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Sounds like you have a fairly clear vision of what you want to supply and your target customer so you stand a good chance, good luck. Smaller customer base but less competition than general plant hire so hopefully better gross profit. Speaking of competition in your area you've got cutting edge plant hire in Eastleigh and Exsel plant hire in Winchester who both specialise in arb equipment hire. (Although Exsel are pushing to larger companies). They're very careful about who they hire to, and insist on hired in insurance to make sure they're covered against damage or theft etc. Would a chat with them do any harm? Owners of both are nice people.

Fair enough. If they're straightforward and a lot of parts are generic then thats a big nod in their favour. I've seen machines parked up in workshops for months waiting for parts, weird sizes etc but maybe they're getting wise to it and using uk sized or widely used fittings etc. If you can see before you buy that helps too. Regarding the cost, that was my point. Especially when you're starting out, when work can dry up, change direction etc there's a higher chance its already paid for itself anyway.

As with any Chinese machine, it'll be fine until the first time it goes wrong and you need parts or someone to work on it. Unless they have a UK dealership and parts shipping like liugong, sany, sunward etc. If you reckon it'd pay for itself quickly it may be a gamble worth taking you might be quids in, but it is a gamble. I've not tried these though. Maybe you ask them about parts, but what thry tell you and whst happens when you need them might be two different things

They are a nightmare to get rid of. This is best idea, just check you won't get stung by skip company as they don't like stumps. I have used a pressure washer in the past to blast mud off and make it lighter and a bit more chainsaw friendly (you'll always hit something that finishes the chain off tho). And a very messy job Most recently I've just dug a hole in the corner of the garden and rolled it in or piled up behind a hedge to rot.

I was looking into this last week, seems house coal was just banned in England as Wales and Scotland make their own environmental decisions (sensible them) Regarding sacks I suppose if you've got a local independent coalman who buys in bulk loose and delivers in sacks happy days, but more of the bigger nationals are getting it packaged at source so thry can deliver larger volumes nationwide on pallet networks etc.

Milwaukee is a fantastic gun large percentage of plant workshops use these you won't have any problems at all. Not seen metabo one might make sense if you've already got the batteries. Seen the makita not tried them so can't comment

No I use them, they're less than a bulk bag so I reckon only actually half a cube. And yes probably wouldn't last very long if moving them a lot

You'll only buy it well if you've got, or can get artic access. Unless you can find someone with a rigid but hard to find. Or try and find a local estate who will sell you decent cordwood per m2 that you can collect in your own trailer.

He's cheap, and cuts trees! And bet he can carry more kit and chip than the average tipper😂 Probably does house removals too, what else could you need from your tree guy😎😂

I had a boss years back who used to run transits with trailers of various types, (not overloaded of coure!!!) he always said 'make sure your lights on the truck and trailer are working before you set off, they only need a bulb out (or you've forgotton to plug trailer in at all!) as an excuse to pull you, then they'll check absolutely everything' And yes clean up any woodchip on the cab or anything loose in the back and you've a fair chance they won't pull you in the first place

I'm a feller not a climber so can't comment on this, but have questioned climbers a number of times 'I could fell this tree through that gap, why are you climbing it' Never witnessed a bad accident fortunately Gravity is an amazing thing, if you cut at the bottom it'll always come down. Sure some climbers just think everything has to be climbed. Interesting what has been pointed out, the first thing with WAH is do you need to be WAH? Poor lad, hope he recovers and finds himself a new or slightly different career.

I've got premier inn and travelodge card Plus can claim up to £25 total for dinner and breakfast. Most do a evening meal/breakfast deal when you book which is generally around £25. No alcohol covered by the company. Plus £5/day for lunch. I find it works OK.

Good job we didn't get it dirty before it's maiden voyage! You weren't too bad didn't even need L plates😂

Larger haulage companies (eg eddie stobart I believe?) and sure I've seen it advertised on a bus, offer to put you through relevent driving tests. They must have a tried and tested legal way of doing this? Could look into how these types of companies do it and then obviously tweak it to suit your business? OK different industry, different size business but same principle?

Nice! Where is that? Just wondering how far Wallace timber travel