photocopy some Tesco supplier invoices and claim them as expenses. That would be fraud! On the plus side for you, his 'share' for you is tax deductible as a business expense. For him its income and liable for tax. If this setup is going to be a longterm setup then an accountant would probably advise you make him a shareholder so he can receive his share as dividend which is much more tax efficient for him (not necessarily for you though). If it were otherwise then you could send all the forum members copies of the receipts so we can all use them against our tax, we will all save a fortune and have plenty of time to think on what to spend it on while doing bird!!!

what a load of tosh. There are no 'covenant' police, its purely civil matter. Your neighbour would have to spend a 5 figure sum on legals to take you to court. You would probably have legal protection with your buildings insurance to defend, not that it would ever come to that. I think some people would jump of a cliff if someone gave them a 'legal document' and told them to do so. man up ladies. With regards to the change of use, parking your work truck at home isnt a problem. Storing work stuff at home isnt a problem. Having the public visting your home for work WILL be a problem. Dumping tip 3 times a day (assume you will fill up at some point and have to move it ?) WILL be a problem It boils down to common sense, if it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck then its probably a duck. Dont look like a duck.